Fanfare please.

Posted on April 25, 2007 by YC

I’m done, two dresses, two shrugs, one handbag and a pair of earrings.

She is coming by to pick it all up tomorrow afternoon, so am keeping my fingers crossed everything is okay.

All I have to do now is finish up something for me to wear when I am in London.
I am hoping to pack in a little knitting time when I am away with at least a trip to Libertys.
Wispy I am afraid is not going to be done, though I may take it with me to finish up there, I have half a sleeve and one front to knit.
I am hoping to love it when I am finished as I definitely don’t love knitting with the Summer Tweed.
Off to whip up something to wear, back soon…….

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Saturday sky

Posted on April 23, 2007 by YC


Okay, I know its Monday my excuse is I took the photo on Saturday and had no time to post it.

Dress progress

It needs a final fitting and the zip put in, the bad news is she loves it so much she wants another one made…BEFORE Friday!! This is doable if I don’t finish knitting the cardi I wanted to finish, I leave for London on Saturday morning and I want Wispy to come with me…..
Unfortunately not sleeping is not an option, I am useless when sleep deprived!

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No time to knit

Posted on April 19, 2007 by YC

Things here have gone a little haywire and on top of helping backstage at the school production and sewing a major cocktail dress, I have just received notice to quit our apartment. So am running around like a headless chicken, even more than usual, normal service will be resumed when I stop long enough to do anything worth posting!

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A little more sunshine.

Posted on April 12, 2007 by YC

This is for all of you who still have snow and spring hasn’t arrived yet.

Sunshine shrug for the princess knitted in alpaca/silk dk, colour Orange Grove about 55g on 4mm needles.

Next up the almost finished fairy princess dress, I need to sew on some trim to hide the ugly sewing, (I hate lycra!) and it probably needs more sparkle, which I will let her stick on herself.

I am still slogging away on the lovely Wispy but oh how I hate double moss stitch, especially in Summer Tweed. I am on the 2nd sleeve and have one front to do. I have started a new project to ease the boredom, oops had to be done, more tomorrow.

The next bit is for Granny, the fashion student on his way out and his new shooooz!!


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Spring is here at last.

Posted on April 10, 2007 by YC


Yesterday we went to visit the chateau at Vizille, it has a lovely park and we have visited it before.

We only had one boy who was up for a trip to the museum, which had been rejected as boring last time we were there.

When we arrived we decided it was too nice and sunny to be indoors, so instead we walked around the park and admired the colour all around.

Love was in the air for the ducks and swans, which caused quite a lot of hilarity as they chased off some of the kids who got too close.

The swans also had some competition for some bread as the fish seemed to be hungry too!

I finished knitting another Filigree Lace Shawl in this yarn,

except I left off the pink/purple and added another green. They are all small skeins of sock yarn from the Natural Dye Studio in various yarns including the silk/alpaca which is yummy. It reminds me of Fruit Salad sweets and is fun to wear, though I am not usually a green person at all.

Photos soon when I can find a photographer who is better than the two that are here right now.

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Matilda Jane went to a Party

Posted on April 6, 2007 by YC

At last MJ has buttons, all 8 of them, ribbon, the right amount and I had somewhere to go to wear her and my skirt, so here we are

and the back, sort of, the photographer is rubbish.

Only problem was MJ was having such a good time at the birthday party she refused the first offer of a lift home, which meant not getting home till 2am. Which in itself is fine, the boys were all away, Jim was at work, except I had volunteered to look after our friends 4 year old, who is adorable but she arrived at 7.15am, lets say lots of tea was needed before I was up for the 5 hours of sticking, cutting, beading and sewing, we did make a princess dress, complete with lots of sparkle, she had fun, now I need a little nap!!

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swaps are the best

Posted on April 2, 2007 by YC

A while ago when I posted about chocolate, Jacqueline and I got into a little discussion about chocolate and tea. She suggested that we do a little swap later this year, when her weather got cooler and before my weather heated up too much for the transportation of chocolate to be a bit dangerous. I have to say Jacqueline went way overboard with my package, I can’t say what is my favourite part of this package (I love it all) but one of my favourites is this.

My very first tea-cosy, isn’t it cute? I have been saying for ages, I need to make a tea-cosy, either knitted or sewn and just never got around to it. Now I have my very own crocheted, lovely cosy. I am going to buy a new teapot for it, as mine is a little tall, I need a shorter , fatter pot, I think.

The package contained so many goodies, including some fabulous yarn from here, that hasn’t decided what it wants to be yet.

Some amazing chocolate, cadburys that I have never seen and some Haigh’s, including chocolate frogs and Bilbys.
So thank you so very much Jacqueline, I love everything. I hope your box arrives soon.
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Camouflage and Pyjamas

Posted on March 30, 2007 by YC
Yesterday I did a little sewing, I did have to do it with two tissues stuffed up my nostrils, which does make drinking tea kind of hard, today I felt much better as did Jake, so he went to school and I went shopping and out for lunch.

This is a skirt for the princess, which the boys reckon she will love, I hope she does.

These jammies are for me as my very favourite ones, came apart recently and I was very sad, so these are nice cosy flannel and I am off to wear them now. Have a good weekend and I hope the sun shines, its peeing down right now!!!
p.s I am kind of worried about what yarn my colour challenged husband will bring back, so will keep you posted…….sshhh!
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It is a little miracle!

Posted on March 29, 2007 by YC

This plant currently lives in my house, it is a miracle, as the words, plant and lives, don’t very often go side by side in this house. In other words I am completely useless at keeping growing things alive, except boys, but they tend to let it known when they want fed and watered!
This pretty little orchid arrived as a present a couple of months ago and as much as I loved how pretty she looked, I did groan when I received her and asked if it wasn’t a huge joke, I was sure all my friends were taking bets on how quickly I would kill her.
Well, if they were they have all lost by now as this has to be the longest I have ever kept a plant alive. Now I just cursed it and she will die tomorrow.
One of my friends, who knows me well did ask if it wasn’t a fake plastic plant, cheek!

Its very spring like today and the sun is shining, to celebrate I am full of the cold and have a very sore,red nose, so I am off to knit and watch a movie…..
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