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I've decided to pick a new 'long term' project something I work on while doing smaller/quicker items:)

I saved this jumper into my wish list over a year ago and would really love to make it in a mustard colour. Pattern available on Ravelry its called 'owls' by Kate Davies. I love it! It's knitted in a chunky wool but it has a lovely fitted shape rather than bulky, which is never flattering:)

This is a challenge for me, I have made one jumper which took a whole year to complete!
Wish me luck.

Crochet

I've been lured to the idea of  learning how to crochet because I love granny squares and  I just know a pretty crochet cushion would look lovely on our charcoal grey sofa.  My friend Jill did sign us up for a beginners class a few months ago but alas it was cancelled. We do plan to sign up for another class but in the meantime I thought why not try you-tube again. I did attempt this before and was disappointed by video after video of bad quality images and overly complicated instructions. Until now, I found two great instructional videos the first is;
Crochet - From Start To Finishing with Bev Dillon and the second is The knit witch 'single crochet stitch' and double crochet stitch. Maybe I was just having a good day but I found these instructions really worked for me and now I can do a single crochet stitch and a double, Yay!

I plan to watch more videos over the next few weeks so I can eventually learn how to make my first very own granny square, who knows it could lead to a cushion cover or some pretty crochet jewellery:)

The End Result

The End Result
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Crochet Glamour #22

Crochet Glamour #22
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New Look

I've been thinking about changing the 'look' of my blog for a while now. The only problem being I cannot use photoshop, so I was very limited with what I could do to change it. Then yesterday amazingly Dave stumbled upon these Blog designs online and yes they are FREE!!.

This girl has the cutest designed blog backgrounds ever.This particular design popped out at me straight away but there are loads more,she has an amazing selection. Check out her blog  http://www.aquapoppydesigns.blogspot.com/

My current project is a Birthday gift I'm making. I cannot reveal anymore information at the moment Shhhhhh
Pics will be posted this week just need to finish it off:) This is a pic of our garden shed our garden is rapidly coming back to life, I love Spring.

Two Hats One Weekend...................

I finished my cotton hat on Friday Morning. It's nice but I was little disappointed with it only because I'm undecided if cotton is actually that good for making hats?! Also the hat is quite short, well I suppose standard size I've just been used to bulky baggy hats as of late:)

As the weekend progressed it transpired one hat was not enough for me. I have fab wool I recieved from my friend Jill at Christmas so I decided it was time to use it! I LOVE this hat. the wool knits up so well and the size, colour and shape are just perfect:) I think I'll be wearing it alot. I also have lots left so I can make something else.

Yellow Hat

I've been neglecting my knitting recently so I decided this weekend I would start something simple to get back on track. I was lucky enough to thrift some great knitting patterns from the 60's and 70's in our local house clearance store last year. One of which is a great  knitted yellow hat. I love old knitting patterns you can pick them up for 20p each, sometimes I just buy them because I love the pictures. I hope to have this finished by the end of the week. I'm using an organic hand dyed cotton by Blue Sky Alpacas with sizes 6mm and 5mm needles. I'll post pics when it's finished:)