Sunday, 30 May 2010

Ingredients for a successful Sunday

Beautiful weather:

The chirpiest tea towels I've ever seen:

Gifts from my Grandad:
(bronze to sell at car boot fairs, but I'm keeping the biggest owl - it's a tea light holder!)

A huge pile of eBay sales to post:

And a boyfriend who's finally putting up the shelves in our bathroom, 2 years after we moved in...I'm a happy bunny now!!

Have a great weekend!

A Xxx

Monday, 24 May 2010

A long spell away...

Oh gawd, what another long spate away from my blog life!!

As you know, our puppy Mia had an icky face infection, and so my life has pretty much been taken up with giving her medication 8 hours apart (plus a couple of 2am sedative doses to stop her itching) and sleeping/getting on with work! Apologies to everyone who's had to wait days for replies, and a big thanks to Cass & Jinny for taking some husky roving for spinning! She's now getting much better, mainly thanks to an expensive visit to a specialist dermatologist and huge doses of steroids!

So in my 2 weeks away, I've managed to finish a couple of projects, start a few more, buy some furniture AND start my Christmas knitting...that's early isn't it?! I've fallen in love with Boutique Knits, and having finished one Sideways Grande Cloche, I've been commissioned to make several more:


I've also started on the Pseudo Shibori Scarf (a Christmas present), which is coming along great...the yarn is ancient Phildar I found in the charity shop, and the halo is gorgeous:


I've also taken to getting my sewing inspiration from the shops; instead of trawling the web for hours, last week I popped to the shops to add projects to my sewing list. So far I've made a top similar to this Topshop vest:

I just love the zip detail on the back...I'm making more :D

Have a great week!

A Xxx

Wednesday, 12 May 2010

Anyone fancy some free roving?

So the title of this post is pretty self-explanatory, but there's a catch...

This isn't just any fleece I'm giving away, it's the winter under-coat of my 11 month old Husky - I was a bit hesitant but it's soooo soft and apparently our breeder spins with it with great success. You see, we left our pup on Friday evening looking like this:
And by this morning, following her 3rd trip to the vets in as many days, she looks like this:
Grotty I know! Apparently Huskies are very susceptible to getting sore faces, but being such an impatient little puppy, she won't let it heal - after constant scratching, we've eventually had to sedate her this afternoon.
Therefore, she cannot groom herself, it's getting warm and she's uncomfortable. So I gave her a little brush. One full washing basket later of undercoat brushed out:
And she's a bit happier!

But what to do with it? I gave up on spinning a while ago, and I can't leave that much out for the birds to nest in.

If you'd like it, please leave a comment below, and I'll email you back to get your address. I'll happily split it between a couple of people if there's a rush, but it will be first come, first served!

Hope you're having a great week!

A Xxx

Wednesday, 5 May 2010

Oh Happy Day!


There are a few blogs I read regularly, and every time a post pops up on my Reader, I race to open it. One such blog is LyddieGal's Chic on the Cheap, and being the star that she is, she's passed on the Sunshine Award!

Thanks so much! So I've decided in the spirit of karma, to keep it going!

Rules
- Put the award on your blog
- Pass the award to 12 positive and creative bloggers
- Link the chosen ones within your posts
- Inform the chosen ones by commenting on their blog
- Share the love and the link to the person who gave it to you

I'm sending the love to:

Go and see them - I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

A Xxx

Sunday, 2 May 2010

Lots of lovely links

Okay so some of these aren't new, but I've just found them and I love them...enjoy!

Tailor's Dream bobbin earrings - aren't these the perfect gift for a seamstress?!

Madeline's Anthro inspired Tank tutorial. I'm off to buy a plain tee to make one of these today...thanks Suze for introducing me to Madeline's blog!

ChickyC's Aubergine wrap cardi pattern - it's on Burda too, I love it!

Sarah London's Wool Eater blanket - I've got blankets on the brain and this one is gorgeous...

Rachel's birdie brooches - so simple but so beautiful, in every colour you could want!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

A Xxx