well what a busy couple of days I have had, finally managed to get enough energy up to give the garden a good clean! they were so many nettles I have no idea were they came from but they have been chopped, hacked and stamped into submission!

Now its time to tackle what used to be a lawn and is now a dust bath!!

the puppies are a week old now were does the time go, wont be long before they are driving me mad and I will be wishing them gone, but when they do go to new mummies and daddies I always feel sad and the hours very quiet :)

Im not very good at this blogging lark am I

Not that  anyone reads it but I wanted it to be a kind of diary of how my knitting progresses


I joined in one of the knitting swaps on a forum I am a member off, well more of a lurker most of the time! the swap was "Afternoon Tea" so to my swap I sent the following: knitted tea cosy taken from a pattern I found on Rav called rosie posy tea cosy, a white tea pot, 50 afternoon tea bags, a bar of scrummy choc, 2 balls of pure merino and a sheepy mug :) swapee liked it what was a big pphhewwww from me!

Now waiting for my swap to arrive cant wait !

Feb Lady Sweater/cardi

Been a while since i last posted mainly due to fact i broke my leg! but has meant more knitting time heres my gorgoeus lovely FLS cant wait to finish this!

WIP on a rainy saturday afternoon

what a typical bank hoilday weekend! RAIN RAIN RAIN but im not grumbling as meant i got a day of knitting and plenty of tea drinking!

 First work in project is this HUGE crochet throw im doing for my bed its a long time project and is around 400 stitches long

and this is my FLS so so pleased with this

Painful wednesdays

Havent posted in a while everythings is ticking along as normal, were finally enjoying some sunshine so have started to tidy up the back garden so it looks less like a mud pit and more like a garden, was going well to i busted my knee its very painful and having to hobble on my crutches typical! dos mean i have more knitting and crocething time, i have two things on the go at teh moment the first is my LFS and yes i did split the sleeves very pleased with myself! second is a nice no brainer trebble blanket just rows after rows, using up all the spare bits of yarn I ave laying around

sorry for all the typos Im a bit high with pain med lol

Peace at last

after a busy day finally time to sit down and have some knitting time, pic is off the start of my FLC what is now much further on done two buttons just one more button hole and 13 rows before i move onto the next part, really enjoying this lefts hope it is wearable when finished!

As its been a nice day I planted my lupin seeds and there now on my window sill, tomatoes are still alive and hopefully will reover from there shaky start

Hoping you all have had a good day Clare xx

Lazy Sunday Mornings

dont you  love a lazy Sunday! everything peaceful, a nice bug cup of tea, and radio two bliss! after been busy yesterday I did manage to cast off my baby blanket its finally done! cast on FLC  had to make two new stitch markers as it said to use 6 but its actually 8 and i only have 6, now sorted and i'm now on row 6 the start of the button hole, fingers crossed it goes well. will update with pictures when they is more to see :)

my lettuce seeds are peeping through the soil they have come up quickly they must like my kitchen windowsill.. sadly my tomatoes seem to have a problem :-( the edges of the leaves have curled im hoping they pull through! 

Today's picture is of my lovely apple tree in the front garden it is full of blossom this year :)


Clare x