Wordless Wednesday...

My crafty week...

There's no stopping me now...

...I got the groove!

Yeah! Bring on the disco beats, I'm doing my thang! Celebrating my new found skill.

It's only taken me a year (on and off) to master crochet but I seem to have rounded the corner. I struggled for so long, I just couldn't decipher the patterns. Every project seemed out of my reach....then it just sort of clicked! It dawned on me just what the heck the crochet pattern designers were talking about it.

I just wish someone had written a fool proof book for beginners, explaining every last detail of crocheting....even the most obvious because really it wasn't obvious to me!

I still have a lot to learn and try but now I can look at a pattern and know what it means and whether I am capable of trying it.

My latest crochet offering is this rose (pattern from the Attic 24 blog here) which I plan to turn into a brooch. It was actually quite easy.....always is in hindsight. I still re did one of the leaves a couple of times though. So now looking to see what to do next, an excuse to buy more yarn I think.

Soft centres....

You may of already caught a sneak pic of this card that I posted on my Wordless Wednesday post this week.

To brighten a snowy, cold January birthday calls for fresh spring colours, flower patterned paper and a big hunk of love for my beautiful Mum.

Her first birthday without my Dad. A woman made of strong stuff, determination but a soft centre.....Happy Birthday Mum!

Wordless Wednesday...

My crafty week...

I survived....

 

 

Hello there, yes I'm back safely.  Lucky for us when we travelled the snow hadn't reached the West Country or Central London.  Flipping freezing in London though whilst Devon was almost tropical in comparison.

 

 

I took my crochet with me and that helped the 3 and half hour train journey go quicker and look.....

 

 

 

I finished a project I had started before Christmas.  I quite like it.  Obviously its for the slightly warmer weather.  The pattern was from the 'Geek Chic Crochet' book by Nicki Trench.  It's the first crochet book I have found that has clear diagrams that I can follow.

 

It was a nice feeling not having any other distractions or jobs to do.  I felt I could really get stuck into finishing it.  I'm always easily distracted at home.  There always seem to be something to do that is far more important than crafty time.

 

 

So I am back at school now and the snow has returned with revenge.  I must be getting old as I'm fed up with it after a day.  After a quick clear up at home (because my Mums coming round for dinner) I'm going to get my crochet hook out and try something a bit tricky...well for me it will be. 

 

 

 

 

I may be some time...

I'm off on an adventure tomorrow. Well when I say adventure it may well turn into a nightmare what with this snow we are having. I have been checking The Met Office hourly....well almost.

The 'teen' and I are off to the seaside....no really? In January? Are you mad? I hear you say. Quite possibly yes! We are not on a lovely jaunt to eat fish and chips or eat candy pink rock (can't stand the stuff....rock that is, I love fish and chips). No it's all on the name of University interviews. Why he couldn't of found one closer to home I don't know.

So just letting you know that Wordless Wednesday won't happen on Wednesday or maybe not at all this week the rate my crafting time is going. But I am taking my crochet on the off chance the trains are still running from Paddington to the West Country. It's a bit extreme booking a 3 hour railway journey just so I get to craft but needs must;)

See you in a few days....

Wordless Wednesday....

My crafty week.....

Precious things...

 

Awww, my precious things...

 

I feel like I am auditioning for The League of Gentlemen but I don't own a corner shop....

 

But no, hold on a darn moment...I'm talking about my precious object for 'Show and Tell' time at Sian's 'Storytelling Sunday'.

 

Hmmmm, now what to show?  I have many a precious thing...precious in memories but not precious in value (the best sort I think).

 

How about a handmade Japanese style brooch made by a friend...

 

An Eternity ring that I waited an eternity for...

 

One of my sons first paintings of me...

 

It's so hard to choose..

How about my sewing box....originally my Mums, now updated with a lick of paint...It has stood in my Mums house since I was small, used often to sew a button, take up a hem or to even sew my wedding dress.  Lovely memories.

 

I keep all those unfinished sewing/woolly projects inside in the hope that I will pick them up and maybe finish them.

One day I will...
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello 2013...

 

Hello 2013!

 

I'm so pleased to see the back of 2012.....it was not a good year for our little family.

 

But this year is going to be different.

 

My mantra for this year is...

 

She turned her cant's into cans and her dreams into plans.

 

Over the Christmas Holidays I have been busy planning new blog posts and crafty projects.  I feel super excited to get cracking in the craft room and hope that you will feel inspired to get crafty too.

 

Want to know what I have been up each week well welcome to Wordless Wednesday...A photo review of that weeks current crafty projects. 

 

And as I missed Wednesday this week (I'm all a two and eight with the days of the week at the moment) I'm going to post it now...that's how I roll.