Half term

During half term we had a lovely easy week nothing really planned apart from toddler group on the tuesday so it seemed a very relaxed week.  Andy took the Wednesday off work and Josh took us to 'his' museum.   We then walked down towards the SS Great Britain and the harbour and had a walk along by the water.  They weather was amazing, even quite warm.

It was also Valentine's Day during half term and we didn't really go over board on this.  Really just a card each.  (Both homemade of course.)  The bottom pictures are the latest make I have done with felt for Josh.  He absolutely loves wearing it and I had to put a name label in it this morning so he could wear it to preschool.  It says 3 o'clock as he is 3 years old.  I have also been doing lots of knitting but that will do for another post.

And before I sign off for the moment - this is what Josh made at preschool the week before half term.  I had to take some pictures so that daddy could see it as it was eaten fairly quickly.

Hope you have a lovely week.

Morag x

Cold

It is freezing here today but the sun is beautiful.  Didn't think it was too bad until I took Josh to preschool but the wind is really bitter.  And it doesn't look as if it is going to get any better - the forecast is for snow over the weekend.  I hate snow it stops you doing so many things and then freezes and becomes very dangerous.  Sorry moan over.

Well the cold also has it's ups, it does mean I get lots of knitting done and don't feel that I should be doing something else such as something in the garden.  Mind you knitting has not been terribly productive over the past week.  Josh was ill last week and so had to miss two days of preschool which mean't knitting was just done in the evenings.  Oh well it happens.  Thankfully no one else came down with whatever Josh had and he has happily gone back to preschool today.  So this is just a snapshot of what I/we have been doing since I last blogged.

 Josh's new jumper which was finished just in time for my dad's birthday on sunday.

A friend asked if I could make a scarf for a friend of her's as a wedding present.  So I made an Ishbel shawl by Ysolda Teague in blue (as in the saying 'something borrowed, something blue') .

Both of these were fairly quick makes and easy to do in the evenings.

And for my niece's birthday about 3 days before my dad' s I made a little purse which I have made before but again loved making.  As usual I left it late to make it and ended up spending the weekend before making this.

Josh's latest thing is to go out on his scooter which does mean we do sometimes get to  places slightly quicker but once there is a hill I usually end up pulling him up.

Hope you are all well and surviving the cold weather.  Have a good day.
Morag x

Happy New Year

I know I am behind by a week or so.  It has taken a little while to get back into the swing of things but we are getting there.  Josh is back at preschool and the others are back at work - so life is getting back to the usual routines.

Well we had a good Christmas despite colds, etc.  We went down to stay with Andy's mum in Exeter and the weather seemed very strange, very warm for this time of the year.  It was nice to spend some time just doing not a lot, slowing down and chilling.

Josh has taken to playing the piano and is very gentle in doing so.  Very little banging of the piano.  I think he has been watching his big brother and the way he plays.

Watching Harry Potter well until it got a bit too scary and both daddy and Josh needed a cushion.  Wearing the hat I had just finished knitting.

December also sees Josh's birthday on New Years Eve when we usually have a little get together with a birthday tea.  Josh has great fun and usually needs a little bit of calming down time at the end.

To recover from all this Mum invited us over for dinner  and Josh enjoyed wearing the hat from the cracker.  Mum always cooks his favourite dinner when we go over - Fish fingers and green beans! Yummy!

Still can't  believe he is 3 years old.  Where does the time go.

And to finish off will just leave you with some project pictures.

Christmas present for Mother in Law - Crofter Cowl by Gudrun Johnson and Peerie Flooers by Kate Davies.

Well I think that had better be it for now.  Don't want to bore you completely.

Have a good few days

Morag x

Almost Christmas

It is almost Christmas and I think I am nearly ready.  Just presents to wrap and need to decide what we are eating on Christmas day.  I think I have finished all my Christmas knitting.  Will include some pictures at the end of this post and hopefully some more over the next few days if the weather improves a little better for taking pictures.

Well we have decorated our tree.  This is not a very good picture of it.  But we had great fun doing it even though we had about 4 decorations on each of the lower branches.  Josh can't reach any higher.

Preschool is now finished and this is a picture of the gifts we gave to the preschool leaders.  Hope they all enjoyed them as much as we did in putting them together.

This is one of my latest knits which is done as a test knit for someone on Ravelry, I just need to wait until we get some better weather to take some better pictures.

Over the weekend we went for a walk in the fields at the back of our house and it is looking a lot more wintery.  No leaves on the trees or at least only a few oaks have leaves left on them.  We tried to go out fairly early to make the most of the light and take some pictures.  It is incredibly muddy but alot of fun.

Will try and blog again before the weekend with an update of a couple of other projects I have been working on as presents for Christmas and also some of my current project.

More on those next time.
Have fun.

Morag x

Christmas Pudding

Inspired by a fellow blogger - domesticali.typepad.com.  Have made 10 of these to go on Josh's preschool staff's little bags of sweets for Christmas presents.  Think I might also make one to go on our tree.

Morag x

A Request

Yesterday afternoon I had a request to knit a scarf for a sheep (not a real one - just a wheat filled one that can go in the microwave).  The scarf if possible could it have a logo put on it. The logo was to be the one that my husband and eldest son have for their new business. This was requested about 5 o'clock in the evening and when I asked when it needed to be done the answer was tomorrow if possible as it is the recipient's birthday. So as always I was up for the challenge and here is what I produced within the short space of time I had (and no I wasn't up all night).  Unfortunately not modelled on the sheep as that was at work but modelled by youngest son's teddy.

A closer picture of the scarf the lettering was  sewn by hand onto white and orange felt and then sewn onto the scarf.

Another close up of the lettering.

Oops think teddy had had enough of trying the scarf on and  having his photo taken and decided to lie down.

Morag x

December

Where is the time going?  I seem to have lots to do and not enough time to do it.  I have lots of gifts for Christmas to do and I think I am going to run out of time to get them all done.

Last week Andy and Alex had the official opening of their new office block even though they are not finished.  They had to dress up in all their finest.  (In fact Andy had to go and buy a new suit!)

As with all openings plenty of alcohol was available, not sure much work got done that afternoon.  Josh had great fun looking out of the window at the passing traffic and eating all the nibbles that were on offer.

Craftwise I had my first order for 3 flower brooches which I really enjoyed making.

And the latest present I have finished is a jumper for our nephew for Christmas - he is only 2 months old so something knitted will hopefully go down well with the parents.

Well talking of Christmas, have you put up your Christmas decorations yet?  I'm not sure when to put them up.  I am thinking next weekend.   And will probably do it over a few days and I am pretty sure I will have a little helper this year.

Well, have a good week
Morag x