Weather

The weather is all over the place at the moment.  One day it is blowing a gale, the next wet, the next nice.  I don't know where I am as regards what to do and what to wear.

Today has been a lovely day.  Even quite warm.  So this afternoon we went for a walk to the fields near our house.  Josh had a brilliant time running and climbing everywhere, bashing sticks around.

This pig is made from wood and makes appearances in different parts of the woods, you never know where it is going to be so half the fun when we go to the fields is to find the pig.  There were two of them but we only found one this afternoon.

The berries are numerous on the bushes at the moment.  Does this mean we are in for a hard winter?

Even the dog was enjoying being in the fields this afternoon, we spent quite a long time looking for his frisbee which he insisted on dropping in the trees.

The light was just amazing through the trees.  It reminded me of summer. It was very beautiful.

Hope you are having ag good week.  Will try and do an update on knitting projects soon.

Morag x

Recent Purchases!!!

I have been very naughty.  Look what I have purchased recently.

Yes that is right 2 lots of Old Maiden Aunt yarns.

The top one is 'Dreich' colourway and the bottom one is 'bean nighe'.

I hadn't intended to get 2 lots but I fell in love with both.  I originally bought the bean nighe and was going to make this with it.

 From this book by Ysolda Teaque.

But was browsing Old maiden aunt's website shop the other day and realised she had in stock a colourway that I really, really, really wanted.  Not that I needed to add to my stash.  Now I have a dilemma which colourway do I knit Cria in?  I have enough yarn in the Dreich to knit a long sleeve Cria whereas I only have enough of Bean Nighe to knit the short sleeve version.  Dilemma, Dilemma.  Do I knit both!?  And if I do which do I start with?

I have worked out which size to do now and just need to swatch to check my tension.  Best get on with it.

Hope you're having a good week
Morag x

A bit more Gorilla hunting and a bit of cleaning

Last Wednesday we decided we would do a little bit more Gorilla hunting around Bristol.  So we parked near the water tower on the downs and walked across to the Clifton Suspension Bridge and then did a circular route back up Whiteladies Road back to the car, where on route we had to stop for a coffee for me and an Ice cream for Josh.

 I think the packet of sugar that came with my coffee was more interesting than the ice cream!

And over the weekend we made the most of the weather to do a bit of cleaning and tidying.  Andy decided the windows needed cleaning only I think we might have used a bit too much cleaning mixture, just a little too many bubbles.

And of course, Josh wanted to be up the  ladder to help.

Well while that was being done I was inside cleaning. Why is it I seem to get all the jobs that need doing inside? 

Knitting wise this week has just been trying to get a few things done that have been on the needles for a while and catching up on my Debbie Abraham's Mystery Blanket. I have now finished August's squares or at least knitting them, still need to sew them.

I am also working on a little secret project that I can't show you for a while but I can say that I am knitting up some projects for a friend's knitting pattern book which is due to be published later in the year.  This is very exciting well at least it is for me!

Enough for now before I start getting boring.

Morag x

Summer Days

I can't believe how time is flying by so quickly.  Finding things to do at the moment is quite easy - Josh is fairly amiable and is quite happy to go along with what we are doing.  Last week Andy was going to play golf for the first time this summer and was practising in the garden with proper clubs so I thought we ought to get Josh some of his own.  So opted for these.

Of course, daddy just had to have a go aswell.  Not sure we should really play with them inside.

And then over the weekend we picked our first carrot and it was delicious.  It was had alongside some fresh beans from the garden and some broad beans from Mother-in-Law's allotment.  Yum - fresh veggies.

The forecast for the first part of the week was not supposed to be very good so I thought we would go to the museum.  Look what we found in the entrance to the Museum.

After looking around the museum and having a coffee (of course - all part of going out for the day) we decided to go on a Gorilla hunt around the dock area and city centre of Bristol.  There are 60 Gorilla's at various venues in and around Bristol.  We found 15 by which time it wasn't quite so exciting!

Didn't take pictures of them all but they are amazing.  In the end the weather wasn't actually that bad and we had a great day.

Way back in April when we had a heat wave we bought Josh a sandpit and slide, the slide got put up the day it came, unfortunately the sandpit didn't, it has been cluttering up the house ever since it came.  So the other day I thought I really ought to get it out so Josh and I had a lovely afternoon putting it together and then playing in it.  It just means we now have sand in various places over the garden.  Oh well all good fun.

Hope you have a good weekend.  The weather doesn't sound too wonderful but hopefully we might get some gardening done and some more playing in the sandpit! and on the slide!

Morag

Addiction and long term project

It is very unusual for me to leave a project unfinished, in fact I can't start something new until I have finished something else but I have been doing the Debbie Abraham's Mystery Blanket for the last 4 years since she first started doing them.  They are very addictive - I wasn't going to do this year's one but as time got closer I realised I had to do it to have a complete collection.  Does this mean that I will do next years? Who knows?

I will take some better pictures when I have finished it and will also take some pictures of the other blankets that are finished.

Just need to decide what to make next, I think something for me.

Hope you having a good week
Morag x

July is almost gone!

Where has all the time gone?  We have just been on holiday in the Peak District for a whole week.  We got there and it was raining - my first thought was is it going to do this all week.  Thankfully not.  We had lovely weather and got a bit of walking in, not that easy with a 2 1/2 year old.  

This is the view from the village we stayed in, we did lots of walking along this road.

 
This is the view from the cottage, ours is the cottage in the picture above.  It had a lovely front garden that we spent lots of time sitting in to relax.

 Last picture from our holiday.  This was taken on one of the walks that we did - using part of the high peak trail.  Amazing countryside - would love to revisit when little one is a bit older and can walk a bit further.

Thought I would also include some pictures from before we went on holiday, just some of the humdrum of everyday life.

Playdoughing in the garden in the sun , much nicer than doing this inside when it is raining!

 Some art work also done the same day to use as a picture for granny's  birthday.  And last but not least my deco cardigan which is still waiting for me to find the appropriate ribbon and buttons so that I can finish it off.

This was taken before I blocked it which has now been done, shame I still have not found any ribbon or buttons yet.

And I thought I would just end with a couple of other pictures that I really like.

Finally!!

Thought I should get around to adding some pictures on here and show you some things I have been doing recently.

 This is the view from the back of our house and where we walk the dog all the time.  It is amazing we live a mile from our small town and yet when you look out of the back or sit in our garden you feel as if you are in the country.

Well onto some things I have been working on recently, this is the digger jumper that I made for my son and he loves wearing it so much, he is digger and tractor mad.  We spend hours sitting at the window in our bedroom when the tractors are out in the fields at the back of the house.  So may have to make another one of these but this time with a tractor instead.

And this little thing is my most recent make, which took 4 days to make but I just love knitting in the bright red.  This was for a friends new baby who was born just over a week ago.  And last but not least I know it is not spring now but I thought I would include a daffodil as the weather here has not been very summerlike recently more like autumn.

Finally, I am still plodding on with my Deco cardigan but am loving the design more and more.  I have got to the sleeves so hopefully won't be long as I am beginning to get itchy about wanting to start something else.  I was planning on doing something else for my son but would quite like to get a shrug done for me that I would like to wear to two weddings we have in July.

Hope you all have a good week.
Morag x