Newest creations

Just a quick update of what I have been working on:

Another David Tennant plushie with glasses Ravelry

70% Bamboo 30% Cotton Ghost Train Gloves Ravelry | Etsy
And look! I finally learnt how to do an invisible seam! Have been using circular needles mostly till now, but cotton has no stretch so because a bit tricky on a circular

I used Theresa Vinson Stenersen's Knitty tutorial to learn this - yay!

Scarlet Gehry from Amanda Ruzin's Pattern
Ravelled here

New house and some favourite blogs

Well the move is over and went pretty smoothly. I'm completely exhausted and have a lot of sleep to catch up on this weekend. My favourite part of the apartment is my new bedroom, which has a door out to a little courtyard ^_^
It has taken me a while to realise just how important sunlight and greenery is to my own happiness.

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Thought this would be a good time to mention some of my favourite blogs that I look forward to reading each day. In particular these three combine personal experiences and challenges with beautiful photography and lovely handmade craft - enjoy :)

Owlishly
http://owlishly.typepad.com/owlishly/

This Year's Dozen
http://thisyearsdozen.wordpress.com/

Needled
http://needled.wordpress.com/

Treasury - Not your grandma's crochet

Thanks to NaughtyHook for including my mini Tom Baker in this collection of non-traditional crochet :)

Love LambLisa's Ninja bunny! So cute :)

Moving house again

Hi everyone,
Thanks for all the lovely comments and interest in the last couple of weeks. I'm really behind on my emails and convos because we're moving house again tomorrow :/ I promise to get back to you all just as soon as we're settled :)

Mice Castle by tildafilur

Goodie bag squeeness

How exciting!! Ran to the post office this morning to collect a special gift package from the lovely crocheter Misty whose ravelry projects will make you squee with cuteness ^_^

I had no idea what to expect (which made it even more exciting!) and this is what I found!!! So many goodies to play with ^_^ I'm overwhelmed!

So much love went into this collection of fun with lovely soft yarn, a homemade gorgeous notebook, and a container for me to keep my sewing supplies - it makes me so happy to know such a generous person who enjoyed my free patterns and sent me such a lovely gift in return!

So thank you Misty - much more happy crocheting in the future!
and I just wanted to show a few of your other cute projects ^_^

Playing with dolls - treasury

Thanks to sunweeds for including my Ianto plushie in this lovely collection :)

sunweeds makes adorable button-y bouquets ^_^

Company

Jack now has a Ianto for company ^_^
More info coming soon!

Missing the sun

I love my job - and I've loved that the lack of University work has allowed me to get back into crafting - but spending so much time inside is starting to make me long for outside adventures

We're just about to move house (for the 2nd time this year :/) and I am hoping that this change, the park near by, and the little courtyard attached to the place, will give me a bit more sunlight and stop feeling like all of my life is spent in the house, windowless office or train

I used to spend daylight hours wandering around the place and practicing poi or juggling (while avoiding uni work), but full time work has meant no sunlight left to play in :(


But summer is coming soon! and it will probably another hot one - time for wearing dresses and eating icecream!