Granny square sunburst ooohhhh

Well the crafting weekend was somewhat of a success. One baby blanket complete and given to the beautiful little Violet, hope she likes it!.  

Well we all know how the baby booty turned out - failed as a medieval shoe! think I'll be giving those a miss for now.

I did however learn a new granny square pattern - sun burst which I picked up on Pinterest (love it).  It contains, puff and cluster stitches - hence the new start of a granny square blanket!.......just have to learn how to stitch them all together at the end - no doubt that we be a treat....not!!! Photos soon!

Crochet, paint, mess and wool......ohhhh my favourite kind of fun!

Ok so after a sneaky little days holiday on Friday from work......nice long weekend for me woo Hooo!.  So let the crafting from dusk till dawn commence!......well ok Friday had a snipit of crafting as I decided that me and the Gypsy ( AKA Anthony the other half) had to get down to some dirtiness..........that is cleaning the house including cleaning out the fuzzies (ferrets), yes I have 4 of the little buggers.

Zebedee, Bear, Boo and Betty ( must find a photo of Betty ).  Oh and not to mention the newest addition to the family Roscoe my Bengal kitten!

Although between her and the ferrets I don't know who is the naughtiest.  Since I lost me beautiful boy Zion, my Dogue De bOrdeaux last year the house has felt so empty, but with these five they surely keep me entertained!!!.

Ahhhhh isn't he just beautiful!!! 10 stone of slobberyness and cuteness !!!

So after the boring jobs done around the house I thought I'd finish some of my blankets off, heresthe 'Violet' blanket for the baby.

I'm actually really pleased how it turned out.....mind you I didn't realise just how big it was! - hope baby Violet like it!.

Ok one blanket finished - now to try something new......a baby crochet bootie......

Yes it should probably come with a warning of hideousness.......is it me or does it look more like something a Viking peasant would wear back in the medieval days......oh well practise makes perfect.

Ohhh and the circles are coming on a treat - well it seems to be more on the flat side at least!!!

 

Think I might just carry on the rounds to see what a blanket turns out like.....watch this space!.

Rainbow blankets galore!!!

Now I am looking forward to a long weekend of crafting ahead - got one baby blanket to finish crocheting for a lovely new baby called Violet.......so hence the blanket is all shades of Violet colours, lets hope she likes it.  I'm also half way through a wedding anniversary present for my best friend - this year is the year of cotton - so wool is a close enough to cotton right???, any excuse for a crochet marathon.  The blanket is all rainbow colours.

These rainbow blankets have a special significance to me and my family.  Ever since I lost my dad a few years back, I have come to associate rainbows with him, whenever I felt really down and sad, somehow a rainbow would always appear....hence the title of the blog which follows this - as he is always sending me rainbows when I really need him.  So with this in mind I decided to crochet a large granny square rainbow blanket for my mam for Mother's Day this year, and for my two sisters - so we would always have a rainbow with us when ever we needed to feel close to him.

Ohhhhhh can't decide???

Well it's day 1 of my return to blogging......2nd post may I say......hope this time lasts longer than the last - let's hope its within the same year this time......shocking I know!.

So with my new lease of crafting / making a mess! I have been changing my blog around, trying new backgrounds, colours, layout etc etc......I'm more confused than ever!, or should that be - I've got no clue what I'm doing!.

So after umpteen attempts and trials of blog looks I've decided on a wood type background.......lets just see how long this one lasts.

I look at other blogs and they all look brilliant, really professional looking, with great layouts and backgrounds.   Well it looks like I'm just going to have to keep try stuff out and experimenting.......practice makes perfect and all that jazz!!!.

So I'm looking forward to more daily posts with all my tales of joy and woes from throughout the day, boring it may be but I've set myself the challenge of daily posts no matter how short and sweet some may be!.

I'm back!

Well too say its been a while is an understatement, but after some much needed inspiration and artist mojo I think I'm back in the swing if things......well slowly at least!.

When I first started this blogging malarkey I was full of excitement and wonder at the possibilities of what i could achieve from it.

I mean what can be so hard about documenting your life for all too see, sharing your woes and achievements, show casting your good, bad and the ugly!

I thought that setting aside an hour a day to blog about my day - good and bad was achievable - then that became, well I'll try once every couple of days.....,ok maybe once a week....... 6 weeks later and I still had not got round to posting regular stuff.

Before I knew it months had gone by and the poor blog had been neglected, spider webs, tumble weeds the lot!!!.  Even my craft room had become abandoned.

But over the last few months I've slowly found my crafty bug. I've learnt a new craft .........bring on the crocheting!!!....it turns out I can only seem to manage giant granny square blankets as it seems I have yet to master a circular shape ( for some reason mine turn out to look more like a bowl than a flat circle.....photo to follow as its hideous).

So with this new love.....crochet, my crafting bug is back!.  I've sort inspiration from the much loved Pinterest and recently enrolled on Kelly Rae Roberts e-course......which I must say is one of the main reasons I managed to get back into the swing if things. Part of the course talks about blogs and blogging and the joy ,love and sense if achievement folk get from blogging.....hence my return.