tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37057282752582265602024-03-12T17:08:56.268-07:00Catherine Wilson<big><b>KNITTERS ROCK!</b></big>Catherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-52940889028480282982010-09-29T07:04:00.000-07:002010-09-29T07:34:23.353-07:00Freshers WeekHi fellow tweakers,<br /><br />I got through my first week at Uni!!!! Yay!!!! I am totally inspired, impressed and raring to go!! I have met new friends and joined a couple of societies - as you do!! Yesterday we had our first lecture, the old grey matter is starting to circulate a bit.<br /><br />I am still working on a few things in the creative sector as it were! The 'Autumn Berries' cushion cover is nearly finished. I've started an aran jumper for my lovely Steve in a gorgeous deep red, I will photograph it when I have done a substantial amount. Starting off in the pattern was really strange, had to frog a couple of times just couldn't get it right. It's yonks since I knit aran! In my previous blogs I mentioned the Sirdar Blur in green I had bought so I made a little something!!!!<br /><br />I have a friend Chloe who has just gone to University in Aberystwyth, Wales, to study 'genetics' I thought she might need a companion to sit by her pc as she worked, check out 'Bobbie Bacteria', he's made mainly in Blur with a couple of scraps for other bits!! He is a very simple amigurumi shape, I've put polyester beads in the bottom to make him stand up properly but he does tend to be a bit of a rogue still!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlKrKHSCQGqQ2dt81VTijbj5ADrHDbaC-25O1gbwc8Di4Fd9ek8TAipF3EimIcmqYLLMm3_a4iwhZGKlhrMPX-b-40ySk_LL3oZEA9XArjCEJOzc1-649NBFSJXEbl2pxI9COCvnEaMk/s1600/005.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlKrKHSCQGqQ2dt81VTijbj5ADrHDbaC-25O1gbwc8Di4Fd9ek8TAipF3EimIcmqYLLMm3_a4iwhZGKlhrMPX-b-40ySk_LL3oZEA9XArjCEJOzc1-649NBFSJXEbl2pxI9COCvnEaMk/s200/005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522342913741406770" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlKrKHSCQGqQ2dt81VTijbj5ADrHDbaC-25O1gbwc8Di4Fd9ek8TAipF3EimIcmqYLLMm3_a4iwhZGKlhrMPX-b-40ySk_LL3oZEA9XArjCEJOzc1-649NBFSJXEbl2pxI9COCvnEaMk/s1600/005.JPG"><br /></a><br /><br />I am working on other ideas and have loads to do at present, will keep ewe posted!!!<br /><br />love Cathy xCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-33592559591005985672010-09-02T14:35:00.001-07:002010-09-02T14:57:23.546-07:00Every ones a fluffy one .....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ8nQiIqMR5ucXewe0lLzinbO_3FtY2XD0tWkvDU2Aq4aG5I8ID3hVc1WurSv7yr16ZW5a1cLLHZaxLEctpu1CfEuOYWqAXrXhLlDnHSKc5X9r68U1fcrBpuLESDYw4INcAgxZS59xPlk/s1600/september+2+002.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ8nQiIqMR5ucXewe0lLzinbO_3FtY2XD0tWkvDU2Aq4aG5I8ID3hVc1WurSv7yr16ZW5a1cLLHZaxLEctpu1CfEuOYWqAXrXhLlDnHSKc5X9r68U1fcrBpuLESDYw4INcAgxZS59xPlk/s200/september+2+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512433418737366034" border="0" /></a><br />Hi fellow tweakers,<br /><br />This is 'Fluffy Dennis', all finished - not frogged, for a change lol. It seemed to take ages to make but it certainly kept my legs warm, hope my young Emo friend is pleased with it. It came out much longer than I anticipated, it should look fab with leggings.<br /><br />Today I have gotten rid of my red locks and had loads of blonde hilights put in. Will have to change my blog picture - watch this space!!<br /><br />I am toying with the idea of what to do with some Sirdar Blur I have in my stash. Its a lovely green colour. Have been playing around with it but havent quite decided what to make. I have to say though it is a beast to undo!!! - wish me luck!!!<br /><br /><br />Catch ewe soon<br />keep tweaking<br />love Cathy xCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-85169649347812644062010-08-27T07:56:00.000-07:002010-08-27T16:02:34.864-07:00Fluffy Dennis, Autumn Berries, new start ....Hi fellow tweakers,<br /><br />Yeh I know, I am the worst, most irregular blogger on the planet lol!!! Despite not having blogged again for yonks I have been knitting and crocheting like crazy, always having at least one thing on the go. These are two of the most recent:<br /><br />Meet Fluffy Dennis:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkRq75ruzJ5mZJlR3N09QFwprCR6V3aWDVtW25WOp_JGxx9CCORUcUcveTvNt6lSnhnE1MmiZW6dJVONnTOxbKR9Vi33btVcobezilwJoNKoX-5AcFh7qYwhSC0XSEaCqHVACCiz8RXek/s1600/August+1+009.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkRq75ruzJ5mZJlR3N09QFwprCR6V3aWDVtW25WOp_JGxx9CCORUcUcveTvNt6lSnhnE1MmiZW6dJVONnTOxbKR9Vi33btVcobezilwJoNKoX-5AcFh7qYwhSC0XSEaCqHVACCiz8RXek/s200/August+1+009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510216173793865890" border="0" /></a>This is a stripey mohair 'Dennis the Menace' like 80's style jumper. The red yarn is a vintage 1970/80's one I managed to find on ebay. I think it is a worsted weight its certainly quite thick for a sports weight. The black yarn is a sports weight, both yarns seem to work well, on 4mm needles the difference in thickness adds texture to the sweater. It is going to be a one size, quite a baggy long number, for a young 'Emo' friend. (I did have another photo, guess what I accidentally deleted it!!!)<br /><br />and Autumn Berries:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzRHBmFoRCSnSDlVtsj2kWixcqe0FYmJDjdT6cpsc71Ic10QwxL7ty-W_LHN5Ym-jS8_pW8o8XW-QYcRTzQVorZQV-ytpytnfDYiyosutrBDYa_zs-jpav4YB2PKvXXAg3Rh4oZLHqRw/s1600/August+1+002.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 453px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzRHBmFoRCSnSDlVtsj2kWixcqe0FYmJDjdT6cpsc71Ic10QwxL7ty-W_LHN5Ym-jS8_pW8o8XW-QYcRTzQVorZQV-ytpytnfDYiyosutrBDYa_zs-jpav4YB2PKvXXAg3Rh4oZLHqRw/s200/August+1+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510222837379281394" border="0" /></a><br />This is going to be a scumble cushion cover. It is made of Noro Kureyon Sock Yarn, on a 4mm crochet hook, as Noro fans will know this yarn is incredible!! All these beautiful colours in one skein - magic!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYT1twO-KlrKAUu9SIOMpqVoZlWaXDw8J3UGJCn4PHewTC6ogrGsY_Upy50Rw1MZWvtOPZFM8S1l2fWaBxF9u7m_PWngstPuwIe2bBzG1JjvDqW1Etaw0tkidYNNNdprDeZeWYy87s8dk/s1600/August+1+003.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYT1twO-KlrKAUu9SIOMpqVoZlWaXDw8J3UGJCn4PHewTC6ogrGsY_Upy50Rw1MZWvtOPZFM8S1l2fWaBxF9u7m_PWngstPuwIe2bBzG1JjvDqW1Etaw0tkidYNNNdprDeZeWYy87s8dk/s200/August+1+003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510225266481568498" border="0" /></a>This is a little 3D effect flower, with a little crocheted centre bead .... and theres more!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9X95ojn_wn35YY_WaRpXeYJN0GltL5V-lWBahujPMptY1ySrKSQmBOwXRnwRo8-Wrhd24qE6sdp1kW_gpJWa76tfXDc5rJ0taJmci2A5kscWL7QCFPht3Pk1LzHijDqZnymXiE718oJA/s1600/August+1+004.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 382px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9X95ojn_wn35YY_WaRpXeYJN0GltL5V-lWBahujPMptY1ySrKSQmBOwXRnwRo8-Wrhd24qE6sdp1kW_gpJWa76tfXDc5rJ0taJmci2A5kscWL7QCFPht3Pk1LzHijDqZnymXiE718oJA/s200/August+1+004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510226159234032802" border="0" /></a><br />I have really stretched this photo out. You can actually see the variants of thickness and shading even in one colour. Don't you want to touch it?<br /><br />On a personal note I have now finished work to pursue a degree at University!!! I am really excited and scared at the same time. My dizzy personality (self admitted) will help to bond with the youngsters, my teens reckon I will just fit in great because I'm mad!!!<br /><br />Bye for now,<br />take care ya'll<br />Cathy xxCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-16552815077000921872010-04-21T06:13:00.000-07:002010-04-21T07:00:49.193-07:00Berries and Key Lime with Savannah and Scottie...Hi Everyone,<br /><br />Even though I haven't been blogging I have been very busy with one thing and another, life took over in a big way!! Haven't done as much crafting as I would have liked, I seemed to have lost my mojo for a little while.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Make, do and Knit fair</span> in Liverpool, proved to be the catalyst in my recreativity, had a fabulous weekend with the<span style="font-style: italic;"> knitonthenet </span>team. Ended up thoroughly knackered, but absolutely fired up with ideas.<br /><br />Here are some of my recently completed projects - read on ..<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOPhM_13pk8DJm7MqXIFhLZK_fyAVqW5aQMvSCW0svIpMkdL-GRA_8EHSPfz6DKJZy_6mEM5vDAnYtI0E3-6G-xXCW1g8PuHgXIzyE3soRQr4Ui_3HGc3lM1trnfdrOBwJv4JZGUeVEs/s1600/030.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 122px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOPhM_13pk8DJm7MqXIFhLZK_fyAVqW5aQMvSCW0svIpMkdL-GRA_8EHSPfz6DKJZy_6mEM5vDAnYtI0E3-6G-xXCW1g8PuHgXIzyE3soRQr4Ui_3HGc3lM1trnfdrOBwJv4JZGUeVEs/s200/030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462580701591046450" border="0" /></a>This bag is made from a kit by <span style="font-style: italic;">Ingrid Wagner</span>, who was at the fair. I called it <span style="font-style: italic;">Scottie Bag</span> as the orange colours have a slight plaid in them.<br />The kit includes 2 balls of 'yarn' and a huge crochet hook complete with pattern. I altered the pattern slightly and made different handles, it is fabulous, very hardwearing, and is soooo quick to make, a real instant gratification job. Cheers Ingrid I will do more of these!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjq3KQ7DNHyqBR5R7cXdXQmwAf2PLkerL62F7NnoKq5b5rJ5bEymN_Swcg3RHhyphenhyphen2p1TO18ITmBFEdZGd1PGHsEH7wVKe5y06GYvQRX19yXaOPZoCSW8GXkf2jSDMA4TSVeeY91dq8Rzag/s1600/036.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 110px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjq3KQ7DNHyqBR5R7cXdXQmwAf2PLkerL62F7NnoKq5b5rJ5bEymN_Swcg3RHhyphenhyphen2p1TO18ITmBFEdZGd1PGHsEH7wVKe5y06GYvQRX19yXaOPZoCSW8GXkf2jSDMA4TSVeeY91dq8Rzag/s200/036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462583619083445794" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafLHryu7uJan0c27UGxWngw00Abu4l5eltISN9Csx0HbTfOvBuht-2oxr_SfNWMd_28YDYS-y7kyrnWRKm_qnUYWaIvzcCe5-ZdzYrvGcy2AKrBx4EBVa-_lx008y-2wIPzsXA2-j2Mw/s1600/038.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafLHryu7uJan0c27UGxWngw00Abu4l5eltISN9Csx0HbTfOvBuht-2oxr_SfNWMd_28YDYS-y7kyrnWRKm_qnUYWaIvzcCe5-ZdzYrvGcy2AKrBx4EBVa-_lx008y-2wIPzsXA2-j2Mw/s200/038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462583973498717714" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-v5Z6FHk5vurTQ7Vs8otSMv2I18gB9PrGCt4G7Vq8U9H8519FK4kwWoGuhcAeeuiRexVM57JixCKi7b1XyUUl52Wsu5QCvhgUqR6aRayuoGYOblziwrxbTb9CAGbvuLXrI73Xom1H76Y/s1600/037.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-v5Z6FHk5vurTQ7Vs8otSMv2I18gB9PrGCt4G7Vq8U9H8519FK4kwWoGuhcAeeuiRexVM57JixCKi7b1XyUUl52Wsu5QCvhgUqR6aRayuoGYOblziwrxbTb9CAGbvuLXrI73Xom1H76Y/s200/037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462584381094126514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is <span style="font-style: italic;">Berries Shawl</span> my own design in Sirdar Escape. Just a simple filet stitch rectangle with a loopy fringe, its so warm and cosy, and can be draped in different ways to suit my ever changing moods - lol.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVFTm0eAl9ZfEWbbknHf2qY87Tdqnp0lC6oxcWwz2gs6D9ZWaw6tJOueBQUFRbvn5DWZpr4ujHXshp3nwUg7YEGPyWXJwl7bBu5E4AGfFzErZpFw5yMNFuB2p1HlXuolHDrX8BUCayaA/s1600/039.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 111px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVFTm0eAl9ZfEWbbknHf2qY87Tdqnp0lC6oxcWwz2gs6D9ZWaw6tJOueBQUFRbvn5DWZpr4ujHXshp3nwUg7YEGPyWXJwl7bBu5E4AGfFzErZpFw5yMNFuB2p1HlXuolHDrX8BUCayaA/s200/039.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462585033025456834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFQ5SLEJyrvpq2R6S5b7xeiCteoIxGCvqriJXJKNqtDjA-_dnYUR-GJDcEcRyPnjH0j_l3C7_d2_f4eiC40ZJ_AGQbNXHR9QaEdqTBa1ZcV0qpLdZd3OWwPeEd_re1h6aElrk7Evz-O8/s1600/040.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFQ5SLEJyrvpq2R6S5b7xeiCteoIxGCvqriJXJKNqtDjA-_dnYUR-GJDcEcRyPnjH0j_l3C7_d2_f4eiC40ZJ_AGQbNXHR9QaEdqTBa1ZcV0qpLdZd3OWwPeEd_re1h6aElrk7Evz-O8/s200/040.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462585752827673250" border="0" /></a>Meet <span style="font-style: italic;">Savannah</span> the lovely little number from 'The Knitter'. Made in Patons, Trentino dk. Of course I had to alter this pattern as well, didn't fancy picking up the stitches for the lacy edging, so I crocheted them instead. This made a surprisingly lightweight but warm shrug.<br /><br /><br />This next one is called Key Lime and is a WIP. Made from Stylecraft, Sirocco - a linen and cotton blend. The photos do not represent the colour very well it is a definite lime, hence the name. It is quite heavy but I am looking forward to finishing it and of course wearing it!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzs-9aUJSWEHC_xCIboBDMBoYogvI8yq6KfR6QA97LmjY7XFdjIwqC4JKDbHEAoMJmZrfXjEiS9Ouz3eCN1s3gzkFh2Wk1S-Mxaq2dUbXzb-EjW0N-SDNTSzgRmYLI0gGyZtvzplnTC8/s1600/031.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzs-9aUJSWEHC_xCIboBDMBoYogvI8yq6KfR6QA97LmjY7XFdjIwqC4JKDbHEAoMJmZrfXjEiS9Ouz3eCN1s3gzkFh2Wk1S-Mxaq2dUbXzb-EjW0N-SDNTSzgRmYLI0gGyZtvzplnTC8/s200/031.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462589697647396914" border="0" /></a><br />Bye for now, love Cathy xCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-67416094058875705212010-01-13T03:32:00.000-08:002010-01-13T03:43:31.209-08:00Farewell Old Girl....Hi everyone<br /><br />We had a very sad event yesterday. Our eldest cat Biscuit (aged 18 years and 10 months) was taken to the vets and we decided it was 'time'. The poor girl had either liver or heart failure, causing her frail body to swell. Her suffering was apparent and it was the last kindness we could do for her.<br /><br />I took her and stayed with her, it was very hard to do but had to be done. The family is very upset especially my Steve, she was his baby.<br /><br />RIP little one, I hope you are as fiesty in heaven as you were with us. We love you. God Bless.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zmbQMmZv_nO3-k9QAIVNEcaRIdawgEdUWJZ2N2INkN5kg39CEzUo_z8vd1IV21m-GUtqw_ZlmETKbi2RwEGIP3Y5g8DnkudOAlc1krpWk7zWsh2YTTf9nXd6AeoeOt3ddWICAyYBUC8/s1600-h/biscuit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zmbQMmZv_nO3-k9QAIVNEcaRIdawgEdUWJZ2N2INkN5kg39CEzUo_z8vd1IV21m-GUtqw_ZlmETKbi2RwEGIP3Y5g8DnkudOAlc1krpWk7zWsh2YTTf9nXd6AeoeOt3ddWICAyYBUC8/s200/biscuit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426188084889869874" border="0" /></a>Bye for now tweakers<br />take care<br />love Cathy xCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-44278502413411447182010-01-10T03:01:00.000-08:002010-01-10T03:49:20.262-08:00Picture postcards ...Hi Everyone,<br /><br />Apologies for not blogging for 'yonks' (a local term for a long time). I put myself under too much pressure trying to do<span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">everything</span></span>, long hours at work and college assignments have inhibited my creative juices. Thank you for the beautiful birthday wishes I received on Ravelry (for the 7th January) they warmed my heart, a belated and sincere HAPPY NEW YEAR to all!!!<br /><br />We are virtually snowbound - a slight exaggeration, we are not as bad as some parts of the country, walking and travel are hazardous. I choose to hibernate. I am not the steadiest person on my pins at the best of times, to put me on icy paths would be very very risky!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUsLDn0EmJDQgOhv2wuS4jKa14j9DgCipy4xDK16eV1iiS6m3oiiVHWG7rY8oJcOKcdqd8ivNv439EtSWa-A5BK5lFJVhtNT5XsgNsrvxT3l2blu0vTOLwBF4XhR4kCn3kPBfyh3BJpg/s1600-h/southport+snow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUsLDn0EmJDQgOhv2wuS4jKa14j9DgCipy4xDK16eV1iiS6m3oiiVHWG7rY8oJcOKcdqd8ivNv439EtSWa-A5BK5lFJVhtNT5XsgNsrvxT3l2blu0vTOLwBF4XhR4kCn3kPBfyh3BJpg/s200/southport+snow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425070128657564562" border="0" /></a><br />How beautiful is this.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />As my friend Susan will tell you, despite the hazards, I love to tread on 'virgin' snow, fresh snow untouched, I love to make childlike footprints - guilty pleasures or what!!<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I now have a week off work</span></span> - <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">YEEHA!!!!!!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I want to play with yarn, and watch movies and just C H I L L O U T!! (Pardon the pun!!!)<br /><br />I really like this:<br /><br /></span></span><a href="http://www.knitonthenet.com/issue8/patterns/recessionruffle/">Recession Ruffle</a><br />by Henrietta Dups from knitonthenet.com<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTgLxFs5bbUkKr3oTj38YfgLiyfi7DXPyG2W8w3wOytritf1gxpF11vp1njF3WA3rmbSlNFzgcuRDOi4e57Cc5MYw01gz30NLeQnhtwGLxKwqYFaIyIcKwadDv0tuVCAWCjL2wZUEYvM/s1600-h/ruffle6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 164px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTgLxFs5bbUkKr3oTj38YfgLiyfi7DXPyG2W8w3wOytritf1gxpF11vp1njF3WA3rmbSlNFzgcuRDOi4e57Cc5MYw01gz30NLeQnhtwGLxKwqYFaIyIcKwadDv0tuVCAWCjL2wZUEYvM/s200/ruffle6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425074582943403154" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECof0aSxDehoKt8sVS38TDefS7kIGz9_fp_yeJYReAOJLwloW-dogLUJMaX0srKm_DBJyCGczXY2_tndqthVdeSdfq8z0nLfeMhYJ9Sf75lxBUVA3QrtjGb9Ax9bfXHInpzWVFJU5Ogg/s1600-h/ruffle5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 139px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECof0aSxDehoKt8sVS38TDefS7kIGz9_fp_yeJYReAOJLwloW-dogLUJMaX0srKm_DBJyCGczXY2_tndqthVdeSdfq8z0nLfeMhYJ9Sf75lxBUVA3QrtjGb9Ax9bfXHInpzWVFJU5Ogg/s200/ruffle5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425074755292317106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimkfuiUk9FVFfWFFQBiGxuujEbrZpK2nXVw0sFi6LEGvycfm12a5dVdRNKDEjpMYZssFkNpYxr0mX5CHqB8Vv6FOfmNwPnC_1YbLRVNmk59E76k6_HPP59g7So5BtfSmwfk4gLjRmNcX0/s1600-h/ruffle4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimkfuiUk9FVFfWFFQBiGxuujEbrZpK2nXVw0sFi6LEGvycfm12a5dVdRNKDEjpMYZssFkNpYxr0mX5CHqB8Vv6FOfmNwPnC_1YbLRVNmk59E76k6_HPP59g7So5BtfSmwfk4gLjRmNcX0/s200/ruffle4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425074973851293746" border="0" /></a><br />A perfect stash buster, a quick and easy project.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I am going to sign off now. I feel the need to design, create and PLAY!!!!!<br /><br />Bye for now, catch you soon.<br />Happy tweaking!! xxCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-91426478334257855682009-10-15T12:05:00.001-07:002009-10-15T12:32:11.468-07:00Disappointment ...Hi fellow tweakers,<br />just a little note today to say how sad I felt yesterday. We have been away to the Lake District for a few days and gorgeous it was too!!! Apart from one thing, as it is a different way of life in 'The Lakes' it is the country, and you do not see as many shops as you see in the towns. I of course, wanted to visit a wool shop, (as usual). <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuy3kqKo8zWrE8tJovK4smtat25YSxszhupUzAIg5GL3psn6nL1tCoCWlVm014ahQlmiYBsNkfu8eXc5tgltdCmrCs6KCXwZYsl0bS0mQRYTIHPixa6KEUzIy_dQtbhT5ETq4HyyOUy0M/s1600-h/012.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuy3kqKo8zWrE8tJovK4smtat25YSxszhupUzAIg5GL3psn6nL1tCoCWlVm014ahQlmiYBsNkfu8eXc5tgltdCmrCs6KCXwZYsl0bS0mQRYTIHPixa6KEUzIy_dQtbhT5ETq4HyyOUy0M/s200/012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392907701158496178" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We went to a beautiful place and I saw a sign......<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I was so 'excited' at the prospect of a new adventure!!!!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEYwjpYzb6a9WaAp3IS3BgYuT0AUtz62ptkxn6ipGVMp6MP-ft5o6iz3jeySc_9BeXwENsZ7IvA5ev-CxdTlzS8oLWtAE7UFkXDk04dFhDVftERMpVjVPBb8f3EA-chQsKTvVLh_aUakU/s1600-h/010.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEYwjpYzb6a9WaAp3IS3BgYuT0AUtz62ptkxn6ipGVMp6MP-ft5o6iz3jeySc_9BeXwENsZ7IvA5ev-CxdTlzS8oLWtAE7UFkXDk04dFhDVftERMpVjVPBb8f3EA-chQsKTvVLh_aUakU/s200/010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392908599791588402" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">then I turned a corner and saw this ......</span><br />a poor empty shop, another victim of the times, it made me feel so sad!!! The proprietors probably felt, and still feel, as passionate about crafting as I do. <br /><br />Lets hope that the economy picks up soon!!!<br /><br /><br /><br />keep tweaking<br />catch u soon<br />love Cathy xCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com238tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-73723080445032321912009-09-10T14:45:00.000-07:002009-09-14T03:30:47.210-07:00New Creations<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbVr-YM5_FkQa49OmUvU2BuwhQ0rVppKNEeb_DddB-3cwZApHCtbuhHWeCe4_UY1WIICGogDHuR0lTKvp5yATQQ3rXI_fKCKXR4kuzL7fdmBEJEVslJ7DxxBUXPzRZ3NawoJoe5yHuG0/s1600-h/lillie3s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbVr-YM5_FkQa49OmUvU2BuwhQ0rVppKNEeb_DddB-3cwZApHCtbuhHWeCe4_UY1WIICGogDHuR0lTKvp5yATQQ3rXI_fKCKXR4kuzL7fdmBEJEVslJ7DxxBUXPzRZ3NawoJoe5yHuG0/s200/lillie3s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381265973779987746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />.... from knitonthenet.issue9!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0qm_RW7RIf4-AsPpmbTQkQ5TfVWAEQntua0b0-Cq7qzC-lE9c_nzToL6g5u7iUaJ5CZnmf3A8x0SM_ogz4tAQjfBG8B_COKafMAGUvd8kR3s2h0vWPkEM3ewtbB-cWO3MJINRneXc7U/s1600-h/joplin5s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0qm_RW7RIf4-AsPpmbTQkQ5TfVWAEQntua0b0-Cq7qzC-lE9c_nzToL6g5u7iUaJ5CZnmf3A8x0SM_ogz4tAQjfBG8B_COKafMAGUvd8kR3s2h0vWPkEM3ewtbB-cWO3MJINRneXc7U/s200/joplin5s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381261760572454658" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXt1ev635kxOjDevTtPRAeZIminRQjV8cQsiiMl8FED0RH9r5LtfTXIbl9gO19qD9T5GBQQnjMx46rv1vRqDNqCjX1d8NIjW6v8MwDWnGHE4hoR_sQetIZnbZpEB38fvs0UPMx-oa5QQ/s1600-h/joplin4s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXt1ev635kxOjDevTtPRAeZIminRQjV8cQsiiMl8FED0RH9r5LtfTXIbl9gO19qD9T5GBQQnjMx46rv1vRqDNqCjX1d8NIjW6v8MwDWnGHE4hoR_sQetIZnbZpEB38fvs0UPMx-oa5QQ/s200/joplin4s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381261614243202498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2h1D89IyTdCBemmzG7HzuEiGrma_va3dp65qxokVgpYbgvebW4ftrzN6GZMch0JlezhPPLMo6URc036JvXPMH2yWIeIlGkfvR9UAvOXFVs3Uw5JK3_LCHo0Ixub1k4QEHwqAJDR8IvEY/s1600-h/joplin3s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2h1D89IyTdCBemmzG7HzuEiGrma_va3dp65qxokVgpYbgvebW4ftrzN6GZMch0JlezhPPLMo6URc036JvXPMH2yWIeIlGkfvR9UAvOXFVs3Uw5JK3_LCHo0Ixub1k4QEHwqAJDR8IvEY/s200/joplin3s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381261470096943650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I have had the pleasure of working with JustCallMeRuby, on this beautiful creation for knitonthenets latest issue. Meet Joplin!! A crocheted collar and cuffs on an old sweater, ribbon binding and a button, it really looks like new.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2oE4fWYNV-nYgp0z8gQ0QcixCO12GRXgWRoAq92cJ9kLhPXofyCQL00y6gXC0haBNx6WJ7tXA6tFBtomWFSu5OeCmFpGs_yVJsr7P0DGntLTAVGoY2CtcrRLjkMvrcDNONrkGhxstW4/s1600-h/martha2s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2oE4fWYNV-nYgp0z8gQ0QcixCO12GRXgWRoAq92cJ9kLhPXofyCQL00y6gXC0haBNx6WJ7tXA6tFBtomWFSu5OeCmFpGs_yVJsr7P0DGntLTAVGoY2CtcrRLjkMvrcDNONrkGhxstW4/s200/martha2s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381262261096881330" border="0" /></a><br />Meet Martha,<br /><br />Martha was my Nan (Dad's Mum) we lost her when I was 21.<br />She was a lady, a real girly girl!! This kind of filet crochet would have sat well on her walnut dressing table, with her powder puff, her silver backed hairbrush, and her Chanel No5. To this day when I smell powder compacts I think of her.<br /><br /> When she was a young<br /> woman she crocheted altar cloths for her local Methodist parish<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQ30AZWSRzOLOjzBZ6kvl6cm_Fp689H4egyvsofEp24QDVU4ynR-d5aRTgB-KJnCJBtYw9K5Bmip4wo5J2CPQT5UKJXVMsjz3psiey3t-tLy9kbIlZen4K3dz79A1OEFwWl5Su3jPa8Y/s1600-h/martha3s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 189px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQ30AZWSRzOLOjzBZ6kvl6cm_Fp689H4egyvsofEp24QDVU4ynR-d5aRTgB-KJnCJBtYw9K5Bmip4wo5J2CPQT5UKJXVMsjz3psiey3t-tLy9kbIlZen4K3dz79A1OEFwWl5Su3jPa8Y/s200/martha3s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381264118990220178" border="0" /></a>church where she also played the organ.<br /><br />I wonder what you would make of this little offering Nan, fond memories, always xx<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..... and then theres Lillie!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWtdWbtsvY4ELMK3QMynJrp7FPgWDbjmFaYtSFG_iqHMLhmiNzyvdPKNXZjEaFc68DtFAk466lq0Tk9Ql9KZDs7qoWOg0mIYtQV623RvFIxvBbaHwQWXf7o_YkHX7vZiTFD2hDXujuhA/s1600-h/lillie1s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWtdWbtsvY4ELMK3QMynJrp7FPgWDbjmFaYtSFG_iqHMLhmiNzyvdPKNXZjEaFc68DtFAk466lq0Tk9Ql9KZDs7qoWOg0mIYtQV623RvFIxvBbaHwQWXf7o_YkHX7vZiTFD2hDXujuhA/s200/lillie1s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381265659487400930" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPtS_zIPxCFH8vJdj-evsq58lLe-xaxRHjJVHj9_7mBnmHCTYYyQELoHQB5cL1U0oTPoBuk2Lb03NhmGYwyTcw-e8zdzGq4_prbpJ_FbpdrrAd6eU7ruIxNhmDc0JubW6PPVcUldwXOY/s1600-h/lillie2s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPtS_zIPxCFH8vJdj-evsq58lLe-xaxRHjJVHj9_7mBnmHCTYYyQELoHQB5cL1U0oTPoBuk2Lb03NhmGYwyTcw-e8zdzGq4_prbpJ_FbpdrrAd6eU7ruIxNhmDc0JubW6PPVcUldwXOY/s200/lillie2s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381265842225088770" border="0" /></a>A Victorian classic, lace edging on towels they look so elegant, just like Lillie Langtree, eh Ruby!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Bye for now tweakers,<br />love Cathy xxCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-8075337135500577242009-08-21T11:43:00.001-07:002009-08-21T12:22:34.220-07:00... and there's more!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEWloIb4hs0yrR0EC1lS8a99Vyj6YxByR6XGEb8piZiqNKwVgmI2fD-6Cu_Ow45dGXzj9gIoRndfQWvFwQrBtggepoho1HFwoB0M7iM-_3FZ5zbLdIEPijI3NnsHKKvV6hf9qA-5OsJw/s1600-h/007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 184px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihEWloIb4hs0yrR0EC1lS8a99Vyj6YxByR6XGEb8piZiqNKwVgmI2fD-6Cu_Ow45dGXzj9gIoRndfQWvFwQrBtggepoho1HFwoB0M7iM-_3FZ5zbLdIEPijI3NnsHKKvV6hf9qA-5OsJw/s200/007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372489931271739874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhth5Ek5F1dIRTbWOLSQIkx0Mycg53FUfqMmfqxH52uQUgDGrH9lCOC61kJQGgGV6z5YC2MCxfRfbZVoTzzdPXvn83h4zkPcjLUQgZpP9nQ-a7aHfOJJRWQHwD3GoGJqFc6zLmwIxhTeCo/s1600-h/012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhth5Ek5F1dIRTbWOLSQIkx0Mycg53FUfqMmfqxH52uQUgDGrH9lCOC61kJQGgGV6z5YC2MCxfRfbZVoTzzdPXvn83h4zkPcjLUQgZpP9nQ-a7aHfOJJRWQHwD3GoGJqFc6zLmwIxhTeCo/s200/012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372489791558547794" border="0" /></a><br />Hi Everyone,<br /><br />As mentioned in my last blog photos of the white version of Sheara!! The only difference is the knitting sample, on this one it is plain and on the<br />other its cabled.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Meet 'The Wise Lady', mistress of all she surveys, checking out one of our many bookcases.<br />She is a gift for a young lady at work who celebrates her 21st this month. Happy Birthday Laurel!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2Oh8v0dGxb9xRbTFK_UCHC-bkG45bLGVMeRvLOhroBvf3nPm23oZfgQpoSDUSH0JTT8AyGrthrEUqydwJsBEOsSO40hPdnqGmqXaVPSoYp3QmmX1p7-Nhr4WWQB4KLuP_cFshToXCDA/s1600-h/009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2Oh8v0dGxb9xRbTFK_UCHC-bkG45bLGVMeRvLOhroBvf3nPm23oZfgQpoSDUSH0JTT8AyGrthrEUqydwJsBEOsSO40hPdnqGmqXaVPSoYp3QmmX1p7-Nhr4WWQB4KLuP_cFshToXCDA/s200/009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372492611625759858" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRG50GryX5UgUJyArH9lprdX61MSEw1Dw9D16Tq-fbJMAftRWh15aQLsq75qSIDRusjhXm-GFryp_ix7owB53g_tIdPgOCvYpj_o6QxhCojxzQu6NIEOl7XozspehR5gYErkk79NTj-e0/s1600-h/003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRG50GryX5UgUJyArH9lprdX61MSEw1Dw9D16Tq-fbJMAftRWh15aQLsq75qSIDRusjhXm-GFryp_ix7owB53g_tIdPgOCvYpj_o6QxhCojxzQu6NIEOl7XozspehR5gYErkk79NTj-e0/s200/003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372492825051427986" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Laurel asked for a 'seventies' owl. I decided to make a french punk girl!! She has random safety pins and buttons on her jacket, and a little on her beret!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLKTyySqYeHHeLOvtWiv6aXkdB1IXA1h9Gy42VrLILQnnqFqtdO7wflFyQYgY7jg4f6DfjfJ_pOLPeGt_FxHE2IxAdMhYLeWk4GXWVqTtRp9tFqG_6EBUa59wSh7eNlqcMc6tg81h7dI/s1600-h/004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLKTyySqYeHHeLOvtWiv6aXkdB1IXA1h9Gy42VrLILQnnqFqtdO7wflFyQYgY7jg4f6DfjfJ_pOLPeGt_FxHE2IxAdMhYLeWk4GXWVqTtRp9tFqG_6EBUa59wSh7eNlqcMc6tg81h7dI/s200/004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372493357297146018" border="0" /></a><br />Ooh la la indeed!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Blue Moon Jumper is finished!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5iepc7FG2msSl6Vx9AmfMwbhPmxyJhkC5vefJbD012bWSYONNVwtM-EUJswpOQz2Akac5N7EIa1GW3hWz2QHiViTu-ul62dxpkTEmyj5bRW8nWs4P75EKWiYDu3vI1-1rzwpGJ_d_d7A/s1600-h/014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5iepc7FG2msSl6Vx9AmfMwbhPmxyJhkC5vefJbD012bWSYONNVwtM-EUJswpOQz2Akac5N7EIa1GW3hWz2QHiViTu-ul62dxpkTEmyj5bRW8nWs4P75EKWiYDu3vI1-1rzwpGJ_d_d7A/s200/014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372493774294670354" border="0" /></a>The pattern is an old Tivoli one I found in my stash. It's very warm and ultra comfy!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2S2XEvmRpI1eyfmMsa-KbQkbw6ZrNSQDAJY6FZK1k9GqU_ab2zvjTYdZIdwgsm3z8sIReyPsyATKaZChYe2CzQSdZujs6sP3e2sfCrOtP_uCY164UxCrOkpDg3EXQAymAFQdiLFw84I/s1600-h/015.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 136px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2S2XEvmRpI1eyfmMsa-KbQkbw6ZrNSQDAJY6FZK1k9GqU_ab2zvjTYdZIdwgsm3z8sIReyPsyATKaZChYe2CzQSdZujs6sP3e2sfCrOtP_uCY164UxCrOkpDg3EXQAymAFQdiLFw84I/s200/015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372494154765270962" border="0" /></a>The details do not show up very well as the yarn is varigated, I used Sirdar Denim dk.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWL5Cidd9bmc__Z49K2rIWagH6aTIopUcv3u8_-OwtpWGEW6QUTb0KigJguxGcIZR_Mgq3iHHjV1l0hqNDUhxOItVb8WTTeAnvxsOBgOGqX-dq9tO8ClDyuxNZGwlOhwZTVZ_ZJtOAY9s/s1600-h/016.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWL5Cidd9bmc__Z49K2rIWagH6aTIopUcv3u8_-OwtpWGEW6QUTb0KigJguxGcIZR_Mgq3iHHjV1l0hqNDUhxOItVb8WTTeAnvxsOBgOGqX-dq9tO8ClDyuxNZGwlOhwZTVZ_ZJtOAY9s/s200/016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372494422506721538" border="0" /></a><br />The close up of the neck is a little better.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I have taken a photo of Tropicana, a jumper I finished a couple of months ago. Made in Snuggly Bubbly baby yarn with the odd dk stripe out of my stash. I used a standard dk plain pattern, (of which I cannot remember the exact one I used!!! ) Then I jazzed it up made the v neck deeper, its a modern take on an eighties dropped sleeve.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoncIC_ivnA2CMW8dWZkeH5FtgzezfROh2RC-BDQAqxNmI3jLXev7wk4a1F-eQfJVF4jEbNT8pkI6SL47JbeOQ2S2jbBR1TJfAM8R4o2b-qwvkL5GRgN-4xylsfzslt-UaHm8qGnrdiKU/s1600-h/017.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoncIC_ivnA2CMW8dWZkeH5FtgzezfROh2RC-BDQAqxNmI3jLXev7wk4a1F-eQfJVF4jEbNT8pkI6SL47JbeOQ2S2jbBR1TJfAM8R4o2b-qwvkL5GRgN-4xylsfzslt-UaHm8qGnrdiKU/s200/017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372496705869784530" border="0" /></a>The v neck <br />is crocheted! <br />Just a strip of dc(sc) made slightly longer than the v neck so that it will overlap.<br /><br />I really need to make more notes as I work; I rely too much on memory, which sometimes has the capacity of a sieve. I forget which pattern, which variation, which needle. A lesson learned as I really like this jumper and would have loved to do another, without necessarily starting again from scratch!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Well thats all for today fellow tweakers, keep at it.<br /><br />Love Cathy xxCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-89619213681111398912009-08-17T10:05:00.000-07:002009-08-17T10:40:44.113-07:00Back on the radar .....Well hello there - I'm back,<br /><br />I lost my camera a few months ago - hence no blogging!! I have a feeling it is in my home somewhere, so eventually it will turn up. I have since changed my phone and it has a pretty decent camera on it so the girl is back!!<br /><br />I have done a lot of knitting and crochet in that time and have managed to capture some of the items.<br /><br />This is 'Sheara the Sheep'..<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwWM1fNNbgYxcjtvhbaZQ0oNQM5wyyOWDiTCNprZLW93_Tif0egohFYlqLaZuybyv2zPYtBX5GDQkIS2m3vUsNk9e7x_lO0THyVNrX356K5uIsCbz03xA3RCqiYGBAJuMBlkzcF5vfwQ/s1600-h/August+022.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 90px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwWM1fNNbgYxcjtvhbaZQ0oNQM5wyyOWDiTCNprZLW93_Tif0egohFYlqLaZuybyv2zPYtBX5GDQkIS2m3vUsNk9e7x_lO0THyVNrX356K5uIsCbz03xA3RCqiYGBAJuMBlkzcF5vfwQ/s200/August+022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370981970044763858" border="0" /></a><br />This is my own design isn't she cute!!<br />I have also made a white sheep, photo to follow soon.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOGOXN5qA-3RvpTcQiA_SRkFeTzwBpJ6-V9uLM0lr-Cq_23DDVb5-6e060EwfYmUlKgl_plBJBZY9o6pcoYmGgJ4gUM3KocfBqLP6jV7eDZrGW5U0vN03txmftzEq74JyLqNHSP9WmKA/s1600-h/August+023.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOGOXN5qA-3RvpTcQiA_SRkFeTzwBpJ6-V9uLM0lr-Cq_23DDVb5-6e060EwfYmUlKgl_plBJBZY9o6pcoYmGgJ4gUM3KocfBqLP6jV7eDZrGW5U0vN03txmftzEq74JyLqNHSP9WmKA/s200/August+023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370982415168905410" border="0" /></a>This is fiddly to make but very rewarding!!<br /><br />I am quite proud of this one!!<br /><br />My original 'Sheara' was knitted and crocheted, but this is all knitted!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I have also made this ....<br />Lucy Ladybird, for a friend at work!!<br />This is all crocheted. Using kidsilk night and plain black yarn with a little beading on the top.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NKvjihiJLPf5JoPZ9aquVF2z5jCVtNuYOlpohXeRr_hu7vBclS3hB_sJAypNQwQtdTLsplv11OK0YUB_IQIr0jJ4CUnO6SXVKk6itTXbIE0hjkthFYkMHXKkoMaiJXCdqNvO21t6GDI/s1600-h/August+019.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NKvjihiJLPf5JoPZ9aquVF2z5jCVtNuYOlpohXeRr_hu7vBclS3hB_sJAypNQwQtdTLsplv11OK0YUB_IQIr0jJ4CUnO6SXVKk6itTXbIE0hjkthFYkMHXKkoMaiJXCdqNvO21t6GDI/s200/August+019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370984805549758386" border="0" /></a><br />When I looked at photos of<br />ladybirds, it said that all<br />ladybirds have an odd<br />number of spots, so she<br />has.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pEuGc6Bqy8VwTBKDwjOhQXIm631AhevMy9tjoG6kY3xucVyaVqG9GNoZOBvY6KpFqS4kGUBObhIzypoktmQpCaxK-0ANNkvRWInUtik1r5rysENwOQRzOisheEiPB5XLInnIwPPnKVs/s1600-h/August+020.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 145px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pEuGc6Bqy8VwTBKDwjOhQXIm631AhevMy9tjoG6kY3xucVyaVqG9GNoZOBvY6KpFqS4kGUBObhIzypoktmQpCaxK-0ANNkvRWInUtik1r5rysENwOQRzOisheEiPB5XLInnIwPPnKVs/s200/August+020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370985539766033762" border="0" /></a>When making amigurumi I like to give them a quirky look<br />hence the huge eyes!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is Blue Moon jumper still in progress, I am on the second sleeve as we speak ..<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_s1WuGcxJuj05miEZJLUr8oYanmPO2JWxh3dMySEm12lN6OhaGiLKJc9Iw_KyMREFRqPoAfHnHwDZEv_-Ed_8dReM7qZYA6RN9KB3RosENG1PLxeSKflzrCLRvUazP_LHdtIa_aueyCw/s1600-h/August+014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 137px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_s1WuGcxJuj05miEZJLUr8oYanmPO2JWxh3dMySEm12lN6OhaGiLKJc9Iw_KyMREFRqPoAfHnHwDZEv_-Ed_8dReM7qZYA6RN9KB3RosENG1PLxeSKflzrCLRvUazP_LHdtIa_aueyCw/s200/August+014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370986983413549810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vEZiOoqkqhUX5FdxAcc3pd8riE1fyRkGciU3F1aJ4_tzRa5d9PHyOTOd3GXTtcQ3Ha2sWXGun1aVFXjI7HKu730PGqA_k4mwEtmWWGawWHkoUzcRAYvXK6nK814DZHLuaWhgCIJnv3U/s1600-h/Dad++17.8+%282%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vEZiOoqkqhUX5FdxAcc3pd8riE1fyRkGciU3F1aJ4_tzRa5d9PHyOTOd3GXTtcQ3Ha2sWXGun1aVFXjI7HKu730PGqA_k4mwEtmWWGawWHkoUzcRAYvXK6nK814DZHLuaWhgCIJnv3U/s200/Dad++17.8+%282%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370987273796087746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is a simple v neck, 3/4 sleeve. The back is all double moss st and the sleeves and front have a cable and a slight 'aran' feel to them.<br />I thought it necessary to start my winter woolies!!<br /><br />Bye for now<br />Cathy xCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-7091587721296833572009-04-05T12:27:00.001-07:002009-04-05T13:07:12.994-07:00Just for Mary ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjox1LPE1zqRHXCiIFhCcDOq15CC3oJYs621P9_jfPW81rbkb817wTw188o_7Ne6GE2kBcc_d2DSyfmbl0OrkvbRvaZKvWQ7ICvhFCFSLogvHZ7o0af-gmBkpx79gyqRshDFAiLTeCxWQQ/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjox1LPE1zqRHXCiIFhCcDOq15CC3oJYs621P9_jfPW81rbkb817wTw188o_7Ne6GE2kBcc_d2DSyfmbl0OrkvbRvaZKvWQ7ICvhFCFSLogvHZ7o0af-gmBkpx79gyqRshDFAiLTeCxWQQ/s200/001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321291834519176002" border="0" /></a><br />Hi fellow tweakers,<br /><br />My dear Auntie Mary is sadly suffering from small cell lung cancer. When she recently had surgery she met a nurse, who had trouble knitting up a teddy bear. She offered to help and I completed it for her, check this out ..<br /><br />Cute or what!!<br /><br />It is made from <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Wendy Shimmer<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> using <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Wendy <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">pattern no. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">5068<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I have also been getting ready for Easter in my house. For years I have promised myself a basket full of eggs, (and for once not the chocolate variety)!!<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqzqaWNf0j35sDAMrxfPBYl47MfEL9elQOx0tuWkZpgdr7b6p_eENg1GzpTWWNmxzWljByQIaAcMrDah7jOqwy5fB2NNSwPq5CAB0wzPvyCWUhwQYTYVLpAkPeep9EES0fqXWZEzoGLA/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqzqaWNf0j35sDAMrxfPBYl47MfEL9elQOx0tuWkZpgdr7b6p_eENg1GzpTWWNmxzWljByQIaAcMrDah7jOqwy5fB2NNSwPq5CAB0wzPvyCWUhwQYTYVLpAkPeep9EES0fqXWZEzoGLA/s200/005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321297335295324050" border="0" /></a>I have used polystyrene egg shapes and just crocheted around them using htr<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(hdc)<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> oddments of yarn, and a few beads sewn on.</span></span><br /><br />From top left:<br /><ul><li>a boucle multi base colour black (dk weight)<br /></li><li>a fluffy fuchia oddment (dk weight)</li><li>a Twilleys goldfingering in green</li><li>a soft pastel stripy effort in dk</li><li>a cerise pink with pale pink and white stripes embroidered in chain stitch (dk weight)<br /></li><li>a lively lemon dk with clear beads randomly sewn on (dk weight)<br /></li><li>a soft lime with green long beads randomly sewn on (dk weight)<br /></li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkNVP29YLvW3hKSWyU8BBWwyRS_30zJgbI2sRRPuUggnrVetyAc3hNjFDoTw3dzTO0yxEqnobup4J1TZzF1ObOQ3Y_o0FYYP9oAi8LI3NegqraPD6PwCIYLH2RCHlNeqXftaG7iBe5f84/s1600-h/013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 176px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkNVP29YLvW3hKSWyU8BBWwyRS_30zJgbI2sRRPuUggnrVetyAc3hNjFDoTw3dzTO0yxEqnobup4J1TZzF1ObOQ3Y_o0FYYP9oAi8LI3NegqraPD6PwCIYLH2RCHlNeqXftaG7iBe5f84/s200/013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321295917915927010" border="0" /></a>and last but not least, a little number in Kidsilk Haze, with spikey stripes.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I am now off work for a whole nine days!!!!!! As I have been doing a college course I have homework to do. I also want to knit and crochet all the time.<br /><br />Catch you all soon with more finished projects, (hopefully).<br />Love Cathy xx<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span>Catherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-545812237511055022009-03-17T14:24:00.000-07:002009-03-17T14:52:24.561-07:00Monroe<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkS5_KlXz9EYsx_qsdD8S-GuPPY85gmVDL29E7rSPalOmPbuYoucOr82iIks6mAN_HSo_LXVomH6sj-wNWcsJ_Q_Suejvs3SrF4DA6xjHD9KuGvQrDK5LAa5QOYsRvvEOynBWFF8TJBQ/s1600-h/monroe2b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkS5_KlXz9EYsx_qsdD8S-GuPPY85gmVDL29E7rSPalOmPbuYoucOr82iIks6mAN_HSo_LXVomH6sj-wNWcsJ_Q_Suejvs3SrF4DA6xjHD9KuGvQrDK5LAa5QOYsRvvEOynBWFF8TJBQ/s200/monroe2b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314271333441787122" border="0" /></a>Hi folks,<br /><br />Once again I have had the honour of designing for knitonthenet, the current 8th Issue is gorgeous, glam and sexy!!<br /><br />This is <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Monroe<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></span></span>which I designed. I have tried several times to knit with lace weight yarn and found it terribly frustrating. There are some absolutely beautiful knitted shawls in lace weight, but they had me beaten - until I tried to crochet with it. I have definitely found it much, much easier to crochet with, hence the result!!<br /><br />The crocheted fabric feels warm, and has stretch and body despite its lightness, and openess, and it has a wonderful drape to it!! Also using different sized hooks gives it another dimension. I am looking forward to doing more with lace. Check out the other beautiful unique designs in this current issue.<br /><br />Catch you soon tweakers,<br /><br />love Cathy xxCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-64045670002670085082009-03-12T05:39:00.001-07:002009-03-14T13:10:03.943-07:00Pretty in Pink .... isn't she?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHbRk7l9MvzJVdpRtX0gKlJp3ZFEx5zantFMcB9hPdvnb-0eUZoVBe85E9JEvUhhrraRsobvfiA2K5VipOkwUXHfCytvjKM1-34zvf1pVjFnJOCxrEPHGjEEfU6fOF_1bWnAKnvRR2q3s/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHbRk7l9MvzJVdpRtX0gKlJp3ZFEx5zantFMcB9hPdvnb-0eUZoVBe85E9JEvUhhrraRsobvfiA2K5VipOkwUXHfCytvjKM1-34zvf1pVjFnJOCxrEPHGjEEfU6fOF_1bWnAKnvRR2q3s/s200/5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313133882016475394" border="0" /></a>Hi everyone<br /><br />I wanted to make a token gift for a friend at work who was celebrating her birthday!! She is very pretty, stylish and girlie, and loves animals. I couldn't decide! Then it came to me a girlie cake of course!!<br /><br />The whole thing ...............<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDazrUNW895m-uXS0lnPLf1IQruTBd1aQE2hWJCRN10DfO03GZUVnDXsR5V4XeKqmsZ3jH5Vg1GP-ta2hcsyHVOkJumxiUSL-HX4tJ_iok0yzxt8YmY-vgUOu0IGEZrn43FtFklaeyMKU/s1600-h/top.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDazrUNW895m-uXS0lnPLf1IQruTBd1aQE2hWJCRN10DfO03GZUVnDXsR5V4XeKqmsZ3jH5Vg1GP-ta2hcsyHVOkJumxiUSL-HX4tJ_iok0yzxt8YmY-vgUOu0IGEZrn43FtFklaeyMKU/s200/top.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313134907224770130" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The front bit with the bow .............<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfKJSHg24aaBSBmWMSDRssTmlX7rWqs8SWchiGJtXAzEmQFXtOJ5AGoFn0owMCM1p9939LDgUri790UMUd5L6q5FTwhLa_KtgQ9UGwQEM0Nhjcl_4nYyJnl24AOFS8sK4ykQcZ6b82zW8/s1600-h/top+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 156px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfKJSHg24aaBSBmWMSDRssTmlX7rWqs8SWchiGJtXAzEmQFXtOJ5AGoFn0owMCM1p9939LDgUri790UMUd5L6q5FTwhLa_KtgQ9UGwQEM0Nhjcl_4nYyJnl24AOFS8sK4ykQcZ6b82zW8/s200/top+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313135300246687202" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The candle, with a bead or two!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The basic pattern was taken from <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Susan Penny (20 to make) 'Knitted Cakes'.<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The book is excellent, very clever and is absolutely mouthwatering!!<br /><br /><br />Of course I had to tweak the pattern in my usual unique way!! Ha ha!!<br /><br /></span></span><ul><li>instead of making 'piped' icing I used Sirdar funky fur</li><li>I crocheted the centre flower</li><li>used a pipe cleaner for the candle</li><li>I used stiffening for the edges (the kind used to stiffen peaked hats)</li><li>.... and I did stuff it - if you'll pardon the expression!!</li><li>... and finished with a crocheted chain bow!!!</li></ul>I didn't want to give it away, but I wanted to eat it!!! Is there something wrong with me huh!!!<br /><br />Catch you soon tweakers,<br />love Cathy xxx<br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br /></span></span><img src="file:///C:/Users/Cathy/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-5.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/Users/Cathy/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-6.jpg" alt="" />Catherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-20502643314533587952009-03-05T10:07:00.000-08:002009-03-05T10:25:18.688-08:00Things can only get better!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQDRHAp11u1siGTFrkIVFNOjYO3biA8nE5M2x7aU9Yr3MChMjPD_WqXk3P3VjSfHeCoeBVRPtp71L-NZVFejWstiHqY5xDSrkf1AD1c1ai_t9t1LyBuG8SAvMUW4GLhQ-QM9P3-pd2pY/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQDRHAp11u1siGTFrkIVFNOjYO3biA8nE5M2x7aU9Yr3MChMjPD_WqXk3P3VjSfHeCoeBVRPtp71L-NZVFejWstiHqY5xDSrkf1AD1c1ai_t9t1LyBuG8SAvMUW4GLhQ-QM9P3-pd2pY/s200/001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309767973753995442" border="0" /></a>Hi everyone<br /><br />Sorry for not being in touch. I have had problems with the pc, then the camera, but now all is well.<br /><br /><br /> I have to say just how much I have missed blogging.<br /><br /> I finally finished 'Escape 2' in December, but I have done other projects as well, but were unable to provide the pictures, as some were gifts.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_DnmUr4gbmMoAsQUncIDSC-OKiQzpfi6Zy_yCFnyknxqQlup8W6hbaaj6hGBfwZuUFvQ_goEczGhol5X9pbqH6xPjB-phsuWPYfhCR0UuXqoXQv7QI92zHuLZY62awzAA0A3Ddqt3nk/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_DnmUr4gbmMoAsQUncIDSC-OKiQzpfi6Zy_yCFnyknxqQlup8W6hbaaj6hGBfwZuUFvQ_goEczGhol5X9pbqH6xPjB-phsuWPYfhCR0UuXqoXQv7QI92zHuLZY62awzAA0A3Ddqt3nk/s200/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309768218843953698" border="0" /></a>I really love this cardigan and would like to make it again sometime in other shades of Sirdar Escape.<br /><br />I am eagerly awaiting the next issue of Knitonthenet. It should be out soon.<br /><br />I have just finished work and have to get dinner ready so this one is short and sweet!! At least I know I can blog again!!!<br /><br /><br />See you soon<br />Keep tweakin the needles<br />love Cathy xxCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-89114177204905097882008-12-15T04:57:00.001-08:002008-12-15T12:04:09.506-08:00It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ...Hello fellow tweakers,<br /><br />I have a day off today and I have got soooo much to do!! Haven't done much on the knitting/crochet front. In the next couple of weeks I am hoping to finish off some half done projects. I have been wrapping more presents this morning and am hoping to finish that today.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWpBQjValMupDhrofC6dlLzWDYN-qdVC95-3loCjHQb-B08MIlAJyX6CYoIdHdAwSNOH3QnwQhhSH_oif2nLC4LzXVJLYvTrsAg66dm3WH5Fc0FJ448StXiSVOCal3-4EDkzK8139ols/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWpBQjValMupDhrofC6dlLzWDYN-qdVC95-3loCjHQb-B08MIlAJyX6CYoIdHdAwSNOH3QnwQhhSH_oif2nLC4LzXVJLYvTrsAg66dm3WH5Fc0FJ448StXiSVOCal3-4EDkzK8139ols/s200/001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280001137300720834" border="0" /></a>It is so time consuming, but I have to admit I love curling the ribbon and making them look pretty!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is my Clementine Bag,<br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfU7oHju_4wyUOeGFMp6wuLYBGh9a-SrQMs2D7PqL9AGWKHCPBpf_Lj4V9BT2tMCFYitBB5sjQaGvUwI9iWt0hryi-KPaBuvCPm3g8xaUQBPx0ltdtwYbJoF3kRk7JROZWC3Yeo_-gRk/s1600-h/007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 84px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfU7oHju_4wyUOeGFMp6wuLYBGh9a-SrQMs2D7PqL9AGWKHCPBpf_Lj4V9BT2tMCFYitBB5sjQaGvUwI9iWt0hryi-KPaBuvCPm3g8xaUQBPx0ltdtwYbJoF3kRk7JROZWC3Yeo_-gRk/s200/007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280001902610145842" border="0" /></a> <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEB4BKPG5ywiP4HmR_9KtePFrsBOQtwnmqJt7iSOV3onKpmkSrvTtsODibEc8mh-Ue9FAdC7Jftfxc03sPHGlZs_3m4yg07kFFXLEYc1gwUAXJjwakZtEL4rsvZFQMjfvtAKyn2cQLJg/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 102px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEB4BKPG5ywiP4HmR_9KtePFrsBOQtwnmqJt7iSOV3onKpmkSrvTtsODibEc8mh-Ue9FAdC7Jftfxc03sPHGlZs_3m4yg07kFFXLEYc1gwUAXJjwakZtEL4rsvZFQMjfvtAKyn2cQLJg/s200/005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280002649908823762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..the inside and the outside<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9a4KbqxFjcXl0oQhHHEF87B6MuF6a23U-8nDafn3YGoZHXM9gyXyNVlkdp3QgM0raCxX7WjFnhSJVZDYi31_wBX3uMUCP2QqluFJz-ZZh7fCrUhwQ_y-IDVQqTQjiQSA8-XSRtYJGaQ/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9a4KbqxFjcXl0oQhHHEF87B6MuF6a23U-8nDafn3YGoZHXM9gyXyNVlkdp3QgM0raCxX7WjFnhSJVZDYi31_wBX3uMUCP2QqluFJz-ZZh7fCrUhwQ_y-IDVQqTQjiQSA8-XSRtYJGaQ/s200/006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280002934761973346" border="0" /></a>the little flower<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..the whole thing<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaU9IVpIzuOaO03Hd28XVK80tGK3js_IfHeIBBHZMmnEM_yMdgEmnN4L8oagW6m29kOp-9GLCWC7G3N4zRb4Ws9-CVXFiwSHDXfOtJ9T2xMxvxQbQThtEFUuX8CManqFtfNzRKHJmNCfw/s1600-h/008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaU9IVpIzuOaO03Hd28XVK80tGK3js_IfHeIBBHZMmnEM_yMdgEmnN4L8oagW6m29kOp-9GLCWC7G3N4zRb4Ws9-CVXFiwSHDXfOtJ9T2xMxvxQbQThtEFUuX8CManqFtfNzRKHJmNCfw/s200/008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280109315965076450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I just need to line it and sew up the sides. It was easy to do I just cut it to shape making one side of the flap a little funky. Made the corsage with brown and cream dk. Then I edged round the front flap with brown using a dc (sc) st. Made an icord which I then felted. Added a magnetic fastener and that was it. Apart from the bit of sewing yet to do!!<br /><br />Well it was short and sweet but I do have to go. Loads to do. If I don't get the chance to blog, I wish everyone a happy holiday and a wonderful New Year.<br /><br />love Cathy xxCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-54307953221352293942008-12-08T05:55:00.000-08:002008-12-08T06:13:22.606-08:00You are lost and gone forever dreadful sorry Clementine!!!Hi folks,<br /><br />Remember Clementine, well my darling hubby did the washing. In she went totally unaware of what would happen, and she felted!!!! Ooouch!!! She would fit around my neck but I would feel like I was about to be choked. But I have to say I have felted by accident myself and its so frustrating.<br /><br />Now I am recycling her into a little bag, because I used the vintage yarn I hadn't got the heart to throw her away!!<br /><br />My darling daughter has 'borrowed' my camera, we have yet to find it, so alas no photos. Kids drive you daft at times don't they!!<br /><br />I have been making dolls pram covers for two little girls, whose mothers are friends at work, just to help out Santa's elves you understand!! I am currently making a little stocking for another friend to take to Germany when she visits her grandson!<br /><br />My Butterscotch set began and ended with the little scarf. I made a kind of loose beanie/beret type hat. The hat looked ok but it looked dreadful on me. I looked like a Smurf... and not in a good way!! How is it that some people can wear hats and look terrific, and others can't!!!<br /><br />Got to go now this stocking needs to be finished as well as loads of housework!!<br /><br />Bye for now<br /><br />love Cathy xCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-28864632402136687522008-11-08T10:20:00.000-08:002008-11-08T11:25:14.943-08:00Another completed scumble!!Hi fellow needle tweakers<br /><br />At long last I have finished my latest scumble - Orange Sorbet!! This one has been a lot of work and admittedly I haven't always been in the mood to make it. Made with 4ply on a 3mm hook it didn't 'grow' very fast. But see the results for yourself ..<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0dIr1_nXscpBShUOFdkAXycb9L49nFtVat9JENyKEfh0IsruRx9bnbmfV6X5MLPOJzSIpLmN5mnLxybFDag07IiwNWj3Ykz8NiyPuetvbKLj_0NddTw5rJhwUqahI1pmqdu2hVkg9QzA/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0dIr1_nXscpBShUOFdkAXycb9L49nFtVat9JENyKEfh0IsruRx9bnbmfV6X5MLPOJzSIpLmN5mnLxybFDag07IiwNWj3Ykz8NiyPuetvbKLj_0NddTw5rJhwUqahI1pmqdu2hVkg9QzA/s200/001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266354500118439666" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyBT7GgMiCykVaS1NnBuC9216Q9_DFMZh_01ZNj3LtCILkAJyTpZyKxxEOhuHks4oV06ojylyzlQEixmpB4GtFhBbxoRhj-UUw_BMRL82jODLpNZvDTCU8V9wqnm-3TcC73fbFyhPUD5k/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 104px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyBT7GgMiCykVaS1NnBuC9216Q9_DFMZh_01ZNj3LtCILkAJyTpZyKxxEOhuHks4oV06ojylyzlQEixmpB4GtFhBbxoRhj-UUw_BMRL82jODLpNZvDTCU8V9wqnm-3TcC73fbFyhPUD5k/s200/006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266354493780835538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfZDPq86jGJl8kSNozWDIIIzFa99XkHKJ8s_iOa0UWQQlwLs7oOYjp6MtQn9jL6FRsh5UdkQAkEi64brbMqE8nRUXY5rC5dnr6cyDplsxpwd0sUkoVNADJQqoJzpFR5U17LOdws6IajM/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfZDPq86jGJl8kSNozWDIIIzFa99XkHKJ8s_iOa0UWQQlwLs7oOYjp6MtQn9jL6FRsh5UdkQAkEi64brbMqE8nRUXY5rC5dnr6cyDplsxpwd0sUkoVNADJQqoJzpFR5U17LOdws6IajM/s200/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266355431851741810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />..and now for the close ups ..<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvRQBFjQDliwvwfjhiFa6vhINJWPUsgFL7PFT-qepDTQq0LzAp6q9au8ijZ_USetPOAEGBee7etqqXbUP6vjdwdD5ukVK46lG5OKsj1yu6LaLV74RMgobOwVqVWMDqqQ4qv9Ps_tPUTY/s1600-h/010.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvRQBFjQDliwvwfjhiFa6vhINJWPUsgFL7PFT-qepDTQq0LzAp6q9au8ijZ_USetPOAEGBee7etqqXbUP6vjdwdD5ukVK46lG5OKsj1yu6LaLV74RMgobOwVqVWMDqqQ4qv9Ps_tPUTY/s200/010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266361475450844114" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5uadqnCkKRFc41RcUaROWoCPJmKsraQ5jXNs50ymXHVw_IU3vC6A3zLsecug6GGtQVCcv4qmX0JYVTaiotRN262CwuV3kUTlxqsDpIciPWF5pgUDdYeW_j5BcYdnPuGoScMxUsMV_JO4/s1600-h/007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5uadqnCkKRFc41RcUaROWoCPJmKsraQ5jXNs50ymXHVw_IU3vC6A3zLsecug6GGtQVCcv4qmX0JYVTaiotRN262CwuV3kUTlxqsDpIciPWF5pgUDdYeW_j5BcYdnPuGoScMxUsMV_JO4/s200/007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266361477136211602" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Unfortunately my photographic skills have still to improve, but at least you get an idea of some of the design.<br /><br />Check out knitonthenet.com for crochet this issue, (issue 7). I am patiently waiting for the book 'A Stitch in Time' by Susan Crawford and Jane Waller due out soon!!<br /><br />At the moment I am making myself a scarf, hat and mitts, (I am just coming round from a viral infection and I have had shocking earache in both ears, need to wrap up methinks!!). I am using Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk in Golden Sand.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMiGr9xNS-bn2CYhtROnnaMzRo6xwEKfbq8mRmXvXOcLN1PxGJQwnbwNDHJLziobSS6gbCc5RdCq1os8wYLvpg8XY1aaozaM_-xkRrktMp61KnICu8Yh3Qe3GiPHpf2p0AQzhVABljVuI/s1600-h/011.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMiGr9xNS-bn2CYhtROnnaMzRo6xwEKfbq8mRmXvXOcLN1PxGJQwnbwNDHJLziobSS6gbCc5RdCq1os8wYLvpg8XY1aaozaM_-xkRrktMp61KnICu8Yh3Qe3GiPHpf2p0AQzhVABljVuI/s200/011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266367399183496882" border="0" /></a>At the mo I am making the scarf edging. The scarf is knitted but I haven't decided on the mitts and hat yet! The scarf is worked on 6mm needles. The yarn is just lush, it's beautiful!! I will call my set Butterscotch, half the fun of crafting to me is deciding on a name for my creations!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ4VA6h5ocgImQhBglY92YdJgnQW8zsUoEtjHqphjWizgLeoByW3-hAwXfmIwjW0LaLGv6rtcW032lbMrLZJXAQ1CwMkq51v-7822R2gIy0Tw-t7dpk8A9UgvUOV1bn7lCdRRnjK0Sf70/s1600-h/013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ4VA6h5ocgImQhBglY92YdJgnQW8zsUoEtjHqphjWizgLeoByW3-hAwXfmIwjW0LaLGv6rtcW032lbMrLZJXAQ1CwMkq51v-7822R2gIy0Tw-t7dpk8A9UgvUOV1bn7lCdRRnjK0Sf70/s200/013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266369412450936770" border="0" /></a>... and finally a little close up of the flowers my wonderful man has bought me when I was suffering!!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Catch you all soon<br />love Cathy xxCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-20889258812045248052008-10-31T03:24:00.000-07:002008-10-31T04:24:22.829-07:00Life is never just black and white!Hi everyone, I'm back,<br /><br />Still unpacking, house is lovely, feeling all settled in now!! Currently doing secret things with yarn. All will be revealed soon!!<br /><br />I have done a couple of projects lately which I can show, this is one .. Jessie's chullo!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvb__DGXZIYpCb7UwOcG4Xaazfwj788RmA4d9NvWUZKNyD6XEmpzEsHVFmF6_1aIXioTCAL6B2NNSUT5ZSU_sNfYKMroMR_Qe6r1z7NGsvXn6jLdWClcA9mGfwcl0CNte7c-rfRRLvIg4/s1600-h/jess+chullo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvb__DGXZIYpCb7UwOcG4Xaazfwj788RmA4d9NvWUZKNyD6XEmpzEsHVFmF6_1aIXioTCAL6B2NNSUT5ZSU_sNfYKMroMR_Qe6r1z7NGsvXn6jLdWClcA9mGfwcl0CNte7c-rfRRLvIg4/s200/jess+chullo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263263166604118578" border="0" /></a>The picture isn't very clear, due to the black hat and my lovely daughters black hair. She is usually reluctant to wear anything which is knitted, because she relates it to images of old ladies and old fashioned things!!<br />Guess what - SHE LOVES THIS - yeeha, result!!! This was made from Sirdar bonus chunky, on 4mm needles, and the pattern was due to a kind, sharing person on ravelry!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-mcHvXStTVFqz4WFK9XqgNVZxlf-gqxZsiMCDGc4CcvtovSLrs8MI8GKZkx-PnoReobttf0tE-6W6PypONjQNi7gF07BqYMfYGVPdYpcmPPUuI6t12uR-f94EMnU3Cg-LyxiQAwmPMWM/s1600-h/scarf.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 126px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-mcHvXStTVFqz4WFK9XqgNVZxlf-gqxZsiMCDGc4CcvtovSLrs8MI8GKZkx-PnoReobttf0tE-6W6PypONjQNi7gF07BqYMfYGVPdYpcmPPUuI6t12uR-f94EMnU3Cg-LyxiQAwmPMWM/s200/scarf.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263272666885279442" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqS1haBgW9mfyvkT8IvOu1_PEQGZAOvg6Vtk0EHUCZFYa-abWFBVSwVhjhB7FvgA3EGwsxLNG6qGoJVXDi5vUhgpYLZPTAcliWEqc66QDA_wxk801EqyvCwzG6ag3letMZHhKypUulujI/s1600-h/066.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 157px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqS1haBgW9mfyvkT8IvOu1_PEQGZAOvg6Vtk0EHUCZFYa-abWFBVSwVhjhB7FvgA3EGwsxLNG6qGoJVXDi5vUhgpYLZPTAcliWEqc66QDA_wxk801EqyvCwzG6ag3letMZHhKypUulujI/s200/066.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263272873429189842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZLa3MZ0qioJFG09sEHttbOiOdtqVtO8mqzOGsTJhD0VkXacCpKXMVefuYCDtuGVFOMJAj_xjT5BuOkplDDdo9ZdGGVopYN33UXVmPoJNNCH_HPwfZKKyd_XXoGXZgbCuYv3GrB9GRzf8/s1600-h/063.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZLa3MZ0qioJFG09sEHttbOiOdtqVtO8mqzOGsTJhD0VkXacCpKXMVefuYCDtuGVFOMJAj_xjT5BuOkplDDdo9ZdGGVopYN33UXVmPoJNNCH_HPwfZKKyd_XXoGXZgbCuYv3GrB9GRzf8/s200/063.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263273432223131634" border="0" /></a>As we are experiencing the<span style="font-style: italic;"> credit crunch</span> I found this Sirdar Zanzibar yarn in a sale!! It was around a quarter of the original price and I bought a few balls of blue and red. I made one scarf on 8mm needles and plain garter stitch. I need to decide what to do with the rest. I have sensitive skin and find it almost impossible to wear 'hairy yarn', this is very soft and light, and suits me. I have to mention that if mistakes are made using this yarn - it is a beast to undo!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcVSOgMj8dl1YXOyhsbja9bc7fNsggIlxnNQP4FsFeM9WI_UGwM6aJDwKmHaQlymOAbYEWFmZjWKW7U2G74HBf7a9ZCbc886pdwBpP6jR3VyCXzR0SwgpEexLTYCxbEvj0d1RN_wTDwo/s1600-h/057.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcVSOgMj8dl1YXOyhsbja9bc7fNsggIlxnNQP4FsFeM9WI_UGwM6aJDwKmHaQlymOAbYEWFmZjWKW7U2G74HBf7a9ZCbc886pdwBpP6jR3VyCXzR0SwgpEexLTYCxbEvj0d1RN_wTDwo/s200/057.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263276314106380162" border="0" /></a><br />I am still working on my cardigan using Sirdar Escape, I have finished the back and the fronts, it's an easy pattern, but time consuming I aim to finish it after the secret work!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I can't wait for the next issue of knitonthenet and of course the new book, by Susan Crawford and Jane Waller, ' A Stitch In Time', both due out soon.<br />In the meantime I have work to do!!<br />Catch u soon, needle tweakers,<br />love Cathy xCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-47401048748159893562008-09-27T04:51:00.000-07:002008-09-27T05:21:29.057-07:00Four more sleeps to go....Hi everyone,<br />Well four more sleeps to go, to the 'move', I'm stressed, excited, energised, exhausted. You name it, I feel it. Still a lot of work to do, this will be my last blog for about a week I guess!<br /><br />Took some pictures of my garden before I leave ...<br /><br />The first picture of my passion flower is very sentimental<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHby-5gPIIV7Q3Guqva_At3BA0IHcLMADlXeX3kbSAIv3iC8dNowAtsleaEaZdhz96ggVZc5Os_LBlCJ1USJQnEwOwNNjFSQsUe9qszETkqWM0gQeUnF4aABn5MA4vfALb3dApuc5HY0/s1600-h/007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHby-5gPIIV7Q3Guqva_At3BA0IHcLMADlXeX3kbSAIv3iC8dNowAtsleaEaZdhz96ggVZc5Os_LBlCJ1USJQnEwOwNNjFSQsUe9qszETkqWM0gQeUnF4aABn5MA4vfALb3dApuc5HY0/s200/007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250668901894234610" border="0" /></a>. I lost my friend Mavis just over four years ago. She was a Minister and she was going to perform our wedding ceremony, she sadly died of cancer a couple of months before my wedding. She showed me the passion flowers in her garden, so I got one. I am leaving this it has grown so well it would be criminal to try and move it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> I haven't a clue what this one is I am no gardener but luckily my in-laws are! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk9hafy2fllgAXx39fhT1dlVlWC_lTRfMof_BnPfoA7F11hgMAx5OXfm1L4Dlb2CXC50HMVTK8WFykRLCI60zlTbphVwNHp_pbS0R6tKAjUZbUGGpMmk9iyigfye-3rdXOIlawhheKULA/s1600-h/010.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk9hafy2fllgAXx39fhT1dlVlWC_lTRfMof_BnPfoA7F11hgMAx5OXfm1L4Dlb2CXC50HMVTK8WFykRLCI60zlTbphVwNHp_pbS0R6tKAjUZbUGGpMmk9iyigfye-3rdXOIlawhheKULA/s200/010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250669880429391282" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><br /><br /><br />Meet Clementine!!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7umy0YroF_yP00H9jr9TDQJXlgDPRT1sENP8NYRc9USOXmd1UKW82WX8ihfkyae8Xk0fpOKj1vhI5m1KPZK95R6lkkx1vq0e641hMEXlqxOGCjokAhDevK90VGLTpjJkVHTsg8lzr4Cs/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7umy0YroF_yP00H9jr9TDQJXlgDPRT1sENP8NYRc9USOXmd1UKW82WX8ihfkyae8Xk0fpOKj1vhI5m1KPZK95R6lkkx1vq0e641hMEXlqxOGCjokAhDevK90VGLTpjJkVHTsg8lzr4Cs/s200/002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250673177885848082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is made from 3 1oz balls of the Patons and Baldwins vintage stuff I mentioned in the last blog, done on a 3.50 and 2.50 hook it has come out really well.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOfvhm5Z82EFfb8B5jrVOBqlbZeImfRLCyCXGW2MGWVx3GSd3n7ktORCfrVLcEjEtWiUldcWzJdCyZ_g0VwkfnkBJ_Q4yR3uZNXEt2b450WuD-suH61yzibujIHqAxrIuBgZnIBNBesA/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOfvhm5Z82EFfb8B5jrVOBqlbZeImfRLCyCXGW2MGWVx3GSd3n7ktORCfrVLcEjEtWiUldcWzJdCyZ_g0VwkfnkBJ_Q4yR3uZNXEt2b450WuD-suH61yzibujIHqAxrIuBgZnIBNBesA/s200/003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250672193925891170" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I stuffed the button with a little scrap yarn, to bulk it up, together with an ordinary button. I am told that years ago home made crochet and knitted buttons were stuffed with scrap yarn, in case the garment was in need of repair or alteration later, wartime meant frugal days indeed!!<br />This is a closer look at my pattern:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6A9nMhcOQcO_fz2UBT6A4WcSrIGTLDFwQPPCCSNASusTlXCgw_WH-6_t_PQ-akuyOMff5TNu1FCFJSdu-4FZO-JMbNqTv4pqHW_ZpqwvIp8X07h-iIlvu9b5UqzHwAM6PxaxEraoheX0/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6A9nMhcOQcO_fz2UBT6A4WcSrIGTLDFwQPPCCSNASusTlXCgw_WH-6_t_PQ-akuyOMff5TNu1FCFJSdu-4FZO-JMbNqTv4pqHW_ZpqwvIp8X07h-iIlvu9b5UqzHwAM6PxaxEraoheX0/s200/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250673997362704194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It is a very simple filet lace one, I didn't want anything too thick.<br /><br />Got to go now still loads to do.<br />Happy crafting tweakers, will broadcast soon from the new house.<br />Take care<br />love Cathy xxCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-9775066743813219862008-09-22T13:40:00.000-07:002008-09-22T14:34:30.494-07:00For those about to rock ..... and crochet!!!Haven't managed to blog for ages, still packing and sorting things out. Hopefully the move will be done in a week or so!!<br /><br />I had a little reprieve last Monday .. <br /><br />Went to see Nickelback at the MEN Arena, Manchester, they were AWESOME!!! We only got home at 2.00am and we were working and the kids were at school the day after!!<br /> <br />The gig was well worth getting in late for!!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUP__cdgFJaS0y0K-JTW-tSqTp2wlaE5oZEPhTaOyO8TD5BXUmtXVghDxEL63LH0LTOyljEt6LKkml40pHhaDK79cmWPveSMWgk9qiulB3tQrv9TcDLTJkFPNP8_d186VkPVpuVhPkANs/s1600-h/023.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUP__cdgFJaS0y0K-JTW-tSqTp2wlaE5oZEPhTaOyO8TD5BXUmtXVghDxEL63LH0LTOyljEt6LKkml40pHhaDK79cmWPveSMWgk9qiulB3tQrv9TcDLTJkFPNP8_d186VkPVpuVhPkANs/s200/023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248949039422574626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Kjo0VjGiICK6zwztiG7DOwW2aiDxhsrmyrB42dyg5pPcWE5F0hbFpY-xl90ev7wsl0ec1Tj9_Sv3ZO81TC83BHQlcwx8Dsyf7Xg-ezBJbIdKYqq0Dz46v7D7e40Hs3fp2lkjRm6boN4/s1600-h/026.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Kjo0VjGiICK6zwztiG7DOwW2aiDxhsrmyrB42dyg5pPcWE5F0hbFpY-xl90ev7wsl0ec1Tj9_Sv3ZO81TC83BHQlcwx8Dsyf7Xg-ezBJbIdKYqq0Dz46v7D7e40Hs3fp2lkjRm6boN4/s200/026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248949297321683602" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">NICKELBACK YOU ROCK!</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Guess what I found on ebay?</span><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZal77qkqaDxFzhY-NaMXChN7uQyOaOT3kWkehGdrmiLwSpFWI7Y0OMONAlTpXwWCtrXMXWD9lAnW4UF3rzM1ZWuDMPciYFKLoKqd0SCAvngfUQpuboQRAgluKwzcAsQ6x7tIhXlPalE/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZal77qkqaDxFzhY-NaMXChN7uQyOaOT3kWkehGdrmiLwSpFWI7Y0OMONAlTpXwWCtrXMXWD9lAnW4UF3rzM1ZWuDMPciYFKLoKqd0SCAvngfUQpuboQRAgluKwzcAsQ6x7tIhXlPalE/s200/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248956902244903938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Original Patons and Baldwins yarn. Patons Double Quick DK knitting yarn in 1oz balls. As the ball band says its all wool. I couldn't resist it. It reminds me of yarn my Nan used to knit with donkeys years ago. It is so nostalgic for me!! I will try to think of something vintagey to make with it!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhhdYahiBjfcqO6AfZqrrUyaWfs86bLAWkv9pQYBXTFoGJLZU9pjP75Vd1nY-c6mB0TRP4sLzwCYuz9Mbp6KAFd_onJ0M2Ffhlf9QQZv2sxJWrLbdh2JptrB9GiykKVHsFhN_j9f_GtQ4/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhhdYahiBjfcqO6AfZqrrUyaWfs86bLAWkv9pQYBXTFoGJLZU9pjP75Vd1nY-c6mB0TRP4sLzwCYuz9Mbp6KAFd_onJ0M2Ffhlf9QQZv2sxJWrLbdh2JptrB9GiykKVHsFhN_j9f_GtQ4/s200/005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248957109425311458" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;">I have finally finished my loopy shawl, take a look!</span><br /><br /></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBdoAtB1x74gYcYEavj0EOga6M0lOpjb0j4obM6pT4KsT2EcT4TH6NrHSQRI-jkIgNO1N6tZ4N4hPcAqrzW87qSP7bmI-u7dw4lJaF3T7UGivzJhKhlXp2UTCMgSNi4em-HFgeBhhlLg/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBdoAtB1x74gYcYEavj0EOga6M0lOpjb0j4obM6pT4KsT2EcT4TH6NrHSQRI-jkIgNO1N6tZ4N4hPcAqrzW87qSP7bmI-u7dw4lJaF3T7UGivzJhKhlXp2UTCMgSNi4em-HFgeBhhlLg/s200/001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248959809577712562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxR72p7Co2p6D5oi2Re69Z34DhfvWFj9Wx3Leujxwz2IYDrSbcoADMy6vbpAntxbCwJOvGSwWLm7_E7pH_oWw6OqGY1LAktajyyEVrtClNDtvNlNbAPwY2M28u1UMMuRkzo5PIgSrcig/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxR72p7Co2p6D5oi2Re69Z34DhfvWFj9Wx3Leujxwz2IYDrSbcoADMy6vbpAntxbCwJOvGSwWLm7_E7pH_oWw6OqGY1LAktajyyEVrtClNDtvNlNbAPwY2M28u1UMMuRkzo5PIgSrcig/s200/002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248960020269681474" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I decided on a loopy fringe to funk things up a bit!! Waddya think!!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Things are a little frustrating right now, even though the house moving process is going well I still am feeling anxious. I have frogged quite a bit in the time I have had for crafting, it was a relief to finish 'loopy' as I then felt as though I had achieved something! Well I have to go still a lot of organising to do.<br /><br />Catch you all soon<br />love Cathy x</span><br /><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Catherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-60587287242169021802008-08-29T08:42:00.000-07:002008-08-29T10:48:31.616-07:00Healing amigurumi!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25K_UjrbyWVOMHor_uoos0oJbziYEAtvv7h_HqUdH07XV9epKkma5JiPLXidEido5n_7jqGAm1wr3Qhts8jxnq7goirujj666i2ehd9rEIh-zAu009uyzCoz3QeC7pU0iZfASE6WVQ-o/s1600-h/013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25K_UjrbyWVOMHor_uoos0oJbziYEAtvv7h_HqUdH07XV9epKkma5JiPLXidEido5n_7jqGAm1wr3Qhts8jxnq7goirujj666i2ehd9rEIh-zAu009uyzCoz3QeC7pU0iZfASE6WVQ-o/s200/013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239987941904433122" border="0" /></a><br />I have been nursing a corker of a cold for the last couple of days, and we all know how rotten they make you feel. I have been in bed most<br />of the time, so no housework or packing has been done!<br /><br />I have been looking at all kinds of amigurumi on Ravelry and they always cheer me up. They range from real life objects to total fantasy objects. This little fella is a picture from my Annie Obaachan's Amigurumi book. I think he's a gecko, my Jess wants me to make her one that size. Yeah course I will babe, and I'll visit the optician pretty soon too!! I have to say the more I see of amigurumi the more enchanted I become. It is so absorbing and creative, each piece of work is unique!<br />I wish I had discovered it years ago.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65L2d7aXm9eCzO8_l2vFiU10HIp6-e49pliB_E4Hov8qzIfghUfy6WZWddsNqoJnh1MXSqlrX0WQ4RJDvZiZKXicm8iT5OSOtu4rPbyuTQIH1_myYkE3LR4O6MvJtVsCcHIbczZvr4iM/s1600-h/041.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi65L2d7aXm9eCzO8_l2vFiU10HIp6-e49pliB_E4Hov8qzIfghUfy6WZWddsNqoJnh1MXSqlrX0WQ4RJDvZiZKXicm8iT5OSOtu4rPbyuTQIH1_myYkE3LR4O6MvJtVsCcHIbczZvr4iM/s200/041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239993741059607554" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipmB-8OpXbyNuIlkfeMJDWSNI126wzqR-aeqhj4cRfSzjQ4cejcM9mS-oD8iGjhD0voAGsxf0qJBXBRCJB-Jn17ulODmHYVepxcbHejvvP2erEtIW0YXD9tgxb7SLKdDvCNMngne58rg/s1600-h/042.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipmB-8OpXbyNuIlkfeMJDWSNI126wzqR-aeqhj4cRfSzjQ4cejcM9mS-oD8iGjhD0voAGsxf0qJBXBRCJB-Jn17ulODmHYVepxcbHejvvP2erEtIW0YXD9tgxb7SLKdDvCNMngne58rg/s200/042.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239993888593641330" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I have frogged my Escape and started a pattern with it, the contrast stripe is an odd ball of purple Debbie Bliss dk from my stash.<br /><span><span></span></span><span><span></span></span><span><span></span></span><br />It is a cardigan designed by Hilary Mackin called 'Blackberry Tweed' and was published in the March 2005 edition of 'knitting' magazine. It is a four row mock cable pattern which is easy to do and grows quickly, (I am all for that!). I have made this before in a lovely mottled chocolate colour with a plain brown stripe, I put it in the dryer and forgot about it, how many of us have done that!! It didn't shrink widthways but had a dramatic effect on the vertical aspect, I was so annoyed at myself after that. Another lesson learned the hard way. <br /><br />Now I will have to move myself and try to catch up on things.<br /><br />Bye for now,<br /> Cathy xCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-22160009783019477432008-08-19T10:51:00.000-07:002008-08-22T02:11:01.723-07:00Packing and paperwork!Hi everyone<br /><br />Apologies for not blogging for a while, I have had some excellent news. Our house is sold and we have found another one. For a few days it was like being on an emotional roller coaster, we had fallen in love with a house and not sold ours. I had a few sleepless nights and on the fourth night I couldn't sleep with excitement. The family are delighted too!<br /><br />I have started packing and had to be selective with my stash!! A lot of it is packed away.<br />It is a wee problem deciding what to leave out. As usual I have several projects on the go!<br /><br />I am crocheting another shawl in my favourite pattern, previously made in jade and blue, photographed earlier in my blogs. Once the first set of rows are completed it can be done without the pattern and is a joy to make. The one I am currently making is in a pale mustard colour in a cotton blend dk, the colour is actually called 'corn'. I bought this in a sale a while ago. Strangely enough I bought a dress in a sale and it has the same colour in it. A perfect combination!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqeQ0ft21KZ1WgUWLzj-pzK1bWaclzIz411PVTf_-k4aZzEBvxb6o3W_zAj3F4NfCzggsEyJ2jwXE6Mgmt4K__9UeJNM7_pqsNel5voXnzf1Y7Jsni0koPbr_vrEHsyRqnpQPqpVZZXc/s1600-h/092.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbqeQ0ft21KZ1WgUWLzj-pzK1bWaclzIz411PVTf_-k4aZzEBvxb6o3W_zAj3F4NfCzggsEyJ2jwXE6Mgmt4K__9UeJNM7_pqsNel5voXnzf1Y7Jsni0koPbr_vrEHsyRqnpQPqpVZZXc/s200/092.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237254419323867954" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzop9tWb0HVav7iB-LPiFxoW2Tu-83I1BWphxqHEFnnDf7NVKfhQkus4R12p6yG5eTXQeTiwCFrCzVx-wqmTkiqaUOQv3bqjdXPtcCWp8OwHrMMog95tL6Yn6i0MR1dNvwoFAhKP9uKKs/s1600-h/093.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzop9tWb0HVav7iB-LPiFxoW2Tu-83I1BWphxqHEFnnDf7NVKfhQkus4R12p6yG5eTXQeTiwCFrCzVx-wqmTkiqaUOQv3bqjdXPtcCWp8OwHrMMog95tL6Yn6i0MR1dNvwoFAhKP9uKKs/s200/093.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237254806753290706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A new yarn shop has opened a few doors away from where I live now, I was there on the opening day, as a blatantly obsessed yarnie should be!! This is what I got ...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8aFrfItQE0GtacOCFfOgHmnIyZbM39j9f_WtCv9jGTEvBBhyphenhyphen8N_yTrtk9cZa6Cp4N0Ulw5iTz3mKwayi9lqMSAOWk7BLe9ZDKQg1PoEESnPwsO5W9Nmr3Bm7zzCYM7DITYlNpBQC4UvE/s1600-h/098.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8aFrfItQE0GtacOCFfOgHmnIyZbM39j9f_WtCv9jGTEvBBhyphenhyphen8N_yTrtk9cZa6Cp4N0Ulw5iTz3mKwayi9lqMSAOWk7BLe9ZDKQg1PoEESnPwsO5W9Nmr3Bm7zzCYM7DITYlNpBQC4UvE/s200/098.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237255759274278978" border="0" /></a>Its a dk yarn called 'Escape' by Sirdar. (There might be a little pun there!). It is self striping and the colours are very rich. I had to go for green because I love it!! I am making a very simple cardigan. I need to have projects that are very easy as my mind is very distracted!!! (I am soo excited!!)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtG2piJ5hAHhlErZYpdNvxRcdixOwYBhHgBf66ntOLeDMBWcPNDPft89M4VWF78YmwhjxCHOgwNXaPRAYMOFdLjz_FtG54OvlGxlX7rBbrFJqDkG-TRXT5htNwe5pbimfz5cdZ_Y25s4/s1600-h/094.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtG2piJ5hAHhlErZYpdNvxRcdixOwYBhHgBf66ntOLeDMBWcPNDPft89M4VWF78YmwhjxCHOgwNXaPRAYMOFdLjz_FtG54OvlGxlX7rBbrFJqDkG-TRXT5htNwe5pbimfz5cdZ_Y25s4/s200/094.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237259152456915090" border="0" /></a>This is Ethel she is one of the amigurumi I made in Wales. I love to make these.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekTqNfoJY8KRoCC_XPIVzBHi__Fpe6kBw3rPCD5GUNniixRgMgV6RNcV6wbUFt52iwsBz1qB6w9PA-5csseQuc59ATtEk0Yzmq67WCa5iyTfG-ciFAA7mA4Bevy78sToOGAPy-yufR3c/s1600-h/027.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekTqNfoJY8KRoCC_XPIVzBHi__Fpe6kBw3rPCD5GUNniixRgMgV6RNcV6wbUFt52iwsBz1qB6w9PA-5csseQuc59ATtEk0Yzmq67WCa5iyTfG-ciFAA7mA4Bevy78sToOGAPy-yufR3c/s200/027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237259803926133890" border="0" /></a><br />I made this little cat for a girl at work who is leaving to go to university. Good luck Shabs we will miss you!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thats all for now folks, keep tweakin<br />love Cathy xxCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-87912892039596063252008-08-02T14:23:00.000-07:002008-12-11T04:43:06.368-08:00A welsh tale ..We had a lovely break, the weekend weather was great, hot and sunny!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSXggIh0bRLOwjwZY_7BPMX-q1DfLxFqo-tmqfrxgwd71PY93XeR63AeNC2q-na5dX-pRJiEDSkjs0skkelu2Nt_4QZ8lz-aF6ujt7K8ZTNKNZLFeN94YzTA7_xkVixIPEsellDjvC-g/s1600-h/Towyn+008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSXggIh0bRLOwjwZY_7BPMX-q1DfLxFqo-tmqfrxgwd71PY93XeR63AeNC2q-na5dX-pRJiEDSkjs0skkelu2Nt_4QZ8lz-aF6ujt7K8ZTNKNZLFeN94YzTA7_xkVixIPEsellDjvC-g/s200/Towyn+008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230615092820037618" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Nick and Jess on the beach!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yU6pFkLj6Oqy64AhKhGDFkswo0UmOVrr4yTemwh8usNJvon4l3zhVuTuJlXfGGM0WxaLo4O717_bU4WaS5XebL573KOJetM_aaJRAd842r2SwrHCLFvZDDDzKtzG0wH3fpUcH2ZqWOQ/s1600-h/Towyn+007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yU6pFkLj6Oqy64AhKhGDFkswo0UmOVrr4yTemwh8usNJvon4l3zhVuTuJlXfGGM0WxaLo4O717_bU4WaS5XebL573KOJetM_aaJRAd842r2SwrHCLFvZDDDzKtzG0wH3fpUcH2ZqWOQ/s200/Towyn+007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230577339256792242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Then this happened ..<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitfSB4tNsnDObxQUicqJVz1zHxev8z-GaQOFKjnmzv0LWGhz000dtAJBIRtzu52GLp-kQuXqCOUp4VZM5wyrECf6kMJ4kn62Or6_V_ELBiyc9HOC80YtRt8uk65Sz9mx7GcBP9xlRHOY/s1600-h/Towyn+021.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitfSB4tNsnDObxQUicqJVz1zHxev8z-GaQOFKjnmzv0LWGhz000dtAJBIRtzu52GLp-kQuXqCOUp4VZM5wyrECf6kMJ4kn62Or6_V_ELBiyc9HOC80YtRt8uk65Sz9mx7GcBP9xlRHOY/s200/Towyn+021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230615621539873682" border="0" /></a>Heather, on the beach in lots of rain!! We had intermittent heavy sunshowers for the rest of the week! All plans for sunny days out were scuppered.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We did manage a trip to Portmeirion were the series 'The Prisoner' was filmed. The weather was very wet and windy and cold. It is a beautiful Italian style village, on a clear day its gorgeous. On<br />a wet day its like this ...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkwEveu54xMrmb2xrSWHxkyx0dWGU3W0Bsh54oCUo0CssHPhg3g_NpA1Iw1Wm8Xa-ql8th3g2zm3loGOZAhp6q0xVwLmT0dvPdjHBDqR7foa7oAZ7os5Z_aqXdsZcMmtatX3OiZ0V7M0w/s1600-h/Towyn+063.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkwEveu54xMrmb2xrSWHxkyx0dWGU3W0Bsh54oCUo0CssHPhg3g_NpA1Iw1Wm8Xa-ql8th3g2zm3loGOZAhp6q0xVwLmT0dvPdjHBDqR7foa7oAZ7os5Z_aqXdsZcMmtatX3OiZ0V7M0w/s200/Towyn+063.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230616816150121346" border="0" /></a><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgJZlBmr3KqeGqb9hHZbjiK5rhUFPZpLHjziUphyRqcxTmH6R4XM3oKuUC_0RWGhHKA-9mS44xo1qMmymWLvkRWKvazbJO4sxQjV9XhI0Eggz62ruq9VUGVeoySw4bkOZvgfms-Zc5bA/s1600-h/Towyn+059.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgJZlBmr3KqeGqb9hHZbjiK5rhUFPZpLHjziUphyRqcxTmH6R4XM3oKuUC_0RWGhHKA-9mS44xo1qMmymWLvkRWKvazbJO4sxQjV9XhI0Eggz62ruq9VUGVeoySw4bkOZvgfms-Zc5bA/s200/Towyn+059.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230617912090092050" border="0" /></a><br />A cute little visitor<br />came to see us<br />when we went<br />for coffee!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkwEveu54xMrmb2xrSWHxkyx0dWGU3W0Bsh54oCUo0CssHPhg3g_NpA1Iw1Wm8Xa-ql8th3g2zm3loGOZAhp6q0xVwLmT0dvPdjHBDqR7foa7oAZ7os5Z_aqXdsZcMmtatX3OiZ0V7M0w/s1600-h/Towyn+063.JPG"><br /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijlHHOj3Xfx1HlCWlirEQGMo1xRx7i5aqDDnlES1C8lqsDmS7JngrSzFHkKRXe3bq9v7KD2025d8brkXZaAv0quwkjznkqqUUb0S3GUnER7y0vEz_CbfxTN2lBWrKORopSPsdewLcGB7E/s1600-h/Towyn+052.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijlHHOj3Xfx1HlCWlirEQGMo1xRx7i5aqDDnlES1C8lqsDmS7JngrSzFHkKRXe3bq9v7KD2025d8brkXZaAv0quwkjznkqqUUb0S3GUnER7y0vEz_CbfxTN2lBWrKORopSPsdewLcGB7E/s200/Towyn+052.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230618384283774786" border="0" /></a><br />Sunset on the sea in North Wales - gorgeous!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I made four amigurumi friends while I was away, will get photo's soon. The change in weather reminds me to make warm and cosy things for the coming months ahead.<br /><br />Bye for now Cathy xCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-63251119157419226282008-07-25T15:12:00.000-07:002008-12-11T04:43:07.221-08:00Holidays are coming ..Hi fellow tweakers, well I am delighted to say that I am going on holiday tomorrow!!! Yeeha!!! So I will be out of touch with the www for one week. I am going to North Wales in a caravan, with my hubby, my kids and a friend of my daughter.<br /><br />I have spent the last two days sorting out washing, drying and ironing you forget what a pain it is to pack!! Almost done, apart from footwear I am glad to say. If we haven't got it sorted now then it is tough!<br /><br />One of the hardest things to pack was my knitting/crochet to take with me. I finally decided on a little open knitted wrap I have started in 3ply green, (this could end up frogged and a little crochet wrap instead) and enough kit to do a couple of amigurumi should the mood arise!!<br /><br />My daughter's friend wants me to teach her how to crochet while we are away which I am delighted to do. I feel its an honour to be able to PASS IT ON!!<br /><br />The last couple of days of crafting has been very indecisive (that's not like me at all lol, it was a case of start-frog, start-frog!! I have however made a little friend for a little friend, she was born last year - the Chinese year of the pig, and her mother loves pigs, this is just an ornamental pig for her nursery. Little Edith this one's for you ..<br /><br />Meet Mama Pig!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqcwhCXrUi25xyIY7dy1011bc8kJnMwxw7TVb-czHfSDpkhhDjR8PKwbIP1hoqPa4cugYJ30Dnb6b2UogOOs9Giol2QTQDXZJ5IfgGNhK6TGTQuRIvcpzz9kzwdw8Z9-BFPTSh-B4nsI/s1600-h/mama.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqcwhCXrUi25xyIY7dy1011bc8kJnMwxw7TVb-czHfSDpkhhDjR8PKwbIP1hoqPa4cugYJ30Dnb6b2UogOOs9Giol2QTQDXZJ5IfgGNhK6TGTQuRIvcpzz9kzwdw8Z9-BFPTSh-B4nsI/s200/mama.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227083062124275282" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Mama's side view<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNSMM-ofjeXBFfXLB1BUm7_pDJbFuR2E8xmwHQwcKDlc3oZRymGNgFpmTsmwvzf5rNpxE4vHhpSCglC2a8mQOUXDladWAHAeh3V0TdSD1WCQPBSASWZCKhqmYyxvFC_7v9dWBoLk_4Mk/s1600-h/mamapig.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNSMM-ofjeXBFfXLB1BUm7_pDJbFuR2E8xmwHQwcKDlc3oZRymGNgFpmTsmwvzf5rNpxE4vHhpSCglC2a8mQOUXDladWAHAeh3V0TdSD1WCQPBSASWZCKhqmYyxvFC_7v9dWBoLk_4Mk/s200/mamapig.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227083551702268178" border="0" /></a>Mama's front view<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_Ktp3fxRIyOjEPVIN__EYiMf1lbbgLiLiH8208NbskkoUBGYaIU8x7Mgovh3PnF0rC43R2UYgd5rP_d7aVCcXvb0xTocbpaYbKcOFvF1tJbWmatsgH9sWfG_zrrabAn3Vkp0tFpJ830/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_Ktp3fxRIyOjEPVIN__EYiMf1lbbgLiLiH8208NbskkoUBGYaIU8x7Mgovh3PnF0rC43R2UYgd5rP_d7aVCcXvb0xTocbpaYbKcOFvF1tJbWmatsgH9sWfG_zrrabAn3Vkp0tFpJ830/s200/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227083784061201874" border="0" /></a><br />Mama's back view, look at the curl in that<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8ych8c1r1kDCJjsQ2d1rliY1LuN-obulAaAtNc6roZcN1EEeAmyWSrT7EjM5AI2oH_pEOa9WjLqcpoRTPvCR_C7x59O4dfDp_oWcT0K90cbbWPYbhQanfZYakzmxlvXWuFX5jYhIU1k/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8ych8c1r1kDCJjsQ2d1rliY1LuN-obulAaAtNc6roZcN1EEeAmyWSrT7EjM5AI2oH_pEOa9WjLqcpoRTPvCR_C7x59O4dfDp_oWcT0K90cbbWPYbhQanfZYakzmxlvXWuFX5jYhIU1k/s200/006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227084094419044786" border="0" /></a>Do you think this hat will be suitable for the WI meeting next week folks!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Well I'll have to sign off now I need to get some shut eye!!<br /><br />Catch u all in a week!!<br /><br />keep tweakin'<br /><br />love Cathy xCatherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705728275258226560.post-69534154744404119742008-07-20T14:44:00.000-07:002008-12-11T04:43:07.529-08:00My first amigurumi ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-NPbjiM5hG4uI-YN3G7Q_HS_ub7Z5lIzJrv6adyXvqLkcgaFQddZDVdIuVrpuOg6GNj4bXPenBbOaAldIhZJkn3HH5uqabLS5aAOVp7UJcWuqojjNIDegPhmvGS7WIVj_IZhdbc-JmI/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-NPbjiM5hG4uI-YN3G7Q_HS_ub7Z5lIzJrv6adyXvqLkcgaFQddZDVdIuVrpuOg6GNj4bXPenBbOaAldIhZJkn3HH5uqabLS5aAOVp7UJcWuqojjNIDegPhmvGS7WIVj_IZhdbc-JmI/s200/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225216287521350594" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Meet Henry he's my first amigurumi, ok I'll admit I've botched up his legs, and he does look like he has had a real fright, but he's kinda cute.<br /><br />I am looking forward to making more, will have to use a much smaller hook next time, and go easy on the stuffing!! My tension wasn't that good!<br /></span></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNlWicps-spKtaHUCqJVf0ThJm5LjZyJm9lzdJzjURgwxefR8EbwriKZYRbLqF_p2PwGa16kqo19OiVnqv0Upy686cPYTP-avU9flZfuog11DNPKxC0wkPph4JfCRt_dULH24y7cscvY/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNlWicps-spKtaHUCqJVf0ThJm5LjZyJm9lzdJzjURgwxefR8EbwriKZYRbLqF_p2PwGa16kqo19OiVnqv0Upy686cPYTP-avU9flZfuog11DNPKxC0wkPph4JfCRt_dULH24y7cscvY/s200/005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225216187920858610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"> Practice makes perfect she says!! When I look at his face I can't help but giggle. The design was based on Annie Obaachan's Amigurumi, - sausage dog!! The book is wonderful I dare anyone not to be inspired. The gallery at the back of the book is a real inspiration!! Well my daughter has fallen for him and wants to keep him.<br />Amigurumi is an ideal spare yarn user, especially if you have bought just a little expensive yarn to try and don't quite know what to do with it. I am definitely converted and want to do more!<br /><br />Bye for now<br /><br />Cathy x<br /><br /></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNlWicps-spKtaHUCqJVf0ThJm5LjZyJm9lzdJzjURgwxefR8EbwriKZYRbLqF_p2PwGa16kqo19OiVnqv0Upy686cPYTP-avU9flZfuog11DNPKxC0wkPph4JfCRt_dULH24y7cscvY/s1600-h/005.JPG"><br /></a>Catherine Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717970384575128597noreply@blogger.com1