Its That Time Again!

Hi ladies, how are you all getting along with your April swaps?
For May, because some people are busy and some are back i'm going to ask you to leave me a comment here if you want to play this month.
So, you have untill 8pm on the 30th (thats Friday) to sign up and then i'll assign partners on the 1st May.
I'm dying to join in again, i haven't made anything at all this month, so hopefully someone will want to swap with me!!
So, take care and i hope to see your name here.
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Introducing the Stripey Shawl!!

Well, Bantry was beautiful, we stayed in the Maritime Hotel and ate in O'Connors seafood restaurant - Wow, it was sooooo lovely, I was so full!!

Its really nice to go away, my parents came with us and the kids stayed at home to mind the dogs! thats the upside of Ebony having passed her driving test, she can do the school run - the down side is, Wheres my car?????????

Of course we were also accompanied by the stripey shawl, I actually finished it in time!!! I was so amazed, it started by casting on 5 stitches, and i cast off 403!! its really warm and I just love, love, love it!

So here are the piccys....

xxxxx

Aaagh!!!

Its Wednesday, i'm going away tomorrow, its still on the needles!! However, i have very little left to do so this evening i will become a casting off, stitching in ends, pressing, kind of lunatic who will hopefully be the proud (so proud!!) owner of a stripey shawl!
Byeee x

Nothing new...

Hi, i'm afraid i've nothing new to show for this week.... i've done nothing but knit in an attempt to prove i can finish something !
I'm away to the mountains today, but won't bore you with photos ( unless they are really good!) are you noticing a pattern here? the sun is shining, i'm out somewhere - if its raining i'm crafting!!
Enjoy your day,
F x

Who wants to play Hide- the-Book??!

Hello again, I recently heard from a friend of a game she had played years ago and it got me thinking....
When you have finished reading a book, you write your name, the date and the place you left it in the front. I suppose you could add your blog or email instead of your name.
Anyway you put it in a bag and leave it somewhere, anywhere, and the person who finds it reads it, signs it and leaves it somewhere... and so on it goes!
I think i will start one and just see where it goes- Do you think this is a good idea or am i just leaving my details to crazy people????!

More Mountains!

The sun is still shining and since i showed you the snowy mountains, i thought i'd show you Kerry in the sun! But, it was hazy, so still not the best shots. I'm trying to get you all curious enough to come up with me sometime!!

Hope you're all enjoying the fine weather,

F xx

Knitting Fever!

Hi, isn't knitting supposed to be a Winter hobby? you know, sitting by the fire knitting jumpers and being all cosy?

Well me being me, the hottest day of the year so far (not much competition !) a whole 19 degrees, i decide to knit something....

Well, actually last Friday i decided to knit a shawl, the Crafty Knit 'n'Stitchers were having their usual meeting and Georgia had this amazing shawl that she was making from oddments & she claimed the pattern was simple. And it is!! i couldn't decide which colour to use, we have a glorious selection of 100% Alpaca wool at the Crafty Alley Shop so in the end i chose 5 colours to make it striped!

Now, anyone who knows me, and remembers the brown waistcoat (STILL on the needles since November!) will not believe me when i say... (i'm putting it in writing so i can't wriggle out of it!) I have a night away on the 22nd of this month and would like to wear it then.

I can actually hear Cathy laughing from here........!

Here are a couple of piccys, its about 30" across the top at the moment, so there is alot of work to be done, i think the stripes make it easier to knit because i'm not getting bored of one colour.

I sat out in the garden in the sun today, click, click, clicking away, maybe thats why i'm knitting - if i were paper crafting there would be too much 'stuff' to take outside!