tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55980369798297802432024-03-06T00:12:48.283+01:00handicraftcrazyI have a passion (addiction even!) for all sorts of handicrafts, this is a record of my current projects, patterns, hints and tips on knitting, crochet, card making, cross stitch rag rug making etc, etc, ENJOY!handicraftcrazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922433315230987677noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598036979829780243.post-47249754756806372942013-06-02T18:26:00.003+02:002013-06-02T18:28:14.128+02:00"Summer is a'comin' in....."Well maybe it is! The sun is shining and the temperature is rising at last, so lets hope! Whatever the weather I am so enjoying the lush greenness of England again, the trees are breathtaking at the moment, the blossom last month was gorgeous and now there are lilacs and clematis blooming, such a treat!<br />
Apologies for the long absence from blog land, I moved back to blighty in January and have had several stressful months of finding a home and settling into it. My family have so supportive and helpful and I am at last happily settled<br />
I am now living in a lovely little flat in a sheltered housing complex in Croydon, near where I grew up. I have joined a lively Anglican church in South Croydon and belong to a homegroup locally where I am making friends and feeling part of a community again. I've also joined a local fun choir and started a knit and natter here in the flats and joined a Craft club.<br />
Here are the first splash of colour at my window sill when I first moved in....<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Needless to say I have been crafting where ever and whenever I can! Firstly for my new granddaughter born on the 16th March. Here is the sleeping bag I knitted for her while in transit</span></div>
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and some little bunny bootees....</div>
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And a little crochet amigurumi bunny<br />
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A begonia that is flowering continously on my windowsill...<br />
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The gorgeous blossom in the park right next door to me...</div>
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One of the greatest joys of being home is spending lots of time with my gorgeous grandchildren, here is Noah using Nannie's stamps and loving it!</div>
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A little Olive chuckling on my sofa!</div>
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A birthday card for a little girl I know, made from the Angelina CD by Crafters Companion</div>
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Another joy of being on the outskirts of London is being able to go to shows etc, I visited the Kaffe Fassett exhibition in at the Fashion and Textile Museum near London Bridge, fabulous colours and textures in knitting and crochet, patchwork, tapestry and mosaics, would recommend a visit to anyone,<br />
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Cup caking making for a visit to friends (rhubarb and custard flavour) with new silicone moulds to make the flowers and leaves, so easy and very pretty. Needless to say not a crumb left!<br />
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My latest creations from a CD called Fabulous Fashion by Katy Sue Designs.</div>
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My crafty skills were soon discovered at church and I was invited to help at Rendezvous, an outreach activity day for elderly and disabled people. I decided to do shaving foam marbling and it was a great hit, several people made book marks or cards from there inky creations and were very proud of their achievements. It was a very happy and satisfying day for all, to be repeated in the Summer.</div>
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I still have lots of WIP's (works in progress) around the place, but the priority is a little pinafore dress for little Olive, pics soon!</div>
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I hope to write much more regularly now, please send your comments and questions, I love to read them!</div>
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Bye for now and enjoy the weather!</div>
<br />handicraftcrazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922433315230987677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598036979829780243.post-14419304522904097952012-12-16T12:23:00.003+01:002012-12-16T12:23:32.484+01:00It's beginning to look a lot like ChristmasHello folks, another long gap, sorry! Life got very hectic last month with the lady I looked after being hospitalised and eventually taken home to the UK. Since then I have had a stall at a Christmas Fair for two days and then been suffering from a nasty cold I picked up there!<br />
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But cards continued to be made for Craft Club<br />
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and in the evenings I have making these cute little decorations for my grandson</div>
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and I dragged out a project I started last Christmas, a lovely tablecloth that has four corners to cross stitch. I have been feeling so rough, some gentle stitching was all I could manage. I have finished the first poinsettia....</div>
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so relaxing, the minutes just melt away when I'm engrossed in this! The whole thing will not ready to use for this Christmas, but it's not a problem, it's the process that is so enjoyable, more than the finished result for me.</div>
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Like many other families this year, we are all short of money so we are giving very small token gifts. I have raided my stash and been making a scarf for my eldest son, something mindless to knit while watching the TV. About 300 stitches on a large circular needle all in garter stitch. It helps with the tension when watching Stictly! I wonder who will go out tonight?</div>
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The garden is very bereft at this time of year, but there is a little colour, my crysanthamums from last year flowered again..</div>
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and my faithful old Iceberg rose just flowers and flowers....</div>
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We had a really cold snap at the beginning of December and Bobo started off hogging my lap blanket...</div>
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Cat's aren't stupid are they? Yes I did take one away from him, my legs get so cold in this old draughty house!</div>
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Sophie is content if she has a real bone from a serrano ham joint and often uses my feet as a 'bone platform'!</div>
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I am off to the UK on Thursday for a whirlwind of visits to family and friends, cooking Christmas dinner at my sons' house and collapsing back home on New Years day. It will be so good to be with my family this year. It will be worth the musical beds and layers of clothes! The cake and pudding are already wrapped and in the suitcase, the Sainsbury's order done, cards written, nearly all the gifts wrapped so it's roll on Christmas!</div>
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I leave you with the sentiment of my favourite card of the season and wish you a wonderful Christmas and a very happy and healthy New Year!</div>
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On the cooler days I have been busy making samples and planning for the Craft club projects.<br />
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Two decoupage cards made from Debbi Moore CD's, the first is Garden Fairies and the second Art Deco Rome. Lots of glitter and glitz in these but it doesn't show in the pics. I rummaged in my bits and pieces drawer and found some lovely feathers to adorn the Art Deco lady, really finishes off the look! The white lacy matting is cut from Spellbinders grand ovals dies.<br />
We revisited poppies too, always a favourite<br />
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The first card is made with Clarity stamp poppies and the second from Sheena Douglas's poppy stamp and a new music die from Marianne.<br />
Of course we have had to start our Christmas cards, this week it was Snow Globes from Flower Soft's CD.<br />
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It's difficult to see in this pic, but there is fake snow in the globe to make it a shaker card, great fun!<br />
I've been playing with Poinsettia stamps at home for a future club project too....<br />
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and this is made with die cuts with very delicate shading with distress inks on Kraft card.<br />
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Very pretty stamps from Chloe's Stamps.<br />
Scrapbooking has taken a back seat for weeks, but I've been working on one today, with the heating on!<br />
I loathe the Autumn, (well not quite), I never understand why people wax lyrical about it, it's the season of dying and decay, less sun and more cold and the prospect of a long Winter! (OK, the Autumn colours are spectacular, but I don't get those here in Spain)<br />
But there are some little pleasures that make it more bearable....juicy sweet pomegranates...<br />
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Yes, I DID have a wonderful time there in September catching up with family in Norfolk and London and going to Ally Pally for the stamping show, (saw lots of my heros there). Here is me and my little pickle in his newly knitted denim jacket, so cuddly I could squeeze him to bits!</div>
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<br />handicraftcrazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922433315230987677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598036979829780243.post-46286115835514438952012-08-28T18:48:00.003+02:002012-08-29T17:56:06.016+02:00Ups and downsWell, August has turned out to be a month of highs and lows in every area of life. My health has been bad and the heat has been unbearable, but the flip side of that is I have been indoors in the aircon amusing myself with lots of lovely craft.<br />
Apart from crafting, I also do my Family Tree in spurts and while I was browsing through some old photos to catalogue I came across some gorgeous pics my father had taken at the seaside when I was little. So I was inspired to get out my seaside stamps and do a scrapbook style card for my brothers birthday (exactly a week after mine) It is winging its way to the UK right now..<br />
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On the scrapbooking front, I have been very busy with more pages for Noah's book as I can deliver them in person in a couple of weeks!<br />
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I have also done a couple of pages for my daughters Family Tree scrapbook, but no pics yet I'm afraid.<br />
I've been busy on the card front too, trying to find new things to teach at Craft Club when we start again in September. I LOVE stamping, but not everyone in the club does, so I have to push myself to think of other techniques to do. Here are two sample cards using peel off flower stickers (from Dawn Bibby) cut out of pretty papers I had in my stash.<br />
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The top one is done using white stickers and a mauve theme and the one on the right is more blue in tone and done with sliver stickers, not easy to see on these scans, but they do look pretty in the flesh. I hope the girls enjoy doing these!<br />
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A blog that I look at frequently is written by a lovely American lady called Sue Wilson, who demonstrates how to use Spellbinders dies on Create and Craft regularly. Today she has posted a gorgeous card and the instructions on how to make the flowers <a href="http://www.particraft.blogspot.com/">here</a><br />
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On the garden front, a little miracle, remember I posted back in the Spring about an hibiscus that was almost dead, but showing one little green shoot? Well finally, months later, here is the flower!</div>
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And the fig tree is producing hundreds of these beauties........yummy!</div>
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Because I was feeling so rough on my Birthday last week I didn't go to the beach for the day as is my habit, but I did get treated to a lovely fillet steak in the evening at one of the best restaurants in the area</div>
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Did you see all the fuss about a lady knitting at Andy Murray's tennis match at Wimbledon? I was totally with her, I was knitting furiously all through it to help the nerves! Such a shame her lost the final, but this afternoon he has just got a gold medal to make up for it.<br />
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On to the flowers around the house right now, hibiscus<br />
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Gorgeous rose called ' Parade'<br />
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Yep, lots of pink, but there are other colours coming along too.<br />
I started this entry in June would you believe, life has just been too busy and I haven't been able to gather my thoughts into any sort of order for weeks! The heat has been really knocking me out, I had a tummy bug two weeks ago and I have now developed shingles, so I'm hiding in the aircon and being very lazy until the pain and itching subsides.<br />
I haven't been totally idle though, here are some of the projects I've completed recently<br />
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I am absolutely delighted at how this has turned out, it was from a free pattern from the Bernat website called Mermaid tears purse. I used 4ply 100% wool from Kauni in rainbow colourway and used a 3mm hook, so the bag is smaller than the original pattern, but the colours are gorgeous! I wasn't sure about the flower, but it has grown on me!<br />
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A wedding card using Chloe's heart stamp on vellum and glittered and embellished with pearls. </div>
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Playing with my peg stamps from Cardi-o this time and a Clarity stamp greeting, love doing these, will be doing more samples for Craft club ideas for next term,</div>
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Pretty poppy stamp from Hobby Art this time, coloured with Promarkers, lovely to do.</div>
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and finally my little pickle was 2 in July so this was what I did for him. He loves London buses so it was a very patriotic theme this time!</div>
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I finally finished my rug hooked cushion, the delay was finding the right backing fabric and i hate doing piping, but I got down to it eventually.</div>
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Before I left I took our little dog Sophie for a walk through the vineyards in the valley across the road from the house and I heard this<br />
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What a beautiful sound! The bird was deep in the tall rushes so I couldn't see it but the sound was unforgettable, I LOVE the Spring, everything bursting into life, such a hopeful time of year.<br />
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Anyway, in London, after much playing and cuddling I gave Noah his next scrapbook page<br />
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His new album is 12"X 12" which is much easier to work with, I had such fun choosing all the fishy things to put on here! He and his Mum loved it, he wanted to take the fish off and play with them! I also delivered the 'Lucy inspired' round flower cushion to my Lucy. We had a lovely time despite the weather, especially at the Science Museum's bubble show. Bubbles is one of Noah's few words at present he loves them!<br />
Mike's Birthday card was given early as well as there were tickets for the theatre for him inside<br />
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Made using the Portobello Road paper kit and stamps and some from other sets I have. Really pleased with the result. Coincindentally my daughter Elly and I decided to go to the real Portobello Road on her day off. Although the street market was not on, the browsy antique and bric a bric stalls kept us amused for hours. Jubilee mania is everywhere, all sorts of souvenirs to tempt you, from the outright tacky to the very tasteful. I think <a href="http://www.cathkidston.co.uk/c-1114-queens-diamond-jubilee.aspx?id=image">Cath Kidston's</a> range gets my vote, a bit over-priced but pretty. I gave in a bought a T shirt from M&S that is not obviously Jubilee, but has some London elements mixed in with pretty florals.<br />
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Back home and I finally finished the diagonal jacket, just in time to put it in the cupboard for 6 months! Very pleased with this, although it's a tad short. I'm hoping it will drop and bit with wear.<br />
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</div><div>The whole garden is screaming at me for attention, but it will have to wait until my ME calms down again.</div><div>Bye for now, hopefully there will be more FO's than WIP's next time!</div>handicraftcrazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922433315230987677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598036979829780243.post-55465136919053251192012-03-25T16:30:00.000+02:002012-03-25T16:30:12.443+02:00Colour Fest!This past couple of weeks has all been about colour, in the flowers around me and the handicraft I have been working on.<br />
First the flowers<br />
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and the rest are all from this gorgeous bouquet that arrived from my lovely childen for Mother's Day!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">On the crochet front I have been working my way through a ball of Kauni rainbow yarn that has been in my stash for years, the fun of watching the colours change is amazing, especially in the crocodile stitch........another bag in the making</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvByQqpOFsvyr10C9GmY89VlDFzvrjVjW_Vl2CpPZugW5Qz2NkN9Y2Ax9hGdnY1-iQTf-lGQvkAjSHVGjbF8LMsOZ-sa7vwdrvey23874Jn8nfnWao5CUmmZjXsEKfyFTBsoB9Yk0M2rk/s1600/IMG_0901.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvByQqpOFsvyr10C9GmY89VlDFzvrjVjW_Vl2CpPZugW5Qz2NkN9Y2Ax9hGdnY1-iQTf-lGQvkAjSHVGjbF8LMsOZ-sa7vwdrvey23874Jn8nfnWao5CUmmZjXsEKfyFTBsoB9Yk0M2rk/s320/IMG_0901.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And some cute little bunny egg cozies soon to be on their way to Peckham for Easter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The pattern for these is from<a href="http://littlecottonrabbits.typepad.co.uk/"> Little Cotton Rabbits</a>, as I'm using oddments of yarn that I have (not the 4ply cotton recommened) the head come out to large for the body of this one, so this will be Daddy Bunny!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3QPDGMqWHVVnGhYQAxkS_Dc8uWTZLGQxYbnvXfXZvuafHlRXhVVd8-4W6WJ0qaYP6_yQ6PkLUqkXWYg_brKVaFG9Jtz0SCKsQwDzdqOuyp8O894HcKrCQ0fdLtP748nar1BIOJDRm-EQ/s1600/IMG_0893.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3QPDGMqWHVVnGhYQAxkS_Dc8uWTZLGQxYbnvXfXZvuafHlRXhVVd8-4W6WJ0qaYP6_yQ6PkLUqkXWYg_brKVaFG9Jtz0SCKsQwDzdqOuyp8O894HcKrCQ0fdLtP748nar1BIOJDRm-EQ/s320/IMG_0893.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I realised this week that since I started blogging, my Project folder has been sadly neglected so I have been printing off lots of pics of projects I've completed over the past few months. I write in all the pattern details, yarn etc, in case I want to do it again, and its also lovely to look back on (and show off of course!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRfdxs2-ZEspKgjCnSxxAS2ij8hIfE3tsqLLH8KaS-A38bI8hLRRW0b-rGwi4SWtYD6tEPMyOjBdKz5gADRoMe2pnIQoKdEfnFmTCEZEXF6aQE1p48vHGRdANJSxYCnc2ot7TRKsuMDc/s1600/IMG_0903.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRfdxs2-ZEspKgjCnSxxAS2ij8hIfE3tsqLLH8KaS-A38bI8hLRRW0b-rGwi4SWtYD6tEPMyOjBdKz5gADRoMe2pnIQoKdEfnFmTCEZEXF6aQE1p48vHGRdANJSxYCnc2ot7TRKsuMDc/s320/IMG_0903.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Handy hugs till next time!handicraftcrazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922433315230987677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598036979829780243.post-76655452448777143052012-03-18T19:15:00.000+01:002012-03-18T19:15:21.466+01:00Fun, fun ,fun!The past two weeks I have been suffering badly from the pine tree pollen that is hanging in the air and leaving yellow dust over every conceivable surface, BUT I have been surfing a lot and found some very interesting stitch pattern to play with that have kept my mind off my wheezy chest and dripping nose.....<br />
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Definitely NOT FUN, the never ending sleeve! All garter stitch takes FOREVER to grow! I felt justified in working 'off piste' for a while on other fun things, but at last the first sleeve of the Diagonal Jacket is done and I have cast on for the second. This is mindless TV knitting until you get to the tricky shaping at the top. I know I'm going to love this when its done, but it is certainly a labour of love!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background: white;">The bees are stirring - birds are on the wing -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">And Winter, slumbering in the open air,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Tahoma;">Samuel Taylor Coleridge<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>21<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>st</sup> February 1825</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(thanks to my daughter Elly for this quote)</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally the almond blossom has arrived.........isn't it beautiful? Weeks late because of the cold weather, some of the trees have been nipped by the unaccustomed frost and have no flowers at all. But Spring is winning the battle all over the garden......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1mDd55RT3lHfCqO2D8aUSuRv4zFKcJGpc798Sv77pwEJT8QUXAgZxGw_t2QIKRyW39YSTiOE_CdQI6MP7sE5dUA2RQ3vN0y9DfvqEqpbg4jiCbDpRpnIgFH3STNozXm6JZZpjwujFK8/s1600/IMG_0803.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1mDd55RT3lHfCqO2D8aUSuRv4zFKcJGpc798Sv77pwEJT8QUXAgZxGw_t2QIKRyW39YSTiOE_CdQI6MP7sE5dUA2RQ3vN0y9DfvqEqpbg4jiCbDpRpnIgFH3STNozXm6JZZpjwujFK8/s400/IMG_0803.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>Lemons soaking up the warm sun...<br />
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</div>Well, after all that lovliness on to my crafts, I came accross a crochet pattern recently for a cute little doll.<br />
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Another pattern I must try soon is the <a href="http://ysolda.com/patterns/accessories/damson/">Damson shawl</a>, knit from the top down with paired increases, so feminine and pretty.<br />
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I haven't just been dreaming though, despite being extremely tired last week I got several cards made for sending a demonstration purposes for the Club<br />
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a stamped ship for a man's card<br />
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</div>Another card using the same technique, I love the effect don't you?<br />
I have been stitching as well, my flower cushion is nearly done and I've been playing with attic24's <a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/happy-flower-decoration.html">flower decoration</a> too...<br />
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And finally.....Sophie has a new boyfriend! His name is Opie (hope I've spelt this right!) A really cute Maltese terrier who played and played for hours while the Mummies ate and chatted. Not the best photo, but neither dogs will stay still for more than a second!<br />
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This is a succulent type plant that puts on these glorious bright yellow flowers in January<br />
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this is another succulent type plant that resembles red hot pokers...<br />
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The Christmas poinsettia holding its own until the temperature dropped to freezing, alas it is no more...<br />
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The narcissus have faithfully flowered for weeks now, what a cheerful sight they are and smell wonderful too....<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A hooky (crochet) cushion cover inspired by Lucy (<a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/">attic24</a>) there is no planned purpose for this, I just HAD to try it! I think I will make a handbag with this pattern in tones of the same colour at some point...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And an attempt at Barbara Gray (<a href="http://www.claritystamp.co.uk/">Clarity Stamp</a>) type stamping and brayering for a friends 70th Birthday</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I continue to plod on with the garter stitch jacket, it is making sense now and will be lovely when It's finally done, I do keep getting side tracked.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's it this week, apart from some fan cards we made at Club this week (they are on loan so no pics yet) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Stay warm and keep crafting!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>handicraftcrazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922433315230987677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598036979829780243.post-32213650905578976452012-02-05T18:00:00.000+01:002012-02-05T18:00:03.904+01:00Marmalade Tutorial<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello friends, hope you are keeping warm in the freezing weather hitting Europe right now, we have had frost here for the first time in the 10 years I have lived on the Costa Blanca. This means not just an extra cold house to heat (with no insulation, no central heating and no carpets) but luke-warm showers and gas fires that struggle to stay alight. (The butane gas changes into a jelly in very low temps and will not burn...)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Am I downhearted, no! Well not for long anyway, the best way to keep warm is to cook up a storm in the kitchen, so the marmalade factory has been going strong. If you have never made your own Seville orange marmalade I invite you to try, nothing tastes as good in my opinion and its not difficult. Here we go....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XNL_qTMpGXuji-Mq-QzL8Q_zrkbUDvtUVMJcQDN1DA67ThxleJTfgPqxOUE7WKPH8pEU5Ky7TczSgzi3BIPFWNNdYSbGDvPfRpCwndTTLMPjskTxZMA4iA56lMLaFpEPKgK-MKh0H6I/s1600/IMG_0709.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XNL_qTMpGXuji-Mq-QzL8Q_zrkbUDvtUVMJcQDN1DA67ThxleJTfgPqxOUE7WKPH8pEU5Ky7TczSgzi3BIPFWNNdYSbGDvPfRpCwndTTLMPjskTxZMA4iA56lMLaFpEPKgK-MKh0H6I/s400/IMG_0709.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> This is what it will look like, the liquid will have reduced a lot. Take out the bag and squeeze hard to get the pectin out (this what makes it set). Now slowly stir in the sugar until dissolved. Turn the heat up to maximum and get the mixture up to a full boil. This is where you have to hold your nerve! It will rise in the pan furiously, drop a knob of butter in now to stop the foaming. YOU MUST LEAVE IT ON HIGH HEAT to boil for 20mins. DON'T PANIC, it will be fine, trust me!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Put a saucer in the fridge and leave it to cool down. When the 20 mins is up dribble a little mixture on the saucer put it back in the fridge for 1 min then do the finger test, if it wrinkles when you push it like this the marmalade is ready, take it off the heat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNwgKUNVp-SlQQBx3tSN6hlLD_WgTm6f0uOU5CoAA8kiR7Drf8SE6p6yT_zXSiI2WojkGg7aH3HdwpZA36t4QZWpaIdnUxxcJyN9vcS5iTbb9uqTaIBdbjc2m4dmdtdDTOJNnsUnwZoNY/s1600/IMG_0714.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNwgKUNVp-SlQQBx3tSN6hlLD_WgTm6f0uOU5CoAA8kiR7Drf8SE6p6yT_zXSiI2WojkGg7aH3HdwpZA36t4QZWpaIdnUxxcJyN9vcS5iTbb9uqTaIBdbjc2m4dmdtdDTOJNnsUnwZoNY/s320/IMG_0714.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Leave it for 5-10mins to cool a little then pour into your jars, be VERY careful it is still extremely hot at this stage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGaXr04V4eFrosjPrOWhPDqs5L1ztobA17QR5bYOWtPpm0UqdHSA7_wMHTSkqAnDNXtDfwi7_DrnPFgG15M8FaGrlbztxrnPz1DNGLinPu6o1RtGtAp7OcBFKpcKrhiV71i9E6PdUaQM/s1600/IMG_0716.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGaXr04V4eFrosjPrOWhPDqs5L1ztobA17QR5bYOWtPpm0UqdHSA7_wMHTSkqAnDNXtDfwi7_DrnPFgG15M8FaGrlbztxrnPz1DNGLinPu6o1RtGtAp7OcBFKpcKrhiV71i9E6PdUaQM/s400/IMG_0716.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> Now you will have your TADAH moment, its just so satisfying seeing all those jars full of yummyness made by you!<br />
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Now a bit of crafty goodness in case you are bored with all this...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZyVAFvR6VsnMN0BDJ9Ebh5eWJ7acPc72rXiML7A7F__ZoBHefcJmVEpA0ByNuIYuABv6134HYUsNsVIhcTptu5hl3djQRZ_WmISGiysQdTrnIHUF-lv3S4Y5H2quPrHXmvvYqZDX_uXY/s1600/IMG_0720.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZyVAFvR6VsnMN0BDJ9Ebh5eWJ7acPc72rXiML7A7F__ZoBHefcJmVEpA0ByNuIYuABv6134HYUsNsVIhcTptu5hl3djQRZ_WmISGiysQdTrnIHUF-lv3S4Y5H2quPrHXmvvYqZDX_uXY/s400/IMG_0720.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> My friend Liz's beautiful rug, in the finishing stages, isn't it pretty?<br />
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quite tricky, but worth the effort for a lovely gift..<br />
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Hope you are keeping cheerful too and that this little missive helped to banish the winter blues a bit..<br />
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This is the eagerly anticipated, very last part of the fantastic Clan of the Cave Bear series that I have loved for years, but the weight of it in my hands when I snuggle up in bed with it is a pain! Give me my Kindle every time! Of course not every book has an electronic version so I will have to switch occasionally, and of course I still love my craft and recipe books for browsing and working from, but this little beauty with a tiny little reading light has won my heart! I am a woman and I'm allowed to change my mind aren't I?<br />
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I was given some gorgeous soft squishy Debbie Bliss Baby Merino Aran wool this week to make things for the local children home.I got out my DB book right away and the needles just flew.....Still needs buttons, but all done in a couple of evenings.<br />
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I have been a follower of Attic24 blog for a long time, she is so inspirational and shares her joy of life and her crochet freely, check it out for the cute little<a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/"> jar/tin cosies</a> she is making right now. These are going to be my travelling project next weekend!<br />
<a href="http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/81111AD.html?noImages=">These</a> little crochet sachets are cute for little girls too!<br />
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Have a happy crafting week whatever you are doing! Bye from cold and sunny Spainhandicraftcrazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922433315230987677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598036979829780243.post-20414883364773651182012-01-06T17:49:00.000+01:002012-01-06T17:49:58.468+01:00On the twelfth day of Christmas..................I had serrano ham on crusty baguette, followed by home-made marmalade, with lots of coffee...<br />
played with my new toys (crafty ones) and made a birthday card......<br />
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and with my other half went for a long walk in the woods with the dogs......<br />
watered the pots outside......<br />
ate a delicious fish and chip lunch at David's fish bar in Moraira (the best for miles around).....<br />
soaked up the sun and paddled in the sea at El Portet beach.......<br />
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.....a siesta in my own bed......<br />
a slice of Christmas cake with a cuppa......<br />
and there are still 6 hours to go......<br />
leisurely knitting and TV to look forward to.......<br />
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Today is the fiesta of the Three Kings in Spain (a bank holiday) know to us as Epiphany, when traditionally the Spanish exchange gifts. Everything is shut and it is so peaceful everywhere. After all the hustle and bustle of our Christmas and New Year, today was a rare treat, a whole day off! Despite a strong wind it was 23C at the height of the day. Don't be too jealous though, tomorrow it could change to 2C and a howling storm with the rain leaking through the roof in buckets!<br />
The lemon tree is reminding me it is marmalade making time again, and just in time, I'm on the last pot.<br />
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The sun has allowed me to take pics of one of my WIP's too, a lovely diagonal knit jacket from Twilleys, I'm not at all sure how the front is going to fit, but I am ploughing on and following the instructions to the letter and hoping it will all become clear later. There are no diagrams in the pattern leaflet so I'm working in the dark a bit...It is so soothing to just knit, all garter stitch, one stitch after another with no deadlines, no pressure to get finished....<br />
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Oh dear this post seems to be full of eating, next Monday it's all change, back to the diet.......handicraftcrazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922433315230987677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598036979829780243.post-20790979564927335932011-12-30T21:09:00.000+01:002011-12-30T21:09:13.975+01:00Where did that year go........?<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIj1bJNtrwivKT8JNBkK2MvnYmxS9nJlWS4m-rgu_-HLqql9jbVhz4-iHiIbi_ls_M1fFZ1up32FWlyVVjHtyP9zvdDe7bGn6Q0u07s1g_TQo-4Zpv1TgD4bwpb2f4rj1NW_vys_sC-M/s1600/frosty+and+bright013.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIj1bJNtrwivKT8JNBkK2MvnYmxS9nJlWS4m-rgu_-HLqql9jbVhz4-iHiIbi_ls_M1fFZ1up32FWlyVVjHtyP9zvdDe7bGn6Q0u07s1g_TQo-4Zpv1TgD4bwpb2f4rj1NW_vys_sC-M/s320/frosty+and+bright013.jpg" /></a><br />
Here we are at the end of 2011 and I haven't posted for months! I HAVE been crafting, but life has been so busy I have been very slack at writing about it!<br />
Noah's scrapbook has had several new pages added, these are from my visit this time last year in the heavy snow. The Family Tree scrapbook for my daughter got several pages done before I gave it to her, another on going project. It is fun to send new pages when they are done, and they are very well received.<br />
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panda's and crocodiles... and of course Barney the<br />
Bear had to have a Santa outfit....<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hopefully I will be better at writing in the New Year, have a great one!</div></div>handicraftcrazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922433315230987677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598036979829780243.post-505206638401258322011-07-31T16:20:00.000+02:002011-07-31T16:20:34.980+02:00Lacey ramblings....My dear mother, (who passed away three years ago) could never understand my passing passions for 'making things' in great bursts of enthusiam until boredom or frustration set in and I would move on to something else. The habit has never died, I still have 'crazes' as she called them, the latest one is for needle lace.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>My first encounter with hand made lace was in Brittany at the age of 11 on my first ever holiday abroad, when I saw the Breton ladies making bobbin lace. I bought a tapestry depicting one of these ladies in her tall lace hat, it was half done for decades as I ran out of cotton yarn to complete it and has been throw out somewhere along the line. I regret this now as it was part of my crafting heritage. Nevertheless the love of lace has never left me. For a long time I only made crochet lace as it was simpler, like this<br />
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but about 10 years ago I learnt to do bobbin lace. Beautiful, but very time consuming and you need good eysesight and also be able concentrate all the time you are working it. This is a piece I made, after hours of practice, that I was actually proud of.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">However, I began to have trouble seeing the fine work and discovered I had cataracts forming and had to have two eye operaations with months in between. I was not seeing well for a couple of years so the bobbin lace equipment was consigned to the attic and I stuck to easier persuits.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had heard of needlelace, but not pursued it as I have so many other hobbies! But a couple of months ago I saw an advert for an American magazine called 'Piecework' that was promoting an issue devoted to lace of all kinds. A kind relative in the US sent me a copy and I devoured it. It had a very well written example of how to do this lovely lace and my new 'craze' was born! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The wonderful internet supplied me with video clips, patterns, instructions etc and I was off, as my eyes are now so much better I felt able to tackle it. With some of my bobbin lace supplies I managed this as a first sample, not bad eh? But I need a lot more practice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the beauties of this type of lace making is that you can sit in an comfy chair anywhere, without equipment on your lap, no bobbins to wind etc., and it is easy see where you are all the time. Much more relaxing and very satisfying. I am working on another piece each evening with a drink by the pool now....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My other hobbies have not suffered though, I have been dabbling with making paper beads....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKReHHTG-3qdmIC2wcV5fpUkp07PMISa5d7jq8RuTtvg53dCUPhhNKIaJNzKiu_FuGEKOav6YIJdDMpa_eTrZmodC9pIxVQBlHYm57pBOdkJd0fSOQiKZHcDaA5AumylTpRZIvks-HSag/s1600/IMG_0432.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKReHHTG-3qdmIC2wcV5fpUkp07PMISa5d7jq8RuTtvg53dCUPhhNKIaJNzKiu_FuGEKOav6YIJdDMpa_eTrZmodC9pIxVQBlHYm57pBOdkJd0fSOQiKZHcDaA5AumylTpRZIvks-HSag/s320/IMG_0432.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHRjkbcyB-e8Y030c2YvH6J3fON5zGGMnNoCaxbrl22OR918LeRPe4DSzfFyycnmzjK751MUPtEpQfrMScxRpCUuaCeu6Up7w0NsqECyyBnozq2geXQ5rdD5QsFTxIm-rMfOvfRX_GVk/s1600/IMG_0424.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHRjkbcyB-e8Y030c2YvH6J3fON5zGGMnNoCaxbrl22OR918LeRPe4DSzfFyycnmzjK751MUPtEpQfrMScxRpCUuaCeu6Up7w0NsqECyyBnozq2geXQ5rdD5QsFTxIm-rMfOvfRX_GVk/s320/IMG_0424.JPG" width="240" /></a>and knitting a spaghetti scarf.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and card making and scrapbooking, but they are under wraps until the recipients receive them......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's too hot to sit over a computer now.... off for a swim, be back soon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>handicraftcrazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922433315230987677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598036979829780243.post-75616181237861531422011-06-23T16:09:00.001+02:002011-06-23T16:14:31.281+02:00Long time no write.....sorry!Well, Spring came and went in brief and glorious splashes of colour, in between the rain and wind.....<br />
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and an unknown plant that the bees just LOVE..........together with the Spring jasmine the air was thick with perfume and humming for a brief glorious span...<br />
The the roses started... and the tulips....<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">And of course the Royal Wedding happened..... what a lovely girlie day we had, indulging in yummy things with lots of our freinds....</div><div style="text-align: left;">But I have not been idle! Here are the projects I've finished in the the past few months.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1M92BfnKFB0teMWxcJYeu-imq2GyrUj_UYu1O3ZK6fmz-c_O9l42Oxqf6GhDdocFAF1J4htxzagTlfXP8urrO1-M0sH5E5FZtPYMBIeVPCcYFcmqtHYrHj-MgX31zoOa0H4VqA-8lEHY/s1600/IMG_0359.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1M92BfnKFB0teMWxcJYeu-imq2GyrUj_UYu1O3ZK6fmz-c_O9l42Oxqf6GhDdocFAF1J4htxzagTlfXP8urrO1-M0sH5E5FZtPYMBIeVPCcYFcmqtHYrHj-MgX31zoOa0H4VqA-8lEHY/s320/IMG_0359.JPG" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpOYIXjuw2hUDz44OoEzAKzJWhkY-2hyphenhyphensF8v5L82RlhEWMHtUxmeOSIV8ZsDodyEhbzR6ILTAZON1ZYpfPm1p_yZYqczMaqa2RkLuzDvc_wsM-9j-eK8KuwOGCLTIMKtH_na2qXHb3Vw/s1600/IMG_0368.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpOYIXjuw2hUDz44OoEzAKzJWhkY-2hyphenhyphensF8v5L82RlhEWMHtUxmeOSIV8ZsDodyEhbzR6ILTAZON1ZYpfPm1p_yZYqczMaqa2RkLuzDvc_wsM-9j-eK8KuwOGCLTIMKtH_na2qXHb3Vw/s320/IMG_0368.JPG" width="240" /></a></div> Barbie Spanish outfit, its a separate top knickers and skirt, very fiddly but so worth the effort. If you want the pattern ask, its a freebie on the internet somewhere, I thinks it called Fandango...<br />
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</div>handicraftcrazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922433315230987677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598036979829780243.post-65370747195677715542011-03-04T11:25:00.000+01:002011-03-04T11:25:09.347+01:00A little fun...<br />
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Meanwhile my WIM's list (Works in mind) is getting longer, Lucy on Attic 24 is doing another inspiring thing with crochet and I've got so many lovely little boy knitting patterns to try as well as all the WIP's around the place, there are just not enough hours in the day......Housework, what's that dirty word?<br />
Until next time, keep crafting!handicraftcrazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922433315230987677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598036979829780243.post-87685073535485235442011-01-18T17:10:00.000+01:002011-01-18T17:10:31.483+01:00Spring in January<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Well, the narcissus think its Spring even if I don't! What a lovely cheerful sight through my front door!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZB88e8vCl2tVExTtQXsG_4hyphenhyphenPI-z_bxqljsxdpsBbarGF3MiwRQQ4_gsrMgANZxjff5IqzpWA8Ntli9VKIMWZ_rT1xzblNq3bguDNR8RClAezYDDavwbJlcdwz5NnRGz8Ot-AdkSELo/s1600/IMG_0073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZB88e8vCl2tVExTtQXsG_4hyphenhyphenPI-z_bxqljsxdpsBbarGF3MiwRQQ4_gsrMgANZxjff5IqzpWA8Ntli9VKIMWZ_rT1xzblNq3bguDNR8RClAezYDDavwbJlcdwz5NnRGz8Ot-AdkSELo/s400/IMG_0073.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The rose hasn't stopped flowering yet and the lemon tree is now dripping with fruit, ready to be put in my new batch of marmalade....<br />
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</div>handicraftcrazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922433315230987677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598036979829780243.post-28861941114539914112011-01-02T16:57:00.001+01:002011-01-02T16:58:33.368+01:00Happy New Year!Just a little sample today of the winter glory in my garden............. I hadn't looked around for days and suddenly here were all these lovely flowers..... <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1uyPtwjn_kgQcXsrFlqgK445Ek-4ESjOU9D29U2DBGf0JS2iwOqenxs2uLuf0SlVinjoahlwle08iVt-kCk154w6km3qzas_6C3LDsMM7PxjF3fdZDgXYtCbpOOHZKLLWVIDiX9wbeU/s1600/Scrapbookp9016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1uyPtwjn_kgQcXsrFlqgK445Ek-4ESjOU9D29U2DBGf0JS2iwOqenxs2uLuf0SlVinjoahlwle08iVt-kCk154w6km3qzas_6C3LDsMM7PxjF3fdZDgXYtCbpOOHZKLLWVIDiX9wbeU/s320/Scrapbookp9016.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have used Crafters Companion CD called Popcorn Kids to print out the borders and teddy pic. The little peice of knitting is real, on cocktail sticks with beads on the end to look like knitting needles. The quote is from the Yarn Harlot a couple of years ago on one of her calendars, love her sense of humour!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am in danger of getting addicted to this craft, I can use all my card making stuff in a new way, such fun! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are some of the animals I've made for Noah's Ark so far, they are VERY fiddly, a real labour of love</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8d-OYv90wTHlJeOEabeDkhY4hf20uaYhxsIK9XRC8HHMrSc-R-sbu3Xmcrjq4Hjpl-OJleXZioso2uvo0dFqJWcpq4V0vZqEzs0IO9cZOQSlxfXdmsy0RbixXR5ISfiXE_aOcjdrpxc/s1600/IMG_0025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8d-OYv90wTHlJeOEabeDkhY4hf20uaYhxsIK9XRC8HHMrSc-R-sbu3Xmcrjq4Hjpl-OJleXZioso2uvo0dFqJWcpq4V0vZqEzs0IO9cZOQSlxfXdmsy0RbixXR5ISfiXE_aOcjdrpxc/s400/IMG_0025.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I should have cropped this first, distracting background, sorry! The giraffe legs are a nightmare, so I've started on a lion now, the second giraffe will have to wait until I feel stronger!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>handicraftcrazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922433315230987677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598036979829780243.post-44388575324036496142010-10-26T16:32:00.000+02:002010-10-26T16:32:04.058+02:00SOCK PATTERN IS HERE!Sorry for my long silence, I have not been feeling so good this past week, I've overdone it clearing up from the storm, I think. ME symptoms have flared up so having to pace myself. This is good news for you as I have HAD to sit at my computer and write up the sock pattern because I haven't had the energy for anything else! So here it is.......<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">To fit average woman’s foot up to size 7 (<country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">UK</place></country-region>)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">(You can adapt the cuff pattern to fit any size sock pattern you have, just make sure you have a number of stitches that are divisible by 12)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">With yarn B loosely cast on 72sts and divide over 3 needles taking care not to twist the sts, join the round.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Knit 2 rounds</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">F&F CUFF</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Round 1 Knit</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Round 2 Knit</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Round 3 *(K2tog) three times (yfwd, K1) six times, (<place w:st="on">K2</place> tog) three times. Repeat from * to end of round.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Round 4 Purl (If you prefer a smoother finish Knit this round)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Repeat these 4 rounds 8 times (32rows) or for length required for turn back.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">TURN CUFF INSIDE OUT and K one round decreasing 8 sts evenly as you go. (64 sts) (You have changed direction and will have a small hole here that can be finished off later)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Knit the next three rounds in K2 P2 rib.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">CHANGE TO YARN A and continue in rib pattern until work is 7 inches long from the beg. or length required for leg.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">HEEL </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Change to yarn B and put half the sts. (32) on one needle and the remaining sts over two needles.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Knit back and forth on the 32sts as follows</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Row 1 *Sl1,K1 repeat from * across the row, TURN</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Row 2 Sl1, purl to end, TURN</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Repeat these two rows 14 times more (32 rows in total)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">With right side facing </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Sl1, K7, ssk, K1 turn</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Sl1, P5, p2tog, P1, turn</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Sl1, K6, ssk, K1, turn</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Continue in this way working 2 sts together over the gap until you have used all the heel stitches. 18sts remain</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">CHANGE to yarn A</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Needle 1, Knit 9 heel sts, PICK UP 16sts up the side of heel flap you just made</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Needle 2 K 32 (top of foot)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Needle 3 Pick up 16sts down side of flap, K9 heel stitches (82sts)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Round 1 Needle I Knit to last 3 sts, K2tog K1</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needle 2 Knit </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needle 3 K1 SSK Knit to end</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Round 2 Knit </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Repeat these 2 rounds until you have 64sts in total</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Cont. in plain knitting until foot measures 5 inches from picked up stitches or foot size required (my size 7 needed 7 inches)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">SHAPE TOE</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">CHANGE to YARN B</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Round 1 Needle 1 Knit to last 3 sts, K2tog K1</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needle 2 K1 ssk, knit to last 3 sts k2tog, K1</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needles 3 K1 ssk, knit to end</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Round 2 Knit</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Repeat these 2 rounds until 16sts remain.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Graft two sets of 8 sts together.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Enjoy! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Pics of the Ark in progress in the next few days</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Bye for now</span></div>handicraftcrazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922433315230987677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598036979829780243.post-9358067901681518502010-10-17T11:44:00.002+02:002010-10-17T11:46:49.685+02:00What a difference a day makes...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Hiya, I've gone down with a cold this weekend and not feeling that sociable, so here are some cards I've made in the last week or so in between clearing up the storm damage. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6F3Pf9sGC3WuNsF81BB_gocqFviR9a-U1fSjdCXzVCsEl62Fg6Ju7mfw4HyRHDrN9m5aw4EfiqrmRS1Z0oIMHu72Bjk0JYA43tlHDyuVB19h9I5tIDQmvnHPQkqBBvXRYwzr0nx8gWA/s1600/new+home005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6F3Pf9sGC3WuNsF81BB_gocqFviR9a-U1fSjdCXzVCsEl62Fg6Ju7mfw4HyRHDrN9m5aw4EfiqrmRS1Z0oIMHu72Bjk0JYA43tlHDyuVB19h9I5tIDQmvnHPQkqBBvXRYwzr0nx8gWA/s400/new+home005.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This one is a New Home card for very dear friends who have finally moved into their own villa over here after lots of trauma and years of waiting, made from Cute Companions CD 1 and assorted CC stamps</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbOfOPYodbXK3DljVMIDRK3hnXQrI91EXzqkyfBXRKn4rnge3M7z_2on3gnIWbuo1ePeu12a8rlLn2H47HTP47_zRPWJ_WVwT8qOuZihWm2Zzmt594RijEsopsn37H12etSIVRI0nkhI/s1600/santa+cards006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbOfOPYodbXK3DljVMIDRK3hnXQrI91EXzqkyfBXRKn4rnge3M7z_2on3gnIWbuo1ePeu12a8rlLn2H47HTP47_zRPWJ_WVwT8qOuZihWm2Zzmt594RijEsopsn37H12etSIVRI0nkhI/s400/santa+cards006.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have a thing about Santa's this year for some reason, top one is from Joanna Sheen's new collection, the middle santa pings on a wire (I take no credit for this Joanna demo'd this some time ago!)</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07gYCUhAy5oAdSDziIutOOZOpVzKivH0hFvTXLSa9CsZcb69UvkReQtYkdlG0YL6MFaJa3E4iNNUSl8la96VMmDLWbzQSSVx7gF-fVJnlykF4JbIrF5c6bBdmS0igvwU7z15Ur-n9Y6g/s400/xmas+cards2007.jpg" width="280" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The santa above is stamp I used at craft club, the trees are from Cute companions Christmas CD. The Vintage one is a graphic from a vintage CD I have, printed onto vellum, soft and pretty. The brads were supposed to go through the vellum, but I misjudged the holes and had to stick it instead and cover up with stickers!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Yes, the famous extreme weather of Spain struck on Tuesday night,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One day we are basking in glorious warm sunshine the next........here is some of the stuff we have had to deal with this week outside</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZl1woA6CD3aGyWTNW8SDxgZFtJa3dSts6bJ5jYODX4FrgDx98pkaBAQlueHIgPPydKSi05ddX6AdRwo1Tv7EkcjnWGAE7eXpcxrzK8jr-AiNucUsE5P5zSHATFITCbBWIw0m1vI7qhiw/s1600/storm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZl1woA6CD3aGyWTNW8SDxgZFtJa3dSts6bJ5jYODX4FrgDx98pkaBAQlueHIgPPydKSi05ddX6AdRwo1Tv7EkcjnWGAE7eXpcxrzK8jr-AiNucUsE5P5zSHATFITCbBWIw0m1vI7qhiw/s400/storm.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The sunbeds have travelled 200 yards off the terrace, plants are all over the place, branches off trees, broken pots and tiles off the roof and leaves, leaves, leaves everywhere! We also had a lake of rain water in the house where the roof was supposed have been fixed! All through the night the wind howled round the house, Dora our golden retriever is terrified of storms so we ended up with her pressed up against the bed one side, Sophie the little dog in the middle, then Bobo the cat decided he would like a cosy bed for the night and settled down on my feet! At one point I had a huge fit of the giggles, we must have been such a comical sight! Needless to say not much sleep was had by anyone! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are gradually getting sorted, but have a rule that Sundays are a day of rest a relaxtion whatever, so it all has to wait. I'm not up to anything much today anyway, so I'm off to watch Create and Craft on TV and snuggle up with a nice hot drink! Back soon...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>handicraftcrazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03922433315230987677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598036979829780243.post-62518458498869779492010-10-12T15:54:00.002+02:002010-10-12T15:54:49.344+02:00How to tie a bow with a fork!This is soooo useful, especially at this time of year<br />
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