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y man gifted me this gorgeous book for christmas and the next thing to be started will be from here the thought of hooking up one of these lovelies is spurring me on to get something finished posted by angela at 8 01 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels crochet 2015 knitting 2015 monday january 05 2015 hello 2015 it s been almost a year since i regularly posted here not sure how so much time disappeared since my last proper post 2014 was a bit of a strange year i feel like i spent most of it in limbo i put my flat up for sale and quickly got an offer but after many months the buyer pulled out at the last minute meanwhile i d moved out and in with james and most of my belongings went in to storage we ve lived in a kind limbo for almost 6 months not being able to do much of anything as we needed the funds from my flat sale to help us move on the flat finally sold at the beginning of december but not after that i fell ill with a nasty flu bug which turned in turn brought with it a cold a persistent cough and most recently a bout of tonsillitis i pretty much missed all of the christmas and end of year celebrations and have spent a good portion of the last 4 weeks in bed or collapsed on the sofa with no energy or enthusiasm for anything hopefully i m coming out of the other side now i would go as far as to say i am almost feeling human again if i can just shake off the remaining few germs there is no question that i will feel a good amount of giddy excitement thinking about the things that this year could have in store it s likely we will be on the move again to a bigger house that can accommodate all of our things most of mine are still in storage location to be confirmed we have several lovely trips and weekend getaways planned and of course as always i have a million and one craft projects on the go i m not setting any goals or resolutions this year i m just going to see what happens and where things take me and of course i ll try and visit here more often that i managed last year i have no idea if anyone is still out there reading this but if there is anyone there well happy new year brightest blessings and warmest wishes to you i hope 2015 brings you many joys xx posted by angela at 7 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday january 04 2015 goodbye 2014 am thinking about coming back to this space i miss it we ll see for now goodbye 2014 looking forward to seeing what 2015 brings things i made in 2014 albie s sea creature mobile albie s cobblestone vest micky s windchief los muertos hat kitty mobile giraffe blanket kathleen hat booties for mav owl hat for mav hat in bloom after the rain embroidery knitted penguin jumper x 2 embroidered coasters x 2 knitted face cloths x 9 ochre hat books i read in 2014 equal rites by terry pratchett smoke and mirrors by neil gaiman a slip of the keyboard by terri pratchett the children of dune by frank herbert the glamour chase by gary russell dr who 50th anniversary collection the king s dragon by una mccormack a monster calls by patrick ness the poison tree by erin kelly dune by frank herbert waking the dead by steve niles american gods by neil gaiman my week with marilyn by colin clark the quantum thief by hannu rajaniemi the clockwise man by justin richards movies i watched at the cinema in 2014 interstellar fury the best of me what we did on our holidays lucy what if into the storm guardians of the galaxy the purge anarchy planet of the apes begin again maleficient a million ways to die in the west the two faces of january godzilla sabotage the amazing spiderman 2 the other woman divergent captain america labor day 300 rise of an empire robocop the monuments men dallas buyers club the wolf of wall street that awkward moment 12 years a slave american hustle the railway man the secret life of walter mitty places i visited in 2014 barton on sea hampshire exeter devon stonehenge wiltshire topsham devon whitby yorkshire zakynthos greece posted by angela at 4 04 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday february 26 2014 ready to cast on after a bit if a creative hiatus i m getting back in full swing hopefully a couple of weeks ago i went through my yarn stash to see what i already had that i could use for my little hat challenge found just the thing i m all set and ready to go just need to find some free time to get cast on happy days posted by angela at 7 00 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels knitting 2014 sunday february 23 2014 snapshots it s been a couple of weeks since i posted as much as i missed being here somehow i didn t seem to have the energy to come pay a visit i guess i d been hit with a touch of melancholia i ve noticed the last few years that it happens to me quite often this time of year but heyho it seems to be passing now and this week i ve started to get back to feeling like me again and so i m back back with some pictures from my week there has been lots of reading and eating jelly snakes there have been wanderings in my local area after dark just me and my camera it has been a week of sunshine and showers often all at the same time there has been working out and more reading there has been lots of driving on the way home one evening this was the view in the mirror at that moment i wished i was driving in to the sunset rather than away from it beautiful and there has been the reawakening of my creative spirit and this more than anything lets me know that i m feeling better and all is right in my world again thanks for sticking with me hope you all have a great week xx posted by angela at 7 00 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels snapshots 2014 thursday january 30 2014 cute coos i think i ve mentioned here before that when we have time for a quiet weekend at home sunday has become my cross stitch day well when i say day that is a little bit of an exaggeration i really mean that i try and grab an hour or two if i can if you have been kind enough to have been checking in on me regularly you ll know that my main project at the moment is a dr who piece for reasons that i hope to get round to posting about sometime soon that project is on hold for a while so in the meantime i ve picked up a little something else i purchased this little bookmark kit from a charity shop a little while back for the princely sum of 1 sorry about making you twist your head but am having a funny 5 and can t get blogger to do what i want it to right now and get this up the right way i m a bit of a terror in that just as i can never stick with one crafty project at a time nor can i seem to read just one book at a time especially at the moment living half the week at mine and half at james i have to have at least one book on the go at each house anyway multiple books need multiple bookmarks so this will get well used when it s done there is still a way to go and stitching time seems to be sparse at the moment but hopefully it ll come together before too long posted by angela at 7 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels cross stitch 2014 wednesday january 29 2014 fabric sale starting to have a really good spring clean i have decided this year that i really want to pare back on the stuff i own i just have too much clothes books craft stuff everything really now don t get me wrong i m definitely never going to be a minimalist i love being surrounded by things things make me feel cosy but over the years and through various house moves i keep lugging round stuff that i just don t need any more books i know i ll never read again clothes that don t fit properly or aren t to my taste craft stuff that i don t have time to use anymore time to be ruthless i need to simplify starting with my fabric tucked away in my cupboard 5 totes of fabric i wanted to try and half my collection but wow was it tough to be ruthless in the end i have sorted out this little lot to try and rehome boy there will be a lot of ebaying in my future wish me luck if any of my crafting friends are short of anything email me i might have it and be willing to strike up a deal or trade posted by angela at 5 34 pm 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels at home 2014 tuesday january 28 2014 fireworks in the bathroom a while a go i painted my bathroom firework orange or at least one of its walls i know orange isn t every one s cup of tea and a bright orange bathroom wouldn t be to every one s taste even the guy at b q who mixed the paint for me raised an eyebrow when i asked for it but hey it s my bathroom my favourite colour i don t have anyone else to answer to and i love how it looks while i was having a root around in my yarn box last week i came across a ball or two of lovely bamboo cotton that i picked up from the bargain bin at a craft store a couple of years ago it looks pink in the picture above but you ll see a better representation of the lovely orange colour in the next shot i ve been seeing lots of lovely hand made wash cloths everywhere recently and in need of some simple knitting to do whilst feeling ill last week i figured i d give it a go and make some for myself i ended up with a small pile of four in the end in various stripe designs from this book also used recently for the ochre hat although in all honesty no matter needed i do like how they turned out and think they look super piled up next to my bowl of lovely soaps by the handwash basin it feels good to have produced something pretty and practical in what was otherwise a bit of a wash out of a week excuse the pun posted by angela at 7 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels knitting 2014 sunday january 26 2014 snapshots it s been a bit of a miserable week here at the nest i ve been suffering with a nasty bout of tonsillitis all week which has really knocked me out and had me feeling pretty low then to top it off i had an allergic reaction to something on friday which has left my face all red and blotchy nice on a positive note as of yesterday i no longer feel as though i m swallowing razor blades so hopefully i m on the up again but as you can imagine i haven t been up to much this week so snapshots are a bit thin on the ground but still here they are mostly you would have found me snuggled under my duvet on the sofa drinking various crushed ice concoctions and watching movies i also decided to drag out the yarn box and start thinking about options for my next hat from stuff i already have in my stash rummaging through the yarn led to some simple knitting my brain couldn t cope with anything other than simple hope you ve all had better health than me here s to a better week coming posted by angela at 7 00 am 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels snapshots 2014 thursday january 23 2014 new on the hook i m busy searching round trying to decide which hat i want to make next there are so many out there that i would love to have a go at and there are many new techniques that i want to explore for instance in all the years i ve been knitting i ve never made anything in the round i will force myself to make a decision soon and as it s pay day this week i may even treat myself to some posh new yarn to give me some incentive in the meantime having lots of yarn left over from the ochre hat i decided to start hooking up a pair of matching wristlets the pattern is from an issue of simply crochet i think i ll look it up when i get home and post the proper details next time but after a couple of hours hooky time i ve got one glove made already it s a cute little design i didn t get the side ties exactly right it was a dark evening and working with dark yarn was quite tricky but my mistake doesn t really show so have decided to leave as is and call this one done hopefully the other will be done soon i do a lot of driving for my day job and my hands are always cold on the steering wheel so i could really do with these to keep me warmer posted by angela at 7 00 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels crochet 2014 wednesday january 22 2014 fun with frames you might remember seeing in my snapshots post a couple of weeks ago this picture of one corner of my living room looking like a bomb had hit it after repainting the little box frame for the kiss me stitchery i came across some other frames that i thought i d repurpose i had these three pictures that i purchased many moons ago for the first house i owned and while the prints are cute they don t really fit anywhere in my new place and i d really gone off the wooden frames when i was decorating my lounge i d bought a few tester pots of various grey paints to try out on the walls and figured these frames would be the perfect way to use up the rest of the paint thereby clearing a bit more clutter from the tool decorating cupboard i love how they turned out two have already been refilled with new art and are ready to be hung on the wall when i get round to it and seeing this photo has made me wonder whether one of the other unframed cross stitches i have might fit in to the third i ll have to have a play when i get home from work later posted by angela at 7 49 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels at home 2014 upcycling 2014 tuesday january 21 2014 inspiration strikes back in this post i was sharing some of my adventures in thrifting and mentioned that i d picked up these lovely box frames wow was that really back last march time really does disappear in the blink of an eye they caught my eye because of the lovely unusual shapes the dried flower art in them was a tad dated and while i m all for a bit of kitsch nostalgia the displays were a bit ragged and had seen better days i knew as soon as i saw them i could repurpose them at some point taking another trip down memory lane back in this post i mentioned i d started a quick cross stitch project well it did get stitched up pretty quickly but i forgot to post again to show you so here is the finished little stitchery i have blue on my bedroom wall so i always intended this piece to be hung there the other day while i was having a good sort out i came across some left over paint that the previous owners of my flat had left in the back of the cupboard my bedroom walls are laura ashley duck egg blue no less anyway inspiration struck and it turns out the frame and the stitchery were a perfect fit so in a jiffy i finally had that new piece of wall art ready to hang i know the frame looks white here and i will try and get a better photo at some point but it really is a lovely shade of pale blue i m working on framing up some more forgotten treasu...