new neck scarf

Hi here is the new neck scarf complete with lovely buttons obtained from my favourite knitting store  in Threads in Keyworth sure she will do mail order as well,pattern in ravelry very soon

Babytalk poster

Babytalk Poster

our new Babytalk poster advert.

Twilley’GORGEOUS’

Been using some differing yarns just recently and I have to say the Twilley Gorgeous is a great yarn with a lovely drape but holds your stitch pattern firm and the colours are good too–well done Twilley ,seems an age since I designed for them the ‘knit to felt’ kits usingFreedom.More colours in this range would be great maybe colours like theSincere organic cotton range .

 

No cobwebs in my chapel so decided to knit one –love these colours

Memories and Aching Bones

The only wedding pic I am allowed to show you until the bride and groom return from honeymoon.
We had a family party the night before the wedding as family had travelled many miles for this event and the joining of 2 families is importrant and the party was great the weather good the food good –thanks to my mil Cindy who I could not have done it without her,and she made the wedding cake -! so a couple of piccies from there showing my brother and sister(aren’t they good looking dudes)who had not met before the party for 16 years when we buried my Mother,the other a kitchen shot (most good parties start and stop in the kitchen ) of Cindy my mil,Bart my brother and Kath one of my longest ever friends hahah( she rescued me in a snow storm when I was pregnant with my son 29 years ago).

But back to reality now and what can I say! my back aches, my knees scream,and my hips feel like they are singing at me but apart from that I am fine, as fine as someone moving at my age can be.
There are so many casualties of this move, tons of yarn- I really felt it was a competition as I made each hank or ball of yarn justify its existence in my stash some did not make it and the load got lighter –the next day round 2 and it started all over again and more casualties until I had reduced the stash. It is amazing how focusing on justification gets rid of so much we cling on to.
I have cleared my studio and apart from feeling sick and crying when 2 of my vintage sewing machines left home I am doing ok I think.The plants in my garden I will mourn over and wonder how they will do –pathetic really but the cherry blossom each April is awesome and the first taste of my own plums is something else.The frogs in the pond and all the birds I will miss, wonder if my baby robins will follow me.
I know there are horrid things happening in the world but I never wanted to move again and here I am off again.How I envy folk who have lived places for 30 or 40 years .The longest I have managed to be in 1 place was the childrens childhood home and I did 17 years there and leaving it nearly killed me and have not settled since really.I have my beautiful Teasdale home where my bones will rest when I am older.
Back to this move and more looking forward ,the new village is lovely the new garden is looking good and I love my home and am ready to make some good memories.My new lounge looks out over the main part of the garden and again my dreaming table (I call it that because as I sit to write or create I dream the day away gazing outside )has a great view so cannot see the new book getting finished very quickly.
I am not hanging onto anything any more that is not functional and needed by me now right now or so beautiful I cannot face the day without it,
So once again new beginnings to face and changes to cope with, lots to do, lots to learn, and lots to look forward to.
I am so happy for my daughter and her new hubby and I adore my new sil but I am so going to miss her and she will be living even further away from me but as you will see when I post some more piccies no-one could be happier, she oozes happiness and I never saw her look more beautiful apart from the 1st day I ever looked into her face. I was honoured to design and make her dress,and tiarra and bag I enjoyed every hour I spent doing them and very proud when I saw her ready for her big day ‘Thank you Emma for giving me that opportunity I will never forget it ‘.
Moving date looms and there is still fabric to sort, knitting needles to sort,views to say goodbye to and more than likely hundreds of decisions still to make,but they will be made, I salute the future.To any of my blog readers who are also moving –good luck !!!check out http://feltingfibres.wordpress.com for news on latest felting classes to be held at Viking Loom York in November

Sunday, May 18, 2008, 08:48 AM CST [General]

 

Well here he is the baby of Miss Iris little baby Cocobean –quite a ittle character a good blend of Miss Iris and Fudge .

Sorted lots of silks today and rewound and untangles and did some general  sorting in the skein box–I do like to just pick up quickly what I need –great in principle but as one gets things outone must learn to put away again.

The garden has changed in 6 days to a full blown english summer garden and the perfume from the Daphne and the Viburnum are competing with the Rosa Rugosa for attention ,Lavender is also competing for 1st place then a waft carried on the breeze of lemon scented geranium hits me and then all my senses are highly tuned and i cannot sketch enough.

One of my art teachers once told  me –’you’ll know when something is inspiring you either visually or perfume or sound because you can taste it at the back of your throat and it makes you salivate’

How right he, is so before I dribble everywhere and the sight of this 80 year old Japanese  Double Cherry  assails my senses anymore I am going back in  to continue sorting and feeling good  –also finding so much stuff I had not seen for ages–now that is bad ,

Chrissie  

 

geometric beading

Whoa learning geometric beading so I can translate all my sketches of designs into beadwork has been todays task –Yep I know all the stitches but the discipline of shape reminds me of patchwork lessons all those years ago and angles and degrees etc anyway here is the result of Day 1 beading this way  square triangle

penatgon or star

2nd pentagon

 

well thats all for today folks tomorrow move on to repeat these shapes with differing size beads see how that goes