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Can you see what it is now? Little Sweetie by Charlotte Brown

can you tell what it is yet?

All will be revealed tomorrow :-)

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quick lace update

Hi, I've really enjoyed making lace again, I've sort of got it into my head to sample narrow laces and make up my equivalent of a pattern book to document the lace. This will mean that I will have a note of what the style of lace is, where the pattern is from ( which book, which page) the threads used and a small section of the pricking which will help if trying to match threads if any become discontinued.

I must admit that I tend to be good at starting things.............

We will see how this goes!!


Progress so far



Oh, just incase photo 5/365 confused you, here is another shot.



meanwhile, back to making dinner :-)

photo 5/365

Photo 4/365 rethink

So I keep looking at the photo 4/365 then at this one, not sure now which is best so I've entered them both!!

In the meantime, I'm slowly growing a forest of pins in my lace :-)

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Trapped Santa

Santa was looking a little deflated and definitely trapped inside the dome of Nottingham Council House earlier today!!

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Trying to get crafty again :-)

First off, the photo 2/365 is a local shopping centre that I walk through most mornings.

I'm planning to get back into lace again so I pulled a lace book off the shelf at random and started hunting round for the appropriate threads. The pricking has been copied and I am will spend tonight sitting winding the bobbins. The thread look very fine but it is the one suggested so we will have to see how it works out.

I will update with my progress tomorrow.

Photo 2/365

I'm sticking around !

Thanks for your comments, I've decided to stick around a bit longer and I'm also trying the photo a day thing so you should see regular posts even if it's just a random photo!

I sat down, had a think and realised that I need a challenge of sorts to keep me on track, hence the photo thingy. 

To be honest, I started with the idea of taking a photo of the glass Santa on the recycling bin simply because we don't really do Christmas and this is our only ornament ! it came from a raffle last year) and it's been hanging around my work room ever since.

Then I turned it upside down and realised it was hollow so stuck it in some dead plants.

Wanting a bit of colour I stuck it in the living stuff !

So my first photo of the year is sort of abstract!

Photo 1/365

goodbye 2013

Just a few more days then it will be a be a new year and I'm trying to decide whether to carry on blogging? Sometimes I feel that it is too much of a chore but the theory behind starting this blog was that it would keep me crafting and using my skills.

But, I need a challenge and the blog has always been my way of documenting my progress as well as events/travels etc in my life so it's really difficult decision.

I think I will post on Jan 1st either way :-)

I leave you with some belated xmas photos from Nottingham

 

I hope you all had a great Christmas and have a peaceful New Year xxx

I'm a terrible blogger........

.....I think its been 3 weeks since my last post! I've nothing to show you, not even any spinning !!

I'm thinking that I need to sort out my workroom, reclain some space, donate some excess craft materials to the local childrens centre and start being creative again.

I'm still playing with the banjo although I'm not sure that I'm getting any better hehe :-)

So , this is my chaos ....

I'd best get busy!!