I've been pretty busy this past few days. My sister asked me to make a chart for her little boy - something she could stick pictures of his nursery etc on and stars for a reward scheme (motherly nectar points!) for when he didn't cry his eyes out. It's not fantastic, I haven't actually used paint in close to 10 years! It did inspire me to buy some paint, brushes and paper to get back in to it a little.
A little confession... I bought more yarn. Bad, bad! I have so much in my stash now it's ridiculous. I spied these colours in rico baby dk and decided to make a completely different blanket for my friends December arrival, one made of mini hexagons from Bunny Mummy's tutorial.
It's absolutely freezing these days. Really. Autumn has definitely started in this house, and the aran cardigans have been cracked out. I'm whipping up a quick shawl/scarf in a mohair dk to keep the chill off my neck as it's not quite full on scarf weather yet. We have no oil at the moment as when it runs out in Spring we don't bother buying any, and we're going off on honeymoon in 3 weeks so saving our money for then. Maybe I'll have to hook up some hand warmers to wear whilst working too!
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| the colour is a tiny bit off, but here is the start of my not-a-scarf shawl |
Annnnnd yesterday was my birthday! It was quite fun, a fancy dress party on Friday night (I was beetlegeuse), breakfast in bed yesterday, almost being arrested in M&S, afternoon siestas, flowers and films. I was spoiled by my friends, with loads of Liz Earle goodies, L'Occitane, jewellery... fun!
