miss marie's miscellany

Snowy crochet day

 

I woke up today to find it snowing again, and so it has continued all morning and into the afternoon, only stopping at about 2 pm. It's up over my ankles now! Still, it really does look beautiful

I have a few days off work, so I can enjoy pottering around at home. The house is getting a thoroughly good clean, I have sorted out piles of papers and books, done several batches of washing, made soup and cake, been out for a walk, well, more of a snowy scramble, dug a path AND have spent some happy hours doing a little hooking. A friend asked me to make a hat for his 4 year old daughter, so this is what I came up with

The effect I was aiming for was a 1920's cloche style hat - what do you think?!

I'm also making a new festive garland, Christmas roses.

These are just being blocked, then tomorrow I'll join them together and let you see them finished off.

This corsage has been a winner, I made some in this multi-coloured chunky wool for the craft fair a few weeks ago and they sold like hot cakes and I was asked to make a few more on commission too. 

It looks pretty sitting in the snow :-) 

Quiet night tonight, I think!

Blue sky day

It has been lovely here in Glasgow today, my favourite kind of winter weather, cold and sunny. 

The sky hasn't been this beautiful colour for some time

The sun makes all this snow look lovely

And the snow is a perfect background for some new crochet items :-)

A little reminder about the giveaway I posted about a few days ago, you still have time to get your name into the hat before Wednesday. I've had lots of visitors over the last few days, but everyone is being very shy!! 

 

 

Etsy shop and giveaways!

I have news, which I'm excited about; I have opened an Etsy shop.  I'm spending so much of my free time making things, and enjoying doing so, that it seems a good idea to try to sell some of them. I thought long and hard about taking this big step, it feels quite scary to put one's wares on show so publicly, but I have had lots of encouragement from family and friends, and it feels like a good time to take the plunge. My things did pretty well at the craft fair last week, which was a good way of gauging if I'm on the right track; I made about £85, and have been asked to make another 7 things on commission, which is very heartening. There is a link to my Etsy shop on the sidebar on the right, please come and have a look round and tell me what you think; there are some of my makings there which I've already revealed on here, and there will be some new ones too in the coming weeks. I would welcome your feedback and thoughts, and tell all your friends too!! 

To celebrate this I'm going to have a giveaway! Well, 2 giveaways , really........I have a star garland,

and a flower corsage in a lovely deep red colour

to give to 2 lucky winners. Just leave a comment after this post and say which of the two you would prefer to receive, stars or flower, and your name will be put into the hat. I will reveal the winners next week on Wednesday, 1st of December. Good luck :-)

 

 

October collage

This month; autumn arrived with all its beautiful colours, plus its changeable weather; I crocheted with pink and blue and a touch of romance; I went to my friend's wedding; a garden project ( a little peek is in this collage for you to wonder about!); new friends; lots to be happy about and much to look forward to :-)

Hectic

There's just not enough hours in the day at the moment and I am neglecting this little space of mine. Sorry, I hope normal service will resume soon :-)

What have you been doing, I hear you cry.Well, I have been crocheting away like mad, making more of the flowers from my last post; they seem to have been a big hit as I have had requests for more and my fans will pay nice shiny money for them too which makes me very happy; it's a big compliment that people think what I make is beautiful and buyable. I have been thinking about selling online at Etsy, so it's good to have an opportunity to test the waters.

I also have a little boy blanket on the go; here is a sneak peek of some of the squares made so far.

 I took my inspiration from the colours I've used, red, green, mustard and lemon and lime twist; when I had the balls of wool lined up, I thought of traffic lights! More about this soon.

I have been working on something really exciting, down at the bottom of my garden,but it isn't quite ready yet for me to reveal all; but it won't be long till I can tell you about the culmination of a lot of hard work and the realisation of a dream.  Secretive, but it really will be worth the wait!

 

 

Romantic

A story about how crochet can come to the rescue of a damsel in distress. Well, sort of!  One of my colleagues was telling me that she was playing at a wedding on Sunday and had been told to look more 'romantic' for the occasion. She is a busy mum of 4 and said she didn't think her wardrobe held much in the way of romantic attire. "Fear not" said I. "I'll make you something to do the trick". She is playing as a one third of a trio, so I made 3 rose corsages, in romantic pink and red.

Not bad, considering I didn't get home from work till after 10pm last night. My hook is on fire; I hope they feel the love!

Wishing everyone a lovely (and possibly romantic) weekend :-)

September collage

September has been quite a month ; hot weather, cold weather, stormy weather have turned into autumn with the leaves already turning, a fair bit of hooking and some wool purchases, the garden is still blooming with lots of beautiful autumn shades and some delicious fruit and veg........oh, and there was a certain visitor from Rome across the road in the park!

Hope you have a happy weekend, whatever it brings :-)

Feeling peachy

Life is a bit work- dominated at the moment. Not much time for anything else. Except a little gardening; despite there being an autumnal feel in the air now, there seem to be lots of plants blossoming.......like this lovely peachy rose

 

and this calendula, brilliant vibrant orange

 

And I have managed to fit in some crochet too; here's a glimpse of the nearly finished cushion cover, burnt orange and raspberry looking lovely together

 

Just the buttons and buttonholes to be done and I'll show it to you!

I'm off on a short trip later today to Newcastle, surely some good photo opportunities to be had there, I think. It is for a job interview, so cross your fingers for me!
 
 
 

August collage

I can't believe August has been and gone, it flew by. I started with all the garden improvements, I went back to work, and did a humungous amount of crocheting. I took a trip across the sea, went on a hen night and I have painted, dug and chopped things down in the garden. Perhaps that's why August whizzed by, I have been very busy!

 

More dahlia love

We're having an Indian summer here in Glasgow this week, and I keep finding more lovely flowers in the garden, late visitors but they are very welcome. This dahlia is as lovely as the one in my last post; a beautiful, rich red, and a prolific flowerer, I hope it will last for a while.