miss marie's miscellany

July collage

This year is passing by rather quickly, I can't believe it's the end of another month. There's been lots of crochet, some trips away and a mix of good and bloomin'  awful weather, sounds about right for the good old British summertime!

 

Happier

Sometimes, it's little things which can cheer you up the most

 

A visit to see friends who live by the sea

 
 

Some new arrivals in the garden

 

A new WIP

 

And if all else fails, something sweet will hit the spot (sorry this pic is a bit blurred, I must have been excited at the impending sugar rush)

 

(In case you're wondering, the lovely pudding above was rhubarb creme brulee with ginger biscuits and was to die for!)
 
  

 

April collage

Time for another monthly round-up; during April there has been a trip to Liverpool, the garden has started to come to life, colourful crochet, time spent with friends and family, and the Knitting and Crochet Blog Week rounded it off nicely; all in all a good month with plenty to be happy about:-)

 

 

Granny revisited

Revisit a past F/O

Bring the fortune and life of a past finished project up to the present. Document the current state and use of an object you have knitted or crocheted, whether it is the hat your sister wears to school almost every day, or a pair of socks you wore until they were full of hole. Or maybe that jumper that your did just didn’t like that much. 

Better late than never, this should have been yesterday's post!  Here is my first granny square cushion, sitting in splendid isolation on the sofa(now it has some colourful friends!) just after I finished it.

 I love the colours, perhaps the finishing off is a bit untidy, but I'm still proud that I made this only a month after learning to crochet. Here it is today.

 

I wanted to say how much I have enjoyed taking part in the Knitting and Crochet Blog Week and a big thank you to Eskimimi for bringing everyone together. It has taken me to visit many new blogs and make some new friends, and it's been interesting to think about my love for making things with wool in the medium of crochet, and my youthful attempts to knit. Blog traffic has greatly increased, and I hope all my new readers will come back to visit again soon, everyone is most welcome!

Colour my Saturday

Some colour from the last couple of days to brighten up a grey Glasgow Saturday.

Purple primula, I love these flowers, they've been cheering up the garden beautifully for a couple of weeks

 

At my friends house - a line-up of all these lovely Russian dolls

 

Tulip, also looking very fine in the garden

 

 

And a peek at something I'm making just now, reveal will be coming very soon.                   

I wish you a happy weekend, with many good things:-)

 
 
 

 

March collage

Time for another monthly round-up, is it just me or has March flown past? 

Good stuff; lots of crochet, as well as my recent reveals you can see some new stuff in the photos which I've been trying out and will post about soon, getting started in the garden and some lovely flowers beginning to show themselves, my trip to Aye Write and Creative Stitches 2010, the best green boots ever, so comfortable.......and my giveaway (which I very stupidly forgot to photograph; Jenny did a great job for me!)

Bad stuff; yet more snow at the start of this week......I'm not going moan about it too much but I've really had it with the white stuff, enough is enough! Let's hope April will bring more clement and seasonal weather!

 

 Have a good (and prank-free) day :-)
 

Baby blue and green

Remember the blue and green WIP I showed you a glimpse of recently? It was a blanket for my friend and her new baby boy and I finally finished it off at the weekend. 

 

I'm pleased with how it's turned out, in fact I'm delighted. I found the pattern at the Lion Brand website, and tweaked it a bit; I used 6 colours, instead of 2

 

made 12 squares instead of 9

 

and added a border of half treble rows in each of the colours used. 

 

It was delivered on Saturday afternoon and they loved it! 

 

A lovely present for a very cute little boy!

 
 
  

January collage

The first half of January seems to have been dominated by the snowy, icy weather which was lovely to look at........sometimes! And the results of staying in the house have been much yarny goings-on. Then there was my birthday and my trip to Liverpool. So all in all, a pretty good month to reflect on.

 

Birthday

Today is my birthday :-) which I will spend at work :-(  However, not to be thwarted in the pursuit of enjoyment, I decided to start celebrating on Saturday and went for a mega-treat, Afternoon Tea at one of Glasgow's loveliest restaurants, Rogano.  Decorated in the Art Deco style, it is just beautiful, like stepping back to the 1930s. And the food?

 Sumptuous! 

It was a lovely way to spend the afternoon with friends, we all enjoyed it immensely. 

Why stop when you're having fun,  Sunday was a big family gathering and trip to Pizza Express for nice food and chat.

 

3 boys on the town in their chefs hats!

 

Birthday cake too!

 

Purple presents 

 

and cards for this purple-loving gal!

I'm having a quiet birthday tea tonight with loved ones to round off an extended birthday weekend.

So that's it, another year older, now I'm 46, an age which sounded positively geriatric to me when a teenager........now I've got here, it's just fine!

December collage

A happy month with Christmas and the preparations beforehand, good times spent with family and friends, some crafty goings-on and lots of glitter and tinsel.........oh yes, and lots of snow!