There's a lot happening in the garden just now; in a couple of weeks, there's been a dramatic change from practically nothing in flower to a wonderful spring burgeoning of colour, a fantastic array of daffodils, primulas, primroses, early tulips and plenty of other plants awakening from their winter sleep.
I particulalrly love the colours in this photo; it's garden design by accident on my part, but I love the contrast of the yellow daffodils and black hellebores together. Beautiful!
Photographic pickings were slim this month; I seem to be saying I'm busy a lot, it's becoming my mantra but I have been, very much so! In the end I chose this photo on the beach by the sea, because I like the sky and the sun light breaking through the clouds. A hint at the spring weather on the way soon after this was taken:-)
I will try harder to take more photos in April!!
Some time back when i was starting to learn to crochet, all the crochet blogs I liked to read were buzzing with talk of African flowers. I wrote the pattern down and then got waylaid with something or other and forgot about it. Then the other day, I came across it again and after oohing and aahing about how pretty it looks, decided to try making a few. The colours I chose were 2 different shades of pink, green, white and coffee brown.
I've seen many pictures of cherry blossom recently, particularly after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and maybe unconsciously I chose these colours as a reflection of those tributes; who knows, but they have the same harmony as the petals, leaves and tree bark of the cherry tree and they look lovely together :-)
The pattern is an easy crochet and yet they have a great rhythm to them as you make them. I think these will probably turn into a cushion cover, or possibly a bag, I'm not sure yet, but hopefully you will see soon.
If you fancy drooling over some more gorgeous colours, there is a Flickr group for these lovely flowers.......head on over and feast your eyes!
I planned a day in the garden today, starting to tidy up now that spring is here. Or so I thought, we woke up to this
more snow. Winter hasn't let go quite yet. So no gardening today......may as well get on with some hooking! As well as my friend's green cardigan, I'm also making myself a little something
I bought this wool on Ebay from one of my favourite sellers from whom I've bought many times. It's a large cone, I have enough for a garment......or 2 maybe!
After a bit of trawling the web, I found what I was looking for........
It is this cardigan (nice free patterns to be found at the website too); I decided on a couple of alterations, I'm making it with short sleeves and am going to add some buttons rather than a brooch fastening, but it is looking good so far.
Back and one sleeve are completed so far. And the snow is still falling, huge fat flakes now
so I may be finished sooner than I thought!
It was quite hard to choose just one photo this month; should it be something crafty, something garden-related or to do with the advent of spring. In the end I decide to pick this photo, for the colour and the oncoming season which brings us such lovely flowers.
I'll be showing you my big green blanket later this week, it's turned out very nicely and is also very spring-themed......soon :-)
The good old British weather; just a week ago, there was more snow here in Glasgow, and it was bitter. Happily, since then, the temperature has gone up quite a few notches, Saturday afternoon so warm that no jacket was required, and finally the garden is showing signs of moving towards a new season..
and some welcome colour
It doesn't seem to have cheered this fella up much
But it has made me feel very happy, it's always good to see the garden springing back into life after winter's icy grip
The azalea is a harbinger of spring for me; once it has these delicate pink buds, I know there will be many more lovely flowers to look forward to. Soon as possible, please!
A small piece of news and exciting for me: this afternoon I am going to teach a group of 14 ladies how to crochet! I hope I can inspire them, wish me luck!
I've decided to have a change; new year, new look. My end of month round-up will now be a list of good things with my favourite photo in the background. I hope you like my idea!
The weather has regressed back to the wintry climes of a few weeks ago
The trees are covered with frosty icing........or should that be icy frosting?
The grass glitters in the sun
The chilly weather means I can wear my lovely gold boots
whilst having my constitutional in the park
while the sun begins to set.
2010 seems to have sped by with great speed, and to be honest, some of the ride has been very bumpy. But despite that, when I looked back over my photos, there were lots of good recollections and happy moments.
The weather and seasons have been quite a feast for the eyes, sunsets and snow seem to be greatly featured in this collage.
I have carried on my love affair with crochet. It has kept me sane over some difficult times this year, and it makes me really happy to see how far I've travelled since I first picked up a hook early in 2009. And I made all of these!
I've been on a few trips to places interesting and beautiful
And last but not least, the garden has been a wonderful source of inspiration and pleasure
Thanks to you all for reading and commenting, lovely blog friends; let's hope 2011 is full of adventures and new wonderful opportunities for us all!
Happy New Year xxxxxxx
After all the excitement of Christmas, I had a day of total leisure on Monday; absolutely nothing to do but sit, relax and enjoy watching Pride and Prejudice and Upstairs Downstairs and crochet. I have been keeping some of this lovely wool, Brown Sheep Worsted, for a rainy day, and I ended up making these wristwarmers for me.
I used a beautiful green, Kiwi, for the hand part. I wanted a bit of texture to these so I plumped for moss stitch.
Then I edged the top and bottom with a deep pink, Fuschsia; at the top I did a row of double crochet stitches and then a row of crab stitch
and at the bottom I made a long strip of rows of double crochet, working each alternate row in the back loops only to give a ribbed effect.
They are very cosy as the wool is lovely and thick; very luxourious.
They go very well with my new pink coat too!
I am Marie, a musician who likes to take photographs and write about what I'm making, reading and enjoying.
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