Eight-by-Six

A new yarn shop is opening in Faversham next week, just a short drive from my house. As luck would have it I had booked all of next week off work and it opens on Tuesday, so exited! Here are some lovely pictures taken from The Old Pharmacy web site including their wording. I'll be adding a blog report with my own pictures after my visit next week. Its going to be the perfect yarn shop and almost on my door step, I can see me spending a lot of time in Faversham. I've managed to finish the back of my cotton jumper and cast on the front. I've even knitted a few rows in my lunch break today, determined to get it finished to I can start another project for me. I'm getting more confident now with knitting a simple jumper, I've had enough experience, years of it but I'm always disappointed with the result but this time I will finish it and wear it! I might even book up for a knitting course. So next week I can start looking for my next knitting project, maybe anothe...

The weather is cooler today after Saturday's high of 31 degrees! It was a warm night too and I'm not sure if I slept more than 4 hours. I did however manage my 8am swim this morning  followed by breakfast in Sainsburys, naughty me. It's raining now and it's cooled down so I can sit and finish the back of my boat neck jumper. I'm not a lover of knitting in Cotton and this Sirdar cotton DK takes a bit of getting used to. I changed the pattern to double moss/seed stitch and the stitch definition is much better. Just a few more rows in pattern before I can cast off the shoulder seams then the back will be finished. I'm enjoying knitting this Sirdar Pattern (7083) as it's pretty straight forward but I wasn't happy with the tension on the first few rows, the wooden needles didn't like the cotton like the metal needles do. I'm knitting this inbetween blanket projects, when its finished it will be an autumn jumper! Watch this space for updates and you ca...

I'm still here, been a busy July and August so far. Here are some snaps of what I've been up to lately. Blanket making, gardening, birthday celebrations and a much needed garden make-over, Koi pond is currently being updated with new wood and is looking great Oh and welcome to my new readers :-) Megan's uni blanket almost complete courgettes growing on the veg patch Birthday lunch at the Dirty Habit Hollingbourne a much needed garden make over - koi pond work in progress Climbing French beans dwarf French beans have been Moss proofed! the V stitch border going in a scrappy blanket, blanket 3 on my WIP list

Here are some photos taken in my garden this morning. Ian has been painting all the fences and it makes a big difference. Next is urgent work on the koi pond to fix the faulty electrics that keep tripping out and replace the wooden tops because they have weathered badly, not helped by the ivy that ate into it! A small garden but still a lot of work to keep it tidy! 1st August in my garden

Well it looks like summer is over in July, not that I'm bothered because it gives me the opportunity to get in with my blanket production line. As you know I've been working on two blankets at the same time, not a good idea but it stops me getting bored. I like the granny stripe one because its so easy to do in front of the tv. The squares take a little more concentration and time to sew in all those ends but they are addictive. blanket production line Not that many rows to go for Megans university blanket and then it's the border and sewing in all those ends. I'm really pleased with the way this blanket has turned out and the colour palette. I would like to make one just with blue colours and also try the Attic24 cosy blanket. You may notice I've started to add the Pin it button to some of my posts to help with my Pinterest account. I do regularly pin, sometimes too much, I can lose an evening without even trying.  I've recently joined ...

It's quiet here on a Sunday, well it is now that my noisy neighbour has moved out, but that's another story! The burbs, one of my favourite Tom Hanks films sums up suburbia! Anyway back to my quiet Sunday and Saturday afternoons. I've been dog sitting Moss after his surgery and yesterday sat in the garden from 4-6pm making granny squares, total bliss. Last night I started to crochet the last row of ten granny squares joining as I go along. It's such a neat way to do it, I found a tutorial on Pinterest a while back and once you get going it's easy. joining granny squares It's been a long journey after teaching myself to crochet a few years back and getting tips off other people via Facebook and Pinterest has helped me a lot. So now my granny blanket is almost finished, just the last six squares are being joined this afternoon.  colourful granny squares I love sitting in the sunshine making granny squares, to be able to enjoy my blanket...

A little crochet in the garden, granny squares are so portable. And a lovely summer project, you can join them together later when the weather is cooler. sunny granny squares A little plaque that my friends Bianca and Maurice bought for me Moss with his leg shaved, poor baby. He's doing really well and mooching about and hasn't murmered once. Two pain killers a day and waiting for his referral for hydrotherapy, which luckily is only a few miles from our house. Back to the vet in 2 weeks for his check up. He's getting even more fuss than normal. I took him to Pets at Home after the vet check up on Sat. He chose his new toy! The only problem now is stopping him from licking where he was shaved, must be very uncomfortable for him. Moss the Lion Ladies Mantle and Lidl carnation combo this weekend and the sun pouring into the dining room early evening, I love the sun in this room. sunshine and flowers Ladies Mantle cut...