The green hornet

October 3, 2015October 3, 201515 Comments

Hello and happy Saturday!So I found a new project to work on, and since I spent most of the first 15 rounds of it watching the Green Hornet (ludicrous – although in fairness I’m guessing a doily crocheting 40 year old mother of two is hardly the target audience!), I’ve decided that’s a good name for it 🙂

It was a bit dull here (late) this afternoon so I wandered around the garden snipping here and there in a bid to brighten my photos up a bit. There were a surprising number of flowers in bloom. Not much I can do about the shadows though.

The doily pattern is called Summer Splendor, its working up easy enough (read not too much concentration required – perfect for trashy tv and and the rugby world cup!). I’m using Milford satin in 2 ply and a 2mm hook. I just hope there is enough cotton left in the ball – I think I’ve got 8 rounds to go. It’s looking like its going to need some serious blocking to get the fans to stand out.Thank you to everyone who left such lovely comments about my sketchbook. I find sharing crochet generally very easy (maybe because its the yarn and stitches that are really on show), but sharing what I have drawn is strangely more intimate and I was very nervous about it. I would never show my doodlings to someone who visited me at home for instance. Anyway, thank you for being so sweet – you made me very happy 🙂

J xox

Spring

November 7, 201340 Comments

It seems like life to have picked up the pace a notch or three recently… here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to the past week or so.

Enjoying being outside: Spring in our yard Making lots of these: Watching the bees hard at work:Crocheting (starting a lot, finishing a little): Loving the ripe juicy sweetness of spring strawberries: Enjoying foxgloves in my vege garden: Waiting patiently for my potatoes to be ready:Smelling this gorgeous geranium every time I brush past:Eating lots of lovely light meals now the weather is warmer:Marveling at the eggs that fell when a blackbird nest blew out of the tree in our yard:More crocheting (I must confess that while I’m quite fond of these wee mice, my children inform me they look like goblin mice. Thanks guys, tell me what you really think why don’t ya):Loving self seeded aquilegias:Planting (well need to get planting) these verbena:Feeling more than a little bit tired, and glad tomorrow is Friday! How is your week going? x Janette

In the garden

November 19, 2011November 19, 201114 Comments

In the blink of an eye my garden has gone from newly planted to overgrown…

We have an abundance of food, unfortunately some plants have gone to seed before we could make the most of them so today Im going to have to pull some things out in order to make space for tomatoes.