Plates

When I found these plates buried away on a low, awkward shelf, I fell in love.

The colours really appeal to me.
I initially only found two of the plates below.
But with help from my partner in crime, Barbara, I ended up with a set of six.
As my son would say, they're all different but the same too.
They range in size from side plate to dinner plate.
And at 10p each! Bargain :-)

Linking up with Selena at Apron Thrift Girl.

Sadie x

Scarf

When I started knitting this scarf, we were enjoying some of the nicest, warmest spring weather we have had for years. And I wondered if it was really sensible to be knitting a warm, snugly scarf when there would be no chance to wear it for months. But I carried on because I was really enjoying knitting it, and the pattern was super easy, and the yarn was so beautiful.

Turns out, I must be psychic, because the weather here has really turned. It's cold wet, windy and wild. Just like spring in Scotland should be :-)

Drop Stitch Scarf

2 x Noro Silk Garden colour 275

5 1/2mm needles

Made for DD Caitlin

Pattern found on Ravelry

I made this scarf for my daughter Caitlin as a birthday present. Here she is hamming it up for the camera. And wearing the scarf :-)

The Noro was lovely to work with and I used two skeins so that the scarf was long enough to wrap multiple times. It's just the thing for keeping out the chilly spring wind, and it has green in it which makes it an instant hit with Caitlin :-)

Sadie x

Linking up with April over at KoolBeenz for Funky Fresh Fridays

Hello...

...is anybody there?

Hello......

......hellllooooooooooooooooooo.

Oh, hi there! Yes it's me, Sadie. I haven't fallen off the face of the earth after all. I've been keeping myself busy whilst I haven't been blogging. Spending lots of time in the garden (glorious spring weather), we've had friends to stay, working on my leader qualification for Brownie Guides, running here, there and everywhere after the kids (athletics, brownies, beavers, violin, piano), reading loads of books (Stuart McBride and Karen Rose), knitting a scarf, listening to music (Ellie Goulding, Lissie) and sometimes just busy doing nothing.

I haven't done any cross stitch at all for over a month now. I have no inclination at all. I've been checking out cross stitch blogs, thinking that maybe seeing all the wonderful things you are doing would jump start my stitching again, but so far nothing. I joined an exchange too but that hasn't ignited a spark under me either.

So now I'm thinking to just go with the flow and not try to force myself to cross stitch, because that might just take all the joy out of it. Instead I've started visiting quilting blogs, and I'm getting the same excited feeling and itchy fingers that I used to get from looking at cross stitch. The voice inside me that says, 'I want to do that!'.

So I'm going to try my hand at quilting, and see how it goes.

Thanks for those who emailed me to make sure that I was okay :-) it is sweet to know that you care. Thank you x

So, I'm still here, I've not been abducted by aliens, I haven't run away to join the circus, I haven't joined a convent or taken a vow of silence, my computer hasn't been stolen by a cunning band of thieves and Stuart has not buried me under the patio. Yet!

Sadie x