December - Advent Photo Calendar

As it's 1 December, thought it may be fun having a sort of 'Advent Calendar' of picutres on the blog for December - a mixutre of tartan, Christmassy things and general photos.

Here is the picutre for 1 December -

1 Dec 

Was out for breakfast today and this was the table decoration - a nice little reminder that Christmas is on the way!

Have a great evening.
Mich :)

Crochet Star

Today I have been too busy watching figure skating to do much! However I came across this pattern for a crocheted star and decided to try it out -

The green wool has some sequins in it (can't remember why I bought it! But it was the only 'festive' colour I had!)  The pattern is very easy and clear and if you can crochet a square you should be able to rattle these out no problem! They would look good strung in a little garland.

Mich :)

3 days of Bliss!

Am just enjoying my third day off from work - bliss!  (I had holidays to take before the 23 Dec so took Tues/Wed/Thurs this week).

It has been great to have time to do things.  I got a couple of orders for the skinny scarves so finished those off this morning.

While I was at the wool shop yesterday,  picked up some wool to crochet an ear-flap type hat for the website.  (Now that its going to get colder tomorrow according to the weather report - maybe some snow up here eek!)

My dad wanted a couple of raffle prizes for something he goes to so rustled up a couple of snowflake decorations for him.

Been great too to meet up with friends for coffee.  Yesterday met up with my friend Emma from Strathearn Kiltmaker. It has been a while since we have managed to grab a quick coffee in the week.

All this of course will end tomorrow when work beckons! Am going to enjoy my last day of freedom though.

Have a great day!
Mich :)

Handmade Monday

Well haven't written for a while mainly due to being extra busy at work catching up with a week's worth of things that amassed while I was away in Cambridge.

Have been busy this weekend.  It seems to take a good while to put things on the website - especially if it's more than one or two!  Posted up some beaded rings I made - thought they'd be good little gifts:

and also these little crocheted skinny neck scarves.  I find them really handy to pop on if you're wearing a top/sweater at this time of year as they aren't too thick and bulky/hot.

I also got round to tidying up all the beads etc that I had in little bowls on the coffee table and brought a little cabinet through for my crafting stuff to go into - wow! the sitting room looks so big now!

Oh, remember the decoration swap I was involved in? Well this was the one I sent :

Pop over to 1st Unique Gifts to read some great blogs and see what everyone has been up to.

Have a great week!
Mich :)