Handmade Monday

Wow Monday comes around so fast!  I hope that the weather has improved for you all - strangely, we had no snow though it was cold but only until Thursday when the temps came up a bit. Today it was actually really nice here and not cold - I wore my thick jacket while out with Mindy and was actually too hot!

First off, I want to say a huge thank you to Jill over at Christmas Pie Crafts who awarded me the Liebster Award. The Liebster Award is given to bloggers who have up to 200 followers in the hope it will bring them new followers and friends. The tradition is that is is then passed on to five other bloggers to help them too. I will be doing this in a separate blog post. Thanks again Jill x

I meant to update on Mindy's trip to the vet re. her paw last week - seems to be getting better and the red patch is shrinking so think the cream the vet gave us is helping.  Mindy is not too keen when she sees me slipping on my latex gloves to apply it! I also have to watch her like a hawk that she doesn't lick the cream off!

I have been making a few recycled  'rubber rings' as I'm really enjoying wearing them and making them.  They are comfortable to wear and I'm enjoying coming up with different designs.  Not sure if I will put these on my website for sale or just make for myself.

Finally some crochet - have been 'crocodiling' again - made this chunky crocodile cowl.  This stitch does take a long time to do but I like the effect when it's done.  

Now pop over to 1st Unique Gifts and see what everyone else has been up to. 

Have a great week everyone!

Mich :) 

See you later alligator!

For a while now I've wanted to have a try out of crocodile stitch in crochet but the tutorials and instructions I found made it seem really complicated.  However, thanks to my twitter friend as she directed me to this blog  and I was able to finally get the understanding of it.  Tried a little sample last night and was pleased with the results.

I think this will be a good stitch to use on bits and pieces.  I don't know yet if I would tackle a crocodile stitch pattern, but will play around with it and see what I come up with!

Mich :)