What You Doing Wednesday Week 56

Goodbye April

Hello May

I hope you all had a good April

and are looking forward to May!

Thank you all for your kind words.

The stress has been put on hold for the moment

so I'm putting it to the back of my head

and enjoying my crafting and family instead :-)

Winter doesn't seem to want to let go

of England this year.

Everytime it seems to brighten up and get a bit warmer

the ice comes back.

We are at least seeing a bit of sunshine which is always nice.

I've got quite a few things in the making.

A dragon hat. 

The tunisian multi garment

from the Craftsy

Tunisian Crochet Course.

Online Tunisian Crochet Class

The squares I am working on from:

Rowan's Learn to Crochet

Sampler Afghan

    

I've still got the last part of the flower to finish.

From Dinamic Crochet's pattern:

8 Petals Flower Square

Isn't it a beautiful design!

I've started cutting out my Hedgehog

for the pattern I bought from 

the Little Hibou Shoppe

I am also making a beautiful scarf.

It's available at Ravelry 

& Until 31st March 2014, 

£3 ($4.66) from the sale of each pattern will be donated to

the Wales Air Ambulance.

& the pattern only costs £3.25 ($5.05)

Wonderwool Express

This is hopefully what it will look like finished 

    

Isn't it beautiful!

I am currently reading:

Altered Souls

by Karice Bolton

Book:

    

Kindle:

   

This is the 2nd Book in the Witch Avenue Series 

I enjoyed the 1st book so much I purchased the 2nd one straight away.

The story is based around 2 main characters 

Triss and Logan.

In book one a number of upsetting and strange things happened 

as Triss nears turning 18.

Since then she has learnt a lot about the disappearance of her mother

and what is happening to her friends and family.

The story has many twists and turns and keeps you guessing.

It is a fantastic twist on a witch story.

I am really enjoying the book!

Craftsy has some really exciting news!

They have a number of new courses:

Being released on the 1st of May:

Kenneth King: The Carefree Fly-Front Coat (sewing) 

Jacquie Gering: Improvisational Piecing, Modern Design (quilting) 

Marsha Winbeckler: Ruffles and Draping: Fabric Techniques in Fondant (cake decorating) 

Terry White: Free-Motion Machine Embroidery (embroidery) 

Don't forget to enter the Lisa's Heirloom Designs Giveaway

Lisa's Heirloom Design Giveaway

1st Prize $20 to spend in Lisa's shop

Now it's your turn to share what you are doing.

It doesn't have to be crochet, anything you are making

is perfect.

To Link Go To: 

http://crochetaddictuk.blogspot.com/

I am also linking up with:

   

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I've Made Friday Week 56

Good Morning Everyone.

I hope you are all having a good week

and are looking forward to the weekend.

I wanted to apologise if I haven't replied

to any of your messages.

I'm having a bit of a not coping week.

There are a few stressful things going on

and they've knocked me sideways a bit.

Hopefully if I can get them sorted I can get back on track.

I've lost the use of my left leg a couple of times

and the doctors have said it's due to my CFS

and the stress I'm under.

I'm trying to do fun things to take my mind off it 

and hopefully stop my leg from working anymore.

On a brighter note I've managed to finish a couple of things this week. 

I was lucky enough to receive a 

Granny Square iPad Case Pattern

This was a fantastic pattern to follow.

Clear instructions 

with photo's to show you how it should be made and look.

I really enjoyed making this and I hope you like the colours I chose.

I received the pattern from Floom.

Please take a look at their shop as they have other fantastic

handmade & vintage accessories.

I think any iPad would look good in this :-)

I also think you can tailor the colours to match anyone's personality.

If you can make a granny square you can easily follow this pattern.

It's a fantastic quick and easy present for any relative.

I think it would be ideal for both men and women.

The shop is shut at the moment but I'll remind you in a couple

of weeks so you can see all of her things. 

Little Hibou

were kind enough to send me another one of their patterns!

I just love their designs!

I hope you agree my sewing is getting better.

I am so proud of my pig. I love him!

I just love Tina's patterns!

They are easy enough for beginners to make

and interesting and cute enough for seasoned sewers to make.

If we ever get any sunshine I'm going to take some better

pictures of my pig and lamb.

I am looking at buying a few more of her patterns.

Here is the link to the pattern for the stuffed pig

I'm hopefully going to buy:

This beautiful Owl

& I really love the Hedgehog:

Don't forget to enter the Lisa's Heirloom Designs Giveaway

Lisa's Heirloom Design Giveaway

1st Prize $20 to spend in Lisa's shop

Now it's your turn

It doesn't have to be crocheting

anything you've made is more than welcome!

Please try and visit at least 2 other sites

to see what other people have been making.

Can you also put the pin and link to this page

so that we can get more people joining in.

Thanks!

To Link Up Go To:

http://crochetaddictuk.blogspot.com/

I'm also linking up with:

    

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I've Made Friday Week 53

Good Morning Everyone.

I hope you are all having a good week

and are looking forward to the weekend.

I haven't made much this week.

With hubby being ill and I'm trying to recover

from seeing Justin.
It was fantastic fun, chance in a lifetime for Little Red
but boy am I paying the price!
I really wouldn't of missed it for the world.

Hubby still isn't 100% but he is at last
able to stay awake for more than 20mins
& he is able to eat.
Fingers crossed Little Red & Hubby will
be back at school and work on Monday.
I need the peace.

We've had a great week of finding things to do in the house.
It's been such good fun.
Little Red had a 15 A4 booklet of maths homework
to do so we've been doing 3 pages a day
to get it out of the way quickly.
Inbetween we've been doing some experiments with water:

Making a vortex with 2 bottles and some water

Holding a piece of card so that the water doesn't leak out

Keeping a piece of tissue dry in an empty glass in a bowl full of water 

Moving a diver up and down a bottle of water.
Using a pen lid, paper clip & bluetak.

We've also been playing loads of games.
I'm going to start taking pictures of them
and doing full reviews over the next coming weeks.

Now onto what we've made:

Me and Little Red gave wet felting stones a go.
I don't think they turned out too badly.

I've also made:

A bath loafer using the free crochet pattern:
Simple Bath Loafer by Crafts by Megan

&

A washcloth from
the Little Crochet Book by Linda Permann.
The one in the book is much fancier using different colours
but I wanted to stick to the theme.
It's a gift for a friend that is moving house.
Kindle

      
Book:

   

I will be making lots more out of this book!

There are loads of things that you just want to make.
I have already made a little applique for one of Little Red's T-shirts.

It's not a very good picture as within 2 seconds of snipping the last end
it was on him and he wouldn't let me take a picture.
I'm going to add more of the design soon.
as the book has much more to the design:

For her daughter I bought a present and then

made this bookmark.

Her head is always in a book and she loves the colour purple.

I used the free crochet pattern:

Rose Bookmark by I'd Rather Be Knooking

I also made a baby hat

using the curly cue hat

from the book:

Baby Crochet by Sandy Powers

     

In the book she uses pink but I decided

to go with a blue for boys :-)

Now as you probably already know Google Reader (probably GFC)

is going. I haven't panicked even though I am not looking forward to it

but I am looking into alternatives.

I have set-up a Feedly account (and added a pin to the sidebar if you want to join)

This is quite a good option as I like their android app.

I mostly read the blogs I follow on my phone so at the moment this is winning.

When you join you can link it to your google account and it will

automatically transfer over all the blogs you follow.

The other option I am looking at is bloglovin.

You will also find a pin on the side for you to follow me this way.

I do and don't like bloglovin. There are a few things

which are making it number 2 for me.

I don't really like how you get from and to each post

when you are using the app on your phone.

Neither app is as good as google reader on my phone

and it is going to take a while to get used to.

There are other ways to follow:

• Email
• G+
• Twitter
• or follow with another reeder.

I hope you keep following me

as I'll miss you all if you don't :-(

Now onto what I've been reading (listening to)

The Lost Prince.

This book wasn't as good as some of her others

but it was still a good read.

The book is about a boy, his father and their life

on the run.  The boy doesn't know the reasons

behind what is happening and doesn't really know they are on the run

and in hiding.  He just knows that his father and "friend" 

tell him the rules he must follow. He speaks many languages

and knows not to reveal anything.

It's the struggle of a father to keep his son safe

because if people knew who he was his life would be at risk.

The story tells of him meeting new friends and finding

out more and more new information before

he has to set out on a mission himself.

It's a very interesting story but i got a bit

frustrated about the characters being a bit too naive and

not relaising things till the story wanted them to know

even though in real life they would of figured it out long ago.

The characters are good and I love the way they all interact together.

It's a good read and as it's free I'm not complaining.

I listened to the book but you can also download it for free from:

Books Should Be Free

I've also got some other exciting news!!!!!!

Craftsy is having a spring sale!
So click on the picture above & see if you want to join a class today.
The Sale runs 5th - 8th April

Now it's your turn

It doesn't have to be crocheting

anything you've made is more than welcome!

Please try and visit at least 2 other sites

to see what other people have been making.

Can you also put the pin and link to this page

so that we can get more people joining in.

Thanks!

To Link Up Go To:

http://crochetaddictuk.blogspot.com/

I'm also linking up with:

    

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