Grey Skies & Spinning

We've had a few days of grey skies and drizzle, but it is making everything lush and green and I am adoring the grey/new green combination.

 Over the weekend in between our first outing this year in the caravan, we popped over to the Fort Frederick Market Fair - which I love and look forward to every year now.   At which I purchased this snugly soft stuff.

 'Cos I thought I'd drive myself batty having a go with this....

A lovely lady at the fair was so generous as to give me a my own personal mini training session.  For which I will be forever grateful.

 It's tricky and patience testing, especially since we have a new furry addition to our family, but I think with time and perhaps a stiff drink it will be very rewarding. 

 So far I squeaked out the tiniest ball of homemade wool and knitting up a few tiny stitches. 

It is ever so soft and snugly  just a shame it isn't a wee bit bigger!  I know with time and practice it will only get better and it is certainly way easier than I thought it would be!

I just need to remember to lock up a certain fur ball which might make things a wee bit easier.

Have you tried spinning? I'd love to hear how it went.

Toodles....L ....♥

Finally.....Spring!

Sorry I've been gone so long. I've been preoccupied enjoying the arrival of spring....

....at last.

We stayed outside today till long after the moon rose high in the sky and enjoyed every second of it.

I hope Spring is with you too.

It surely is a glorious time of the year.

Toodles...L x ♥

P.S. Yes that's the moon rising up between the trees.  The camera couldn't quite capture that glorious spring green of little new leaves sprouting on the trees.

:: A Little Companion ::

 Just a little someone to keep me company during my work day.

Miss Maggie came together surprisingly fast and she was incredibly easy to make (except her nose and boots they both involved some mild swearing).

I will definitely make her a friend.

Of course my boys were amused by my little rabbit.  Little J's constantly giggling the words "that rabbits gone commando" got the better of me. So today during my lunch break I found myself whipping her up a pair of bloomers.

 Fancy lace bloomers at that.  I used some very old lace I found in the drawers of the old Singer 24 treadle sewing machine I purchased last summer. I think the lace suits her perfectly.

And now Little J can giggle no more!

Toodles...L x ♥

P.S.  Miss Maggie came from this lovely lady, but I do believe only the pattern is available now.  She is a treat to make and I highly recommend you rush over there now and buy the pattern.  It's worth every penny.

A Little Friday Parcel

It's not often the I can indulge in purchasing some handmade goodness.  My budget just doesn't ever stretch that far.  Not that I think handmade goodness is overpriced, it's just my paycheck can only stretch so far.  

However, recently I decided to part with two of my beloved sewing machines.  This one was particularly hard to part with, but I knew I would never use it and the loveliest lady purchased it after driving 6 hours to pick it up!  Anyway, I'm getting off subject.  These two machines put a few extra dollars in my PayPal account.  I knew I had to spend these pennies wisely, because it would be a LONG time before I had anymore luxury pennies.  So I spent the last two months trawling the Internet looking for  lovely things to spend my pennies on when I came across a lovely something. 

The lovely something wasn't quite ready yet, so I had to wait, whilst making sure those pennies didn't burn a hole in my pocket (I suffer from a severe case of long arms and short pockets.  I counted the days, stalked a certain lovely blog until I saw this post and I quickly put my penny spending skills into action.

She arrived today.  

 This bestest bit about the parcel?

The lovely hand signed thank you card.

It really touched me and I knew my pennies had been very well spent.

Now I can't wait to get stitching!

Let's hope my stitching skills will do this sweet rabbit justice.

Happy Weekend!

Toodles...L x ♥

P.S.  My sweet Rabbit was very very reasonably priced.  So I do indeed still have some luxury pennies left in my PayPal account. I am saving those for a rainy day.