FO Friday ~ it's done!

Well hello all and welcome back!

Well here it is it's Friday!  It's the last day of the summer holidays for my oldest two children and we are housebound as little J is poorly sick and despite the sun shining and it being blissfully warm out we are having a peaceful gentle day at home with some colouring for the other three children and maybe some baking later.

So I have a kind of finished object to share... which is the N-plied Northern Lights Fibre from My Heart Exposed,  it is a beautiful shropshire fleece which spun up like a dream and I enjoyed it immensely.  Now obviously I am going to have to knit or crochet it into something for it to be totally finished but I think from fibre to yarn is quite a transformation to share ;)

It almost looks like sherbet pips spum into yarn, it's hard to believe that it is dyed using all natural dyes, the colours in the fibre are incredible! My camera and the light really does not do it justice.

It's about DK weight N-Plyed and 150m....  so now what to make this into, tempted by a cowl but it doesn't feel wintry enough with the colours in it hmmmmmm  your ideas are more than welcome!

Don't forget to go and check out the other FO over on Tamis blog and have a fantastic weekend!

~shuffles out of hiding~ WIP Wednesday!

Hello you lovely people!  Well I'm out from under the rock.... and hoping to be blogging a little more again although life is HECTIC at the minute!

Having spend half hour looking through the work in progress blogs this morning I was inspired to get this blog out of moth balls and share this...

They stayed as colourful little circles for a while as I forgot to buy white wool and then managed to loose the silly hook ~blush~ but eventually I managed to get to the next stage along....

Yes I am making my first crochet blanket ~jumping~ having being inspired by a lovely mama who made one of these and is currently in the final hours of giving it away for charity!  You can see her lovely blanket here .

So it's going to be a while, I've also been spinning and I do have a finished yarn to share on Friday, just need to decide what to knit with it ~ponders~

So much to share with you all but too little time today.

Will be back soon, thank you so much for dropping by, and remember to go and take a look at Tami's blog there are so many lovely projects on there!

T x

This Moment 15/07/2011

With ~ Soulemama ~

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Summer Sunshine and Water a perfect recipe for smiles and dimples...

Finished Object Friday !!! 15/07/11

Hello Everyone, thank you for popping by, put your feet up, fancy a cuppa?  and now relax!

Yes RELAX!  this is the message for my weekend after a busy couple of weeks of teaching being a doula for a wonderful couple and obviously the usual mum type things,  I am going to spend this weekend doing basically nothing.

And what a better way to relax than by showing you all my FO....

The first has already left the building as a birthday gift for my mother in law, Knitted with my hand spun camel silk it's "The Age of Brass and Steam" shawlette and it is lovely!  the camel silk gives it a lovely sheen and a divine squishy feel which drapes wonderfully but still feels light and airy!

I am so pleased with how it knitted up and I believe my mother in law likes it too :)

and now for a drum roll......

The bag has finally been finished!  I don't think I need many words as this has been a LONG road but it is DONE!!!!

now onto a granny square blanket I think.

Thank you for coming and having a look at my FO please take a look at Tami's blog, there are links to some wonderful FO's inspire you!

Tx