Baby Afghan...finished!

 

good afternoon...

it's a rainy saturday afternoon here.

 

i didn't think it was going to be

'cos it was sunny and windy this morning...

an excellent day for drying

so i washed a few blankets and hung them out on the clothesline.

 

i had to quickly fetch them though

when the heavy grey clouds started to close in from the south.

 

i was up early this morning

tying in woolly threads

to finish my baby sized afghan.

 

 

 

i am pleased with it

&

feel happy to give it to my friend

for her grandbaby.

 

 

 

 

this is about the limit of my ability in crocheting...

especially at a moment's notice

but another friend who popped in this afternoon

has a book of 101 crochet stitches to lend me

so hopefully i can learn a bit more.

 

 

 

 

the rest of the day

was filled with another knitting start

 

 

 

&

fetching a few groceries.

our diet has been woeful in the last week or so...

filled with quick meals

and hardly a green leaf in sight.

it was time to rectify this awful situation

&

get a variety of salad veges,

some lovely olives and other seasonal goodies.

 

do you ever go through periods

where laziness prevails and the dinner table suffers?

{or is it just me?}

 

oh, well...cheers to you my good friends...

you are an inspiration to me!

 

naturally Carol xox

 

 

 



Baby Afghan...WIP

 

have a great weekend everybody!

 

 

i have been madly crocheting this afghan

in all my 'spare' minutes this week...

the baby girl is due any time now...

{no..it's not our baby bean!}

 

 

 

 

 

her grandma requested this

only last sunday,

so there isn't much time!

 

 

 

 

 

i keep my wool from running around

by putting it in a paint tin...

what do you do?

 

 

happy creating!

 

 

 

naturally Carol xox

 



Today is a Special Day!

'cos today is my dad's 80th birthday...

hi dad!

i know you're busy!

i just want a few minutes of your time today...

to wish you a very happy birthday...

and a wonderful year ahead !

you deserve the best !

a little while ago...

i made something for you,

handmade especially for you!

i sent it off to new zealand early

so the big old aussie moths

wouldn't get stuck into it over summer!

{the stamps weren't french!}

mum has probably given it to you by now....

just thought...

you can use it over your knees when writing those radio articles in winter...

or take it on picnics...

or put it in the spare room!

anyway

i hope you enjoy everything

that today will bring!

love from

naturally Carol  xxxxxxxxxxxxx

ooooooooo xxxxxxxxxx

xox

Aprons and Afghans

I could hardly sleep a wink

as i couldn't believe i had taken this big step

after thinking about it for weeks

and secretly admiring all the others out there

who were expertly managing their blogs...

not knowing whether i could too

i thought that i should acknowledge

the creators of the apron pattern...

these are all Simplicity 4282 view F.

this is another view of the one

i have sewn for Miss B for christmas

(a pat on the back for being so darn organised

...amazing)

i got lost in all that wonderfully pink, pinkness

and loved sewing it, dreaming of eiffel towers

and so much frenchness and prettiness...

but my first attempt at this episode of creativity

was not aprons but afghans

thanks to Michelle at Loving the Vintage

and her granny square tutorial...

i thought i would learn  how to crochet a square

then another and another,

i cannot, it seems, do things by ones.

so i had to use up all the ball of wool

and then get others and use them too...

before i knew it i was crocheting a whole blanket.

it is winging its way from oz to nz as we speak

on a secret engagement to become my wonderful dad's

80th birthday present  in november.

i know it is only nearly september..

i haven't gone crazy but

where i live the moths would have a little nibble

if i didn't send it soon.

my mum and sister in the land of the long white cloud

will ooh and ah over this field of flowers

and then wrap it up with lovely paper

and deliver it safely with love in november for me.

Tomorrow i will show you what i did

with all those leftover flowers...

i just couldn't waste them.

so til tomorrow then Good night

with love from Naturally Carol  xox