London Mummy

Indian Summer - loving it!

Oh how lovely is it to have the warmth and sunshine back!

Yesterday I sat outside in the garden and worked a little more on my crochet paintbox blanket, the pleasure of sitting in the sunshine somewhat marred by the ever present sound of the concrete breaker a few doors down - still we must enjoy this bonus sunshine whilst we can and it's really not a bad way to work :)

 

In the end, I settled on twelve different coloured squares, which I've stitched together - I couldn't figure out a way to join these ones as I went, but twelve isn't really so bad to do.  

I've decided to go down the baby blanket route with this one as the Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino yarn just lends itself so beautifully, being so lovely and soft.

I've done a couple of rounds of my border but now need to ponder how best to finish it off - I'm leaning towards picking a few colours to add to the border and then perhaps finishing it off with some shell edging - but we shall see.

Have a lovely weekend - may the sun continue to smile on you.

 

Getting my crochet groove back

 
After a bit of a hiatus from crochet the onset of autumn finds me once more reaching for my number 4 hook.

I'm planning on making another blanket for home and possibly some baby ones for the shop using my stash of the gorgeous Debbie Bliss baby cashmerino yarn.  I call these squares my paintbox squares as the sold blocks of colour put me in mind of a child's paintbox.

 
I've got a total of 28 different colours at the moment but feel I need to add a little more from the pink/purple spectrum as I seem to have rather a few different shades of blue and green for some reason - or is that just an excuse to go yarn shopping!

The plan is to use lots of cream between the squares so that the colours really stand out, something similar to my paintbox squares cushions but making the squares a little larger, five rounds instead of three.  The edging I'm sure will evolve.

 
I do find making these squares relaxing, no fiddly changing the colour and quick enough to do to satisfy my somewhat impatient nature :)  Whilst we don't tend to watch an awful lot of tv in this house, it is rather nice to have a little project on the go whilst watching something, which doesn't demand too much concentration and therefore doesn't make me feel that I'm wasting my time watching the box when I should be doing something productive instead.

Still, given that Livvy's afghan  comprised 120 squares and took an age to make, we'll see if I still feel the same way in a few weeks time .......    

Simple Crochet Scarf

 
Simple crochet scarf for my four year old nephew over in Toronto made with the gorgeous Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino yarn.

 
 
Simple granny squares joined together plus some single, double and triple crochet as an edging -  here's hoping it fits!

Colourful Crochet

Sadly not my handiwork but part of my new Anne Claire Petit stock which arrived amid much excitment here on Monday.  The colours and texture in the blanket are just divine and I have to say I found it very difficult to put it in the shop as I was sorely tempted to keep it for myself, not that I have need of a baby blanket of course :)

Olivia was equally smitten with the cuckoo clocks and it's not hard to see why, how cute is that little birdie!  Some of these were pre-sold before the stock even arrived so I now only have one left in the shop.

I have to say the bunny and the mushroom money box complement my new dolls quilt sets rather well, I have to thank my half term holiday stylist and photographic assistant for this shot :) 

Although we did have our creative differences over this one - I think they look rather cute, as if they're sitting up to beg but Livvy thinks they look like they're going to the loo!

But this one is Livvy's absolute favourite, hmm I wonder why ...

Ah yes ......

Getting ready for Easter

We love Easter in this house, maybe it is the promise of Spring finally being on it's way or simply because it is such a stress free holiday unlike Christmas.

Our Easter tree is up, this year I've added some of the very cute little  Anne Claire Petit bunny rabbit key-rings which I have in my shop and next week Livvy and I will make some little chocolate treats to hang too - yummy!

I'm working on some special Easter projects this weekend and hope to have something to show you early next week, including a little tutorial for you all using some of this delightful fabric:

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Today the sun is shining, my bulbs are starting to push their way through and for once we've managed not to lose too many to those cheeky little squirrels who live in the Gum tree in the back garden. 

Pretty white grape hyacinths brighten up my kitchen and I'm making some progress on a new crochet project ....

What more could a girl ask for - have a lovely weekend :)