Blog — knitting and crochet
Starting to rest and prepare...
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As my due date draws nearer, I'm starting to finally realise what is happening! Yes it's true in approximately 3 weeks and 2 days I will be having a baby a real life little person to look after! As a result I probably won't be around that much over the following few weeks...I do seem to have a renewed energy recently, but it's more focused on cleaning and tidying and doing selfish things for...
Making more baby things...
Posted by vicki brown on
...and doing very little else.
I have become so incredibly lazy the last few days. I know it's down to being pregnant and all that jazz, but I still feel very very guilty about it. Johnny is lovely and tries to encourage me to do just nothing but sleep, but there is so much to do! Granted if the baby were to decide to make an appearance today he would have clothes to wear (all washed and folded...
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Chocolate and Baby Blankets...
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I'm still working on a baby blanket a started a million years ago (well maybe not that long ago, but all the way back hereanyway), I knitted up the squares, but well they are not the squarest of squares so I begun to edge them in crochet and then kind of forgot about them! That is until yesterday when Johnny said I was absolutely not allowed to begin on anything else for the baby until that blue...
Some Zesty Baby Treats...
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After the massive closing down sale of my favourite place to by yarn, a couple of months ago, I now have quite a large quantity of lovely expensive rowan yarn to use up. One of my favourite finds was a bag (10 balls in total) of the wonderful milk cottonin, the colour I have just discovered is called, "fruit salad" (I think I love it even more now!). I also have to share with you the fact that...
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Getting Ready...
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Here are some shots of my preparations for my new shop...
I've backed the hoop with some little houses fabric I've had forever in fear of using it because I love it so much!!![](//1.bp.blogspot.com/_yanePX7pci8/SbYvLmfmVmI/AAAAAAAAAw8/iYL60xtl6v4/s400/008.JPG)
And some more shots of my finished Little Multi-Coloured Houses embroidery hoop....
That's all for today...I must return to washing all the many many baby things I have been given...not quite sure how many sheets a baby...
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