Back With A Vengeance....

Oh My goodness, I see I haven't blogged since the beginning of August. So much has been going on in our family some good some bad nothing to bore you all with, but through all that the hook has still been in my hand! People have always asked me if I sell my crocheted bits or indeed any of my 'old tat' I have always shied away from selling as any artist/crafter will tell you there is nothing in it, you end up 'working' for literally pence per hour, but then I balanced that against how much I enjoy it, so if I am doing it I may as well sell it even if its only to cover the cost of the materials. 

Then a friend challenged me to make a hat that she found and loved when she was browsing the net. The hat was knitted and I apologise to the designer because I don't know who it was and I always like to credit people. Her hat was knitted and I like to crochet so although I have copied her design mine is crocheted, no pattern I just made it up as I went along. My friend's husband threatened to leave her if she wore this out in public but they still seem to be happily married, fortunately she resisted wearing it when they went out to celebrate a rather impressive wedding anniversary the other evening! 

This is the offending item .... 

This then led to a flurry of orders

again I didn't have a pattern for any of my hats I just 'wing' it as I go along (rather apt for the owl...) 

and a LOVELY compliment about this hat from a lady who ordered it for her son
Nicks your tortoise hat has magical qualities. No 2 son [aka Tim] definitely does not do mornings, BUT, this morning he got up being his usual self [grumpy] dressed, put his hat on and he is all smiles and laughter. He loves it and has said he is not taking it off till summer 2014 !! You need to patent this happy hat :-)"

Another lovely lady ordered this hat and also an owl as above. She is confined to a wheelchair and was fed up with the 'does she take sugar' attitude from people and being stared at, so she thought she may as well give them something to look and smile at... what a brilliant attitude and how lovely to think that a bit of wool can bring so much pleasure. I am truly humbled by my new customers

talking of smiles, here is my nephew who is the most gorgeous boy ever with his monkey 

called Antonio 

dah, da, dah, da ..... Meet Mr Shark 

Now some Tea Cosies and a couple of random hats which will soon appear on my new Etsy shop (apart from the cream one which is already sold :) ) 

Can't stop I am in the middle of making a moose hat!!

Happy Hooking x

Your Creative Journey, done and dusted...

................... until the next time!
And what a fab lot of ladies and gents we had! The day went scarily smoothly and from the feedback we have had, everyone had a great time and Heidi and I are still talking to each other, so hey thats a good sign!

It was wonderful to see everybodies invidual creations and their slant on what Heidi and I had taught them.. no two people's work was the same and that is exactly what Heidi and I strive for.

So thank you to everybody who came and made the day such a success!

All I have to do is to put everything back in it's rightful place, that will probably take me till October, just when it is time to get it all out again!

No Crafting for a whole weekend

Cos I am off to Spain for the weekend with Lisa (unfortunate owner of the 'pink' house a few posts down). A no kids/no husbands/no housework/no ironing/plenty of vodka weekend!
i haven't posted for a while but I have been busy honest, it's just that at this time of the year I am making stuff that can't be shown just yet!
I was hoping to put up a little something that is away from my usual style but I really like. But sadly the dear friend I am giving it to for her birthday was too poorly to meet up yesterday so I can't show you before she sees it.

So I better go and pack ready for a few days chilling before coming back and jumping headlong into Christmas, had a look at the family calendar tonight, it's getting hectic! And who I would like to know invited 14 people to the Christmas meal and volunteered to host a party on the Sunday before Christmas, and said they would be in the School Choir, and said they would wrap up the presents that the children at school buy at the school shop that someone said they would organise?
Hey it's all good fun

But would anyone like to make a carpenters costume for Edward to wear in the school play?