Posted By Laura on February 5, 2010
How can I do my crochet if I cannot find my hook?! I was using it last night and today I cannot find it anywhere! And to top it all off, my spare hooks seem to have vanished too.
I wonder what the borrowers want with my hooks. Hmmmm.
Posted By Laura on January 20, 2010
Today I am rather sad. Yesterday I received a parcel from one of my favourite online yarn stores, the woolly workshop. However, due to very sad circumstances, Gill is closing her doors. This makes me sad, but I do wish Gill all the very best in whatever she does.
I have bought many things from Gill in the past, including some beautiful Cherry Tree Hill yarn and the yarn I am knitting my (hibernating) Forest Path Stole. She was really kind and helpful when I was trying to decide what yarn to use for my stole today.
This is some of the contents of my final package:
Posted By Laura on January 14, 2010
Pattern: Granny Square – Basic
Yarn: Rowan Cashcotton DK, 3 shades of blue, don’t know the colourways.
Hook: 4mm
Yay! First FO of the year! And I am really pleased with it. It’s just a granny square cushion, backed with an old jumper of mine that I never wear. It measures 20″ squared. I love it. It was all totally thrifty as I didn’t need to purchase anything to make it – I had all the goodies needed in the house. Even better.
Not much to say about it apart from how squishy it is. I love it and want to make more 
Posted By Laura on January 11, 2010
Well, with all this snow, we may as well bring a bit of summer back into our life! After seeing so many beautiful blankets, by Heather, Kaff and, of course, Lucy, I decided to do one myself. I ordered some yummy King Cole Merino using birthday money and have so far made 6 big squares! Yes, 6. Yay! Yes, I know. Not a huge amount. But a definite start. It’s going to be a throw for the living room. On the sofa.
Not too far through, but you get the picture.
Talking of pictures, this is also today’s entry for Project 365. I am aware that I haven’t posted all my days on here. Bad blogger that I am. But I have been putting them all on flickr. You can see my photo stream for project 365 here.
I have also been putting lots of other photos on flickr, including our wonderful walk here:
This is Fountains Abbey, a World Heritage Site in North Yorkshire. And it was just amazing yesterday with all the snow. Absolutely fantastic. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to take a lovely stroll, or a photographic walk in the snow. My flickr stream is here.
We have recently joined National Trust and English Heritage so expect more posts like that on flickr in the next few months.
Posted By Laura on January 6, 2010
Today I have been playing. I have borrowed David’s macro lens, played with my gorillapod tripod and the new ball head that arrived today and been taking photos with it all. I love love love the macro. I do like getting close into different things and the clarity is astounding on some things. It’s just great. One of my subjects today is a circle of life statue that hubby purchased for me one birthday. It lives on the mantlepiece and takes pride of place.
The statue has now gone back to it’s home and I am still playing on the camera. Fun and games. Got to love Snow Days!
Posted By Laura on January 5, 2010
Tonight is Twelfth Night. It means that Christmas is all over. So, to commemorate that, I have chosen a photo I took a few days ago that sums up Christmas 2009 for me.
This year was, as the bauble states, our first Christmas with Niamh. That alone, made it a special year for us. And it was such a lovely Christmas too. I’m quite sad that it’s over. At least there will be many, many more to come, though 
Posted By Laura on January 5, 2010
Well, this morning I woke up to no snow. I was hugely disappointed, especially when other people were bragging about how much they got. At half 8 it started. And then at half 10 we had about 4 inches. It literally happened that quickly. So, of course, it was an excuse to get the camera out and have a play about. Not that I needed that much of an excuse, of course.
I decided to take a walk to the shop for some much covetted milk when I took these. We are lucky as round the corner we have some fields lined with trees, that looked really spectacular in the snow.
It was really deep and did make for a soft landing when I fell on my bum. Whoops. Just as I left the house. In time for husband to watch me. He picked that moment to have a look at the snow out the window. Ah well. It could’ve been worse. He could’ve been filming me at that moment!
The shrubbery round the corner looked rather pretty today too. I do like a bit of colour amongst the white. It looks rather pretty.
And, finally … my favourite photo from the snow filled trip:
I have to admit, as much as I really do love the snow I was rather pleased to get home and have a cuppa. Alas, the shop didn’t have the much covetted milk, so it looks like we are going to run out. Booooo 
None of these are todays photo, mind. That will come later. It’s not actually a photo I took today, but it is rather apt.
Posted By Laura on January 4, 2010
My first photo in Project 365!
Recently we have had lots of snow and very hard frost. It looks rather pretty. This is in our back garden this afternoon. If you click on the picture you can get the full sized image.
Posted By Laura on January 4, 2010
Goodness me. It’s finally 2010. I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and a good New Year. We all did here, in the purple household. It was fantastic as we had our first Christmas with our little one, who is now nearly 5 months. I can’t believe it!
I realise I have been a rather bad blogger in the last 5 months. But as you can tell, there has been a reason for it. I shall try and do better this year. I have been knitting and doing stuff recently so I shall start blogging about all that soon, too. I have been doing housey stuff including a new blankie, a cushion cover, and *ahem* a pair of socks. I also raided the John Lewis sale and purchased some yarn from The Woolly Workshop which is sadly closing down. I shall miss them.
I have also joined Project 365. I saw it on Heather’s blog and thought that it would be a good way back into blogging. I am already a few days behind, because today is the 4th, but hopefully I’ll have the camera out most days. I have many things to photograph and, for Christmas, I got a Joby Gorillapod Tripod which I haven’t used yet.
So, the reasons to do it are there, now I just need to do it. I shall make it a resolution! Yay! As well as to go out more (not to the pub, that is, but for walks, to NT places, that sort of thing :p ).
Let’s make 2010 fun!
Posted By Laura on November 29, 2009
Hiya
I promise I shall be back soon. I have lots of FOs, WIPs, projects, ideas etc to tell you all about. Oh, and the birth of my beautiful daughter who is now 16 weeks! I have neglected you too long, oh wonderful blog
This week I shall either have a mammoth entry or lots of little ones. Prepare to be updated