Laura | 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 [...]
Laura | 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. [...]
Laura | 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 [...]
Laura | 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 [...]
Laura | 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 [...]
Laura | 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 [...]
Laura | 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.
Laura | 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 [...]