26th October 2010

Not so long ago a friend of mine asked if I would knit her baby son a bunny for Christmas . I wanted to make something a bit different from my normal bunnies and knew the exact pattern I wanted to use.
Now I've never used this pattern before and for once I actually went out and bought the recommended yarn ,which is something I never do. It was also advised that I use 4mm needles , nah way to big, so I dropped a size .



As I was making this bunny something just didn't feel right and after I made the head I realised that the yarn was just way too dark, you can't even see his facial features and also the knitting was far too ' holey'.
The pattern itself is okay but it's not a favourite . I will probably make this bunny again but with a different yarn and I'll definately drop another needle size.



He's now been christened Benny and is sitting getting told a story off Gabe .
As for the bunny for my friend , surprisingly enough I do have more bunny patterns !!

25th October 2010

Sometimes you feel so small in the grand scale of things ..............

24th October 2010

I tried to take some photos of Milo throwing leaves in the air , we failed miserably ...... but it was good fun trying .

23rd October 2010

Trying to be arty !!

19th October 2010

Believe it or not this is the first tea cosy I've ever made and when you consider how popular they are at the minute I don't know why I haven't.



Maybe it's because no-one in this house likes tea or maybe it's because I never realised just how quick and easy they are to make . The teapot is on loan from a neighbour if you were wondering.



This one is on it's way to Australia where a lady is going to get a surprise birthday present from her lovely partner.



You know what goes well with tea , or so I've been told anyway ..... cakes.
I said I would do a post about my new cupcake book a while ago and completely forgot . It doesn't help that I've lost nearly all the cake photos I took !!.



The ones above are Blueberry and Polenta and are most definately Hubs favourite , definately a hit at breakfast time . I'd never cooked with polenta before and I have to say it was a really nice surprise adding that little bit extra crunch.
The boys liked the banana and chocolate chip and the double choc ones ( lost photos), no surprise there then.



The ones below are my favourite , Carrot and raisin with a orange flavour soft cheese topping yum yum. These are the easiest and by far the tasties carrot cakes I have ever made or tasted.



Think the oven is calling me ...............

17th October 2010

Last weekend I was doing a bit of blog reading and most people from the UK were talking about how lovely the weather was, how warm and sunny it was for this time of year. Not so here in the North East of England - here it was dank, drizzly and grey , perfect weather for shrooms.



This weekend was the exact opposite, it looks as though we were having some of the warm sunny weather finally ... which was probably why I couldn't find any shrooms .



It didn't matter though , it just meant I wasn't on my knees so much taking photos , instead I spent more time looking up at all the gorgeous colours the leaves were turning.
These leaves were lying on an old tree stump riddled with bug holes but the patterns on the stump were like marble - it was beautiful.



A few of you have asked what camera I use , and for the friend who said she imagined me wandering around with zoom lens' hung around my neck I can tell you it''s just a little point and click Nikon Coolpix S203, slimline fits in your pocket no fancy lens's or anything.



I couldn't resist taking this pic of the old man sitting on a tree stump , he was actually watching his dog but I think it was the plastic bag that he's carefully hung on the tree that got me .

9th October 2010

Just thought you might like to see a few photos from our walk today.