It has been a long time...

Dear Blog,

I am very sorry for neglecting you. I have many many many excuses, mainly centering around the fact that our key board has been without the letter "C" or "X" for an awfully long time now and typing is a bit of a pain, so I was putting it off. I have now given up waiting for it being fixed and decided to jump back in without a proper key board and with lots of messing about to get those 2 pesky letters to appear on screen! Writing about crafting without a working "C" is its own special kind of fun ;)

During my time away I have also had a little bit of crafting trouble, because I tried something a little too ambitious for my sewing machine this summer and hurt it. Thankfully it is now back in action thanks to the lovely people at Sewing Machines Direct. Suffice to say that I wont try making my own caravan curtains ever again!

So what have I made since my last post? Well, lots of things!

There were the teacher gifts for my 2 biggest girl's teachers and teaching assistants.  Turns out that for only 2 children it was actually a lot of gifts!  They all had a hand made tote bag.

These were the last things I sewed before hurting my poor machine. But of course that doesn't mean that I didn't make anything. I just reverted back to my first craft: crochet! In many ways I crochet is my favourite craft. What other craft can be done one handed with a sleeping toddler on your lap?! Or while sat in the car on a long drive?

The first thing I made took me almost all summer: a cardigan for my middle daughter. I used a free pattern by Drops Design.  It was easy to follow if you read it correctly of course. I didn't, which meant I ended up having to do each sleeve twice before I had 2 equal sleeves! My daughter loves it, because it's red and her favourite colour.

Next I made a "Road Trip Scarf"  designed by Zooty Owl as a quick inbetweeny project to recharge my batteries after the slightly more complicated than expected cardi. It crocheted up quickly and easily and is gorgeous.  I think I may add some beads to the flowers one day too.

And finally today I finished my ripple blanket. I posted earlier about starting it and here is the finished product in all its glory. It's made of the left over yarn from another blanket I made last year and I had over ordered by such a ridiculous amount that I still have 4 balls of yarn left over!

Already betting lots of love from the little ones :)

So that's it, my dear blog and my dear readers: everything I have made up until now.  I already have a few more projects lined up, but what to chose?  Do I make a new dress with that absolutely gorgeous autumnal fabric for the youngest or do I make her a little hat first or shall I make that "Elsa" cape for my Frozen mad middle girl?  And I have a CAL lined up too that starts in November.  So many things, so little time! I will let you know what project won.

Until then, happy crafting!

Love

B x