Its never easy letting him go

Ethan (nearly 16, I know I know) Is off to London tomorrow for a weeks work experience at the company my brother works for. I know he's more than capable of getting the train and tube, I know he's more than capable of calling if he gets stuck, I know my brother is a great dad, uncle and responsible person but...

Hes my little boy still, Ok hes nearly 6 feet tall and quite hairy but to me he is, mamas get that, yeah ?  He's been to Florida without me, the lake district, even flown to France alone but I still worry!

He's going to have a wonderful time, my brother has a full and active life which he will be sharing for the week. He's very excited !

See ? Hes not changed a bit ;-)

On a more crafty note....

Im still knitting and I love it !!

I like this 'awful' weather

I really do! - I love wearing a jumper to hide the wobbles, I love lamplight in the house, I love pottering in the kitchen with Womens Hour on the radio with a storm raging outside

 I love any excuse to make Mexican Hot Chocolate !

(I dont love the fact that I've got to go food shopping later in the downpour, but shhhh this is not a whiney blog)

Knitting !!!!

After several failed attempts at knitting (it really bugged me that I couldn't) I was advised to pick a project I actually wanted to make and go for it, so I did..

A very steep learning curve later and lots and lots of frogging and help from everyone I could bug and I'm proud to say I'm getting there!!

I can drag this out of my project bag..

and recognize the parts and its actually this..

and there's even fancy shoulder stuff, yarn over increases etc.

One VERY useful trick I've learned along the way is the safety line

I have noticed it does leave a little bumpiness that I hope will come out with a gentle ironing but next time I'll be using much finer yarn for it 

Downfall to learning to knit at last ~ my WIPs have doubled and my Ravelry queue is mammoth !!

Weekend antics

So there was a party to go to.. Pumpkin had a dress but it was chilly and you cannot buy a beige cardi for girls ANYWHERE -  I had 24 hours ! I managed to rustle up this little bolero/shrug which is a very adapted version of a top down cardi that a friend gave me the pattern for (I've used it lots) I got it finished in time and her lady ship wore something else hahaha..

What she actually wore was..

(on her way there with Daddy)

If you cant wear a hot pink tutu when you are 1, when will you ?

And a few pictures from the event itself..

The Happy Couple

Cupcakes to die for !

Pumpkin throwing some shapes on the dancefloor

A proper 'little girl at a party' moment, her first ~ awww

Weekday Blogging.. and mobile app

Just a quick note, I've realised that I am looking forward to sprucing up the blog, I'm taking lots of pics, but that this android app is a bit rubbish for anything more than basic text so updates will be an evening job once the Pumpkin is asleep :-)

Oh and 'yay' I have followers !

P.s. its amusing that the location thingy can't find this house so ill pretend I'm Blogging from where it thinks I might be .