Tiny Happy Shoes

A little while ago I allowed myself an indulgence.  A beautiful pair of hand made baby shoes, made by Melissa of Tiny Happy. Even though I knew we were having a girl, at the time there weren't any girl shoes in the etsy shop, and I did love these beautiful little ones.

Aren't they fabulous?  They are fully reversible, and the inside is made of such soft fabric, they kind of remind me of Grandpa Slippers.

So. Who says girls can't wear blue shoes?

Thanks Melissa!

I hope you all had a lovely weekend.

C x

Your Opinion?

So. I mentioned last post that I was knitting a pair of bootees for the baby of a friend.  Well. They are coming on well, and I'm really pleased with how they look.  BUT. They are for a little girl, and I'm wondering if they are just too boyish. What do you think?!

Serendipitous Days

Do you ever have days where lots of lovely things conspire to make you happy?  We've had a few days like that this week.  The sun has definitely helped.  As you can see, my flip flops have come out again after being away for a good many months!

We had a lovely visit from a friend and her boyfriend from London- they bought us a fabulous lunch (including some carrot and cinnamon muffins with a sparkly icing- see below, though the photo doesn't do them justice, and home made quiche!) and we enjoyed several hours sitting in the garden, with silly games being bought out (involving throwing a slightly heavier ball into a paddling pool full of balls...!)

We took a lovely walk to a local park, and I just loved watching how much more confident my boy is getting at running around and clambering on all of the apparatus...

P is starting to be a little more settled when she is put down, and yesterday she had a lovely sleep in her little bouncy chair in the garden whilst we enjoyed the fresh air, and today she had a lovely long sleep in her pram allowing me to do a spot of knitting in the garden- what a luxury!  (I only hope she doesn't decide to do too much of her 'awake time' during the middle of the night though!)

Oh so comfortable!

Actually pausing to talk about crafty things, I am making a little gift for a friend (above), but I'm doing it on my 2.5mm bamboo needles, as I only have 2.75mm in metal (my preferred working material!).  I'm finding it is going a little slower this way as the bamboo ones are a little bendy given how thin they are... A little frustrating!

Oh well! I'm still making steady progress!

I hope you are having some lovely weather wherever you are, and I leave you with a card we were given today to celebrate P's birth- I think it's one of my favourites so far....

It says it all, doesn't it?!

C x

Little time to craft...

Needless to say, there's been little time to pick up the needles in the last few days.  On Friday, Poppy made a speedy debut into the world, and things have been busy busy busy since then!

I did have time to finish sewing buttons onto E's birthday Gilet...

And since then, I have done little crafting, although I don't think I shall be able to refrain for very long...!

(Pleased to report that the knitted tank-top fits perfectly post bump!)

Until then though, I shall be enjoying snuggles with little heads, and playing trains and diggers with a very much larger lovely boy.

I hope this finds you well.  Back to milk, trains, nappies, snuggles and not very much sleep...!

C x

Cold and Crisp

Today I have made two fish pies. I never used to be into them particularly, but I have developed a love for them in recent years, and even more so during this pregnancy (in the early days I had major fish and prawn cravings!), but I am still experimenting to find the perfect recipe! Holly, the cook at a local Children's' centre makes an amazing one, but says she makes it up as she goes along. Hmm. Today's ones are smelling good though (with smoked mackerel in them for a change), and one is about to be delivered to a friend who has just had a second little baby- Hooray!

The teacup cushion cover is taking shape nicely, and I am enjoying rediscovering blanket stitch...

My two baby cardigans are progressing well, if rather slowly (perhaps because I have several projects on the go!).  I haven't yet got to the more tricky lace knitting bit of the lucille cardigan...

... and I have just learned how to 'insert' a pocket into the Debbie Bliss cabled cardigan.

Right. That's about it on the craft side of things today. I am enjoying a few more minutes of peace before I go and get my energetic toddler out of bed.  Today we had a rather long walk into town, as I decided (given family resolutions to be more thrifty this year) that I was not going to pay the exorbitant parking prices to get into town, but instead I was going to walk from the nearest possible free parking (about 1 hour round trip once we had gone to the one shop we were going in for).  This was a lovely bit of exercise on an absolutely beautiful day (cold and crisp- my favourite!) but my back is now suffering a little with the extra weight that one gets 31 weeks into pregnancy. Oh well- I think I shall need to do a bit of taking it easy for the rest of the day (as if!).

I hope you are all having a lovely week. I'm off to deliver fish pie, and to hopefully glimpse a wee new baby for a moment or two!