My Creative Space

Crocheting a granny scarf for a friends birthday this Saturday night.
The plan was to crochet 10 squares on Tue night, 10 on Wed and 10 today - first day off in 7 days...*sigh* - and join them tonight.
Like all good plans, it hasn't gone to plan...only 12 made...

...back to the grannys...the sunshine...and the mint slice!


So grab your piece of sunshine, biscuit optional, and check out some other creative spaces over at Kootoyou

thanks for taking a peek over the fence...

Have you seen my 100th POST GIVEAWAY ? Drawn Sunday 22 August.

I'm putting together a nice little prize package...

My Creative Space

Back to what's brewing in My Creative Space today (though I will show the Princess and Minky's progress 'cause I can't help myself).


A long while ago I took a walk through nature, found some colours that looked great together

and chose some wool that, theoretically, should also look great together...
I learnt to crochet (well given my lack of attention to tension - still learning is more accurate), and here is the result.

Not quite what I had in mind. It's scrappy, but black was supposed to be dramatic. The 'dramat' is missing - all I get is the 'ic' part...in fact the s....py is missing from scrappy too!


In my creative space, I am adding a border in one of these colours - maybe yellow - to liven it up and find some sense of...mmm...cohesion...could be the word I'm looking for. There is also some weaving in of ends to be done.

Mind you...it's pure wool, it's WARM, and I can live with it on my knees in front of the tv.
Best of all, I know that I can do it. Some of the colours work well together - just not all at once. There is a better 'granny' in me yet!
So wander on over to Kootoyoo and have a look at all those creative types who are...well...creative...

thanks for taking a peek over the fence...

PS I just worked out how to make a mosaic of photos....mucho excited about that!

A little bit of Crochet in my life

Sorry about the enormous in-yer-face pic.
Yes, I am a Dr Who fan (it's a whole family thing)...but the reason this gigantic photo is here you ask?
Look over the Doctor's shoulder, at the little bit of bench seat...Ah now you see it don't you!!!???!!!

GRANNY SQUARES!!!!!

This was the only photo on the official BBC site that gave even this tiny glimpse and I had to make it Large so you could see what I see. But the rug was HUGE. It COVERED the entire bench seat. It is gloriously MULTICOLOURED

Forget Dr Who, I want the rug...(and a better picture, but I don't do piracy...)

There's a tea towel on the wall.

I have a kitchen in need of painting - a new colour as befits a new kitchen.

I think I have found the perfect colour...

...that's why there is a tea towel on the wall.
I'm thinking it's just the colour I'm looking for.
The paint splotch next to it is the first go at getting the colour right.
Almost but not quite.

Back to the drawing board and wee paint pots...


Of course I have a bit more blue inspiration around here...

Practice crochet - I know I'll get there one day.

Fabrics for a wallet for a very nice niece.



















...some just that little bit harder than others to hang on a wall!


Thanks for taking a peek over the fence...