tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14197163476834846432024-02-07T03:24:28.694+01:00According to Matt...A bright and sunny place, so come pay a visit! Share my passion for crafts, crochet, and photography!
Welcome to my blog........Crochet and crafts, according to Matt. Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419045709121001010noreply@blogger.comBlogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419716347683484643.post-39849116903507166262015-12-26T10:38:00.001+01:002017-11-06T13:52:41.999+01:00Final Chapter Hello Lovelies!!!
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I do hope you are all having the most splendid holiday celebrations. Merry Christmas to you all!!
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I thought I'd pop by as it's been an absolute eternity since I last posted.
<br />I have a warm mug of milky coffee at my side, along with a mince pie to nibble on and I'm feeling rather reflective.
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It's almost the end of another year and 2016 is already on the horizon.
<br />2015 has been a good one for me. It's been a busy year and zoomed by at lightning speed, but definitely a good year.It's hard to comprehend that it's already coming to an end.
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When I look back at 2015 I see that it's been a year of work. My job had been nonstop and feels like it didn't slow up at all, which I must say is the main reason I haven't been popping by to write on my blog. Being exhausted from work and trying to balance regular blog posts, seemed like a juggling act and at the end of the Summer I decided to take a little break from According to Matt.
<br />I only intended to be away for a couple of weeks, maybe a month at the most. We are now 5 months later and you haven't heard a thing from me. I'm sorry for that, especially to all of the people that have stood by me and my blog for so long.
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Having a break from my blog has been great though, I feel creatively recharged and ready to start something new.
<br />Something new is really the case though, as I have decided to call it a day with According to Matt.
<br />It's been a really great journey and I've enjoyed every moment of my blog, which is the exact reason I'm not quitting Blogland all together. Simply moving homes.
<br />After some serious consideration I've decided that I'm no longer going to be writing here on my blog. I will keep the blog online for anybody who wants to look back at old posts patterns and tutorials, but nothing new will be written here. Instead I'll be over at my new home A Boy & Bunting.
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A Boy & Bunting is something that started out as a joint venture together with Dennis. We've been working non stop over the past months to create a site that is fun and informative and (of course) has a blog.
<br />I'm so insanely excited about it!! I can not wait to share it with you all.
<br />It seems appropriate that with the ticking over of the new year to start something fresh and so from January 1st, A Boy & Bunting will be online at "<a href="http://www.boyandbunting.com/"> www.boyandbunting.com</a>"
I do hope you will all pop by and visit us at our new home and support our new venture the same as you've always supported According to Matt.
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I really can not tell you how much I have planned together with Dennis for the next year a head!
I hope you join us for the journey and can't wait to see you on the other side!!!
Thank you all for the support over the past 4 and a bit years, it really means the world!
Lots of love always
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419045709121001010noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419716347683484643.post-14423484510565822132015-08-09T16:14:00.000+02:002017-11-06T13:59:23.960+01:00Sewing Progress <div id="overlay">
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How are you all doing, I do hope that you are all having a rather spiffing week?<br />
I'm still up to my eyeballs at work, wandering when it will slow down? I love my job I really do, but it's all I seem to have time for at the moment and I am longing to spend a little more time with you guys.<br />
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Even though I haven't been doing a huge amount of crafting at the moment, Dennis has been working up something of a crafting storm.<br />
Over the last year or so he's really been getting into sewing and really has a natural talent when it comes to transforming a piece of fabric into something rather magical.<br />
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He's recently invested in some supplies and now has a proper cutting board along with a very handy rotary cutter. <br />
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Along with our trusty sewing machine, Dennis has been happily spending some time working on projects.</div>
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Making a mess with a big chaotic mountain of fabric, he's really been going for it on the crafting front. </div>
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A doggy poop bag dispenser! It's been rather practical now that we have Poppy. </div>
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A great way of holding the little bags in a fun, practical and stylish way. Super cute!!!</div>
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Dennis is enjoying working on his new found hobby so much that we have decided that we are going to try and sell some of the items in an online shop. I like the sound of this very much and thought that I'd join him on the collaboration! </div>
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It's about time I opened a little shop. </div>
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I'm going to be making some crochet projects to sell and Dennis will be working on his sewing products. We are in the process of making a little webpage for our shop and I'm hoping that we can have it up and running within the next month. It's a rather exciting project for the two of us and nice that we can work on a combined venture once again!</div>
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I'll keep you posted over the next weeks giving you more details once we have them finalised!</div>
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Hello there!! I do hope you are all well? </div>
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Once again I've been away for far too long, but I have good reasons!! You see I've been a little preoccupied. </div>
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I've been living a dream that I've had for most of my life and one that Dennis and I have shared for over 5 years. The dream of being doggy parents!!! </div>
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It seems a little surreal even writing this post, as having a dog has always been something that I knew would happen in the future, just not something that would be happening now. </div>
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She's the cutest bundle of fluff and already I'm 100% in love with her!</div>
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Her name is Poppy and she's a 9 week old Bolonka Zwetna, who's already earned the place of being my sidekick. </div>
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After finally deciding that we were going to take the plunge and get a dog, we set about looking online for breeders that dealt specifically in this breed. We already knew the breed from looking after our friends dog, Hayley (Here are some pics of Hayley from previous post, "<a href="http://accordingtomatt.blogspot.de/2014/07/the-dog-collar.html" target="_blank">The Dog Collar</a>", "<a href="http://accordingtomatt.blogspot.de/2012/04/walk-in-park.html" target="_blank">A Walk In The Park</a>"). We thought that this breed of dog would suit us well as they remain pretty small, which is better for our apartment. Also they shed no fur, which is great for my allergies! </div>
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After making contact with a breeder we patiently awaited the birth date. On the 6th of May she was born, along with her (also) black and white sister and her chocolate brown brother. </div>
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What a moment that was! Seeing our puppy for the very first time.</div>
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She was so insanely small, very cute and already intrigued by her surrounding environment. It brought tears to my eyes holding her for the first time, so small and vulnerable.</div>
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The day was finally here!! We both couldn't believe it! Very excited, but a little nervous and anxious of how things were going to be. </div>
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Here's the picture that the breeder took of us, shortly before we were about to head back home. "Over the moon" seems to sum up our moods. Dennis and I and our 8 week old puppy, named Poppy.</div>
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Poppy had a really easy drive home, no crying, vomiting, pooping or peeing. Pretty amazing considering she was leaving her old home and traveling with us for the first time in a car. All of this and on the hottest day of the year!<br />
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She's settling in splendidly and already finding a nice routine along with the two of us.</div>
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Dennis and I are a little tired from the wake ups in the night, but above all we are insanely thrilled to have her. </div>
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Summed up...this is up there as one of the best weeks of my life! We've played and cuddled and licked and explored, sniffed and slept and cuddled some more!</div>
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Wishing you all a lovely weekend! We're off to our first puppy play class today, should be fun!!</div>
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Things have been pretty busy here as I'm mid way through rehearsing new cast members into the show at work, for this years cast change. </div>
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"Cast change" means long focused days, with everyone working full steam ahead to make the most of the rehearsal period. The new actors, dancers and singers will premier in the show next month and shortly after that rehearsals will calm down a little. That means I'll have a little more time to spend with you guys! </div>
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Other than being busy at work.. I had the luxury of my parents coming out to visit Dennis and I in Stuttgart. We had a lovely weekend together, hiring a car and visiting some beautiful destinations in and around Southern Germany. I've got lost of snaps, so I'll share them all with you very soon. </div>
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Today however, I have a little crochet project that has kept me busy over the past 6 weeks or so.....</div>
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I made another <a href="http://www.lalylala.com/" target="_blank">Lalylala</a>, This time Mici The Mermaid! </div>
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Once I had finished her main body and stuffed her, I noticed that I was starting to see the toy stuffing poke through the crochet stitches. I had either crocheted a little loose or over stuffed her and stretched the stitches too much.<br />
I was making Mici as a gift and so I wanted her to be perfect. I decided to weave yarn around the stitches of her tail to cover and hide the stretched stitches. It worked a treat and her tail ended up not only having a little contrast in color, but looked much tidier.<br />
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These were fast and easy to make. Working out of a foundation chain and crochet along one side, then around and back down the other side of the foundation produced the perfect finishing touch to Mici's tail. </div>
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The hair was the fiddliest part of this pattern.<br />
It consisted of making little circles and sewing them on to her head individually.<br />
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I took me a couple of attempts before I was finally happy with how her hair was looking.<br />
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Sewing the individual parts of her hair was tricky, but that extra effort added a really lovely and intricate detail to the overall look of the doll.<br />
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The detailed hair was also a lovely contrast to the very simple black eyes (these were added as the head was crocheted, the pattern very cleverly and clearly explains exactly where these need to be placed).<br />
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Mici was almost there! She of course needed two arms and some extra special features to finish her off:<br />
A red and white rubber ring and a sailor hat to add to her cuteness!<br />
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I stitched all of the pieces together and she was done!!<br />
Looking totally adorable, if I say so myself! <br />
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Mici is the 3rd Lalylala I've made. I really am in love with the design of these dolls, they take a little while to make, but the effort is so worth the end results. </div>
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A rather fun make with some pleasing results! I do hope she enjoys her new home when I give her away (I can't say who I'm giving her to in case they are reading this!!) <br />
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Whats my next project going to be? hmmmm<br />
I have one little thing that I must finish (I haven't forgotten about you Mel from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/yarntree.co.uk">yarntree.co.uk</a>!!) and then my future projects list is a little empty, I must get looking for some inspiration!!!<br />
Have a lovely Sunday and Happy Birthday to my Dad!!!<br />
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Up and down. That's been the general theme of the weather for the past couple of weeks.<br />
Sometimes sunny, sometimes rainy, sometimes hot, sometimes cold! All over the place.<br />
However this up and down cycle seems to have worked wonders on my flowers. They are positively thriving! The flowers are in full bloom and my plants are as bright and healthy as ever. A vibrant haven of colour!<br />
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You all know that I have a passion for colour. When my flowers are putting on this kind of show, I couldn't help but take a few shots with my camera and share the spectacle with you. <br />
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A real treat for the senses. My balcony is my little refuge. A place I visit each morning and evening, to check on the progress of the flowers. Apparently it's turning into quite a passion of mine.<br />
Very therapeutic I must say!<br />
Happy Sunday my lovelies!<br />
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Hello Lovelies!<br />
As promised I'm back this week, feeling energized, crafty and ready to get back into my blog. <br />
As mentioned in my last post, Dennis came home yesterday! I've been counting down the days until his return and couldn't believe he was waiting when I returned home from work yesterday afternoon. It took me a good half an hour to shake the feeling that I was dreaming and that he was really back. An odd sensation that I can't really describe. I'm VERY VERY happy he's home though!<br />
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So Dennis is back and I'm back also!!!<br />
I have a rather pleasing project to share with you, one that I've been working on over the past week.<br />
Early last week when cycling home from work, I passed a mound of rubbish that had been left out on the street to be taken away by the dustbin men the following morning. As I passed I glimpsed a dirty, dusty old chest of drawers amongst the bric a brac. I continued on my way home.<br />
Once at home I kept thinking about the drawers. "Maybe I could do something with them?", "Oh no, where would I put them? "."There's no point collecting more rubbish!". I couldn't drop the idea that maybe I could make them beautiful and functional once again, <a href="http://accordingtomatt.blogspot.de/2014/04/transformation.html" target="_blank">just like I did with this chair</a>. Later that evening (probably way past midnight) I decided to go back down the road and have a look at them.<br />
Once back at the mound of rubbish I knew that I had to give the used and battered drawers a chance of a second life. I picked them up and carried them back home. <br />
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The next morning I had a good look at the drawers:<br />
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They were in a bad state. One of the legs had fallen off and the other legs were severely wobbly. Covered in dust and cobwebs, they appeared to be the graveyard of dozens of long deceased spiders. </div>
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The plus side of the drawers was that they were made of solid wood and other than the legs, the main body of the drawers seemed extremely sturdy. </div>
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I removed the metal key hole, and got to work sanding down the old and damaged drawers. Cleaning away the dust and cobwebs and getting rid of the weathered varnish. </div>
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I chose a rather soft and calming blue. It wasn't quite a baby blue, a little deeper than that. A rather gorgeous colour I must say! </div>
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I painted the exterior and all of the drawers. I was most happy with the results!!</div>
Once the paint had dried, I gently sanded down some of the edges to add a weathered, distressed effect. <br />
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From something that was way past its used by date, destined for the rubbish dump, to a rather happy and new looking piece of furniture. </div>
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So the drawers were done and I absolutely adored them! I just wasn't sure where I was going to put them. I moved them into the apartment and tried them in the living room, but the living room felt a little cluttered with an extra piece of furniture. I tried them in the bedroom and it was a similar situation. </div>
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So thats what I did....I left the drawers on my balcony. They will be the perfect place to store some tools (so that I don't always have to go down to the cellar to find them). Also, I can keep my gardening equipment in them, so that I don't keep cluttering up the balcony! </div>
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So that was sorted! They're staying on my balcony!! With that in mind, I decided to add some extra nobs onto the side of the drawers so that I could hang a few extra things from them. </div>
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I must say..... I'm pretty chuffed with them!! They add a lovely spot of contrast to the other furniture I have on the balcony.</div>
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Sure they look nice they, but I'm most happy that I could give them a new lease of life!<br />
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Hope you are all having a fantabulous weekend?!<br />
Until next time....<br />
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How have you all been?<br />
Without meaning to, it turned out that I took a little break from my blog.<br />
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last month my head was swimming with blog and project ideas, but for
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taking photographs and therefore I stopped writing on my blog.<br />
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I've enjoyed having the break. Constantly making things, taking
pictures and documenting have become routine for me. Waiting for photos
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answering emails and working towards deadlines are things I enjoy doing,
but they sometimes make my days feel little hectic.<br />
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This month I've done non of that and I do hope you will forgive me if I haven't answered your questions or replied to your Facebook comments. I don't even have photographs to share, just my words. <br />
Instead I've just been doing my own thing: going to work, going to the gym (if I feel like it), going to bed early (but waking up late) and pottering around on my balcony. I've been enjoying the development of my flowers and plants as they wake up and say hello to the glorious Spring weather that we've been having. Sounds silly but that's been a real highlight to my month.<br />
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I've had my Mum and Grandma come and visit me, they watched the show and then we spent the rest of the weekend eating good food and strolling around the city.<br />
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I've been counting down the days until Dennis comes home from the ship. 6 days left!!!! I can not wait to have him home. He's going to take a little break from the ships, at least until after Christmas. That means I'll be the working "man of the house" and he'll be focusing on a little something that we are both insanely excited about. I can't say what it is yet, but I promise to reveal all once it's a little more concrete.<br />
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That's been my month. A month of slow paced, easy breezy days. It's been leisurely and on reflection, rather calm.<br />
That being said, I'm ready to pic up my camera, my crochet hook and get back on the blogging band wagon. <br />
Thanks for letting me take a breather. I'll be back next week and hopefully get some routine back to my blogging.<br />
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I don't know about you, but today I'm feeling rather spritely. The sun is shining, I woke up early (but not too early) without the help of my alarm clock, which is always a nice feeling, and I'm getting in a quick bit of blogging before I had into work and play two shows.</div>
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I wanted to share a cute little project that I have been working on, as requested by a very special person. </div>
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A few weeks ago I received an email from somebody that I haven't spoken to in many years, but have always had such fond memories of. </div>
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The message was from my primary school teacher, Mrs Pyman. </div>
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I'm sure that when you look back through your life and you think about the key people that influenced you and touched your heart/soul there will be a list of parents, siblings, Grandparents, family, friends, teachers and people you've met along the way. Mrs Pyman is on my list. She was not only my teacher but also my Cub Scout Leader, something I loved. We'd go camping, rafting, hiking....such great memories. </div>
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So when I received a message from Mrs Pyman after some years, It brought back all sort of happy memories and stories that I had not thought about for quite some time. I was delighted to hear from her. </div>
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Mrs Pyman had seen some of my crochet projects and knew that I was the guy to help her out with a gift that she wanted to give to a friend of hers. </div>
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One of Mrs Pymans friends is going through a difficult time at the moment with some health issues and so as a way of helping to lift her spirits, Mrs Pyman asked if I would make a sun hat for her friend. In BRIGHT BOLD HAPPY COLOURS! </div>
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Creating what was to become a simple cloche hat. </div>
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Once done I made an assortment of flowers to add a spot of summary flare to the hat. </div>
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I added some leaves (<a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/may-roses.html" target="_blank">by Lucy at Attic24</a>) and some slip stitch swirly detailing, some buttons and beads:</div>
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All done!! It's a rather happy looking hat!!</div>
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Lets Hope that Mrs Pyman's, friend makes a speedy recovery and that this hat will shine some light on what I can only imagine is a difficult time. </div>
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As mentioned in my recent post "<a href="http://accordingtomatt.blogspot.de/2015/03/works-in-progress.html">Works In Progress</a>" I've been working on some cushion covers (as well as other things) for my friend Sasha.</div>
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Well....On Tuesday I finally gave Sasha his completed cushions back.</div>
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Not only was I thrilled that he was happy with them, but a little relieved that I had actually finished them!</div>
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I don't know if you find this... but sometimes when people ask me to make them things, I cringe at the idea. Mainly because of the amount of work it takes (and they don't always realise), but also because of the responsibility of creating something that the recipient is going to like. </div>
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Sasha asked me to make some covers for some old cushions that he had. Being the great friend that Sasha is to me, I was more then happy. </div>
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He wanted some simple yet fun cushions in a blue or grey. Sounded easy enough, so I got to work on them.</div>
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Now the reason I was so relieved to finally give these cushions to Sasha, was because this project could have been completed within a week or two. But alongside other commitments I had to work on, it turned out taking 4 months before I finally got around to finishing them!</div>
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Sasha asked about his pillows on a couple of occasions and I kept saying "they are almost ready". He waited another few weeks, then asked again...."they're almost done" </div>
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Finally the week before last, they were actually "almost done". I finally got them finished!!! "Phew!" (I say as I wipe my brow).</div>
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For Sasha's cushions I chose some deliciously soft Rico Baby classic dk. An acrylic blend that comes in some great shades. I was actually looking for a thicker yarn, but decided on this purely because of the colour. </div>
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To make up for the yarn being a little thinner than I had wanted, I wound three balls together and made one luxuriously thick ball to work from. </div>
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Isn't that a pretty sight. One perfectly wound ball of yarn, ready to be worked up into something special.</div>
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Yarn at the ready and a nice thick crochet hook (Size 9) with cable attached and I was ready to start this project. </div>
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I needed the cable as I had decided to do (once agin) some Tunisian crochet. I decided to use the Tunisian simple stitch, as when worked up in rows this stitch creates a lovely dense fabric, that isn't as holey as your average crocheted material. </div>
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I made four rectangular pieces. Two for each cushion, making up both sides of the case.</div>
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On the end that I had left open I sewed (by hand) a zip into the cushion cover, making it nice and easy for Sasha to remove the cushion inserts if he needed.</div>
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Once done, I settled upon some big shiny red buttons to add a little something special to the simple blue cushion covers. </div>
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I sewed the buttons on, with nice chunky stitches.<br />
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All finished! I'm hoping they are masculine enough, as I can get a little carried away with my crochet work. I figured simple was the key to this project and I think that I succeeded in that.<br />
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Sasha was very pleased when I gave the to him. I was very happy to finally have something to show for his long and patient wait.</div>
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I may make myself a couple once I have a free minute. Not too sure when that will be though, as my brain is buzzing with other ideas and projects. I like it when I'm feeling like this.... feeling inspired!<br />
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I'm back to work today and settling back into my normal routine after a rather splendid time visiting Dennis. </div>
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It was a much needed vacation for me and a chance for me to spend some time with Dennis. I miss him terribly when he's away working on the ship, so I jump at the chance to go and visit him.</div>
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It was a week of exploring ports, seeing Dennis perform in his shows and indulging in some me time. I managed to read three books in a week!! Thats almost unheard of for me :-)</div>
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I've taken so many pictures this week. I wish I could share them all, but that would be one hell of a post and no doubt a tad boring for each of you. </div>
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So I've picked a selection, taken throughout my week as I stopped off in Madeira, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and La Palma. Mainly nature shots, but I thought you'd enjoy the vibrancy and texture.</div>
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I'm rather pleased with the pictures, because of their beauty and because of the memories they stir up.<br />
A lovely time. I'm feeling very grateful!
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm typing this at the airport as I wait for my flight to start boarding. I'm off on holiday for the week, visiting Dennis on the cruise ship that he's working on. My flight takes me to Gran Canaria and I'll get on the ship tomorrow. A week of sailing around the Canary Islands, not too shabby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As I sit waiting for my flight to start boarding I'm feelings rather like a top class business executive.... Nobody needs to know that I'm working on my blog. I'll let everyone believe I'm typing urgent world changing emails. :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I wanted to share with you a little more information on this rather fun candy inspired project that I've been working on. As mentioned in my last post, this project was actually a commissioned project from the lovely people at Homespun magazine. A candy themed piece that will appear in a food inspired issue of the magazine later in the year (September, I believe). I don't usually do commissioned pieces, as it tends to stress me out working towards a deadline and trying to make it fit alongside my work schedule. However when the opportunity came up to work with this magazine, I really couldn't refuse. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's a glimpse at the January edition: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's such a great magazine, showcasing a huge range of different crafty projects. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was lucky enough to be interviewed for the January edition. There is a piece all about my crochet work in the section "Men who craft". It was a huge honor to be interviewed and placed alongside some extraordinary talented fellow male crafters. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As you can imagine I can't reveal exactly what I've been working on, as this will appear later in the magazine along with a tutorial/ pattern of how to make a similar project.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: center;">Despite not being able to show you the whole project, I thought I could show you a few pictures of the candy I made (the candy forms the decoration to </span>the main crochet project).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Of course I had to make some Licorice allsorts. These classic sweets worked up rather well as crocheted versions. I prefer my crocheted allsorts, as I'm not a big fan of licorice....yuck!</span></span></div>
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Today I finished a commissioned project that I've been working extremely hard on . It's been taxing work, but I was extremely proud of the results and mailing the project off to its recipient gave me a great sense of satisfaction. </div>
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This commissioned project was a rather fun one, as it was candy inspired. A project that had only a theme as a guideline and the rest was left up to me to do as I pleased. </div>
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1. because I love to crochet and 2. because I have a rather sweet tooth and looooove candy!!</div>
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I had fun coming up with designs and playing with the vibrant mercerised cotton that I had chosen to work with.</div>
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I made all sorts off sweets and made sure to include my favourite sour cherries and gummy fried eggs. Not to mention also making chocolate truffles, boiled sweets, liquorice allsorts and swirly lolly pops.</div>
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This candy project has kept me busy, but I had to keep a couple of other projects on the go at the same time. I didn't want to get bored of working on one project now did I ?! :-)</div>
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I've also been working on a couple of pillow cases for a good friend of mine. </div>
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Truth is they have taken me far too long to make (I was asked for them months ago!), but I am almost done with them and should have them completed within the next few days. </div>
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Rows of thick Tunisian simple stitch, in a deep navy blue:</div>
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And some big bold buttons to finish them off:<br />
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I'm looking forward to having them all done, not because I haven't enjoyed working on them, but because I'm embarrassed at how long my friend has had to wait for them. </div>
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Oh well!!! The wait is almost over Sasha!! </div>
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Another project swimming around in my brain, has been one of a team effort with Mel from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/yarntree.co.uk">yarntree.co.uk</a>.</div>
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Mel sent me this glorious Merino yarn that she has hand dyed in a rather scrummy shade of grey. </div>
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Finally my last W.I.P is something I've been spending a lot of time on and am very excited about! You may have notice in the left sidebar, a button linking to my "crochet library", well I've been hard at work on it and hoping to have it fully up and running sometime next month.<br />
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Its a helpful video resource, containing helping hints and tips to help with your crochet work. At the moment it's very basic and mainly showing people how to begin crocheting, but I do plan on working on some more advanced techniques as it progresses.<br />
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It was very daunting standing in front of a camera and filming myself. A little frustrating and awquard at times, but I hope it's a way to interact with you all and for you all to put a face to the person writing this blog.<br />
Heres a sneak peak, its my introduction video to "The crochet Library". I'd love to hear what you all think?<br />
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Sooooo....As you can see I've been busy. I'll share each of these projects with you in a little more detail once they all near completion. Until then.... Happy Weekend!!!<br />
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I've been crazy busy at work and occupying my free time with some behind the scenes blogging. I'm hoping I can show you what I've been working on within the next couple of weeks, but until then, I'm keeping it all rather hush hush. I'm excited about how my secret blogging project is progressing and can't wait to share all with you very soon. </div>
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Today I thought I'd share some lovely, bright and vibrant pictures that I took last week. Pictures of tulips that I picked up from the florist down the road. I love the warmth from these pictures, as they make me feel all giddy about the thought of Spring creeping around the corner. </div>
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Not normally one to moan, but I'm feeling the need for Springtime or at least a spot of sunshine.<br />
I like to think of myself as a happy person, but every now and then the blues get the better of me and I end up feeling a tad glum for no reason at all (especially during this time of the year).<br />
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It's my need for sunshine and warmth that draws me towards bright happy objects like these tulips. They help lighten my mood when it's feeling heavier and darker than normal.<br />
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Colour lifts my mood.<br />
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Writing this post also reminds me how much my blog lifts my mood. I get a huge amount of happiness from working on my blog and thank you all for encouraging me to continue with my blogging.<br />
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When I feel glum, I don't often feel like sitting at my laptop and blogging. I guess that's why I haven't blogged in some weeks.<br />
It's a funny feeling, Similar to when I can't be bothered to go to the gym, but when I finally do, I feel great for it afterwards.<br />
When I'm blue, blogging seems like handwork. However, when I finally make the effort to get back to it, I realise just how good it makes me feel. I also realise how much I've missed interacting with you all.<br />
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Blogging and sharing, lifts my mood.<br />
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It's a strange post today, more like a diary entry.<br />
What I'm getting at though, is thats it's important to find your happy place. Especially on those days when your mood it feeling gloomier than normal.<br />
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Find your happy outlet..... a boost of colour, some interaction with like minded people, a good work out at the gym, a good ol' crafty project or simply a bunch of tulips.<br />
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What ever you need to lift your mood.<br />
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What brings you back to your happy place? Once you know the answer to that question, I urge you not to forget it. Ask that question when you next feel a tad down and remind yourself of your answer.<br />
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What lifts your mood? for me.....a spot of blogging and a bright bunch of Springtime tulips, I'm going to try and not forget that.<br />
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I'm feeling chirpier now. Thanks!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wow we've hit February already!!! My how time flies!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">January was a good month though. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For me it was a month of focus, getting back into a routine (after the Christmas season) and a month of rather fun crafty projects. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Earlier last month I made my first Lalylala doll. Lupo the Lamb was his name and what a fun make he was!<a href="http://accordingtomatt.blogspot.de/2015/01/lalylala.html" target="_blank"> (You can read about Lupo here)</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Following the fab pattern by designer <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lydia Tresselt <a href="http://www.lalylala.com/" target="_blank">(Lalylala.com)</a>, I fell in love with the simple but cute features of these dolls. After making my first, I just HAD to make another one (of course not entirely selfish, as Lupo definitely needed some company).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">This time I decided on Fibi, Fibi the fox!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I learnt a lesson from my first experience with these dolls and realised that with my first, I had used yarn that was far to thick. This time I went on a hunt to find yarn in appropriate colours and equally appropriate weight. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I settled for <a href="https://www.wolle-roedel.com/shop/de/dieProdukte/Neuheiten/Oslo50g.html" target="_blank">Oslo by Wolle Rödel</a>, in <a href="https://www.wolle-roedel.com/shop/de/dieProdukte/Neuheiten/Osloecru50g.html" target="_blank">cream</a>, vibrant <a href="https://www.wolle-roedel.com/shop/de/dieProdukte/Neuheiten/Osloorange50g.html" target="_blank">orange</a>, <a href="https://www.wolle-roedel.com/shop/de/dieProdukte/Neuheiten/Osloanthrazitmelange50g.html" target="_blank">dark grey</a> and later for the scarf I used a soft merino yarn that was lurking at the bottom of my stash (unfortunately I'm not sure of the details as the label had gone walkabouts). </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I got started with Fibi's head. Nice, round and full, making sure to add the safety eyes along with a nice generous amount of toy stuffing. </span></div>
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Two little legs were made...<br />
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and her long body. I'm loving that rusty orange colour, it has so much warmth to it.<br />
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Of course she needed some foxy ears......<br />
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With a a little focus and a touch of hard work, she was ready in no time.<br />
I checked that she was firmly stuffed, to avoid a sagging head. Then stitched her carefully together, making sure to do a nice neat job.<br />
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Isn't she looking rather adorable!!</div>
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Of course she needs a nice warm scarf, to keep her cosy whilst playing in the forest with her friends.</div>
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I made this out of some scrap yarn I had stashed at home. Instead of knitting like the pattern suggested, I actually made this with a simple Tunisian crochet stitch. I made it nice and long, before adding a little bit of fringing to each end. </div>
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Rather FOXY!!!</div>
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I'm very happy with how she turned out! The lighter weight yarn worked better than the chunkier yarn I had used for Lupo. She's filled firmly and holds her form perfectly. </div>
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She loves meeting up with her dear friend Lupo, for a spot of fun in the forrest. There favourite thing is to collect leaves together. Big leaves, small leaves, pretty leaves!</div>
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I really enjoyed making my second Lalylala. I don't think I'm done though with these cute crocheted characters. I'm sure I'll be making some others throughout the year. </div>
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Sorry to keep you all waiting in suspense! I was hoping to come and announce the winner of the competition on Saturday evening, but a busy work schedule got the better of me.<br />
Thank you to everybody who entered the competition, it really was a lot of fun and very exciting to have so many people enter. I had over 400 entrants!!<br />
As mentioned in the last post, the winner will receive this rather glorious collection of knitpro crochet hooks, diamond edition!<br />
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Who wants to find out how many buttons were actually in that jam jar?<br />
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I'm sure you're more eager to find out who the winner is?!<br />
Well........drum roll please........<br />
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The winner of this fab hook set is..........<br />
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Angie was the first person to correctly guess 324 buttons! Rather funny that in her comment she also wrote that she is "no good at this", apparently Angie couldn't have been further from the truth!<br />
Congratulations Angie!!!<br />
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Once again thank you to everyone that took the time to take part. I'll have to do it again some time!<br />
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I do hope you are all having a jolly good week?</div>
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Would you like to see what I bought on Monday?</div>
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A gorgeous gift that makes my heart kind of flutter.....</div>
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A stylish and sophisticated box, that when opened contains some rather divine, brand spanking new, wooden crochet hooks.</div>
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My absolute favourite crochet hooks in fact! I swear by these hooks and have used them in many of my projects:<br />
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I find them so utterly comfortable to work with! They glide through your work with ease and precision.<br />
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These hooks are extra special though! They not only come in a gorgeous storage box, but they each contain a little decorative diamond at the base of the handle. A rather unique touch.<br />
It appears they double up not only as crochet hooks, but as magic wands as well!<br />
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The box is in simple in black and has a rather elegant, golden design on the top.</div>
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Inside (again in gold) is the manufacturers logo, Knitpro.</div>
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8 gorgeous hooks in total! Thats a 3.5mm, 4mm, 4.5mm, 5mm, 5.5mm, 6mm, 7mm and a chunkier 8mm hook. One couldn't ask for more!<br />
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Here's the thing.....<br />
I didn't actually buy these hooks as a gift myself. Instead they are a gift for you!!!!<br />
One of you gorgeous people could get your hands on this set as I'M HAVING A GIVEAWAY!!<br />
It's been a while since I did this on my blog. I remember last time... the excitement and buzz was a lot of fun! I though it was about time that I did another :-)<br />
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So to win this absolutely fabulous set of elegant hooks, all you have to do is guess how many buttons I have in my jar (below). SIMPLE!!!!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">The winner of the crochet hook set will be the first person to guess the correct amount of buttons in the jar. However, if nobody guesses by next Friday (30th January), the winner will be the person who made the earliest and closest guess.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Josefin Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">This is SUCH FUN!! Good luck everybody!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Josefin Sans; font-size: large;">Thank's to everybody that participated, that was a lot of fun!</span><br />
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Waking up yesterday morning to a bright white quilt of snow was rather exciting. </div>
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I stepped out onto the balcony to enjoy the fresh and crisp air and was taken by how beautiful everything was looking. A true Winter wonderland!</div>
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I couldn't let the morning pass without taking a stroll in the snow. I wrapped up nice and warm (two jumpers, along with my pyjama trousers underneath my jeans) to go and investigate my newly transformed neighbourhood. </div>
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Snow and ice clung to everything, adding a touch of magic to the simplest of things.</div>
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The ducks were still swimming about in the lake, looking a tad chilly with snow collecting on their backs.<br />
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It was amazing to see that snow had collected everywhere...<br />
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and created some rather stunning views!<br />
Look at the contrast between the fluffy looking snow and the dark brownish/green of the tree bark.<br />
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The little glimpses of colour that I could see amongst the snow were looking so much more vibrant than usual.<br />
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and bright reds.<br />
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The colours were glorious! However, what I love most about snowfall is not only how beautiful everything looks, but the silence. The snow seems to soak up all noise. Walking around the lake, hearing only the sound of the crunching snow beneath my feet was rather lovely.<br />
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Jumping on my bike and cycling to work was done in complete silence. The roads were deserted and not a single sound could be heard. A perfect time for contemplation.<br />
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For me silence only truly happens when it snows. Even now as I sit at home writing this, I can hear the refrigerator humming. I'm thankful for my silent walk, it cleared my head and calmed my thoughts.<br />
Hope you're all having a lovely calm week.<br />
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I've been keeping myself rather happily occupied this past week, with a tremendously fun pattern that I purchased two weeks ago. A pattern so unimaginably cute, that I can barely put it into words!</div>
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Shall I show you what I've been working on? </div>
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Those of you that know your way around my blog will know that I have a page called "blogs I love". It's a page containing a small list of the blogs that I enjoy reading and visit regularly for a dose of crafty inspiration. Among the fabulous list is a rather enchanting website, <a href="http://lalylala.com/">Lalylala.com</a></div>
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I discovered Lalylala about six months ago and have been desperate to make one of these adorable dolls, created by the very talented Lydia Tresselt. </div>
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Have a look at what I mean, all of the patterns for these dolls are available for purchase on Lydia's website, she even offers the pattern for one of them for free:</div>
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As you can see Lydia is an extremely talented designer and has clearly put a lot of work into the concept and look of her creations.<br />
After a couple of days of trying to decide which pattern I wanted to try making (they all look rather intriguing to me), I finally took the plunge and purchased the patter for Lupo the Lamb:<br />
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I bought myself some <a href="https://www.wolle-roedel.com/shop/de/dieProdukte/WolleampZubehoer/100Wolle/oekowolle50g.html" target="_blank">Ököwolle by Wolle Rödel</a>, in the colours required for the pattern, cream and brown.</div>
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I got to work with the pattern and enjoyed the easy to follow instructions that I had received on purchase.<br />
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I started to remake the doll, this time using a 2mm hook. It was a struggle with the thick yarn, but the results were far better. As you can see from the picture below, the end product was turning out smaller and neater (The upper arm is with the final 2mm hook and the lower arm was my initial attempt with a 3.5mm hook.)<br />
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I persevered with the little hook and my doll grew:<br />
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I have to confess that I had one more failed attempt at this pattern before I finally got it right. I somehow managed to stitch the legs on backwards, so the joining seam of each round ran up the front of Lupo's body. I really wasn't happy with that, so I pulled it apart..... It definitely was a case of 3rd time lucky! two failed attempts all because of me being silly. Definitely no fault of the pattern, as it was extremely well written, with photographs and diagrams.</div>
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I added black safety eyes to the face of Lupo (purchased on ebay from a German seller)</div>
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Looking pretty dandy already!</div>
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Of course he needed his hat:<br />
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A gorgeous spiral of bobble stitches:<br />
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Some ears:<br />
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Arms:<br />
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and some ome pom pom decoration to finish him off:<br />
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I stitched him all together, and he was done!!!!<br />
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What a cutie!!</div>
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All of the little features added to create a truly special end product, such a well designed and well written pattern.<br />
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Isn't he adorable? I'm totally smitten with him!</div>
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I can not say a bad thing about this pattern, it was fun to make, it was simple, but challenged me enough so I still had to concentrate (which I like). He turned out perfect! SUCH FUN!</div>
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I'll definitely be making more of Lydia's patterns, I'm having a hard time deciding which one though? Possibly Carl the Cactus?....or Paul the Toadstool?......Mici the Mermaid?.......</div>
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I had the luxury this afternoon...... I made myself a big mug of tea and spent my time whipping up something rather cheery! Something that would brighten up my apartment and fill some of the void thats been left since taking down all of my Christmas decorations. </div>
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When grocery shopping on Monday, I spotted this little pink pot of Hyacinth bulbs and had to pop them into my basket. I thought it would be nice to have a touch of Spring at home, to keep me energised through the grey days. </div>
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I had a search through my yarn box for my stashed stylecraft yarn and picked an array of glorious rainbow colours. <span style="font-family: inherit;">(<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">1083-Pomegranate, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">1132-Shrimp, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">1081-Safron, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">1065-Meadow, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">1422-Aspen, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">1068-Turquoise, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">1432-Wisteria)</span></span><br />
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Armed with a size 3.5 hook, I crocheted a foundation chain of 40, then joined with a slip stitch to form a circle.<br />
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For an extra homemade touch, I found a nice shiny red button to sew onto the middle of my crocheted sleeve. I thought it would add a little extra flare to my pot cover.<br />
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There we have it! Bright, bold rainbow colours that compliment the natural green shade of the leaves.<br />
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I'm excited to see my Hyacinths grow and look forward to them opening up to reveal which colour flowers they will have.<br />
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I hope that the first day of the brand new year was a good one for you all? </div>
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I unfortunately am all bunged up with a cold, quite ironic really, as I chose not to have a crazy New Years Eve last night. I wanted to wake up felling healthy and energised, rather than hungover and tired. I think I'd much rather have a hangover than a stinking cold! Oh well...hopefully it will shift in a day or two!</div>
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With the plan to start the year off being healthy, I of course had to have one final unhealthy meal, as a mark to the end of the year (and to stock up on calories!)</div>
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Dennis and I decided to spend the afternoon making some extra special treats to accompany our final naughty meal of 2014. </div>
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We thought we'd make a nice crusty loaf and something extra indulgent for desert! </div>
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As I had the day off from work, it was nice to spend the whole afternoon in the kitchen. getting messy and spending a few hours creating something together made a nice change to our usual afternoon at home.</div>
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We started by making the bread, using <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/sundriedtomatoandoli_66043" target="_blank">a recipe by Paul Hollywood, from the great British Bake off</a>.</div>
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Followed by some oil and water to make the mixture bind and form a thick dough:</div>
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We spent a good amount of time kneading the dough until it became nice and smooth and easy to work. Not an easy job, I must say!!<br />
We formed the dough into a nice ball shape, popped it in a cling film covered bowl and left it to rise for a an hour or so.<br />
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MMMMMM MMMMMM MMMMMMM!!! It makes my mouth water!!<br />
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We rolled our dough to form a nice long baguette.<br />
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Whilst the bread was in the oven cooking, we got to work on our rather indulgent dessert, a white chocolate and raspberry cheesecake! <a href="http://recipes.coles.com.au/recipes/3995/raspberrry-cheesecake-in-a-glass/" target="_blank">A recipe by Coles.au.</a><br />
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We started with some speculoos biscuits.<br />
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We smashed them up and mixed them with some melted butter.<br />
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We defrosted some frozen raspberries:<br />
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Finally we layered the cream cheese filling with the raspberry puree and topped our cheesecakes with fresh raspberries and grated white chocolate!!!<br />
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I have to say both the bread and the cheesecake were delicious and accompanied the rest of our Spanish tapas meal rather splendidly.<br />
It was a rather indulgent meal, but a great way to celebrate the end of a fantastic 2014.<br />
Not to mention, spending time in the kitchen was a delight and something I must remember to do more often.<br />
Perhaps thats something else to add to my resolution list for 2015..... become a culinary genius! <br />
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Hello Lovlies!<br />
I do hope you have all had a very special Christmas and that you are gearing up to start the New Year with a bang!<br />
I couldn't let 2014 come to an end without having a reminisce through this years previous projects and posts.<br />
2014 has zoomed by and I haven't blogged nearly as much as I've wanted, nonetheless, looking back over my posts I'm extremely proud of all of the things I've created this year.<br />
From completing the Japanese flower Blanket that Dennis started years ago, to "making over" an ikea lamp, its been a year full of crochet and colour.<br />
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Weddings were a common theme this year, as Dennis and I made a crocheted bouquet for his best friends wedding. It was a challenge to make, but the outcome was better than we could ever have imagined.<br />
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I also made a rather interesting contraption so that my little furry dog friend, Hayley, could carry her owners wedding rings down the isle.</div>
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Little projects were made to make our apartment that much more homely.<br />
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Dennis got to work on a rather scrummy knitted blanket! Its not quite finished yet, but will be a project he continues with into the New Year.<br />
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I crocheted galore!! Spiral cushions...<br />
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Sunflowers...<br />
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Granny squares.....<br />
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Dozens of flowers....So bright and cheery<br />
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They added a rather unique tough to my ikea lamp!<br />
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Of course the common theme of the year was colour!<br />
I am so drawn to all things bright and cheery and get a huge amour of inspiration and energy from these little splashes of vibrancy.<br />
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I'm hoping that 2015 turns out to be just as colourful and even more creative than this past year.<br />
I'm wishing each and everyone of you a very special start to 2015 and thank you all for coming and paying me frequent visits here on my blog......Until next year!!!<br />
Have a very Happy New Year!!!<br />
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Thank you all for the comments on my last post and also for all of the very useful suggestions on how I could improve on my angel. You've all given me a lot to think about and inspired me not to give up on perfecting this festive project. </div>
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I mentioned last post that I only had 4 days left at work before I fly home to England! Well... now I only have 2!! The count down is well and truly underway and the anticipation of seeing all of my family is verging on being too much for me! </div>
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Earlier in the week, I received my first Christmas card of the year. What a special card it was,</div>
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Now those of you that have read my previous posts and followed me for a while will know that 90% of the time I stick to blogging about my projects, but every now and then I get a little sentimental and a little personal. This is one of those personal occasions, so I'd stop reading now if you don't want to hear any of my sentiments. </div>
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This Christmas card was extra special because it featured two little penguins sharing a kiss. Two boy penguins! Special, because it was blatant acknowledgment of the relationship that I have with Dennis. </div>
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So here's why the card means so much to me!<br />
Firstly it's the first gay Christmas card I have ever received!<br />
Secondly it's from my Mum and Dad.<br />
I hope my parents don't mind me telling you this ... but when I first came out to my Mum as being gay, she had an extremely hard time coming to terms with it.<br />
A few years have passed since then and I can honestly say that both of my parents are totally cool with their gay son. In fact they couldn't care a less.<br />
They see how happy I am with Dennis, they realise that with Dennis, they have gained an extra member to their (already) wonderful family! How could that be a bad thing!<br />
They have gone full circle and fully embrace Dennis and I. For that I am grateful and extremely proud of my Mum and Dad!<br />
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Finally to top it off, This year I finally plucked up the courage to tell my Nan and my Grandma that I am gay. Enough was enough, I was tired of lying to them that, telling them the reason I didn't have a girlfriend was because my career was my priority. (yeah right!)<br />
They were missing out on a huge part of my life and I was saddened by that. They now know about Dennis and were totally unfazed by my "coming out", in fact, they didn't care.<br />
They told me that it only mattered that I lead a happy life! Which....is true. Happiness is the key!<br />
So this year I go home for Christmas and for the first time Dennis.<br />
My grandparents will meet him (finally) as my boyfriend and we will all celebrate Christmas together.<br />
Happy with no secrets.<br />
This card is a symbol of that and that's greatest gifts I could ever have imagined to receive! Thanks Mum and Dad for the perfect card!<br />
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How are you all doing? I hope that your preparations for the holiday season are going well?<br />
I'm jolly excited that I just have 4 more days left at work before I fly home to England to spend the first Christmas in 7 years with my family! EXCITED is actually an understatement!!<br />
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I've been rather organised this year with buying all of my Christmas presents for the family, and I'm extremely proud to say that I'm done.......nothing left to buy or organise. This is a rather nice feeling, especially when I head into the city and see how manic it is with everybody rushing around. I feel like I can relax a little and I'm gearing up to fully enjoy this Christmas.<br />
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Even though I'm not actually spending Christmas day here in Stuttgart, it was still important for me to buy a tree and decorate the apartment. The build up to the big day is important to me, it creates excitement and focus throughout the dreary, dark and cold months. I for one, am grateful for that focus throughout the Winter.<br />
As part of my christmas decorating, I (of course) wanted to crochet some little Christmassy projects! I had the idea to crochet an angel, maybe to sit on the top of the Christmas tree? I worked for weeks on this little project trying my best to perfect it.<br />
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I started with forming a simple crocheted head, that moved down to the angels shoulders and on to her white dress. I formed the dress around a toilet roll tube for extra stability and to help in maintaining a nice cylinder shape.<br />
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I increased my stitches as I worked further and further down the dress and finished off my rounds with a simple picot edging.<br />
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I made her some skinny little arms that extended into bell shaped sleeves, which concealed her dainty little hands.<br />
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I fashioned her a cape, to keep her warm throughout the Winter. Adding golden edging and some shiny diamonds for an extra special touch.<br />
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Of course she needed some hair! Golden hair seemed most angelic, so I went with a cute blond bob.<br />
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At this stage I was SOOOOOO pleased with how angelic she was looking. She looked very regal and for a crocheted angel, she was simple yet sophisticated!<br />
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It happens from time to time with a project that you just can't reproduce what you have in your head. Sometimes the outcome turns out better than you could have imagined and sometimes...well...lets just say it doesn't quit go to plan. It was the latter for this project.<br />
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I struggled to finish this little angel off. I played around with her facial features trying out different eyes and mouths, but honestly wasn't over the moon with any of them.<br />
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And trying a more triangular shaped wing:<br />
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I finally settled upon her features and decided to go with an already existing <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/angel-wings-applique-2" target="_blank">angel wing pattern by Michelle Kovach</a>. This wings turned out perfect and I'm very happy with how they look!<br />
I still think that angels facial features are not quite right. She doesn't quite look how I wanted. I feel like she is verging on Postman Pat in drag, which is not quite look I was going for!<br />
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However, I'm going to hold off on publishing the pattern until I am totally happy with her. I want to be proud of my finished pattern and be able to say she is truly how I want her to look and at this stage, I'm just not there. I know I'm being dramatic, but I know when something can be better. So.... hopefully for next year I'll deliver you a rather charming Christmassy Angel pattern, at least that gives me some time to fully figure her out. </div>
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Despite not being quite the finished project I was hoping for! She is fun and definitely has Christmas spirit. She's homemade and from the heart, which I think are important characteristics for anything, especially at this time of year. So even though she's not quite what I wanted, she's still sitting proud and happy along with all of my other decorations!</div>
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Hello Lovelies!<br />
How are you all?<br />
I'm ever so sorry for not coming to visit over the past month. Not only has time been zooming by making it difficult to find a moment to spend on my blog, but the truth of the matter is.... I felt like I needed a little break.<br />
Having pretty much the month of November free of blogging, I've had some time to think and to focus. I've come up with some really cool ideas for future projects and am feeling rather ambitious in terms of the direction of my blog for 2015. Feeling energised and inspired, I'm looking forward to getting back into my blog and spending more time with you all.<br />
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I've been meaning to write a post for the past few days, but strangely felt like I didn't know where to begin.<br />
I decided to wait until the calendar page flipped over and we hit the 1st of December. I new month and a fresh start in terms of getting back into the swing things!<br />
Of course with it being December, you know you're going to be hit with a MEGA dose of Christmas?! I can't help it! I love December, the countdown 'til Christmas and all of the glories it brings! <br />
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With yesterday being the 1st of the month and coincidently, happening to be my day off from work, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to go and buy a Christmas tree. I know that It's a little early and I'm not too sure if my tree will last all of the way to the end of the month, but I couldn't resist.<br />
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I wrapped up nice and warm and made my way to the garden centre, where I know they have a large selection of trees. I spent a good hour looking for the perfect one and was chuffed to bits when I found it!<br />
The man at the garden centre trimmed the bottom of the tree and wrapped it nice and tight in net, so I could get it home a little easier. Whilst he was sorting out my tree, I had the luxury of sipping on a delicious hot mug of gluewein and enjoying the warmth it gave me.<br />
Once he was done with my tree, I made my way home.....<br />
Half way through my journey home I did stop and question "Why I do this to myself?".<br />
You see, I don't have a car and so I had to walk to the train station with my tree, catch a train home and walk from the station back to my apartment. Simple enough! Apart from the fact that I was doing this alone (Dennis is away rehearsing for his next cruise ship contract) and I'm a not the tallest of people, reaching a mere 165cm, yet my tree was just over 2 metres! It was a sight to be seen and pretty funny thinking about it. I'm sure passers by just saw what looked like a walking Christmas tree!<br />
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Anyways... I made it home in one piece, along with the tree and got to my favourite part of decorating it! I went down to the cellar and picked up my storage box of decorations, popped Mariah Carey's Christmas album on and got to work.<br />
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First adding fairy lights, followed by baubles baubles galore!<br />
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I continued with: sparkly stars,<br />
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wooden hearts,<br />
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Pretty ornaments that I received as a gift from friends a couple of Christmases ago,<br />
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My trusty crocheted snowflakes which I made two years ago and they're still holding up perfectly!<br />
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Glittery pine cones,<br />
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Some cute crocheted snowmen!</div>
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I made the pattern for these snowmen a few weeks ago, as I was writing a guest blog post for the blog "<a href="http://www.skiptomylou.org/" target="_blank">Skiptomylou</a>". The pattern can be found <a href="http://www.skiptomylou.org/2014/11/27/crochet-snowman/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
I'll also be uploading the pattern to my blog over the next few days, so that you can find it easily along with all of my other patterns and tutorials.<br />
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The cosy glow from the tree lights add so much warmth to my apartment. Look how how the lights reflect on my shiny silver ornaments. BLISS!<br />
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There we have it! My Christmas tree is pretty much finished, it just needs a little something on top (which I'm working on. yiiipeee!).<br />
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I'm going to go and lie down under my tree now and look up at all of the lights! It's one of my absolute favourite things to do! I urge you all to give it ago! Lie under your Christmas trees and enjoy the prettiness, it's pure magic!!!!<br />
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Over the past couple of days or so I've received a lot of questions about the crocheted flowers I made for my Ikea lamp. I thought I'd take a little moment to answer your questions and hopefully help those of you out who are interested in making some of these flowers to embellish your own projects.</div>
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Now these flowers started out as some plastic rings that Dennis and I bought ages ago and never got around to actually use them. </div>
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The rings I used are 26mm flat profile crochet rings by Prym. They are available in many different sizes. It could be fun to play around with some of the larger sizes, but for this project I used the smallest size.<br />
I've had a little look online and found some similar versions of the crochet rings that are available in the same size (26mm) as the ones that I used, check out these websites:<br />
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As for my choice of yarn; I used <a href="http://www.wolleroedel.de/shop/de/dieProdukte/WolleampZubehoer/100Baumwolle/Cottonellflieder50g?queryFromSuggest=true&user_input=cottonell" target="_blank">Cottonell by Wolle Rödel</a>, an aran weight yarn. It's a very easy to use, no fuss cotton, that comes in some lovely vibrant shades!<br />
This yarn along with a size 4mm crochet hook and I was ready to get to work!<br />
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The buttons were purchased here at <a href="http://www.depot-online.com/knoepfe-zum-streuen-rosenholz-bunt-150ml-KST0063240.html" target="_blank">Depot</a>, a German home and interior store.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bumper-Pack-Craft-Buttons-500g/dp/B002ZH8S4Q" target="_blank">Amazon</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.michaels.com/artminds-big-bag-of-buttons-carnival/10125712.html#q=buttons&start=11" target="_blank">Michaels</a></div>
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I hope this answers a few of those questions you had about the materials that I used. Of course you probably want to know how I actually made the flowers (that would be helpful), so I jotted down the pattern. You can find the tutorial for these delightful flowers along with lots of other fun things to make, by clicking on the tutorials link at the top of the page. Alternatively to go straight to the flower tutorial you can click <a href="http://accordingtomatt.blogspot.de/p/mini-hoop-flowers.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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