New crochet project :granny square baby blanket

I haven't crocheted in ages. A few rows here and there on my stripey blanket (a work in progress, which is about 130cm wide so far) but otherwise nothing really.

A friend of mine is having a baby boy and I wanted to surprise her with a handmade crochet blanket. So I started this project this past Saturday. I am well over half way with constructing the granny squares. So I reckon another week and I should be ready to start putting them altogether. {and she doesn't have a pc, so she won't read my blog! hee hee}













I learned to weave in the threads and cut them off after each square which I reckon will save me a lot of time later on! (that's my little tip!)





Well that's it from me, it's cold here, has been all week, it really it like winter all over again the last two weeks! Back to Jeans, socks and long tops! Strange weather.

So I guess it makes crocheting a bit easier too! Always easy to crochet when it's cold!

Question: Do you think white for the in-between bits and border or do you have another color suggestion?

Hope you have a great weekend.

Photo adventure

Hello there!
Yesterday I went on a little photo adventure all by myself. I like to do this every now and then.
Why? Because:
1) It's good to get away from the normal routine of cleaning, gym, shopping and housework.
2) Everyone needs some "food for the soul"
3) I love to take photo's
4) I love being in nature.

So I went on over to my favorite place and spent a good two hours walking. (boy are my legs sore today!) I gasped at how lovely the reserve is! If you remember, a few months ago I went and found, much to my dismay, the fire had devastated this beautiful place.

It is unbelievable how green and lush it is now. The new growth is amazing and so beautiful!
There are so many flowers and ferns and birds and new life!

Here are some of the photo's I took (I ended up taking over 300! after editing, these are my favorite).
Enjoy!

This is the view from the hill. I had to walk up quite a distance. The hillside is laded with these pink watsonia's. They are so gorgeous.

There was a little butterfly that fluttered along the path and every time I got close he flew off and landed a bit further along the path. This happened at least 6 times before I could get a decent photo!

I saw these flowers in the distance - whole field of them and had to get a photo! As I walked nearer, I was accosted by flies and I shooed them away. When I got to the field and I was kneeling down amongst the flowers, I realized the "flies" were in fact bees!! There were bees everywhere! I must say, It was a bit scary!

"Fynbos" -I LOVE this photo, it has to be my favorite and it my new desktop background!

I was so happy to get this little fellow...

You might also notice I am doing some alterations to my blog...so please bear with me! I want to have a larger middle section so that my photos can be bigger. (for your viewing pleasure! hee hee) but it's all a matter of playing around and seeing what works best.

PS I am working on a new crochet blanket! will share soon!

October 2011

Hello!
I can't believe this month is almost over!

Today I ...
*bought some wool
It's been a while since I picked up my crochet hook so today I went and bought some wool, a project is calling...


I love the colors I chose, pastel and soft...


*I treated my home to an arrangement of snap dragons, so pretty and country-like, I smile every time I look at them.
*mowed the lawn, weeded the garden a bit and enjoyed a cup of coffee and a quick flick through one of my favorite local magazines.

*took some photos' of my summer flowers in my garden


Love this deep velvety purple sweet pea!



And this week Tiffany gave me the rest of my pics! yay! So gorgeous! I just love the way she presented the disc in a little black box tied with a ribbon and popped that into a black gift bag. It reminds of "Tiffanys" the jewelry!
Love the cover she chose!
I made a photo book out of the photo's and I can't wait to get it! It actually turned out a whole lot cheaper doing the photo book than printing the individual photos!

Have a lovely weekend!

The rest of the photos!

Hi there.
Just a quick post this morning.
Tiffany has put up some more of our photos for the shoot she did of us, and you can view
them all HERE -would love to hear what you think , but if you could drop her line too if you pop around to her blog!

Here a few of my favorite from the many she has on her blog and more I haven't seen on the CD she will be giving me with them all on!! (cannot wait!)

she did an AMAZING job and I guess I know who I will ALWAYS use in the future for our shoots-cos I plan to have more and a family shoot too!

Thanks again amazing Tiffs!! You are da-bomb! (hee hee)