Jenny Adin-Christie and updates

I was browsing online recently looking for something totally unrelated to needlework when I stumbled on Jenny Adin-Christie website and wow! What a treat and a feast for the eyes her work is just amazing, now I don't usually do any form of needlework other than cross stitch or petitpoint and I am happy to admire other forms of needlework but that's usually as far as it goes however her kits are gorgeous and I fell in love with the Miniature Needlework Lavender Hearts kit they just looked sooo sweet .......so I ordered a kit ...mmmm naughty I know but I justified it as a wee reward for finishing my first year at college that's ok isn't it? I was soo excited when the postie brought my parcel and when I opened it the kit was beautifully wrapped in tissue paper, I don't know about you but I always feel a little bit special when opening a parcel that has been wrapped prettily. The kit itself is beautifully presented in its own little calico bag with a colour picture on the front of the finished item.

The bag will be handy for storing the work in progress and then could be easily reused for something else as the picture will easily peel off the bag. Would you like to see a closer picture of the hearts? Well Iam only too happy to oblige!

The kit comes with everything you could possibly need to complete it.

There is a list of the contents included and just look at what comes in the kit!

There is a very detailed step by step set of instructions very useful for the likes of myself who has never done any needlelace before. 

Jenny even includes all the different sizes of needles you are going to need in their very own little needlework book with the size of needle next to each one. No excuses for me using the wrong needle for the job then lol. Oh and that little scrap of material is for practising making needlelace loops and Jenny even includes extra thread to practice with she seems to have thought of everything and covered it I am well impressed!

Oh how I wish I could share with you the scent of that lavender! I do love the scent of lavender and these little hearts are going to be extra special filled with this. The kit comes with enough materials to make two hearts and if you wish you can choose which two you would like as I couldn't make up my mind cos I liked all three I left it up to Jenny to pick for me and very glad I am too those colours are gorgeous.

This shows you what is included in each little package: the materials, all the necessary threads, beads and ribbon for finishing it. Can't wait to start this now!

I haven't been slacking I do have some progress pictures to share with you to. First of all BBD Forget Me Not still loving this design and I've managed to get all of the vines stitched, will finish the pot at the bottom then back on to the flowers me thinks or maybe I should stitch some more of the alphabet hmmm decisions decisions.

I have also knitted some more of my socks.

Oh my! I have had such bother with these socks and I've chalked up yet another 'sock lesson learnt' this is the third time I've knitted the pattern part. I have ripped out twice already and all because I didn't read the pattern all the way through. The original pattern was downloaded from Ravelry and I just worked from that, however if I had read the amendment on Ravelry I would have saved myself a lot of heartache *sigh* oh well I am on the way with them now and I do like knitting both socks at the same time but........it's taking forever lol.

Grey days and socks

It was Mother's Day yesterday and I hope that for those that were celebrating that you all had a wonderful day. My children treated me to breakfast in bed and entertainment in the form of a song and dance routine that they performed while I was waiting and to top it all off they cleaned up afterwards can't get better than that!

These are the wonderful cards that they made for me the girls cards have removable vases of flowers that double as book marks rather clever I thought and very handy too.

The weather however has not been so nice very grey and cold here, the above pic is what we have 

been getting weather wise for the last few days it's just plain dreary! No rain but just this grey fug hanging around, where oh where has the sun gone?   It's so cold we still have the heating on high and dug out the scarves today brrrr as we had to head out for a visit to the dentist a trip I never look forward too but all was ok for all of us today phew!!! We stopped off at the supermarket on the way home for some essentials and they had some rather sad and pathetic looking daffs reduced to pennies. The kids wanted to rescue them so a couple of bunches came home with us we did have to toss a few but the rest after a couple of hours in water have started to perk up and they are a lovely splash of colour in this grey spell we are in.

Aren't they lovely.

Please excuse the state of my kitchen table it is worked hard in this house, not just for meals but also for crafting, homework and game playing. One day I will strip the top and re finish it.

Sadly I don't have an update to show of my sampler house as I have only managed a couple of rows so I will wait till I have a bit more stitched before sharing a progress picture. However I have not been idle, oh no indeedy not look at what I have been up to.

What is it? Well it's meant to be a sock .....or at least the start of one. I have no idea what possessed me, I have never knitted socks before in my life and have never had the urge to either! We were in Dundee on Saturday as hubby had to get something and while waiting on him I wondered into a wool shop that was next door.....and before I knew it I was standing outside with a brown paper bag with some sock wool and circular needles in it oops! I picked a nice simple pattern from Ravelry the pattern is called socks on a plane by LaLa knits. The pattern is straight forward to follow and Iam amazed I've got this far Ive made many mistakes and those circular needles are a pain in the neck they are sooo darn springy but Iam having fun...at the moment. I am not sure about the wool I liked the mix of colours when I was in the shop but not so keen on how it's knitting up it's all rather too splodgy and reminds of tie dye which I was never overly fond of.  Oh well I wonder if this sock will ever end up as a pair?...