Chevron Cardigan

I have just finished making this for a friends little girl she left me to choose the colours so I'm hoping that she will like what I've chosen.  The fronts and back are made in one piece for this sweet little cardigan so there is only the sleeve seams to sew.  It should have been simple enough but I got a bit confused with the shaping so ended up doing my own thing but I think it has turned out just fine.  I love the stripy colour combination but it means there were lots of ends to weave in, I do them as I go so don't find them a problem at all.

The pattern for this little cardigan can be found here

I used Robin Dk and a 3.75 mm hook to get the correct tension.

Guess what else I've been up too..... I have been trying to master the art of knitting on 4 needles.  Loving hands has had a request for fingerless gloves for the soldiers, I do have patterns for some knitted on two needles but I thought I would give four needles a try.  Well I have to say I have nearly pulled my hair out in frustration I started these last night and have only got this far up to now.  

I will keep on trying but if I'm having problems with the rib already, I can't imagine how I will cope once I reach the thumb/fingers haha wish me luck folks :)

Sweet little Hedgehogs

After finding that sweet little hedgehog in my garden the other day I've got the urge to make some.  I have made them before and even though they might look prickly they are really lovely soft, cuddly and so quick to make and I must warn you they are addictive too.
I used eyelash yarn to make these, some of the ladies on loving hands made them in all colours, who says a hedgehog should be brown. 
Kids love them and they are specially good for the shoe box appeal.

 Here are my little blonde Hedgies 

These were made by one of the lovely ladies from loving hands

Now compare them to Hubert....yes he has a name now haha,  I think they look very realistic :)

If I have put you in the mood for making hedgies the pattern I used can be found here and if you get addicted but want a variation here are some more cuties.

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/simple-crochet-hedgehog

http://onemancrochet.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/free-crochet-hedgehog-pattern.html

Pottering and Ponderings

A big thank you to Shari and Beck for giving me' this award, it's very much appreciated and I'm honored to receive it.
Please take a look at their lovely blogs if you haven't already they are well worth a visit.

While pottering in the garden today, I have been pondering about how to do this.  I can tell you one thing about myself and that is I talk to myself, even argue sometimes especially while I’m pottering in the garden.  There hasn’t been much of that going on just lately because of the weather so I had a longer than usual potter and ponder and chat to myself this morning to make up for lost time haha.

Now I’m bending the rules and I hope by doing that I’m not offending anyone, but the way I see it these awards are just for fun anyway.  My take on the situation is this,  I think there are so many beautiful blogs out there that every one of them should have one of each award that is going.  Writing a blog and trying to inspire and keep people interested is hard work sometimes, not to say very time consuming.  I know we do it because we enjoy it and it’s great to inspire and have feedback from other bloggers as well as visiting their blogs and seeing what they have been up too, I like to think of us all as friends who love to visit one another.

 Now for this award I’m not going to pass it on just yet, the reason being most of you have it already and probably those that don’t, prefer not to accept awards anyway. So if anyone would like this award or would like to receive it again please leave me a comment and I will announce who it is I’m awarding it to, remember I can award it to up to 15 bloggers so please don’t be shy, there may be new bloggers out there who I haven’t met yet, or some I've missed,please speak up leave a comment so that I can visit your blog and let others know about you.

To finish off a glimpse of my end of July garden, enjoy the sunshine everyone (while it lasts)

Luv ya x

Look who I had to rescue from Broc, sooo cute he was hiding under a bush.

Naughty Broc !!!

Why do the birds always go for the fat balls? hey you lot the seed is more nutritious! do they listen ? no way.