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Preparing for Christmas

The last few days before Christmas are always busy, let alone when you're youngest isn't sleeping due to an ear infection. Luckily the antibiotics seem to be working, so we're in for a better Christmas...

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Merry Christmas everyone!

I hope that you are all enjoying the holidays and that Santa brought you all some lovely presents.The girls had a lovely couple of days - Christmas day at our's and Boxing day at my parents' house. We...

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Mr. Snowman

When we had the last lot of snow, Richard and Leah made a snowman whilst Evie and I kept nice and warm inside.I don't know the last time Richard made a snowman, but he didn't do a bad job. They hardly...

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New Year resolutions??

Have you made any new year resolutions?I don't tend to make any that involve fitness or weight loss, as these ones usually go out the window within the first week.Instead I tried to think of some that...

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Finished the hoodie

Do you remember the hoodie I was making Evie at the end of last year? Well I finished it just before Christmas and I am really pleased with the result. Evie seems to like it too. The little button I...

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Sorry about my absence...............

I don't know why, but everything has been going wrong lately. For some reason the laptop stopped working and had to be sent back to the manufacturer (which is why I haven't been around of late).To top...

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Happy birthday Evie May!!

Who would have thunk it? Little Evie is a whole year old today.We had a party for her on Saturday and today she's been with her sister to a friend's birthday party and had a great time. So great she's...

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Look what I made!

It's not that often that I experiment with making something completely new, but last week I did.I made some lovely bath bombs and I was so pleased with the results. I think that Leah aand I will be...

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What better to cook than cookies............

Leah's friend came over yesterday, so we baked some cookies together. You are supposed to use chocolate chips for the recipe, but I used mixed fruit instead. Here is the recipe.4oz butter or...

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Flying off the needles

My sister is expecting her second child in just over a week, so I've been knitting frantically to get a few bits finished for her.I made this little coffee bean cardigan in Debbie Bliss cashmerino...

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I forgot to mention I've been 'published'!!

I forgot to tell you all that I had a letter printed in the current issue of Simply Knitting Magazine. I wrote in just after Christmas and it was published this month. it's quite an odd thing seeing...

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Another little coffee bean cardigan

I finished another little coffee bean cardigan, this time for Evie. For those of you on ravelry, I would well recommend getting a copy of the download as it is such an easy and straight forward...

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Six years ago today......

Six years ago we were waking up to a beautiful, crisp March morning, and by that evening we would be married!It was a lovely day, and we wouldn't have changed a thing, well apart from the freezing...

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Still waiting..............

Come on Anna, I want my new niece to arrive NOW!!!!! A week late and still waiting........

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I love this so much....

When I saw this pattern on Ravelry this morning I knew that I had to have it. It's by a lady called Katie White who goes by the name of Frizzyknits. The pattern itself is called Mini Chic and I just...

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A Cornish sea shanty

Last week I put the finishing touches to William's sweater and I am pleased to show the finished article. It was a really straightforward knit, although there were plenty of ends to sew in afterwards!...

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An itty bitty cardigan

I wanted to use up some odd balls of SirdarSnuggly Chatterbox that I had lying about, so I found a nice little pattern on Ravelry to knit. It's another top down, knitted in the round and was very...

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Welcome Lily Rose

I meant to share one of the first pictures of Lily Rose. Here she is, just a day old. So cute! It does make me want more, but I know that two is my limit. I am beginning to get some time back to...

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Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken

It's Leah's fourth birthday next week so I've been frantically knitting up these little chooks to go into her friend's party bags. I wanted to give them something a little bit different to take home...

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Some finished knitting

It has been a busy couple of weeks here, what with the Easter holidays and Evie beeing poorly. I haven't had much time for blogging, but have managed to finish some baby knits. This was a spur of the...

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Wonderful button giveaway

There is a wonderful button giveaway oover on this blog . They are truly beautiful! Unfortunately I don't speak Polish, so I'm not quite sure what the lady's name is...... I was directed by a lady...

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Evie

Hello! Time has really gotten away with me lately, and I haven't been up to blogging much. I just wanted to share some photos of Evie modelling a test knitted cardigan I did for a lady on Ravelry. She...

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A bit of this and that....

As you may well know, things are a bit hectic around here with my two very active girls. Not only is Evie into everything, but she also wants to follow her big sister everywhere she goes and do...

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I've been away for a while - sorry......

Where has the time gone? It feels like only yesterday I was here blogging away, and it must have been two years ago now? Well, as you can see my eldest little one is not so little now and is in her...

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New babies on the horizon

One of my good friends has her second son due any day now so I've been busy knitting a couple of gifts for her new arrival.This one is knitted in sirdar tiny tots dk, a yarn I'm becoming quite fond of...

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