Taking the cat for a spin.

Lilly is sometimes very insistent that she will sit on your lap. It can make the spinning a little awkward, but she doesn't mind at all. :P
Our old girl will be 20 next month.

Spinning with Lilly.

Things on the go at the moment.

I started my first knitting project for a while. I did knit a scarf for my niece over Christmas but that was just straight knitting. This is the first pattern I have followed for quite some years.
Here is the yarn from spinning to project. This is the pattern I am following. The Trillian by Martina Behm

I am also crocheting a cardigan The patter is by Bobsilson123 and the tutorial can be found here. Adult crochet cardigan

Lilly spam

Have been taking lots of pictures of the old girl lately and thought I would put them here.

Found Yarn Bowl

I have seen yarn bowls, both wood and ceramic, and thought they were a great idea.  I have been working for some time now to try and gradually de-cluttered the house and had an old wooden bowl that I did not use for anything. It occurred to me that it might make a nice yarn bowl. I had ideas of how I might cut out the side and such but it turned out the have enough of a curved top that the yarn stays put. It even holds the crochet cotton nicely, I just unwind some and wind it back round and it pulls out beautifully.
I have sanded it back and oiled it to bring out the colours and now it is a lovely thing that I am using all the time and not something cluttering up my kitchen cupboards anymore.

Successful Christmas Gifts.

You know you are doing okay when a kid will put a scarf on,on a 36c degrees heat day.
I really would have liked to make more this Christmas, but as with a lot of us, time is always scarce around that time of year. Plus we have had some pretty significant heat waves already and sweating and knitting/crochet don't really go together well.
I used up some old family stashes of novelty yarn for this and one that I had bought on special a while ago. I also tested out my knitting ability on the middle one. I wasn't sure if my hands could handle knitting.
I wanted them to be fun and very tactile and not so precious that the kids couldn't drag them around and enjoy them. They turned out really nice I think.

My Favorite Crochet Project for 2015

Earlier this year I made a little net bag of sea creatures for my nephews birthday. I was rather proud of this lot because I made up the crab and jellyfish myself, using images and pieces of other patterns.
The gift was very well received.

Flowering in the garden.

Some of the things flowering in the garden the last couple of months.