tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20053129478483452602024-02-19T16:54:26.215+00:00Kimbles At HomeKimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-29132788848068361452011-07-14T08:49:00.000+01:002011-07-14T08:49:30.790+01:00Just a few wordsHi all<br />
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I am just quickly dipping by to say, that I will be taking a bloggin break for a few weeks. There is a lot going on at the moment and I have that "overwhelming" feeling - I am ok don't get me wrong but several things happening at once and I feel the plates may be falling off the spinning sticks!!!!! So my friends worrying about blogging is at the bottom of the list at the mo. My love to you all, I will try and dip into your blogs at some stage and say hi and then hopefully I will be back.<br />
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Speak soon xxKimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-82035385255559140892011-05-31T13:21:00.000+01:002011-05-31T13:21:50.427+01:00Coil Pot Ta Dah!Hello there lovely peeps, I hope you enjoyed the weekend, here in England we had a loong weekend, I like loong weekends very much indeed, in fact I would love them to be even longer!!<br />
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Coffee and homemade shortbread biscuits were the order of the day, I felt like "chillin" and "chillin" I did. <br />
That is until I could "chill" no more and just HAD to continue with a project of some sort, I carried on with the coil pot I started last week. After a very fiddlesome start, trying to get the knack of twisting the fabric round the springy coily stuff, I began to make Progress.<br />
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It is quite interesting how the fabric takes on a different pattern as the pot evolves until you get this effect<br />
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Surprisingly it makes quite a strong pot, it was fun and different to make, hope you like it!<br />
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Speak soon xxKimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-69280489566789027372011-05-27T08:13:00.000+01:002011-05-27T08:13:47.102+01:00Unable to leave Comments<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmo2Vf495l2MoxhMAB0JNf9UjhoI3QITHEpZ0hnf4R5Mu-UyQKn-PP98yv_e-jNe6rNIHez1_y00UTSOODmtAJ5ierbpT4zigDtyOjofTCvjR9CCHkwIyQYn-r59ag614G_VkV335nenUn/s1600/Homestuff+7+030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmo2Vf495l2MoxhMAB0JNf9UjhoI3QITHEpZ0hnf4R5Mu-UyQKn-PP98yv_e-jNe6rNIHez1_y00UTSOODmtAJ5ierbpT4zigDtyOjofTCvjR9CCHkwIyQYn-r59ag614G_VkV335nenUn/s400/Homestuff+7+030.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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Morning, just to say along with most others using Blogger I am unable to leave comments - it is so frustrating!!!! Has anyone explored others like Typepad or Wordpress - I know they cost a little but would it be worth it? But then I suppose I would have to start again and not transfer my blog over - dilemma - don't know why I am asking after all, no one can leave a comment either hey - ho! <br />
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Have a great day!!<br />
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Speak soon xxKimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-5379375405347253542011-05-25T10:00:00.000+01:002011-05-25T10:00:25.286+01:00Coil Pot Making Last night I was searching through my stash of "Things To Do". I felt figety and didn't know what I wanted to do, Nothing was appealing to me! I didn't want to crochet, or knit but wanted to do Something. Then I found the "Something"<br />
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A Coil Pot making kit - I have had this in the cupboard for about 2 years and finally it saw the light of day. A book by Helen Deighan, the doyenne of coil pot making, soon had me reading up on how proceed. <br />
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There were lots of pre cut fabric strips (always a help) and I had loads of the plastic cording. <br />
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You start by twisting the fabric around the cord and securing it with the yellow clip - then you begin by making a spiral the other end and oversewing the coils to make a circle. The beginning I did find Really Fiddly but after some trial and error I got going. You can join in another strip by overlapping with the first strip and carrying on winding. <br />
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As usual for me I want to run before I can walk and expected it to be easy from the start, and it did take me a while to get the hang of it, but it is coming along now<br />
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The effect is quite pretty don't you think? Once you get the base to the size you want then you gradually build up the sides. I will show you the progress as I go. However, I have found that sewing over the coils does annoy my thumbs, but I am NOT giving up and am determined to finish at least one pot!!!!!!!<br />
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Speak soon xxKimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-76078895738446170462011-05-23T09:05:00.000+01:002011-05-23T09:05:08.268+01:00Lazy SundayAt the end of last week I went to a little Decorative Living Fair - you may recall I went last year too. It was the sort of day to put on a floaty dress - grab a basket and "waft" round the stalls!!! I did wear a summer dress, but my basket is broken and I am not too good at "wafting", not dainty enough! Still my friend and I had a very pleasant afternoon, and I have decided that "Vintage" or "Old and Rusty" still seems to be "in" , we sat and enjoyed our sandwiches drinking in the lovely view<br />
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The warm sun on our faces and the bunting fluttering in the gentle breeze, so calming.<br />
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I was quite restrained in my purchases (not out of choice, but necessity) but I couldn't resist some lovely herbs which I have now arranged on the front door step (gets lots of sun)<br />
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Well after making half a dozen squares I just wasn't "lovin" it, it just wasn't working in my mind. It's quite a decision isn't it when you have to decide whether to abandon your hard work or limp on! Well it had to be abandon I'm afraid and I don't regret it for a minute. So it was back to the drawing board. I was combining colours and thinking about what would go with my lounge. I wanted to Keep It Simple and traditional. So now I am working on these<br />
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I am loving the colours and the simplicity of this pattern, I think sometimes I look for different and fussier stitches but there is something so comforting and scrummy about traditional grannying! I have been signed off from the hand clinic ( have done all they can for me) so I have to be really careful, do special thumb exercises and rub in pain relieving cream. Hey ho never mind - I just have take more notice when they get a bit painful and STOP!!! I did invest in a soft touch crochet hook and that has helped me with the crochet thank goodness so all is not lost! <br />
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Speak soon xxKimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-67281392402936718522011-05-16T14:02:00.000+01:002011-05-16T14:02:28.300+01:00Sneaking back into BloglandI just realised my last post was actually 1st April.....gawd what a useless blogger! The last few weeks have been rather manic, I will try to give you a little update, I was whisked off to London to be supportive to Hubby and help man an exhibition stand. This was quite good fun if a little hard on the feet and legs! <br />
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Then came the Royal Wedding, and I was able to put my feet up and put my cup of tea on this spendid coaster the lovely Sue sent me and ooooh and aaaaaah for hours, yep it was a real 'feel good' day. Then we went off to a BBQ to carry on the celebrations.<br />
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Seeds have been planted and are already poking their little heads out much more since I took this photo.<br />
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I have also been enjoying the Being Creative group on flickr and my contribution to last month who's theme was 'Dessert' came out better than I thought, I spent one splended quiet afternoon just scribbling away - I LOVED it!<br />
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I have also been looking after my niece and nephew and two doggies for a week - went to live in with them in Windsor, so the weeks have flown by. I have dipped into blogland a bit, but am looking forward to spending some time catching up. <br />
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I have been a little productive on the crochet front, and I will update you with that with a second "catch up" post!<br />
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Hasn't the weather been amazing! The roses are already stunning this year, when I left to go to Windsor my lovely rose out the front of our house had no roses on it at all, this lovely sight greeted me on my return<br />
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Don't you think everything is flowering early this year due to the dry weather, I think we may experience Autumn in August this year!! <br />
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Have any of you seen this "yarn"<br />
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It is called "Salsa" and is like a knitted ribbon, you knit it up but really it is just a series of loops to make a scarf - my dear Mum bought it for me for a treat and it makes a lovely ruffled effect when knitted up.<br />
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Only trouble is, it is very hard on my hands so that I can only do a few rows at a time. One good thing we have a few months until winter, so I can take my time!<br />
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Well I hope you are all well and I am so glad to have dipped back in.<br />
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Speak soon xxKimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-52280420649120879712011-04-01T13:00:00.002+01:002011-04-01T13:02:06.195+01:00Country Living Fair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Hi all, just bobbing by - its weird I have a free afternoon this afternoon, and because I have been very tied up with work this last few weeks, I am finding it hard to wind down - do you know what I mean? I actually thought - free afternoon what shall I do? Nuts I know, but anyway I have decided to sidestep the obvious like wash the kitchen floor, catch up with the ironing etc. "I know" I thought, "I'll blog" so here I am! After this I am going to take my mum out for a cuppa and a stroll round the shops, sadly she can't walk too far at the moment as she is waiting to have a second knee replacement. But we will spend some "quality Mother and Daughter" time together. <br />
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Last week I managed a day out with a friend to the Country Living Fair - bit of a contradiction this because to get there I have to leave the country and face the busy crowds of London and the dreaded Tube, I was hot and flustered by the time I got there and didn't feel very "country" at all. Still a nice cup of coffee and a scrummy cake soon solved that and several hours were spent wandering around the stands. Vintage is still huge and quite a few crochet items are surfacing too. It did make me think "I could do that" you know make a few blankets etc and sell on a stall - imagine selling something that you had crocheted - I would be over the MOON! <br />
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The Spring Fair guide is a useful tool to have, because now that I am back I can look up the online shops and have a serious browse. I am always too careful when I am at these Fairs - The little Devil on my left shoulder says "buy, buy, buy" and the little Angel on my right shoulder says even louder "just look, just look, just look!" In the main the little Angel wins, but the little Devil won with these two items<br />
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A sweet little jug with hearts on, love, love love ♥ Of course this isn't for me oh no, ...... its for the... Camper, hubby never minds if I buy stuff for the Camper ♥ <br />
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The next item is for me, to make me feel like a domestic goddess!<br />
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An Apron! Haven't had one since I was a little girl. The hearts on this one called out to me - and I find myself wearing it most frequently!!! Sadly the domestic goddess thing is yet to materialise! This is from Susie Watson Designs, check out her website <a href="http://www.susiewatsondesigns.co.uk/">here</a> she has some scrummy things to tempt you. I also got some supplies from the <a href="http://www.jamjarshop.com/">Jam Jar Shop</a>, I got my jam making stuff from them last year, they have a great online store and deliver super fast. So I was quite good really wasn't I?<br />
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Tuesday evening of this week Hubby and I popped up to London to meet and feed our youngest son on his birthday. He is at Uni up there, so we met him at the O2 arena and fed him steak (a rare treat for a poor student!) then he pootled back to his mates and we got the Thames Clipper back from the O2 to the London Eye. High speed boats, some with coffee shops on (sadly we picked the one without - darn it) but London by dusk and night, I am going to show you these photos, some are a little blurry because of the motion of the boat, but you can get a feel for London at night.<br />
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Before I head off, thank you all so much for such positive comments about my Daffodil pastel painting. I am going to use the Be Creative challenges to develop my art and maybe collage, anything that I don't usually do. Why don't you join in?<br />
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Have a great weekend.<br />
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Speak soon xxKimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-23153731705440996452011-03-28T21:40:00.000+01:002011-03-28T21:40:59.856+01:00Trying to Be Creative!I am so happy that the clocks have finally sprung foward - lighter evenings, summer to look forward to, gives me a little energy rush! Well this last week I managed a day out at the Country Living Fair in London which I will post about later, but the other thing I achieved was a little picture for the "Being Creative" challenge. I have to say I am a tad nervous about showing this "effort". I love pastels and decided that the Being Creative challenge would be good for me to actually use them to try and do a little art - something I would love to have time to go to lessons, but for the future I think. <br />
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I littered the kitchen table with the scrummy colours and then - oh my, gonna have to actually make marks on the paper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! found a picture<br />
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yes, try and keep it simple, cripes even simple things seem hard! Soon I was scribbling here and smudging there and adding bits here and rubbing out bits there and finally..........don't expect much but it is my first attempt in aaaages.<br />
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A scrappy pastel daff!!! Now I know it isn't art gallery stuff or anything like that, but I soooo enjoyed drawing it! Now I have to upload it to the Being Creative flickr group -- now that is nerve wracking!! <br />
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Enjoy the spring sunshine.<br />
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Speak soon xxKimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-83273343406698505892011-03-22T08:44:00.000+00:002011-03-22T08:44:32.565+00:00Tuesday Catch UpI cannot believe that I haven't posted for nearly a month! I thought that reaching my fifties would be a time for "calmness" for moving down a gear, for a little extra time for me, time to explore new hobbies, reality couldn't be further from those statements!!! I jest really, after all real life has to take precedence over my blogging life and real life has been very busy of late. I am not going to bore you with the details, but I am glad to dip in here to the lovely calmness of blogland. With everything that has been going on in the world of late, I feel so lucky to live in the situation that I do, and my heart goes out to all of those suffering at the moment. <br />
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I have a couple of WIPS to show you, but first here is the Royal Wedding square I sent to Mrs Twins for the <a href="http://www.sunshineinternationalblanketsoflove.blogspot.com/">SIBOL</a> project<br />
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I entwined red metallic thread in the heart attaching the little seed beads as I crocheted along. <br />
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I have started another blanket, At the moment I really like colour blocks in blankets so:-<br />
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we will see how this develops! I haven't really planned it at all, just see how it grows :) I have also been playing around with delicate chain lacy motifs and am working towards a scarf<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The wool is varigated with a silver thread running through it, it is another experiment!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speak soon xx</div>Kimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-5974300115769659982011-02-24T08:49:00.000+00:002011-02-24T08:49:28.596+00:00Have a Peek at these!Good Morning everyone! Been laid up for a few days with a bug, but now feeling a lot better ( and a few pounds lighter, every cloud eh?) its good to be feeling fine again. Firstly a HUGE♥ Thank you for the lovely Birthday wishes and response to my short post and Amyrillis pictures, really appreciated.<br />
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Last week I was busy making squares - firstly for <a href="http://www.sunshineinternationalblanketsoflove.blogspot.com/">SIBOL</a> and then for the Sarah London <a href="http://www.sarahlondon.wordpress.com/">Crochet A Rainbow</a> appeal. Now I am quite happy making squares, you know, just squares - but I have never attempted a picture square, so I put my creative hat on and lo and behold these two squares evolved. I am really happy with them and they make me smile so much when I look at them (daft I know!) in fact I am having serious trouble sending them off to SIBOL but I will of course, because it is such a good cause! I have taken lots of piccies and I am thinking of having some notelets made from the pictures to remind me.<br />
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Crikey I have built them up somewhat - I hope you like them!<br />
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This is smiley Piggy for the Farmyard Blanket<br />
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and this is my Springtime contribution:-<br />
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I never realised how much fun crochet pictures are - so ...... freeform, just crochet away and add bits here and there and there you go!<br />
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Got to put my thinking cap on now for the Royal Wedding one!<br />
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Oh and here are the Crochet A Rainbow Squares<br />
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One last look - there were Six Beautiful Blooms on this beauty in the end, but sadly as with all beauty, is now fading.<br />
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Have a great day<br />
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Speak soon xxKimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-33946949604450299212011-02-16T09:04:00.000+00:002011-02-16T09:04:50.446+00:00What More Could I Need?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Gf6WtOInT84KaqdjIs8nZ7re85GnR_SjW7923T6i9OyLNZpHH3Zsy5XTS3UytadZwdsl2JzQXRQNwgwgfcuNPfe8MDzTwV4zICnP6DdDyfcxBp42reTtgh0fWZ_GQJWRfxuhnW3Vv-7J/s1600/Homestuff+4+057.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Gf6WtOInT84KaqdjIs8nZ7re85GnR_SjW7923T6i9OyLNZpHH3Zsy5XTS3UytadZwdsl2JzQXRQNwgwgfcuNPfe8MDzTwV4zICnP6DdDyfcxBp42reTtgh0fWZ_GQJWRfxuhnW3Vv-7J/s400/Homestuff+4+057.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What more could I need on my Birthday - than the Love of my Family and Friends around me, and in Blogland, and this to greet me in the morning?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div> Times may be hard, but I am rich indeed.♥<br />
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Speak soon xx</div>Kimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-81382785775550252642011-02-14T10:44:00.003+00:002011-02-14T10:47:14.174+00:00Daisy Granny BlanketGood morning and Happy Valentines Day to you all. A Ta dah moment for you today. I have finished my Plain Granny Blanket, but I just couldn't call it "plain" - I have loved making this blanket, it has worked up quickly, not much messing with sewing in ends. I worked out the design on paper first and was then able to join-as-you-go which made it even quicker. I love the simplicity of it. It is going to live in our camper to match the cushions I made last year. I have added some Daisies which I have made with my Daisy Maker and hey presto! a plain blanket no more!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speak soon xx </div>Kimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-41237727070988446192011-02-12T09:38:00.000+00:002011-02-12T09:38:23.204+00:00A Completed Edge!Happy Saturday! Just popping by to show you two things :-<br />
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The first is the Edge of my Plain Granny Square blanket finished. <br />
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My blanket "frame" is complete - I did tinker around with several colours, but settled for this solid colour frame with an added lemon stripe. The stitch is double crochet (UK terms) and the edge of the edge is done in Picot stitches, just 3 chains double crochet into middle chain and then miss a stitch and double crochet into next. It makes a lovely but not too frilly edging. I really love how the dark blue helps to intensify the other colours in the blanket. <br />
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The second thing I wanted to show you was this:-<br />
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Just look how this Amyrillis is growing! Two beautiful flowers about to emerge! It has been a slow grower, but no wonder with feeding two stems!<br />
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</div><div align="left">Speak soon xx</div>Kimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-28696308956698281912011-02-08T13:36:00.000+00:002011-02-08T13:36:45.887+00:00Working on the EdgeJust whizzing by to give a little update on my Granny Square Blanket .... I have begun working on the Edge. Something sooooo satisfying about working on the Edge don't you find. It means you have nearly finished your creation, you are "framing" your work, a chance to enhance what you have done, yes I just LOVE working on the Edge. I have plans for this Edge, oh yes, at the moment it is in its early stages but it will develop,<br />
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Yes, its coming along nicely!<br />
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Speak soon xxKimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-89216255268014197672011-02-06T11:20:00.000+00:002011-02-06T11:20:51.485+00:00Cosy Evening with Decopatch and CrochetHi there lovely blogland friends, last Thursday I arranged a dental check up for myself and youngest son, on his way back to Uni in London -"Great mum", he said "you can drop me off at the nearest station and I wont have to pay so much fare" - Dentist is nearer to Uni than home, I hasten to add. Good idea I thought, we had the check up and headed to the station, and despite the mess he had left in his room, despite the fridge being constantly devoid of milk, the cereal packets empty, the toilet roll not put on the holder - I could feel the tears pricking at my eyes - "oh mum, you're not gonna cry are you?" Big Sniff "of course not, you go and have fun, and I will see you in a few weeks" as I waved goodbye - big sigh - what now? Serious cheer up was needed - and so it happened I drove up the road and found a rather large Hobbycraft - well I say large because the one I usually go to is rather a lot smaller than this one - OH JOY ♥ I have decided whenever I feel down I am going to drive to Hobbycraft!!!!!!!!!! I wandered around in a positive frenzy, I could try glass painting, dolls house making, beading, sweetie making, quilting etc etc, (bearing in mind I only went in for 3 balls of Lemon acrylic!) I kid ye not - it felt like I had died and gone to heaven, I know you lovers of craft out there will understand these feelings!<br />
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Now as pennies are a little scarce at the moment ........ I was quite restrained......... glass decorating, beading etc will have to wait, so along with the wool, I bought some felt (for future projects) and some decopatch stuff. I headed home with a much happier heart!<br />
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So Friday evening, with the wind howling I cosied down with a glass of something and the fire and the decopatch and crochet - now this next picture sets the scene but forgive me its rather blurred - but hey I had only had half a glass of wine!!!<br />
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This was a little cat I finished which I have had for ages - there is no doubt about it - I find tearing up the little pieces of pretty paper and spreading the glue sooo relaxing<br />
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So after the cat was finished I just had to carry on - so decided to cover a little valentine heart<br />
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Once again, so theraputic, this is a heart shaped fridge magnet, which now looks lovely holding my lovely heart postcard on the fridge.<br />
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After I had finished the decopatch - it was back to the crochet. This is my plain granny blanket which I am making for my camper - I will have to think of another name for this because plain granny doesn't do it justice - I am ♥ loving ♥ making this, the lovely colour blocks look really effective together and not nearly so many ends to sew in!<br />
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Here is a peek<br />
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I will show you it in all its glory when it is finished!<br />
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Oh and I just have so show you my lovely cat Thompson, who loves to sit or sleep by my side when I am crafting.<br />
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</div>Well that was my lovely cosy Friday night - fav night of the week. I hope whatever you do my friends, you keep warm and cosy too!<br />
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Speak soon xxKimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-24151346651688555602011-02-02T11:35:00.000+00:002011-02-02T11:35:08.653+00:00Walking TogetherSunday morning - and the countryside was calling us - hubby and I, although it was cold, the sun was bright and it did feel :::::: well can I say it :::::: should I say it :::: I will ::::: ♥Springlike♥ :: I know, I know its only just February, and I know only too well that winter can still pack a punch, but we have to be hopeful don't we!!<br />
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This field looks very different from the last time we walked through it when the sweetcorn was high.<br />
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Some clever people in our village have made leaflets detailing 16 walks, varying in miles from 3.5 to 7. This one was 4.5 miles - just a nice amount before cooking a scrummy roastie dinner!<br />
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The stream was running fast<br />
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Catkins hanging like little green tails<br />
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This Mole Town is obviously busy! Then we headed downhill to a swampy, foresty bit (very Lord of the Rings!)<br />
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Even though this looked like a tree graveyard, there were green shoots all around - nature is amazing isn't it?<br />
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It was a very interesting walk - time to chat and clear the head, to be together, which lord knows is sometimes quite hard in a busy, bustly house - time to reflect on our nearly 31 years together, yes a special time♥.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Speak soon xx</div>Kimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-27367046297121227832011-02-01T09:34:00.001+00:002011-02-01T09:44:19.065+00:00A Wicked Time!<div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday, hubby and I were able to enjoy a Christmas present from our eldest son and his lovely girlfriend.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">the sun was setting behind the downs and was emitting this delicious warm orangy glow.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> The surprise was tickets to see a London show.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you for your enquiries about my hands. I have seen a therapist a couple of time and had a grip test, and my right hand is very low - not sure what is going to be done about it, so I now have an attractive glove to wear when I feel I need it<br />
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To be honest I am not sure if it is helping or not - but I will give it time. But as you can see, I WILL not stop doing the things I love, and a pile of plain grannies has started to appear! I am making a blanket to match the colours of our folding camper - thinking of summer! Its a little frustrating because I just can't do it as fast as I used to and I am trying to hold the hook in a different way which takes some getting used to - but I will improve I am hopeful. <br />
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Speak soon xx</div>Kimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-50157948520695777442011-01-26T17:21:00.000+00:002011-01-26T17:21:06.538+00:00Rambling On :: About This :: and :: That<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Last week was very exciting and tiring. Little Kimbles and I were in the local Pantomime, we were both in the Chorus and had an absolute hoot!!! We did eight performances over the week and each night the production seemed to crank up a gear, so that by Saturday night we were all on a complete high! We sang and danced to songs from a variety of sources, from the theatre, such as Wicked and Les Miserables, films such as Toy Story 2 and Mary Poppins and pop songs from Abba and Elton John. Apart from the odd occasion when the scenery didn't move quick enough before the curtains opened, and a few attacks of giggling when not supposed to - I think we did well!!!!!</div><br />
As promised, here is a picture of me in one of my costume with the Daisy pinned on to it that I made with the Daisy Maker<br />
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As you can see, I think the Daisy added some interest to a rather dull costume!<br />
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My other costume was a little prettier though and was nice to wear. <br />
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So this week we are back to normal, and looking forward to the spring <br />
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This is an Amryllis I was given for Christmas, its sprouting from everywhere! Looking forward to seeing this come out.<br />
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In the meantime my favourite Yellow Roses are adorning the dining table<br />
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Bringing some sunshine into the dull dark days.<br />
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I have done some crocheting too, <br />
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This is how far I have got with the African flower inspired squares. I think they may be turned into a cushion, I m just not feeling it for a blanket - but this may be revised in the future. Instead I have decided to make a plain granny square blanket for my camping in the summer, so blues, peach and yellow will be the theme. <a href="http://www.karinaandehaak.blogspot.com/">Karin</a> made a super one with many colours in her blog, and I want to do something similar, something that I don't have to think about too much! I have only made a couple of squares so far, so will show you when I have made more.<br />
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Well I have rambled on enough - I must say though, it is nice to get back to some rambling!<br />
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Speak soon xxKimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-67993919769325780372011-01-13T10:34:00.000+00:002011-01-13T10:34:08.918+00:00Daisy MakingThere is much excitement this week in the Kimbles household, myself and Little Kimbles have been parading round in our costumes, practising our moves and smiles in front of the mirror and belting out the songs and desperately trying to get the Lyrics TOTALLY right!! You know what I mean don't you, you THINK you know the words to a popular song, you have been singing it to yourself for years that way - then you are given the lyrics typed out and suddenly ........ they are not quite what you thought they were. Its a very difficult habit to break then!!!!!!!! Last rehearsals tonight and then full dress rehearsal on Saturday then its the performances from Sunday oooooh I can't wait! This story is leading somewhere, you see, for one of my costumes, I have this rather dull black coat to wear, and a sort of browny skirt with greeny patches on it (poor villager look!), I thought what can I do to make this jacket less "dull". Well searching through my stuff in my workbox I found this<br />
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A vintage daisy maker - I have had this - wait for it - since the mid 1970's I made a daisy to go on a bag I made for school! I think it came from "Womens Own" mag. You have to wind the wool round and sew it up in the centre.<br />
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I found a lovely green button for the centre, then sewed a little circle of felt and a badge pin to the back<br />
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I am deeelighted with it! Isn't it cute, I think I may be making more of these, I orginally was going to make a felty flower of which I have seen loads around, but this is different! <br />
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You will have to wait to see it on the costume until after the show I am afraid! <br />
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Wish me luck!<br />
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Speak soon xxKimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-69059934646503564812011-01-08T16:20:00.000+00:002011-01-08T16:20:37.296+00:00A Quick Evening ProjectHellooooo!<br />
Good to catch up with you all again. Have you seen the new <a href="http://www.sibolchallenges.blogspot.com/">SIBOL CHALLENGES</a> blog? Sue has been super organised and has listed all of the blanket themes for the next few months, they sound really exciting, so please check it out, as it is such a worthwhile cause and Sue works so hard making the blankets.<br />
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I am finally settling down back to some kind of normality. I was thinking - didn't 2010 just fly by? Maybe its me getting older, but that was the fastest year ever! Still finding it hard to remember to write 2011. <br />
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Yesterday, I took on a little project - a slight variation of <a href="http://kimblesathome.blogspot.com/2010/08/kimbles-cosy.html">one</a> that I did in the summer. My small cream coloured teapot has been looking sad ever since we had it - it has no tea cosy and has had to suffer the indignity of a tea towel thrown over it or the oven gloves draped over it to keep the tea warm. I have been meaning to rectify this for ages, but have not had the time - so yesterday I decided NOW was the time. <br />
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So using the Rico Cotton I set about making the cosy. Sadly I had to modify my plans as I realised I didn't have enough cotton in the two tones of green to finish the project - darn it! I didn't want to start again so I decided to add a trim of two tone red ( my kitchen has green and red in it), anyway after fiddling around this tea cosy evolved.<br />
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I topped it off with the same flower that I made for my tea cosy in the summer. Now our tea will stay warm!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So now my teapot is sad no more, it has a lovely new coat, flowery hat and a super red heart stand!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I have started Number 28 in the Jan Eaton book of crochet squares - its the Christmas Rose one, for SIBOL but I ran into difficulties last night on the first green round - it wasn't going right - the rose itself is lovely - I am hoping I was tired and therefore didn't read the pattern properly and that all will be fine when I try again this evening. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The next couple of weeks will be busy in the Kimbles household as myself and Little Kimbles are in the local Pantomime, its the first time we are going to be in it together - such fun - so many songs learnt and dances practised and we will be adorned in the usual "villager" costumes! Its full on rehearsals all this week and then the performances all of next week. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Speak soon xx</div>Kimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-27949716863160795812011-01-04T10:01:00.000+00:002011-01-04T10:01:45.792+00:00::HAPPY::BELATED::NEW::YEAR::X <br />
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</tbody></table> Hello Blogland friends - and on the 4th of January may I wish you a very late Happy New Year and hope all of your dreams come true! I am still here, just gave up trying to "do it all" in December and blogging went out of the window I am afraid. I hope you all had fun, I have dipped in and out of a few blogs, but that is about it. It has been full on with both happy and very sad times, but that is life in a nutshell. To tell you the truth, I could do with a little break myself now, instead of straight back into work! <br />
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I haven't made any Resolutions this year, no point, didn't get round to last year's ones!!! <br />
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Yesterday afternoon I finally had a couple of hours to myself and I sat and watched TV whilst doing some lovely hookiness! I am starting another blanket, joining motifs together as smaller projects suit me better.<br />
I have worked on a four leaf flower based on the <a href="http://www.byelizabethcat.blogspot.com/">Elizabeth Cat</a> African flower pattern.<br />
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You may remember me showing this to you before, this was one of my first attempts. I have made several attempts at this and you may have seen that I used this idea to make pot holders for my three pay it forward winners.<br />
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I used the Rico cotton for these and was pleased with the results. So after these were finished I decided I would like to make more of this type of motif so hence the new blanket - its very small at the moment a WIP! Here is a sneak preview<br />
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Posing with my lovely Chicken door stop - a Christmas pressie from my daughter. <br />
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As you can see by the photos, I am sewing them together in a diagonal pattern for a change so the colour changes will alternate between the blue, pink and yellow. Its nice to have a project on the go again which isn't sewing curtains! I made four sets of curtains in the run up to Christmas so I am a bit curtained out!!!<br />
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This was the last set, heavy curtains for the front door, so we are really snug and warm now!<br />
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It's lovely to be back with you all, <br />
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Speak soon xxKimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-33378591243491780092010-12-02T12:01:00.000+00:002010-12-02T12:01:28.797+00:00Here I am - with Pay It Forward winners!Hi there lovely Blogettes - I didn't have any intention of staying away for soooo long from blogland, but you see I set myself a target - to finish the decorating in my lounge and dining room AND make the curtains by the 1st of December. I started on the 15th of October so it has been a while, and I have had to be very disciplined to fit in the decorating with work, so in the main I have had to resist dipping into blogland. I am looking forward to spending some time catching up with your blogs and finding out what has been going on and the latest projects you are all working on. <br />
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When I finished the painting I was left with lots of fabric <br />
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which was a little daunting. The cutting out made me feel a little nervous, you know matching the pattern, but luckily we had emptied the dining room so was able to lay it all out on the floor<br />
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so it was a lot of crawling around with pins and measure, measure, measure. My sewing machine was put to good use<br />
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Yesterday, because we had rather a lot of snow here, I was able to finish off and hang the curtains. So I met my target! I know its silly, but I do work better when I have a "target"!!!<br />
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Sorry the light is not too good this morning, I will take some better pictures tomorrow, but just HAD to show you!<br />
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Now, I am excitied to tell you that I have drawn the winners for the Pay It Forward and they are<br />
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The Garden Bell<br />
Aussie Maria<br />
Gibraltar Louise<br />
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Congratulations! please email me your details (link at side of blog) and I will send you a little something that I have been preparing in my bit of spare time which I do hope you will love - here is a peek:-<br />
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Well here in the South we have had tons of snow - this morning we woke up completely snowed in! I actually don't mind it too much, but feel for people who have been stuck on trains etc. It is the first time we have been really able to test our new heating which is an air source heat pump - and we are really toasty which is sooooooo fabulous after last winter when we froze. <br />
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Our little garden lights had "snow hats" on this morning<br />
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and my little garden table and chairs<br />
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Well I am off for a nice hot drink and may start to write my Christmas cards, snow does make me festive! <br />
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Its lovely to finally catch up with you all!<br />
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Speak soon xxKimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-52568072261049083562010-11-18T08:56:00.000+00:002010-11-18T08:56:24.164+00:00Thank you Karin - I will Pay It Forward!Hi there, I just looked at my blog and realised I haven't posted since the 3rd of November! I have been solidly decorating and have at last finished the wallpaper scraping, rubbing down, washing down, painting, painting and painting! I was getting a tad fed up with it but, now the end is in sight, I am moving furniture back in and now have the curtains to make. <br />
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Thank you all so much for the lovely comments on my Granny Stripe blanket, it was really lovely of you to take the trouble to comment as there are soooo many Granny Stripe blankets out there at the moment, so thank you again, it is much appreciated. I am slowly working on a new project which I am hoping to share with you all soon.<br />
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In the midst of the Kimbles chaos, a surprise arrived from lovely <a href="http://www.karinaandehaak.blogspot.com/">Karin</a> :-<br />
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A package, because I had left a comment on her blog when she did her Pay It Forward.<br />
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Inside was sooooooo.........................................Dutch!!!! Fabulous have a peeeeeek<br />
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Gorgeous blue and white, and wait......................<br />
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A hand made coaster for my teapot (actually it is waaay to nice to put my teapot on!) and look at that lovely little tag she had made with beads adorning it!<br />
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There were also two Dutch pot holders, can you see the little couple kissing and the lovely windmill? <br />
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Karin, I can't thank you enough, you certainly made my day. <br />
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So .........<br />
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Now it is my turn to Pay It Forward, so if any of you would like to take part, just leave me a comment and after lets say a week, I shall send three of you a little something to brighten your days too! Then of course it will be your turn to do the same.<br />
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Take care all of you<br />
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Speak soon xxKimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005312947848345260.post-40349728593513543182010-11-03T18:41:00.000+00:002010-11-03T18:41:54.222+00:00Granny Stripe - Finished - At Last!Hi everyone, I popped by to show you the final result of my Granny Stripe blanket. I started this waaay back in the summer on a Crochet-Along with Attic24, but it proved to be not very forgiving for my hands and I had a huge break from it and since then I have done a little here and there. It was crying out to be finished and I sooooo wanted to - it was really frustrating - in fact I fell in and out of love with it, I just wanted it to be a completed project! Now it is!<br />
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Ta Dah!<br />
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So now it has taken its place in our conservatory with mini hexagon blanket - waiting for a cold day so we can snuggle up together!<br />
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Our house is chaos at the moment because I in my infinite wisdom decided the dining room and lounge needed decorating ( you may remember me showing you colours and fabric in my last post) well I have finished the decorating in the dining room and we have now started on the lounge, sadly the wallpaper is holding on fast to the walls, so there is much steaming and huffing and puffing whilst trying to get it off hehe!! I keep saying once the preparation is done it will be all plain sailing - don't think hubby is quite as enthusiastic about it as me, I have done most of it - just don't think men see any need to decorate at all!!! I think despite the upheaval, its great to scrape off walls or paint and have music blaring out to sing along too - yes a very jolly time could be had.........................<br />
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Speak soon xxKimbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137255101885809312noreply@blogger.com15