#thirty three (and a third)

I am exactly one third 

of the way through my 100 makes

and it is one third

of the way through the year.

I haven't knitted anything

as large as this for a long time.

It has taken about three weeks

but worth every minute

as I love it!

The pattern for this fern shawl

is from Tiny Owl Knits

tinyowlknits.wordpress.com

I love this website

all of the patterns are beautiful.

It was knitted in the

stranded intarsia method

in two colours

with tassels at the ends and the point.

So that is number thirty three,

the third is this tapestry

which my neighbour Charis

asked if I would like to finish for her.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch .......

Really wish I'd called my blog
"Meanwhile, back at the ranch...",
......maybe the next one.





Anyway this is what
has been happening "back at the ranch"

Some lovely things arrived
in the post on Saturday.

A handcrafted Swedish Butter Knife

made from beech

and some handmade Porcelain Buttons.

All from this lovely Etsy shop

called Clod and Pebble

www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ClodandPebbleShop?ref=l2-shopheader-name

And the lovely bamboo chopping board

is from an offer on at Morrisons!

Today's song has to be this

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPR108kwNo4

Where have all the cowboys gone?

by Paula Cole

#thirty two

Number thirty two

I thought I would make use of 

the beautiful sunny weather

and try another

cyanotype print

The key to my heart,

a little miniature.

The forecast says the rain will move in tonight

but today was a good drying day.

Today's music - 

a Rolling Stones playlist 

A time to sow

Spring has definitely arrived

though sadly the forecast says

the weather will take a dip 

at the weekend.

A time to sow,

Honesty and dwarf sunflowers.

While I was sitting in the sun

this little fella must have

crawled onto my cardigan

as I saw him wriggling about 

when I sat down for tea,

luckily he didn't get squished

Safely back on the lavender.

I've noticed on my stats

that there's been a few viewings of my blog, 

please say a "hi" in the comments

I'd love to know who was reading this :) 

Today's music has been

Alexi Murdoch,

I love "Orange Sky"

and finished reading

God's Own Country by Ross Raisin

disturbing!

Spring & string

Springtime has arrived!

Since Easter Sunday

I've watched the trees and plants

turn from bare

to buds and shoots of new green leaves.

The mini daffs are in full bloom

and I even have some double-headers.

Great news, I won a ball of Nutscene string

which I was very happy about 

as it is my favourite string

(if you can have a favourite string!?)

They sell some beautiful things

check out their website

http://nutscene.com/

Enjoy the sunshine everyone 

and get some music on,

today is Record Store Day.

Turn it up and sing along

its good for the soul!

Today I'll be listening to

a playlist of 60's stuff

wish I still had it all on vinyl

#thirty one

Number thirty one

is a little flower

Made for this competition

http://blog.mcadirect.com/2015/04/spring-competition-is-in-air.html 

Today I'm listening to a new CD

Carrie and Lowell by Sufjan Stevens

and reading 

God's Own Country by Ross Raisin

#thirty

We have had beautiful weather

over the Easter holidays

so

I thought I would 

make use of the sun and try some

cyanotype printing

I made several prints

last summer

and I know I still need

to perfect the technique

These are some tiny flowers

I dried, I love how

the very fine detail shows

These are the twigs 

donated by Ethan.

They remind me of spider's webs

when you look at the whole print.

Am on a total 70's vibe music-wise this week

listening to Hotel California by the Eagles

Lavender

The two new lavender plants

are potted up

and sitting in their 

new places at the front of my house

complete with wire decorations

Its been a beautiful

sunny Easter weekend

A neighbour asked if I sold

the wire decorations

so I made her a spiral one

and she gave me 

a wire heart

That's what craft is all about

Ribbon

This cloudy/vapour trail

was floating around in my sky 

this morning

Looks like a twirly ribbon

And it is going to be 

another warm and sunny day

Roots

I love to see something 

in something else

The hyacinths have died,

when emptying the pots

the roots looked like a wild sea

#twenty nine

Happy Easter everyone

Hope you are enjoying

the holiday weekend

Make number twenty nine

A miniature of a weekend

camping in the country.

Made with moss, stones,

campervan, twigs and little people

Men always pee against a tree!

Climbing a few crags

Today's song has to be

"Go wild, go wild, go wild

in the country....."

Bow Wow Wow