Mystery Sampler, Crochet and a little bit of cha cha cha!!!!

Well things are starting to become 'normal' again. A big thank you to everyone for their prayers and wishes for a good recovery for my future daughter in law. She came out of the hospital a week ago, it's going to be very small steps but I'm sure with a little help with things from the family she will get well.
Not a lot of stitching as been done of late, I tried but when you are really tired you make mistakes and a lot of 'frogging' was taking place so it went back in the basket. What I have been doing though is some crochet and have completed a scarf....I'm quite proud of it really!!

Not bad for a first attempt, I've quite got the bug now. I'm also quite excited as on Thursday I received  the L.H.N. Mystery Sampler in the post from Patchwork Rabbit...... looks interesting.

 

Yesterday I was with my son and grand-daughter Chloe at her first dancing competition. Four months ago she took up latin and ballroom dancing. I was so proud of her she got into the final of the quickstep, runner up in the cha cha cha and won the rock and roll with her partner Caitlan

WHAT A GIRL!!! PROUD GRANDMA OR WHAT!!!!

Below are a few pictures, one is a little far away, she was just about to start her cha cha

 

 

 

A smiley happy little dancing girl

Well the weather is beautiful here at the moment, lots of sunshine, a little bit too hot for me to sit outside in today, I'm not a sun worshipper so I think a little bit of stitching may be in order sat in my cool living room, I may even stitch a few threads in the mystery sampler. Hope all my blogging friends are having a lovely weekend.

Happy stitching

Bev

 

 



Hi I haven't been able to do any crafty things for over a week now so no piccies to show. My son Steven  and his family are having very testing times at the moment. His partner (my future Daughter in law) is very ill. She went in for a quite routine op, she had a benign tumour on her pituatry gland. The day after she had it done she had complications resulting in a three and a half op through her skull (the first one being through her nose).  She had fluid leaking from her brain and the viral infection was meningitis. She had a drain from her head, that didn't work so another op for drain into her spine. She was looking brighter the last couple of days so we thought things were looking up but he had a phone call at work this morning calling him back to the hospital. As I write this she is undergoing another major op. They have my three grandchildren 9, 7, and 4 who are just wanting their Mummy. I am so worried and doing my best to 'keep everything together' but it is so hard. They say things happen in life to test us!!! we are just getting a larger share at the moment. xxxx

Sleepover and winner time!!

Jessica's important job before bedtime, and the winner is

 

Calamity Jr

You're the winner!!

 

 

 

private E-Mail your address and the goodies will be on their way x 

 

 

Doggie sitting almost over!!!

Well my son and his family will be home any time so we will have to give Poppie back she has been a lovely little companion over this last week we will both miss her. It will be lovely to see my little darlings again though we have missed them.
Had a lovely stitching night last night with my friend Christine at Michelle's house (Mouse as some on the blogging world might know her). I was crocheting all night on my baby blanket ( I will post piccies over the weekend)
It's a lovely sunny day so we are spending time in the back garden, it's on two levels, mostly block paved and pots. It needs a lot of tender loving care spent on it so hopefully this weekend we may be able to give it a go. That's all for now, time to get busy again!! xx

My stitchy, crocheting dog sitting weekend

First I thought I would show you all my little dog for the week. She's my son's little dog, she's called Poppy and is a Norfolk Terrier. We are looking after her this week as they have gone on holiday and me and Richard have decided we are doing a 'fair swap' when they get back, the dog for the Grand-children!! (hehe) as Poppy is so much better behaved and does everything you tell her. (Don't worry Christian, Chloe and Jessica Grandma's only joking!!!
Below Poppy's picture is what I've been up to, a bit of crocheting, the coloured one is going to be a baby's little blanket it's done in Larksfoot stitch where you pick up on the row below. The other is a good old granny square, not sure what it may become. I've well and truly got the crocheting bug. I found some fantastic tutorials by the crochet geek on You Tube, she explains really well and there is loads of patterns to choose from.
And finally a little bit more of the secret stitching............any more ideas???
Well I'm off now to kit up a new start, it's going to be a small Christmas ornament from last years American mag I got...it's never too early to make a start. Happy stitching  xx Bev

Guess what I'm stitching??

Hi, well I've just had a stitchy night here at mine with my lovely friends Kath ,Michelle and Christine. There's never a lot of stitching done really but lots of chatting, laughing and of course a bun!! Tonight's delight was chocolate muffins made today by my two Grand-daughters.

Well the blogging world is quite new to me and I am eager to get new followers so what I thought I would do is have a little competition and I will send a surprise stitching package to the winner. Sooooo  guess what I am stitching?? xx Bev

                                                         Happy stitching xx

I feel a stitchy weekend comin up!!!

Well it's the Bank Holiday weekend and I've decided to just have a 'stitchy time'. I have a WIP for a leaving present for my Deputy Head at school who is leaving in the summer. Our school emblem is an owl so I thought this was apt, it's a lovely little design from Jardin Prive.

I've also been looking through my finished pieces because I never get around to doing anything with them unless it's something for a swap soooooooo  time to do something about it!!

Below are some of my crochet bits and pieces, I made a 'New Year Resolution' to myself to learn a new craft and here's my achievements so far- the blanket is going to be a baby blanket, just treble crochet so quite easy. My work seems to go out of shape a bit....any advice on what to do would be gratefully received.

HAPPY STITCHING XX

Bev