Maria McPherson

Wednesday 2 July 2008

Lots of things happening....

to keep me occupied and not blogging! Well that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!!!!
Have been having a busy week on the old crafting front... nothing I can share unfortunately as they are mag and DT work...but here's a little sneak of this weekends blog challenge layout.



I've been playing with our June kit for this and loving the soft and dreamy colours in it. Normally I'm a bright colours girl but these gentle colours are making my mojo go into overdrive!!!

Other news.... well its now day 10 of my healthy eating/diet! Won't go as far as saying the weight is just dropping off me (cos it ain't!!!) but I'm feeling sooo much better and have loads of energy! Along with the food thing I've been out walking daily... mainly with Kim and little bobby. He is such a character!!! And Kim's company ain't that bad either. Been clocking up plenty miles in prep for the race for life. There's no way I'm fit enough to run it but am planning a brisk walk over the 5k and that will be good enough for me!

My crocheting is coming along a treat! When Anita was over she taught me the basics as I have always wanted to learn... me being left handed does not help! But fellow leftie Anita got me crocheting circles.... ok my first attempt was not good.....

This was meant to be a circle!!!!!!!! Think my tension was a bit tight!


Tension much better on this one! I even added a lil frilly edge!!!
Next I wanted to do squares... so I bought myself this little book off Amazon. It was only £4.99 and has instructions for left handers....

And before I knew it I had mastered the granny square and working in rows!!!!




So... me being me... wanted to 'do a project'!!! So I picked what looked like the easiest thing in the book... a bottle holder! I know.... what an earth would you want a bottle warmer for! But hey! I'm playing....just wait til you see lil baby....................


I think it wasn't supposed to look like this!!!! Everytime I look at it I giggle... cos I think it looks like a giant willy warmer!!!! So maybe I need to just practice a bit more! On the plus side... I did make this little flower!

It's not quite perfect.... but I am thrilled with it!

Right on that note.... I'm off to finish another project!

See you later

Maria x

3 comments:

anita said...

oh wow!!! that crochet is wonderful, i have ordered that book already!!! i plan to take it on vacation with me and come home a fully fledged crochet'er! tho, i am terrible with spacial awareness and following diagrams...so who knows!!!!
anita
x

Samm said...

Wow, this is fantastic, you've done brilliantly!!! I love the willy warmer though!!! hahahahaha!!!

Samm
x

theresa said...

oh missus the first thing i thought was willy warmer!!! lol (we must be twins... lol)

love

some bald woman...