Fireworks

We went to a bonfire and fireworks display last night to celebrate bonfire night (OK so it was a day late but what the hell).

I found that our cheap camera has nighttime landscape and fireworks settings so was determined to test them out. I am a rubbish photographer as I found out but I thought this one was kind of arty farty.

and I tried to get a night landscape but it went all weird.

I just used the normal setting for these pics which because it was dark the flash triggered and that is never a good thing when you have a kid with specs.

After taking the flash off I got a blurry pic with the bonfire reflecting in my little man's glasses.

Skywatch Friday

Skywatch Friday

To Hat Or Not To Hat

that is the question!!!!

This morning was the first time I felt like I needed to get the winter gear out but in my case that just means gloves and scarf.

I have been debating whether to either make or buy a hat. I can't remember the last time I wore one but pretty hats seem to be all the rage right now. Whether they are the right thing for a 30 something mum of 4 is something I need to decide. I need to ask myself - am I a hat person? Will it just look like something plonked on my head that looks ridiculous? Are hats just for the trendy people among us which I am not?

So many different types but one thing is for sure I will never ever be seen in a baseball cap. I hate them despite being married to somebody who lives in his when outside.

Having done a quickie lookie on Etsy I have found one or two I kind of like

There is this Vanilla crocheted number

or this flower one

or maybe I could go all out for this pink number

or even this for the doggies

5 Knitting Places

On the Blogging For Scrapbookers course today we have been asked to do a list of 5 favourites. I am in knitting mode at the moment so here are my favourite 5 knitting places:

Ravelry - knitting chatter

Shut Up And Knit - one very talented lady in both knitting and talking but shhhh she doesn't like visitors.

Blue Moon Fiber Arts - gorgeous sock yarn

Woolgirl - she does the most amazing kits which I have still to try

Angels & Elephants - gorgeous variegated yarn

Knitting Update

Despite saying the other day that I would NOT be knitting a blood red sock there is still the matter of the socks I was knitting with the yarn I dyed with beetroot that went wrong and ended up being dyed with food colouring.

This picture shows the first one finished. Second one is still in progress - that progress being still on the ball of yarn and not started yet.

Also on the picture is my attempt at the Through The Loops mystery sock using King Kole Zig Zag yarn. A mystery sock is one where a different clue ie piece of pattern is given each week over a period of time - usually a month. This one was for October so I am a bit behind. When I do a mystery sock I generally use two circular needles and do the clue for that particular week for each sock - one sock per needle. It works well for me or rather it did until this sock. My second sock was being completed on a bamboo circular needle and after the leg one end of the needle snapped so once the first one is finished I will have to go back to the second. I also need to buy another needle (not bamboo this time!!)

Another mystery sock started on sunday over on Ravelry and it is slip stitch mosaic knitting. The yarns are some I had from when I was part of the Sockamania sock club that I never used. The original pattern for these yarns was called Bluebell Wood so they are a lovely shade of blue and green. The mystery pattern is called Miss Marple.

Just look at this lazy fat dog - up on the furniture where she is only allowed by invitation and she was not invited.

Holidays Are Coming...........

I hear the red cups are back in Starbucks this week and yesterday I spotted this on the side of a Coke can.

My favourite television advert of all time has to be this one

It always puts me in the christmas mood.

Today sees the start of the blogging class by Shimelle so I'm hoping to provide a more interesting blog from today.

Hop over to my shop blog for details of how you can win some sparkly flower centers.

Here is a layout I did on saturday as an example for the challenge.

and last but not least the dogs at the park this morning. They got into a real tangle with their leads.

Foggy Skywatch Friday

This morning we had an early morning trip to the supermarket so I took the camera (yeah sad I know) and took a picture of the fog in the distance which was lifting quite quickly for Skywatch Friday

Twilight Merchandising - It's Bonkers

Now there is definitely a big merchandise opportunity/rip off out there depending on how you look at it. I'm looking at it from a rip off point of view (not by myself but by greedy Ebay people).

Anything remotely Twilight or vampire related has people flocking in droves. I saw the most gross pair of gloves the other day on Ebay and to be honest they looked like a pair of those cheap pound shop ones that somebody had splattered red paint on. Totally gross and not something you or I would probably wear but because the seller had put Twilight as the title they were selling like hot cakes.

Then I found this listing. It looks very very similar to the Bella's mittens pattern I found by Subliminal Rabbit. I think I would be rather miffed if that were my pattern somebody was using to make a profit instead of just for personal use.

Anyway I was browsing the counter thingy stats the other day just out of curiosity as to where my readers are coming from and which post they are entering the blog at. Twilight socks is the most popular entry point but they aren't even Twilight related as the pattern was written way before the movie became popular. So far I've only completed one and really must get around to the other at some point.

Yesterday this Knitty update hit my email - My Vampire Boyfriend socks.

Nice as they are I really don't relish the idea of making blood red socks just because they are called My Vampire Boyfriend. I really don't get it at all. I suppose it's so people will be more interested in making them and it is a 'now' title. Now if they were wolf socks I might consider it lol.

In all seriousness I will probably have a go at these but only because I like the intricate pattern and I will probably do them in a nice non vampire related colour.

The Trees They Are A Changing

.......and the leaves they are a falling. Well they were in our local park this afternoon when I took Daisy out.





Oh and check out the blogging course Shimelle is doing - link at the side. Two of the things that lots of people just do not get - scrapbooking and blogging combined. I love it.

Knitting Is Back

At last my knitting finger is on the mend from it's stupid peeling reaction to the tablets the doctor gave me for my ankle pain. Socks will follow........