Crafty Little Rat

  Yet again been far too long since my last year of projects update. And despite that most of the things I’m posting today were not on my list! Today I woke feeling a lot better within myself then I have in a long time – I get the feeling that my thyroid tablets may be starting to help again, maybe it’s the fact that at least in the corner of Wales spring seems to be in the air again; who knows. Yesterday the overtime at work didn’t pan out. Systems were running late and it was all a bit of a nightmare really; so an hour and a half after we got in we gave it all up for a bad job and came home again. In order to cheer me up that afternoon I whacked out this sweet little baby hat. The pattern is Aviatrix; a phenomenal FREE pattern for several yarn weights and lots and lots of sizes. It’s designed as more of a bonnet then a hat; with the aim of staying on babies heads more successfully than the traditional hat. I made this one in Aran weight, using a 5.0mm needle and I dare say ...

Work has been incredibly busy! I started this week with a skant +1 hour on my flexi clock and today I’m at +5 hours. Combination of a lot of work and being roped into Red Nose day organising means I’ve been far too tired to blog for several weeks! We raised nearly £300 and that was just our room; got to admit it’s nice to work somewhere that actually does charity work! My real retail job didn’t and we were too small really at the wool shop to do a lot. Red Nose day for those who are not British raises money for so many things, but there is a main focus of Africa, work for people who have AIDS, Malaria and especially a strong focus on Children all over the world. They pretty much perform miracles in the lives of many people. If you’re a crafter you can’t help but have but noticed the beautiful Red Nose Dolls and the focus on what the charity does; Amazing work!   Anyway; onto some amazing work of my own – well at least that’s what my mum said!   This is actually a cheat p...