Kaffe Fassett Exhibition

Just a selection of some of my photographs from the show which was a lovely day out in Bath

Firstly introducing Isla – She’s a Syrian Hamster who we adopted from the RSPCA in Newport 3 weeks ago. She’s incredibly pretty, like a tortoiseshell cat colour. She loves racing around in her ball and driving into people’s feet! We’ve forgotten how much we missed having a hamster. It’s comforting as well to have such a live wire in the household as the rats are slowing down.

So we started off in Bath by imediatly finding Wool – a great little knitting shop. I enabled Angie, and she enabled me too! In dare not tell Rhys how much I spent, especially when I said I had enough wool the week before! This is Araucania Botany Lace, the colours in it (which have not photographed too well… I need a light tent!) remind me of the seaside. Sand, foam, spray and sea and I can’t wait to work something up. I bought 2 skeins just in case as I love large shawls.

I also picked up 3 skeins of Cumulus – I had initially thought a shrug, but I’m not convinced I’ll have enough yardage. I love the colours, and it feels so soft and light as a cloud.

Some Regia also made it into the basket. Look at those colours! I love me some socks, so it’s always a safe bet.

I also picked up some notions. Some teeny weeny pom pom makers, J shaped cable needles (so much nicer than ordinary ones!) and some 4.5mm tips for the Canada Maple Leaf Shawl. The fabric was an offcut from the fabric shop around the corner where I also bought some ribbon that ended up being too big for…

These! 3 pairs of Daffodil booties for 3 couples who are expecting in January/Early Feb. I’ve got one more to make, for another co-worker who announced last week (there must be something in the water… I’ve changed to bottled!) They’re so cute and so easy and quick to do. The yarn is Women’s institute Silky 4ply; which has a high end feel despite only being £3 a ball. These need a quick bath and ribbon threading when they’re dry and I’ll finish them like I have the one on the far right with tissue to shape and green paper to top that.

And now some pretty pictures from the exhibition!

Comments

UFYL Day 3-

Yesterday was a day off because I worked all day. The idea is to get the house to a stage where 20 mins a day in the dedicated room will do it; but we are not yet at that stage so I had a day off. OH did some laundry and attempted to scrub at a mould stain. Today- Bathroom, Spare Room and Cupboard Under the stairs. Bathroom: Before So to start off with grout got scrubbed. See the little white patch in the before? That was where I’d attacked it with baking soda about a week ago. As a result the bathroom was clean-ish but horribly cluttered. I got rid of any bottles that we didn’t use anymore, any face cloths that were damaged because they hadn’t been washed in a while (Note to self, next paycheck buy new ones- Ebay?) and just generally sorted. All surfaces got wiped down including the outside of the toilet bowl, the stem of the sink, the pipes behind the loo, the outside of the bath and the skirting boards. Emptied the bin, removed that POS “organiser” from a...

Staycation

Hello all! I’ve had a very busy weekend with my parents being down. While waiting for them to come down I got another 4 squares done on my sock yarn blanket. The left two are from a special mini skein I was given several years ago. I’m not entirely sure when I got given it, but it was a very small skein, probably under 20 yards. Just right to add into my blanket and serve as a reminder though! Saturday we went to Dyffryn gardens – A national trust property that they’re working on restoring. None of us are gardeners, but there was such a lovely selection – In the summer I’ll borrow more photos off my mum’s camera as I thought I’d forgotten mine for the start. Rhys was very enamoured by the cactus room. Sunday we were up and off an on. We went on some Segway’s at Chepstow diving centre, as we booked so late 9am was the only time slot, which was nice as we got to have the rest of the day to ourselves. Poor Mum fell off at the last bit (she’d misjud...

Corwin

I was hoping I wouldn’t have to write this post for a while. I’d hoped at least not this side of Christmas; but he had other plans. Last Thursday Rhys came home from work to find him laid up in the cage, dehydrated and not interested in moving. Rhys tried tempting him with Peanut butter and he turned his nose up a it. Corwin… not accepting food meant it was a bad sign. A few weeks ago he’d started to loose movement in his hind quarters – as can happen in old rats. He was still moving around reasonably well; eating, drinking and snuggling and we agreed to take each day as it came. We took him to the vets that evening, and all agreed that the best thing to do for him was to let him go easily, peacefully and quietly in his sleep. Corwin came to us from SPA Vets in Gloucester. This was our vets before we moved to Newport and one I would heartily recommend to anyone in the area. He’d wandered in through someone’s cat flap and realising (thank goodness!) that he was...

Crafty Little Rat

Search This Blog