Hand made shawls are now only £26! Perfect for the fickle seasons :)

Yesterday I finished off (and then wore for the first time) the crazy-coloured socks I’ve been working on Since February 21st 2011 (!!!!). I know exactly when I started them because I did a blog post about them. I remember making the first one in a day, but 2nd sock syndrome took hold and I put off making the other one until last Sunday. Shocking (socking, oh dear) huh? Anyway, they’re complete and my feet are a little bit too warm but certainly very colourful. I’m more aware of wearing colour since I started my makeover mission and I’m really enjoying adding little bursts of colour to my outfits. Colourful, wobbly, handmade socks is a good place to start.

Today was my first Sunday off in a while and I’ve spent it tidying up (‘shuffling around’ is probably more accurate) some of the little piles of clutter I seem to leave lying around the house (I keep getting sidetracked). I’ve also made progress on a cardigan I started aaaages ago – I actually had to restart it from scratch a couple of weeks back because I was making it in the wrong size, doh! I’m now in the middle of the “finishing touches” stage, which always takes longer than expected… but hopefully a beautifully fitting, smart grey cardigan will be my reward when it’s all done :)

This afternoon the sun poked it’s head out from behind a cloud so we celebrated by cooking dinner on a mini BBQ :) (See picture). It looks a little bit pink and unappetizing there but I promise the end result was mega yum. The cat was VERY jealous.

Yesterday I finally finished reading Watchmen – woop! – Thoroughly enjoyed it and chuffed it’s now ticked off my list. I’ve got a project in the pipelines that require me to give Virginia Woolf’s ‘Mrs Dalloway’ another go. I’ve got my copy sat ready and waiting next to a copy of ‘The Hours’ (bonus research) on the bookshelf. That’s something next week has in-store for me, what about you?

Hope you’re having a lovely Sunday :)

Over the last week I’ve been making these little fellas. They’ll be in the shop soon! I think I’m in love with the colour scheme :)

It’s official folks – I’ve FINALLY branched out and have a bit of knitwear for sale! Here are some snapshots of Leanne modeling the lovely woolen goodies from this mornings shoot in the local park. The shawls are now for sale in my etsy shop. Priced at £36 each. They measure roughly 45 inches x 19 and come in 3 colour schemes (classic charcoal, rusty red, true teal). If you have any specific colour requests feel free to get in touch, I love to do little custom orders.

ps – Here’s a link to lovely Leanne’s etsy shop. Beautiful prints and more.

I made one of these yesterday! It’s probably the first time I’ve made it my mission to hunt down the yarn recommended in a pattern. Same colour, same everything. And I’m so pleased with the result. The pattern is in the Simple Knitting book I mentioned in this post (about the cushion cover I was working on – which I also just finished, pictured below).

Sorry for the grainy picture – it’s quite a dark room.

I seem to be prepping for a winter that feels like it’ll never come – The suns shining and we’ve been forecast a warm start to October… sigh… I’m really not a big fan of summer – I’m in my comfort zone when it’s cold and fresh. I went out and bought a new winter coat yesterday too hoping in some way that might influence a sudden and dramatic change in the seasons. Nothing so far.

I’m also having a bit of a wardrobe crisis. It’s full… and I don’t like any of it anymore… . Nothing fits properly and there are very few things I can wear and say honestly that I feel comfortable and like me wearing them. Other than take the offending items to the charity shops I can’t really see how to get out of the rut. I think I need a bit of a makeover but I don’t know where to start. I’ve never found it easy replacing bad clothes with good ones. A lot of the time fashion and current trends are against me and my body shape – this is a battle I’m very familiar with. I’m going to make it my mission to introduce some changes and it’ll probably help to document and blog about what these changes are and how the makeover’s going… So fingers crossed this works and I keep my camera on me at all times…

I’ll keep you posted!