WIP Wednesday....

OK, so I know its Thursday, but yesterday was a bit of wash out.  The weather was rubbish and I was feeling rather sorry for myself. Also I've not been up to much craft wise this week.

The only thing that I've been doing is my ripple blanket and I am finding it rather addictive.  I'm over half way now and I love the gentle rhythm of the pattern.  I used Lucy's tutorial over at Attic 24 and I love it. 

I am really pleased with my color choices and I think the size is going to be perfect as either a lap blanket or perfect for the boys to snuggle up in, although I am sure that I am going to end up making another at some point as I'm not sure sharing is their strong point.

I am hoping to have a more productive week and need to make some lists and write down some ideas in my new Cath Kidston note book.  I would really like to get a couple of bits and pieces done ready for Christmas and I have a few ideas so I better get them down on paper.

Thanks for reading.

Emma xx  

A Tale of Two Picnics

I have been looking forward to this weekend for the whole week as it’s the first weekend in a couple of months that it’s been just the four of us.  We didn’t have any concrete plans and planned to just potter around. 

On Saturday we headed over the St Agnes for a quick look around a vintage fair that was going on and had planned to have a little wonder around St Agnes afterwards and I had packed a picnic lunch.  Well the rain was so heavy that we abandoned our plans after a look around the stalls and a stop in the ‘tea room’ and headed back to the car for the first picnic of the weekend.

Sunday morning started at 7am and I was very surprised to see that there was not a cloud in the sky.  I knew this couldn’t last as it was a cloudy day predicted and I knew we couldn’t be lucky enough to miss the clouds.  As expected the clouds arrived at about 9am, but was still fairly bright so we packed up our flask and some picnic supplies and headed off for a wonder around Mevagissey.

Our picnic was much more successful and we sat on the harbour watching the little boats bobbing up and down.  It was lovely to get some fresh sea air and have a look around the shops.

oh and I might of brought myself a new Cath Kidston handbag. Whoops!

p.s. I didn't get to take any photo's at the Vintage Fair as it was sooooo busy and I only brought a rather cute knitted bunny who I'll introduce you to tomorrow x