Tuesday 6 May 2014

Keep Calm Craft On

Firstly I'd like to say thank you for the lovely comments on my spotty cushion that I posted photos of on Friday, I'm so pleased with it :-)

Yesterday was a bank holiday in the UK so we had an indulgent 3 day weekend. We went for a 10 mile cycle ride on Saturday along the Brampton Valley Way which is described as a linear country park and runs along the route of an old railway line

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For part of the route it runs alongside a tourist steam and diesel railway. We did hope we could try racing against a steam train but our timings didn't work out right and it was either in the station or heading the opposite direction when we went past

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We had a fairly lazy day on Sunday with a bit of painting. It's not finished yet so I won't post any photos today. On Monday we went to the beautiful Belton House for a walk and a picnic with my in-laws

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The bluebells were out and they were absolutely beautiful

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Such a wonderful day :-)

Now it's Tuesday, the children are back at school and pre-school, the weather is grey with the occasional rain shower and it's a bit of a jolt back to normality. I'm going to get on with some ironing and then have some crafting time with a cup of tea. So this isn't a completely non-crafty post here's a picture of two of my current WIP's

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I've got to knit to the next pink section of my stripy sock and then I need to start counting rows ready for doing the afterthought heel. My ripple blanket is getting steadily bigger, I'm enjoying picking out the colour combinations and watching them merge together :-)

Have a good week everyone, I'm linking this post in with Nicole's Keep Calm Craft On

9 comments:

  1. Looks like you had a great weekend! We went for a family bike ride too it wasn't quite as sunny as yours definitely not shorts weather :( The bluebells are stunning.

    Your ripple blanket is looking great, hope that stash is shrinking ;)

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  2. Oh it is lovely having that extra day to the weekend! I have to go back to work tonight!!

    Looks like you have had a lovely time with the little ones in the lovely weather, and looks like they did too!

    Love the lil' misses cardigan, its very pretty!!

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  3. Went looking for a bluebell wood yesterday, but couldn't find many. I hope I haven't missed the boat. I love bluebells.

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  4. Did you knit your daughter"s sweater? It is just gorgeous as is your ripple blanket...We don't have bluebells here so it's so nice seeing your pictures...Thanks! (visiting from KCCO)

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  5. Love the richness in color of your current WIPs. What great spaces for the kids to run around in freedom..

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  6. Your daughter's jacket is amazing!! And I love your wips - especially the striped socks. You can't go wrong with stripes, right??

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  7. The blanket's colors are so amazing!

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  8. That ripple blanket is coming along nicely! Really love the colors against one anither...beautiful.

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  9. Looks like an absolutely lovely weekend, between steam trains and bluebells I think it looks like a perfect weekend

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