It's the summer holidays!!

I LOVE the summer holidays! Ok, so outside it is actually cold and wet, and it's almost as if OCTOBER has made an early appearance, but heyho!

I love spending time with all my boys together. It takes a few days (a week....maybe 10 days!) for them to settle down, but it's so great. I miss the eldest when he is at school, it seems like the weeks pass in a whirlwind and I barely see him!

My bathroom is still not finished, but we do have a working (and more importantly....not leaking) shower. The floor is being fitted on friday afternoon, so need to get cracking with the painting.


I am now going to use a swear word. Christmas. Yep. I went there. I am making Christmas gift preparations already. I am going to get my little darlings to make some gorgeous tealight holders for everyone (great-grannies, grandpa's girlfriend, grandma (mooms) and auntie) as they went down really well when they made them for teachers. 

I can't remember where I saw them, whether it was somewhere on t'internet, or on a tv programme or something, but anyway, it involves glass jars (I always save mine when they are finished!), pva glue, and tissue paper.


I have already finished the first gift, for one of the great grannies. A Magrathea shawlette (on Ravelry) in some beautiful yarn from The Knitting Goddess.

Now on with the rest of the Christmas list! It will take me a while.....

Is there an end in sight??

To my bathrooms being finished?? I don't want to get TOO excited, but I think so!! Plumber started the shower yesterday (which ended up needing some floor replacing first....) then it's just a little bit more woodwork. Then painting. Then floor can go down!! I am so fed up of it all, it has been 3 months now. My entire upstairs is just full of stuff. stuff out of the bathroom, stuff from the airing cupboard, paint, tiles, wood! It's chaos, and I wanted it all finished so I could sort the mess before the boys are off school for the summer, but that is NOT going to happen as it would seem to be the last day of term on FRIDAY! EEEK!!!


My latest finish:- Sweet Dreams by BooKnits on Ravelry . Made using a beautiful handspun yarn by a friend of mine (SpinSpunSpins shop on Etsy), and using a lot of beads!

Must remember to do this more often....

...as in once a week or fortnight maybe, not once a month!

The last month has seen me getting increasingly frustrated at the lack of work being done in my bathrooms. I found out that my house is watertight again thanks to a new roof and some serious gutter clearing. Which is good as we have witnessed some serious downpours in the last week or two!

On a lighter note, here are some of my projects from the last month:-

Ribbed Sweater

Fleurette Cardigan

Strawbs Socks

All patterns can be found on Ravelry