many shawls make...

a lot

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it seems that many are making the same thing at the moment

I take part in 

Annemarie's blog link 

on Saturdays 

and today after I had linked 

I went back and  looked at the all the others there this week

I saw many other pictures that look 

just like this

it seems to be a very popular pattern

you can get yours here

or here

cloudy with a chance of finishing...

I bought far too much mohair

well I didn't know how big the balls would be

and it was on sale

so I made sure I had sufficient

to make

what 

I don't remember!!!

I had just made something that used every single centimetre

not a cent to spare

so I overindulged

but now I can make a great big

something or other

right?

isn't it pretty?

all soft and fluffy

and weightless

and tangled up with itself

we are all watching the tropical storm in the Atlantic

they say it will land in Florida

if it does I hope it's just a breeze by the time it gets there

no one needs any more drama and damage

(only good thing is it might disrupt a certain "party" taking place)

but as long as no one gets hurt!!!

(well, I can't stand them but I don't want them hurt)

(imho)

if it comes this way it won't be for days so we'll be able to get ready if necessary

could use the rain 

but not the nonsense

stay alert if you're down there and stay safe

♥

another one gone...

wear some flowers in your hair...

monday comes after sunday...

ch 72

dc in fourth ch from hook

miss 2 ch

make a v-stitch in next ch

(v-stitch= 1dc ch 2 1dc in same place)

miss 2 ch

v-stitch in next ch all across to the end

ch 2 turn

2 dc in first ch 2 space  ch 2   2dc 

in same v-stitch

do this in each ch2 space across

ch2 turn

in each ch2 space of last row

make 6dc

sc in each gap between 

do this all the way across

when you reach the end

finish off and cut the yarn

roll the "lace" up sew it all together

 and form a 

rose

!!!!

I found an unfinished bag and

finished it

it's a pineapple bag

(but I don't have a pineapple to put in it!!!!!)

I'm thinking about whether I should line it 

or not

sleep deprived...

and before you know it you have another shawl on the hook

thought the light in this picture was pretty

it rained early this morning

5.30 a m 

:{

on my feet again

so I had to get up and find somewhere else to snooze

but once I'm awake I find it hard to fall asleep again

 after a coffee and a read of my book 

one that I didn't even know I had 

let alone not read

YEAH

(I'm back in Botswana with Mma Ramotswe and crew)

I ended up on the computer

thought I would "clean up" some lists and files and bits and bobs

but I saw a shawl that piqued my interest

and I just picked up the hook and the yarn and

off we go

it won't take long this one

it's from a bit of this pattern and a bit from that pattern and a bit from me making it up as we go along.

It's still hot and humid and dry as hell

the rain isn't enough to do any good

not in these parts anyway

everything is wilted and dead and sad looking

which is why there haven't been any outside photos this year

the lake is drying up

and the bottom of the lake ain't a purdy sight let me tell you!!!

it's getting scary again

so let's hope the patch on the roof holds and we get some more rain

 ! :) !

OK back to the hook!!!

and fixing dinner and trying not to fall asleep in the mashed potatoes!!!!!

xxx

the day after

I forgot to show you that I finished the little scarf

I can't find a place to take better pictures

it's either too dark or too light

so this is what it is

bad photos of a sweet little airy wrap

if you bunch 'em all together in a collage

they look better somehow

don't you think???
don't you?

I don't like the day after the 

Olympics end

I could write a whole page

but I won't

lets' just say they were

fantastic

in every way

(except for the way they were broadcast over here

NBC should have them taken away

and they should be given back to

ABC

and if it was possible

Jim McKay could tell us all about them

 the way he used to

but

...

hope next time around they do better

in RIO

(strains of samba music please)

ole!

borrrrring......

sometimes you just have to put everything down and do the boring stuff....

with a chance of clouds.....

thank you for the kind words and suggestions 

sometimes things don't work out and we have to lay them down and walk away

no biggie really

it isn't important

but

 it is frustrating when 

NOTHING 

you do works

:o

so today

in a much tidier and less chaotic room

I spied the 

cloud on needles

lying there looking unwanted and unloved

so with the clouds outside

 hopefully full of rain

I will attempt to finish the 

 cloud scarf

there are just a few rows left so I should be able to do it

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this is just a pretty picture

that's all

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

one of those days

spent yesterday making hexagons and sewing them together

today

 I wondered why I spent yesterday making hexagons and sewing them together

I messed them up by sewing around them with the machine

I then embroidered around them trying to hide the fact I machine sewed around them

and I'm not sure how to finish something I'm not really happy with

I hate

"one of those days" days

so I'm going to stop

and go and do this instead

read my new magazine drink some tea 

and

wish I was eating good old fish and chips 

wrapped in newspaper and covered in vinegar!!!

maybe tomorrow won't be

one of those days!!!

:]

a new quest...

after I posted the other day

I was asked if I wanted to join

Elaine

 in her creative challenge

which is to make something creative and post it each day in 

August

as I seem to have a mojo  these days

I said

SURE!!!

love to

I can make one thing a day and do a post

yes, I can

I will

I must

so here is the first post of the thing I made yesterday

I wanted to see how small I could make the hex's

like the squares in the other

needle book 

I posted a few days ago

I got down to 

1/2"

I would have posted yesterday

but I had another one of those

"I have to stand by while the mister does some 

house minding

and I may have to help"

days

we had a leak in the skylight

it's been raining 

...........

on my feet at night

............

so he had to fix it

and he did

my feet are dry

thank you husband

:)

NOW...if you would like to join in the 

daily do something creative quest

you are very welcome to join

just leave a comment and we'll see how we can link up

???

something else I did yesterday

that I thought I would NEVER do

is open up my

Facebook

page and actually 

post on it

now I have to find out how to put it on here....

I have found friends from other places already there

so it isn't too strange

just have to figure it out

like so many other things these days

how on earth did we function without all this reaching out and touching all the time

it's such a small small world anymore

OH and did you get a Tweet from Mars today

yes, Mars

well, you know the rover landed last night, right??

NASA "parked a car"" up there

a great big honking SUV type thing

put it right down like they've done it so many times before

brilliant...

well

the rover is 

Tweeting

on

Twitter

hm hmm

 if the rocket ship can Tweet

surely I can

Facebook!!!!

now off to make something to post tomorrow that I actually made today

or something like that

...........................................................................

;)

a co-inky-dink

so the other day I was perusing the pins on Pinterest

as is my passion presently

and

POW

I saw this

on Elaine s' board

and went right over to the site

and before I knew it

I had the beads out on the desk and I was making a bracelet

I couldn't lay my hands on the seed beads but I did spy the

"silver"

soooooooooooooooooooooo

thread a bead

and then a ring

hm mm mm mm mm

e voila..............

a short while later

 I had me a bracelet!!!

a heavy but somehow comfortable bracelet

and 

you see the button 

yes, that button on the end there

I cut it off my blouse

snip and it was gone

I know!!!

with all those buttons I have 

well it just suited the situation

and I don't do the buttons up on my blouse anyway

so 

why not!!!!!!!!

now to the co-inky-dink

I didn't get around to posting that day

so I decided to do it today

and when I opened up 

there was a post from 

Elaine

la belle helene 

with her version of the bracelet

I absolutely LOVE hers

the beads are soooooo

PRETTY...

do go over and see it

you never know

you may just find yourself at your

work space

making one for you 

tooooooo

now where are those blue beads

and what's on the

'lympics

........................................................

colourful collages...

(just do a sc ch3 and then stitch into the space made on the next row)

...is what I do these days

not the best

but the funnest

made a granny square with an extra row included

love the colours of the yarns

and 

played with how small I could make a patchwork square

those are one inch...any smaller and my machine ate them

so with a tiny piece of patchwork

a needle book appeared

I am still thoroughly enjoying the Games

I was watching the women's gymnastics the other night

when the US girls didn't all get in and they were crying

husband walked past and asked what had happened

well that's life I guess

and a couple of nights later

when they all did well and they were crying

he walked past again

still crying he asked

yup I said

they should add a crying event next time

yup I said

well at least they don't act like the boys at the pool

why what do they do

well if they aren't 

adjusting their goggles

and spitting

they're adjusting their hats

and spitting

or

they're adjusting their "jewels"

and spitting

or slapping themselves silly

and spitting

:)~ :)~  :)~

but they sure can swim

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popcorn.....................................................................bobble..............................................................cluster....

this is for someone who asked the difference between

popcorn 

bobble

and

cluster stitches

:)

so

that's it for now

back to see if anything interesting is going on

and it's tea time

YEAH!!!!

see ya!!!