Reasons to be Cheerful (and other stuff)

Ok, this will be a massive post with a large variety of photos so hang on to your hats!

It's been an incredibly emotional week-Myf has finished her very last day at Primary School so they had a Leavers Prom

And a final School Assembly with Awards (linking the kids to famous names-mostly sports stars and singers but a few awesome ones) with Myf receiving 'Charles Darwin

She's having a lot of problems with her father at the moment but has been very strong in standing up for herself and telling him how she feels-it's going to be unpleasant for a while but hopefully it will settle down soon.

I finished my commision blanket in record time-the lady has asked me to post it to her when I get back from London.  I've sent her a photo and she loves it (phew!)

I've had a birthday as well-Myf spoiled me thoroughly and Rascal also wanted to get me something special-he brought me a dead bat :-(  Certainly never had one of those before!

I'm helping out the wonderful SIBOL with some blankets they've received that are a bit too small to use-

I'm taking a couple with me to work on-I'm playing with half squares for one of them that will make it about 40" wide, a little larger than standard but I'm hoping Sue won't mind!

My Dad had his 64th birthday a couple of days ago and he doesn't like presents being bought for him so instead I have made him this-

One of my earliest memories is when I was 6, helping my Dad build a barbeque in the back garden when a female stag beetle grabbed on to my toe-Dad managed to gently get her off and then spent ages teaching me about these gorgeous insects :-)  My Dad is also a huge Beatles fan so this seemed appropriate for when he's 64!

I couldn't find a pattern anywhere so I looked up a google image and went from there-the antlers should have been much larger as I wanted to make a male stag beetle but she's wonderful I think and I hope he likes it!

We'll be away for 10 days so I hope you all have sunshine and happy days :-)  Much love!

Catch up!

I've been getting behind on my updates!  I have been crocheting still but naturally with working, I've had a LOT less time.  That's changing though because where I work is in a college campus and my hours are getting cut way back for the summer...not good but hopefully we can manage.

A while back, Myf wanted me to make the cat a blanket for her own so we chose some 'Artemis colours' and I worked up a ripple blanket.  Of course, she hardly uses it!  But I like how it's turned out and I think the idea of cat/dog blankets is a good one to look into further.

We also 'accidentally' bought another kitten-we went into a pet shop just for a look to cheer ourselves up and we fell in love with this guy

I got him for Myf as an early 10th birthday present-we're both completely in love.  He's called 'Rascal' as he is one!  Very sweet natured though and a total darling.  So I may be making him his own special blanket soon...