FLOWERS GALORE!!

love my lilies and the daisy type flowers make a great back drop now they are all in bloom 

Four Pansies.....

no way could l do these without the pattern!!...not easy to remember at all

the original poppy centre..although l don't think it's worth the effort the button will do it for me Kathyrn may decide she likes this one better?

Mini's on a bracelet?....

still need to felt the bracelets and these minis are a variation on the original mini 

5 Petal Mini Variation

5 petals of 2ch 2dc 2ch sl st to magic ring leaving a small hole in the centre

another addiction...no hope for me hehehe

Mr T is feeling better again this morning...decided Brupbrup needed chasing this morning.......with me hot on his tail just got there in time to catch him as he tried to jump on the chest of draws and didn't quite make it!!!

Naughty Mr T...not as well as you think you are!!......

and the vet would go mad with me too

THANKS again for the Mr T good wishes and glad you like the teeny weeny minis

SOME MINI'S TEENY TINY FLOWERS....

Made with about a metre  of yarn..all those bits you have all tangled in a big mess hehehe....

Still deciding on the centre's 

cute hey? lol

After a meal of tuna..all he seems to want to eat at the moment..good job it's on offer at Tesco!!

sleepy boy this afternoon so decided l wouldn't go out today

this our comfy afternoon

mini's
magic circle then chain 3 1dc chain 3 sl st into magic circle repeat 4 or 5 or 6 times depending on how many petals you want then pull up the magic circle to make tight centre or a small hole
then.....??? who knows not sure about the beads think buttons will be better but right now l can't remember where the buttons are!! lol
Hugs all xx

Mr T UPDATE

Was a bit too much for Mr T yesterday l think....not the peace and quite he was supposed to have but we had a very good night on the sofa together again last night

He seems to have more of a raspy throat this morning and doesn't sound too good when he coughs but breathing ok and eating sleeping and doing well  found a couple of his tablets spit out though...ooops!

He wants to go out side but being confined to the lounge except for wee's etc..

still sleeping a lot and if l stay put he does too so the lounge looks a bit of a mess at the moment as l've surrounded myself with books wool and cups of tea with the fan on to keep us cool

Thanks again for all the kind wishes A OK at the moment

next app. is on Friday

xx

FLOWERS FROM CROCHET BOUQUET BOOK by Suzann Thompson

Had the book a while love all the different flower in it but not really tried any of the patterns Kathryn loved the poppy so had a go in the afternoon took me ages to work out the pattern and it's still not quite right but made a 6/7" flower thats real pretty then tried the pansy..that was far easier to do lol

Hope you like them too....thought the pansy would look great on my new croc's?

Kathryn wants a pansy covered tea cosy for her caravan!!!

the poppy was really hard to work out and not quite right yet and l made it rather large too about 6/7" diameter!...hehehe

The poppy wasn't an easy pattern...needs work!

Had a play with the new fine random felting yarn and a few plastic bangles l found lying around.....want more to play with now so a trip to the charity shops may be on for today

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU 

for all the Birthday wished l had a wonderful wonderful day.......quite perfect in  fact

and HUGS to you all xxxxx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ME

Great day wool shopping with Kathryn this morning a steak and salad lunch with James and Kathryn cooked by Phil followed by a sort of join cake and a hooky afternoon trying out a poppy pattern...not an easy pattern so still needs work!!

 took me ages to get this far!!!!!

should have done a sl st picot and l did an ordinary picot at the top of the petals..ooops!!!

Then ran out of yarn....ooops again......... 

as we were going to buy some more but thought l had some already

another excuse to go back to ColourMart again hehehe

Tried winding the random felting yarn on some bangles too today..watch this space!

Great day though but all a bit tired up early again so an early night for me tonight

Thanks Phil Kathryn and James for a great day

Hugs all xx

Mr T's first day at home relaxing!!!

Only problem is every time l get up he wants to come with me!!!.....sneaked off for a shower about 11 while he was on his back and out of it!!

Went with the orange...

PURPLE SQUARE AFRICAN FLOWER?????

Do l stick with the lime to join them?....do l add another colour?...and which do l chose?......

wonder which one l will go for in the end? hehehe
PATTERN LINKPattern link square African flower 2010

Comfy night for Mr T!!

Feel quite refreshed this morning myself too....but l spent the night on the sofa 

(a very comfy sofa though lol) but with Mr T on my stomach....seems he needed his Mummy last night 

Eaten well this morning taken his tablets doing well..please let it continue!

Check up tomorrow at 11

Full house tonight hehe cya later Kathryn....

coming for my Birthday tomorrow and Phil's Brother needs a stop over too got to be in Birmingham very early so needs a lift to the station early!!

Have a sun filled day eveyone

hugs all xx

HOWS THAT FOR A SCAR

But at least all his insides are in the right place now!....Just struggling to keep him still some times

got this pic the one time he managed to lie on his side

He's eaten well today managed a couple of big wee's although it seemed a bit of a problem for him he wants to go through the cat flap every time and  l've locked that!!

Sat with him all day lots of tickles and strokes when he wanted them but left him to sleep as much as possible.....followed him every time he moved though lol

He's dozed most of the day don't think he can get comfy really 

looks like he is sleeping now but if l move he opens his eyes

Managed a bit of hooky stuff today although l fell asleep earlier until Splodge woke me up decided l'd slept long enough and where was his supper?

So l didn't get as much done as l wanted 

collage of what l did get done .....

James and Bim are popping in after the match to collect her bag and see Mr T

and l wanted an early night with the alarm going off at 4.30!!!

No wonder l fall asleep in the afternoons hehe

Mr T says a big thanks for all the nice thoughts xx

MR T IS HOME

Collected him at 11 this morning all he wanted 1st was to go out side but had to make do with the litter tray and boy did he have fun rolled in it like a mad thing hehe then fell over the edge on his back..lol so much for keeping him quite!!!!

He struggled to have a wee though so for 10 minutes he just lay in the box...good job it was all clean and sterilized oh and the next thing he wanted was to take off the plaster covering the drip scar

Crumbs he's back to his old self

this is going to be hard work for a week 

right now he has found himself one of his favourite spots under his chair in the lounge 

He's has had a small meal of tuna and settled down to sleep for now

and l'm going to do the same

already fallen asleep while on the laptop so going to have 40 winks

and then finish this 2nd blue green and white AF cushion

NITE NITE FOR NOW XX

FILZ-IT ARRIVED YESTERDAY SO FINISHED BAG NO.3

Only washed once may wash again today 2 felting washes seem better.....
Bim going to Marrakesh next Tuesday so may not get to see her before she goes but it's waiting for her return
..have a fab hol cya when you get back

A TRAY OF PETUNIAS.....

l never go round to planting...ooops!!

stunning colours

Any one ever tried bead crochet?

Book from the library yesterday and it looks interesting!

Mr T..

fingers crossed Mr T can come home before one today if he had a good night with no complications

got to buy a cage for him now as he needs to be kept reasonably still for a week!!

BIG THANK YOU TO ALL

Thank you again for all the kind wishes

Just had a call from the Vet who did the op.....wow!

 how was he walking about?

Poor Mr T only had 20% lung capacity because almost all his organs had slipped inside his chest..hence the sunken sides everything was inside his rib cage!!!

The diaphragm was detached 180 degrees and he also has a couple of broken ribs

But the op went well and he stitched it back with a good seal and although he sounds raspy he said he is sitting up and looking bright

NEXT PROBLEM....

He has got to have a night at the hospital with the nurse then a whole week of cage rest and a whole month indoors........going to be hard for him to stay still

I'll volunteer to sit with him and nurse him back to health good excuse for me to sit on my bum with him close and crochet my heart out hehe

SO RELIEVED 

now l need another mortgage to pay the bill!

off the bed soon l'm exhausted thinking about it all and the alarm goes off at 4.30 poor Phil back at work again lol

Hugs to all xx

NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS!!

I do hope so.......still not heard anything so presuming for now he's in recovery

for the lovely thoughts for Mr T....l'll update as l know anything
UPDATE:
Just had phone call to say all has gone really well and Mr T is sleeping it off now
He had a really bad tear in his diaphragm and almost all of his stomach was in his chest she didn't think he would have been in pain just discomfort
lots of rest and TLC after a couple of days in hospital....another lucky thing the animal hospital is only across and down the road half a mile
Thank you Pearl Veterinary Clinic

CROSS EVERYTHING MR T IN SURGERY....it's bad!

He was getting better but wasn't well took him to the vets yesterday and l think the vet didn't really know what was the problem or wasn't saying and l was told to go back at 10.40 this morning another vet saw him and told me what he thought was the worst scenario.....

In his opinion he thought he had probably been hit by a car and his diaphragm was torn and his organs were squeezing through and causing the heavy beathing

Poor poor Mr T...He did blood test..nothing so x-rays told the worst

please say a pray for my lovely naughty little furball 

in surgery as l type should be about a 2.5 hour op so won't know anything until tea time

trying to keep busy feel awful and guilty that l didn't take him straight away because all be it slowly he seemed like he was getting better eating and drinking and had been lifting his tail more and more poor love

Vet said if he got through the anaesthetic and was stable he would have a 95% chance of full recovery through surgery

love ya furball  hurry back xx

haven't heard anything in the last 45 minutes so hoping he will be ok

African flower granny square.... another requested pattern

Played about with the square AF this morning so now have one l'm happy with

l used a double strand of DK Acrylic and a 6mm hook for this sample

THE African flower HEXAGON MOTIF IS NOT MY DESIGN

BUT THE SQUARE VERSION IS..QUICK PATTERN

Chain 6, sl st into a circle or make a magic circle

ROUND 1: 2dc, 1 ch , 2dc, repeat 7 times, sl st, to finish round

ROUND 2: 2dc, 2ch, 2dc, repeat 7 times...giving 8 sides, sl st to finish round.

 ROUND 3: 5 dc in each of the points (chain sp)

(normally it's 7 but it made it very frilly and didn't lie flat so l did 5 instead)

ROUND 4: sc in each dc stitch, make a long st, (spike stitch) down to row 3 in between each petal

ROUND 5:
NOW IT STARTS TO CHANGE FROM THE 6 PETAL AFRICAN FLOWER MOTIF

ROUND 5: start in the stitch after the spike st

*1dc in the next 2sts, 1dc,1ch,1dc, in the next stitch (point of petal), 1dc in the next 5 sts, 1dc,1ch,1dc in the next st (point of petal), 1dc in the next 2 sts, miss a st, * repeat from

* to * 3 more times. (start of 4 sides) sl st to complete the round.

You will now have the beginnings of the 4sides

ROUND 6...Start to the side of the 'hole'

*1dc in next 2sts, 1sc in the chain st, then 1sc in the next 6 sts, 1sc in the chain space then miss a st and do 1dc in the next 2 sts

next do 2trs, 3 chain and 2 trs, in the 'hole'* rep from * to *3 times to make 4 sides.
sl st to complete the round.

LONGER, PATTERN WITH LOTS OF EXTRA PICTURES......

ORIGINAL PATTERN; AFRICAN FLOWER GRANNY SQUARE

Start is similar

Round 1:chain 6 

Round 2: 2dc 1 ch 2dc repeat 8 times

Round 3: 2dc 2chain 2dc repeat 8 times

Round 4: 5dc in each of the points (normally it's 7 but made it very frilly and was hard to lie flat)

but with 5 dc as the head of each of the 8 petals it lies really flat

Round 5: sc in each dc stitch with a spike stitch down to row 3 in between each petal

Round 6: NOW IT STARTS TO CHANGE FROM THE 6 PETAL AF

start at the 1st stitch after the spike st

2dc in each stitch then the next st it's 1dc 1ch 1dc (point of petal)

then 5dc in next 5 sts then 1dc 1ch 1dc in the next stitch (point of petal)

next miss a st and do 2dc in each of the next 2 st then a chain and miss a st

rep 4 times

You will now have the beginnings of th 4sides 

can you see that you have a slightly longer filled in side and a smaller end with a hole in it?

that shorter end will be the filled in corner

Round 7: Start to the side of the 'hole' missing the 1st st

2dc in next 2sts then a sc in the chain and 6sc in the next 6 sts sc in the chain then miss a st and do 2dc in the next 2 sts

next do 2trebles 3 chain and 2 trebles in the 'hole' miss a st and rep 3 times to make 4 sides

square corner made!!!!

COLOUR THERAPY SITE LINK..

Glad you enjoyed the colour therapy info seems there are more out there interested in the help that colour changes can make in your life!

link to colour therapy site...

COLOUR THERAPY 

Played about with the square AF this morning so now have one l'm happy with l've done a tutorial and photos for anyone interested....

Start is similar

row 1....chain 6 

row 2....2dc 1 ch 2dc repeat 8 times

row 3....2dc 2chain 2dc repeat 8 times

row4....5dc in each of the points (normally it's 7 but made it very frilly and was hard to lie flat)

but with 5 dc as the head of each of the 8 petals it lies really flat

row 5...sc in each dc stitch with a spike stitch down to row 3 in between each petal

row 6 NOW IT STARTS TO CHANGE FROM THE 6 PETAL AF

this row has been corrected..sorry if you had problems with it

ROUND 6: start in the stitch after the spike st

*1dc in the next 2sts, 1dc,1ch,1dc, in the next stitch (point of petal), 1dc in the next 5 sts, 1dc,1ch,1dc in the next st (point of petal), 1dc in the next 2 sts, miss a st, * repeat from

 * to * 3 more times. (start of 4 sides)

sl st to complete the round

can you see that you have a slightly longer filled in side and a smaller end with a hole in it?

that shorter end will be the filled in corner

row 7...Start to the side of the 'hole' missing the 1st st

*1dc in next 2sts, 1sc in the chain st, then 1sc in the next 6 sts, 1sc in the chain space then miss a st and do 1dc in the next 2 sts

next do 2trs, 3 chain and 2 trs, in the 'hole'*  rep from * to *3 times to make 4 sides.
sl st to complete the round.

square corner made!!!!

Hope that helps with a square AF....l used a double strand of DK Acrylic and a 6mm hook for these sample

Have fun and now l must get going Mr T is having a return trip to vets....think they are a bit puzzled with what's up too!!!

Slightly better again but now shaking his head and has what seems like the snuffles 1st thing in the morning

still eating his special tinned tuna and lots of water and sleeping a lot!

Get well soon Mr T 

HUGS XX