Oops

I appear to have forgotten to update for the last week! I have no real excuse, apart from being stuck into my crochet in the evenings, so spending less time online.
Steve had his eye op on Tuesday and had to stay overnight as he had a wheezy reaction to the anaesthetic. He unfortunately has to keep his face down (chin to chest) all the time for at least a week which means that he has a sore neck and can pretty much only play on his DS!
We've had playdates with Nyree et al. Mildred the Kitten is the dark tortoiseshell seen here.

Cake club was at Tabi's new house which is lovely
On Saturday Tilda had a fairy and pirates party at the leisure centre - she wore her Tinkerbell dress and stood out amongst all the pink!

Also - progress on my shawl this week,

Todat Grampsy came over for lunch and I've made some bread. Not much else doing!

Ok - showing off a little bit

I finished my Cassandra shawl!!!!! Normally I am the Queen of UFOs!

and this is the next project - Gathering Leaves
using Kauni Effektgarn in the EQ (rainbow) colourway.

Well, now that Blogger is working again,

lets add some more pictures on.
On Wednesday we went for a walk with the gang up to the lock where we had a picnic. The bigger kids spent most of their time chucking mud into the river and getting really, really filthy. Part and parcel of being four, I reckon. The tide mark on the bath showed she had a good time! Rowan was her usual rock-star self and sat in the wagon with her shades on, taking it all in!

Thursday was a bit of a pyjama day - I recieved a black and white indio wrap that I had traded for my plum elipsen and its really rather lovely. Here it is with the rest of the stash.

 

Yesterday Tilda's Timbuktu Ocah Doll Sling arrived and she seems quite taken with it. We went to Sarah's for cake-club then briefly stopped in at Nyree's to say hello to the kittens and to collect Nyree's blocking wires for when I finally finish the Cassandra shawl - I'm about four rows away now but they are very long rows, so they take a while to get through - a couple of hours each!

A Right Royal Affair

Today was the day of the wedding of Prince William to Catherine Middleton. I got a wee bit excited, but it seems I was the only one in this house! Tilda spent the day dressed as a cat, Winnie started out in a posh frock, but it didn't last long. She slept all the way through the service then woke up with a new tooth!

Later on I got a Little Tikes horse on wheels for Winnie for £7.50 and a bottle of glitter paint for 20p in Asda. Bargains!

This is me dressed up as a daisy in the fancy dress competition at our street party for Charles & Di's wedding in '81!

I made a functional, but really unnatractive ipod holder for Tilda as the sound of it being dragged along the floor proved too much for me! Tilda chose the button.

We also heard the terribly sad news that one of Nyree's kittens, Lily, passed away in the night, so rest in peace, sweet little Water Lily.

Work In Progress (WIP) Wednesday!

This week, alongside the realta blanket, I'm also working on a Cassandra Shawl
using some Violet Green 4ply Merino.I've just completed the first of three sections.
This pic shows the pattern best;

and the colour is more accurate here;

Also, here are some more pics from the weekend.
My rolls which were ever so pretty but not entirely cooked

Pics from the barbecue on Monday

And here is Tilda on her way to the cinema with her ear-defenders. She lasted about 30 seconds before the noise became too much for her - she's going to try again when she's ten!

Crochet!

Here is a pic of the bundle of yarn I got for Mother's day.
It is a selection of colours put together by Lucy from  Attic 24
in order to crochet a blanket. I've had a search on Ravelry
and found the Realta Afghan
which I like because the black makes it seem 'punchier' than the Attic 24 ones, so I'm combining the colours with the black. So far I've done two hexgons and three squares, so have a long way to go!