The misty is still growing, one square at a time
and I’m starting to think that it will look good draped over the sofabed that we bought last year to help us deal with having Toby awake so much at night. I’m glad that we have it because now H and I can take it in turns to get a decent sleep upstairs while the other is ‘sleeping’ here with Toby, but as a piece of furniture it sure is ugly!
Now I’m just trying to decide whether to have the throw draped over the back or to make it large enough to cover the whole flipping thing!
I shall keep one-a-daying until I decide.
Well, the school summer holidays are nearly upon us and I’m feeling both unprepared and unenthusiastic. The prospect of keeping Toby entertained for so long is an unsettling one, especially if we don’t get some dry weather soon. So I’m making like an ostrich with her head in the sand and spending the last few quiet days hiding away in a peaceful corner with my knitting.
I hope to pop in here as often as possible but I do expect to fall behind with my blog reading. So, here’s wishing you a good few weeks and hope to see you soon x
little cotton rabbits 
The colours in your blanket are truly beautiful and it looks so lovely on your sofa!!
Perhaps it’s a good thing to be unprepared and unenthusiastic because then the reality may be much better than you anticipate, I really hope that is how it will be for you.
Wishing you sunshine and peaceful summer days Julie!
Happy knitting,
Vivienne x
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Your blanket is coming along so nicely, the colours are very peaceful and relaxing.
Enjoy the next few days and I hope the holidays pass with little drama and lots of memories for all of you xx
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Your blanket is beautiful. No matter how big you make it, it will be loved and used very often
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Very much like the blanket. the colours are beautiful.
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Here’s hoping the sun shines for you (and the rest of us!) Bhuddist saying : Eat when you want to, sleep when you can, relax when life allows. Take each moment to relax and take joy from the little things ie the blanket – which might not’end up’ so little!! Much love x
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Blanket is beautiful. Wishing you well in the school holidays.
Sue
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The Misty blanket is beautiful Julie. I hope you have a good summer with Toby… and lots of sunshine. We’re overdue some around here!
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Julie…
Have you forgotten all about the seed packet pattern you promised us? Just wonderin’ when you will have it ready for us who has been on the lookout? Your afghan is beautiful.
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Looking wonderful. Just love the colours you have used. You are really inspiring me to make something similar as this is so different from my normal colour choice and i would never have dreamt of using such muted colours x
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Your blanket is really gorgeous. I shall be praying for some sunshine for you.
Hugs,
A x
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Keep your head up! The next few weeks will be a lot of work but there will be moments that prove it is all worth it. I will keep my fingers crossed for sunshine. Your blanket is looking great already, I think you should go ‘all the way’ and make it big enough to cover the sofa :). Warm regards and a hug, R.
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Whoa isn’t this the loveliest blanket!
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What a gorgeous blanket! I love your colour choices and the pattern you’ve used is beautiful!
Victoria xx
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It looks stunning, such lovely peaceful colours. How about just like it is, with a couple of cushions to coordinate? Hope your summer goes well x
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I just tried to comment, but it looks like it didn’t go through. Basically, I just said that I love your blanket with the nice pastel colors in the center and the beautiful darker grey around the borders. It looks fabulous on the couch the way it is, but would look great bigger as well.
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You will be missed here in blog land. You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers as you face the daily challenges of all a break in schedule brings. I do hope you will be able to steal some snippets of time however short to “needle” whether it be knitting or crocheting.
Take care and stop by when you can.
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Go the whole hog and make it to cover all the sofa! It looks beautiful and I am glad you left the brown squares in, they add little points of interest without standing out.
Hope the sun stays out for you – it’s rumoured to improve from next week. Let’s face it, it couldn’t get much worse! Have a great summer hols!
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Hi Julie,
I too am a mother of a son with Autism. I find alot of solace in knitting, sewing and crocheting I try and steel a couple of hours each evening and over the weekend. The blanket is lovely. You could of course consider it finished but when the mood takes you just add a few more squares a sort of work in continuous process until of course you completely run out of the wool you have made it with. Hope the summer hols don’t prove too hard going but I’ll be thinking of you.
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Love the blanket and the sofa actually looks OK in the photo. I hope the weather improves for you and us as it is terrible weather for a self employed builder, too!
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Hahaha! I understand the ugly furniture dilemma. Your one a day is beautiful and makes a nice cover up. I bet it is yummy to wrap up in too.
I wish I lived closer so I could help you and give you some respite while Toby is home. Darn ocean!!!! Oh that I could help……….. I’ll be thinking of you and hoping and praying! Many hugs and kisses from afar.
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It is just gorgeous, Julie. Here’s hoping the jet stream will move away further north as they keep saying and we all dry out!
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it’s looking truly gorgeous. fingers and toes crossed for some sunny summer holiday weather (not too hot though, then no one will sleep……….)
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the colors are absolutly gorgeous, and the blanket to ♥
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Dear Julie,
Such beauty; I’m talking about the blanket not the sofabed 😉 What a serene palette of colours.
Keep your head in the sand, Julie. As Vivienne commented above reality is likely to be sweeter than anticipated. There will be plenty of pockets of joy for you all during the next “summer” weeks. After looking after a sick toddler for a week and a half whilst the rain dimmed our daylight day in day out I am overjoyed to have my two eldest lovelies back from their stay England. Sweet moments indeed even if it makes for more hectic times.
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The blanket looks lovely on that sofa. I love the colours – really gorgeous and muted.
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Hi Julie,
I have been following you now since the beginning and truly understand your thinking. I don’t speak of this but find myself compelled to do so today.
As a mother of the first special needs twins in my area I have to say thank you. Thank you for sharing your life, your talents, those moments that make you want to scream and the saddness that fills our hearts. The tired sleepless nights that come with these children, the exhaustion ones body feels as we make it through another day.
Thank you for helping me to find the warmth of color. For inspiring me to knit and not just crochet. Thank you for being so talented and finding those snippets of moments to let us in to your life. I will keep popping in even just to know your here is soothing. Children like ours teach us a beautiul lesson in life. They touch our hearts were no one else could ever go. God Speed and Bless your family each and every day.
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Wow — it’s looking awesome Julie! I love the colors.
I thought of you the other day while watching an interesting show — they’re doing some amazing work with children who can’t speak and ipads. It made me get teary-eyed just thinking how amazing technology can be — it’s not just a timewaster on the internet! ;-D
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…but where to stop? (I’ve been having visions of the interior of your house draped in beautiful blanket!)
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Your misty blanket is looking mighty gorgeous Julie x
The warm, dry, sunny weather is on its way i can feel it in my bones! well, i have my fingers crossed anyway.
wishing you a calm and happy summer
love jooles x
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your blanket is lush.
I bookmarked this page the other day – http://littlewondersdays.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/summer-bucket-list-2011.html
It seemed like a good idea to plan ahead for the long holidays and make sure that you do all of your favourite things. Maybe writing a list might make you look forward to it a bit? It must be so hard for you to be positive. Lets hope at least there is some nice weather.
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Oh my this is so beautiful 😮 I love the calm shades and little polka dot middles 🙂
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ooooh i love that blanket. the selection of colours is FAB.
good luck with your summer holiday, i really hope the weather improves for you to enable you to get out and about.
x
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What a stunning blanket. Your eye for colour is so good, if I tried it the result would just be a mish-mash. Will keep my fingers crossed that the promised sunshine arrives next week to make life easier for you all. Hope you do enjoy the summer hols – you always seem to find the right path when many of us would be totally and truly overwhelmed. Sending a big hug.
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Such a beautiful blanket….and on the sofa it’s creating a joy out of a necessity! Take as much “me-time” as you can before the holidays…and love and prayers for the days to come! Jenni xx
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What ever you decide, the blanket is very pretty, I love the colors.
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Such a beautiful blanket, I’m in love with those colours, so soft and pretty. It looks perfect on your sofa. Deb xxx
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The blanket is lovely – it makes me want to snuggle under and be all calm and sleepy for a lovely lazy day! x maggie x x x
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Your blanket is beautiful! I love the colors. Hope everything goes well with Toby. XO
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such a lovely blanket! I think : bigger is a must (if you have time and patience!)!
Anyway, many hugs for the next summer holiday days,
xxx Alessandra
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Such an elegant blanket…you have such a way with colour. Like another follower, I wish I lived near you so that I could give you some practical help. (always prefer cleaning others’ houses to my own!) Your blog will be missed! Wishing you great weather and a decent amount of knittig/crochet time.
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Pragtig mooi! ‘n Baie groot werk waarop jy baie trots kan voel!
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I don’t often leave a comment mainly because my english writing skills are a bit limited but for once I’d like to tell you that I take pleasure at reading your blog. your crafts are always beautiful (love your misty’s colours)and I hope you take as much pleasure at writing it as me at reading.
Hope your school holidays we’ll be allright and the weather be with you
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I hope that the Summer holiday goes OK. I know it is so difficult for Toby when his usual routine is disrupted. Lets hope the sun ahines, or at least, the rain stops, so that he can have lots of trampoline sessions. I’ve just had a new student in my class with Autism diagnosis, and his favourite thing is his trampolin. I thought of Toby when his Mum told me that.
I hope you manage a little ‘you’ time, and a little ‘you and Amy’ time during the school break. Hows the respite going?
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The blanket is beautiful and, if you don’t like your sofa, then keep going until it’s all covered. I love the way the diagonals on the balnket echo the window panes.
Hope the summer isn’t too stressful for you; love your blog
B X
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It’s a beautiful throw! Also, there appears to be some better weather on the way, fingers crossed 🙂
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That looks great, love how it looks on your sofa bed. Hope the weather gets better soon so the kids can enjoy their summer holidays, ours are stuck inside too 😦 x
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Hi Julie,
Your crochet throw is gorgeous and looks lovely over your sofabed back.
I will miss your blog when you are away, but you deserve a break.
I do hope you get some nice weather to enjoy with the family.
Take care & try to get some rest too.
Love Carole from Rossendale xxx
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quel magnifique plaid bravo et quelles superbes couleurs
un très bel ouvrage
françoise
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The blanket colours are just gorgeous, try and have a wonderful summer holidays, and fingers crossed we get the weather we so deserve after putting up with all this rain
I finally found time to blog about Emerald, I love her and she is currently my shop mascot 🙂 thank you thank you so much xxxx
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Fingers crossed for some sun for you Julie, so Toby can enjoy plenty of bouncing and bubbles in the garden.
The throw is gorgeous, and will look wonderful whatever size you make it, although the thought of it being big enough to cover the whole sofa bed is rather marvellous … at that size it would have a snuggle factor of 10+ for sure!
Wishing you an easy summer m’dear x
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The blanket is lovely! Just right for the back of the sofa. Putting a knitted/crocheted throw on the seat is problematic. Stretching and tearing. Just as it is is fine!
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I’ve never thought much of granny squares but you have inspired and motivated me to try to create a blanket for myself. The misty is just stunning and makes me want to create one for my own home!! I love, love, love your color combinations. So beautiful! Praying for you and your family that the Holiday will hold many unexpected delights and blessings including great weather.
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Yummmmy! It’s looking fantastic! I would probably just drape it over the back or else it’d be falling off and stressing me out each time someone sits on it (can you tell I have this EXACT problem in my house?!) but maybe that’s just me being neurotic!
I can totally relate about the holidays. On the one hand I can’t wait to spend more time with my lad when he’s not exhausted and grumpy, but on the other hand I know that having both of the kids around ALL the time will make them crochety with one another. Thankfully we have a week in the sun to look forward to in August, because this rain is getting us all down and the kids are ill all the time at the moment.
Here’s to sunny happy holidays!
🙂
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Gorgeous! Keep going until you’ve had enough is my only advice. Have a good summer, hope you get some sunshine though I know Toby doesn’t mind the water!!
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This summer if you let it will whizz by, once Toby is in the summer routine.Mind over matter they say. Hopefully you have some special camps and activities to help pass the time. Perhaps you could find a teenager to be what we call in Canada a mother’s helper. Basically someone young with lots of energy to help entertain Toby an extra set of hands. But the best part will be that when you do have a quiet moment to knit it will be that much sweeter don’t you think. Please find a few minutes to share how things are going this summer I love to visit your blog weekly.
Take care
Jennifer from Utopia Canada
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tout est magnifique , la réalisation , le choix des couleurs , bravo !! 😉
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I do believe the sun is on its way, so hope it brings some enthusiasm to your holidays!
Your blanket looks stunning. I have the same dilemma with my sofa bed downstairs … my tactic is to smother it in cushions!
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This is beautiful – and the one a day approach really appeals – have a great holiday!
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What a beautiful throw 🙂 The colours really compliment each other so well.
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Oh, my word. You said “whole FLIPPING thing”! Now you’re sounding like Rachel and me. We, together, are corrupting your English, my dear. This makes you an official cit of Utah.
As for the sofa bed – crochet covereth a multitude of sins, I think. And that lovely thing you are doing could change ME into an angel. It’s so nice, Jules.
Just be brave and face the next while with love and courage. And don’t forget to breathe. What a thing children are, just in general – but having to walk across the abyss just to say hello makes it even harder. Write if you need anything I can give. We are here for you.
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Hi Julie – ‘wow’ – what a glorious blanket you have there….I can see your dilemma, the colours are gorgeous and I would be so tempted to have it on show all spread out across the sofa, but the snuggle factor ‘oh my’ – I hope you can find a good solution.
Hello…from over here…and what a beautiful blog you have.
Nina xxx
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Happy holidays Julie – we have good weather this week (although a tad hot for knitting!) so hopefully Toby will have fun outside. As for your blanket – I’ll be over to steal it soon …!
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hello hello…its been an age since I was able to check in on you. Your blanket is beautiful and a testament to a doing a little every day. your blog banner is gorgeous too! i wish you luck for the summer and hope you get some restful moments in there.
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sometimes the only reasonable way to cope is to hide your head
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Hi Julie, how beautiful your blanket looks, for what its worth I love your blanket how it is, on the back of the couch leaving the seat plain. I just had to quickly tell you how much I love my little colombine bunny, she sits in my bedroom and you are one of the last people I think of every night when I see her. xxBrenda
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The blanket is beautiful and the colours are so restful. The joy of blankets is that they can be added to today, tomorrow, or whenever you like.
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