crafts & knitting

wet weekend

It's pouring with rain here, so there's no chance of knitting in a sunny garden today. Still, I have managed a little crochet inside and I've now finished 3 of the 4 crochet cushions that I'm working on. I really like the first one (on the left), I'm quite pleased with the second one (on the right) but I'm not sure about the 3rd one (in the middle). It doesn't bode well for the 4th one and I've run out of steam a bit – hopefully it will look ok when I eventually finish it!

Cushions

(1, 2 & 4 are based on Attic 24's summer garden granny and the 3rd is Jan Eaton's square target granny from her book '200 Crochet Blocks')

garden stuff · general stuff

week 2

The summer hols are continuing happily here with everyone still in good humour! The highlights of our second week have again been water-based with a lovely day at the seaside (West Wittering in West Sussex) with Grandparents, Cousins and Auntie.

Seaside1

 

Amyswim

There has also been some splashing back at home in the paddling pool – not quite as exciting but still fun, especially with a garden hose!

Splash

 

Splas2

We've also had some rain this week which has been great for the garden and everything is growing fabulously. I'm still enjoying getting to grips with the camera which has resulted in far too many photos being taken around here!

Grapes

 

Courgette

 

Picked

 

Sweetpeas2

We're quite enjoying the relaxed pace of summer, with a few days out and about thrown in to prevent bordeom setting in. I'm at my happiest though when I get to grab a little time in the garden with my knitting or crochet and have a new favourite corner by the shed where I've been sitting on my newly-finished cushions and an old chair that was my Grandparent's.

Chair

With any luck I'll be spending a little of my weekend there – hope you get the chance to do something you like to do this weekend x

garden stuff

snappy happy

Our new camera has made me very happy today. I've never had one with a proper zoom lens before and I've had lots of fun snapping away at things in the garden and learning how to use it while the children play.

Onion and friend

Onion flower

I'm also very happy that I let this one onion plant flower instead of chopping off the stem in order to grow a fat onion – the flower is rather beautiful and is getting lots of attention from the hoverflies.

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Thanks for the kind comments. The new camera is a Panasonic lumix DMC FZ38.