Oh blimey...

It seems I have been nominated for a craft blog award by Company Magazine.  The link to vote is here, scroll down to the 'crafty girls' section.

I'm finding it quite amusing that it's under the umbrella of 'style blogger'.  Style is not a word I feel I associate with given the number of times I've done the school run with my PJ's under a big coat.  Note to self, must make more effort!

I am still here!

We've just taken a couple of weeks out to give the house a bit of a sort out.  The loft (attic?, we call it a loft here in the UK) needed emptying as we're having new insulation fitted which will hopefully keep the house warmer.  Bit nervous about it all though as we don't have a good track record when it comes to going in our loft...

due to Al having put his foot through the ceiling in my sewing room.  His slipper landed on my desk!

Back soon with some actual sewing, I promise.

p p p pick up a penguin,

Here, it's the latest edition of the online magazine from Crafteroo,

as well as the pattern for the cutest amigurumi elephant ever, there's a pattern for the first in a series of Penguins,

the magazine is available from here and is only £1.50 (that's $2.34).

Start the year off with a bit of sewing!

I'd like to dedicate this post to...

my Mum!

She's having an upside down christmas this year having just moved house (during which, just about everything that could go wrong, did go wrong), and is still in the process of making the new house habitable.  One of the positive sides to her downsizing, is that certain things have been passed on to me during the clear out.  Things that remind me of my childhood, and that actually my keen interest in making things, has quite clearly come from her.

When my mum was a child, she knitted clothing for her dolls.  I remember playing with all of these when I was little.  I thought they were the most precious things in the world.  And now they've been passed on to me.

They are even more precious now, and I'm reluctant to let my children play with them as I worry about causing damage, but today as I was photographing them for this post, it did occur to me that, yes they are precious, but not as precious as their creator.

my Mum!

Merry Christmas, see you in 2012!

Penguin pattern,

Coming soon, a brand new Softie pattern for this whole family of Penguins...

where and when, will be revealed after christmas!