Sophie is 50 and soon I will be too

Wow yesterday evening I finished round 50 of Sophie. Isn't she beautiful!

I would recommend you all having a go at this beautiful design. It looks so complicated but as long as you know your basic stitches and can count you just need a bit of concentration. Any stitches you aren't sure of there will always be a youtube tutorial to help.

So Sophie has reached 50 and so has Banham Zoo (our local zoo) and to celebrate they have given away lots of entrance tickets to those of us who are also reaching this grand old age this year... which includes me.
Can't quite believe that in a couple of weeks I will have reached half a century... I just don't know how that happened. All in the blink of an eye really.

So today we are having a family day to the zoo. Thing 1 and Thing 2 plus the OAPS (my parents). I have treated myself to a new camera this year so will be practising my wildlife shots today. Im sure Thing 2 will as well... he likes to take over lol. Less than 3 weeks now before he leaves for his first year at Aston Uni .. gulp.

So have a great bank holiday monday if you are here in the UK and a great day if you are elsewhere in the world. Would be lovely to know where you are so drop a message if you are happy to .

Enjoy, have fun and I hope the sun shines on all of us
Roz x

To the Universe and Beyond!

Well hello there everyone. Definitely been a bit cooler today in my part of the UK. But while it is nice to have a day with a bit of rain I'm seriously hoping we still have some nice warm weather to finish our summer with.

I was going to do some work on my monochrome blanket this week but typically realised I was running out of the wool so had to put an order in. Then... fortunately or unfortunately depending on how you see it.. i stumbled across Sophies Universe  [www.lookatwhatimade.net]. Its a CAL and absolutely lovely. I have been 'hooked' and beavering away have reached round 35. I was feeling quite chuffed until i realised there are 113 rounds in this Crochet Along.

This is my effort so far and I can't believe how much work has gone into creating the pattern. Thank you Dedri !

My monochrome wool has turned up today but .... i think i'm going to be sticking with Sophie just for now

Enjoy your evening

Roz

Where has that year gone

I can't believe its been nearly a year since i was on here last, despite my constantly thinking i would keep this blog more updated. Thing 1 returned from Vancouver Island University in May and Thing 2 passed his A levels this week with an AAB so will soon be starting year 1 at his uni doing a Marketing degree. With both of them soon at uni i might eventually have more time to do things, like this blog, for myself. I know the house will be quiet without them here but a little freedom after 21 years will be nice as well. Ask me a week or so after they've gone if i still feel like that lol.

So a quick update on the crochet i've managed since last autumn. My granny square blanket has increased in size but still needs more squares. An ongoing project!

I also made a blanket to fit both my boys... typical they are 6'3" and 6'4". Thats two long blankets, done in the theme of norwich city football club. The one below is laying on Thing 2.

I also made myself a scarf with many stitches and edged it with bobble stitch. That edging took as long as the actual scarf!

The boys both got a covered cushion in baby soft wool from aldi. This is Thing 2s and Thing 1 has his in grey.

My sister bought me the Imaginarium of Edwards animals book for christmas and this is the polar bear. My first attempt. I managed four of them in total but the small fiddly stitches played havoc with my slight RSI that raises its ugly head occasionally so i had to stop doing them.....

I've also been doing a black and white blanket, will post a pic when i have one but i made it up as i went along. For those who know me well... i'm not and never have been a lack of colour girl but i've really enjoyed this blanket which also uses shades of grey. Its colourful in a non colourful way. 

And today... i bought a chromebook. After previously using a tablet this is heaven and has taken me so much less time to post. Happy times. 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend

Roz