A hooky bake off…

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With my new kitchen install almost there and the ‘Robins nest’ returning to some resemblance of comforting family rhythm… I couldn’t resist hooking these sprinkle donuts…

sprinkle donuts
                                                                          

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Here is the pattern link ‘sprinkly donuts’ from The Adventures of a Gingerbread Lady

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What do you think Mary Berry would say??

xxxxx

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Jess

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This last few weeks has seen Jess turn one…

at 8 weeks old
                                                                                             at 8 weeks old…so cute xx

 

at 1 year old... still cute x
                                                                               at 1 year old… still cute x

It has also seen my eldest two robins start year seven at High school…

they are growing so quickly...
                                                                                          they are growing so quickly…

I also passed my return to practice course in nursing… (happy dance) and have commenced training as a Health Visitor (happy dance…feeling overwhelmed…happy dance)

my study buddy...
                                                                                      my study buddy…

not sure I have time to celebrate with another yarn bomb!  There has also been a lot of disruption in the Robin’s nest

rennovations...
                                                                                                          renovations…

Which is still ongoing, but will be worth the extra grey hairs it is giving me.

So far this year I have truly lived by BRAVE… and now Autumn is nearly here… my most favourite time of year and to embrace this season and welcome it with open arms… I’ve spent a little time pinning my Autumn happies… I just hope I can weave in some time to create.

xxxxx

 

 

 

CHAOS

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                 Chaos reigns…
       Still without my computer
        (although it is now fixed)

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                        where my computer used to be

     hooky moments have been few    and far between… But I did have a glorious moment yesterday…Bliss

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Out of this chaos will come order and more regular hooky posts.

 Promise

  xxxxx

tree house pimping…

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Whilst there has been so much going on, to include my computer being at near death, I have managed a little pimping of the tree house…

african flower garland
African flower garland

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now to get this computer resuscitated and I will be able to post once again!! 

What weekends are made for…

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hooky planning
hooky planning…
in the sun!
in the sun!
in the park
at the park…
under blue endless sky
under an endless blue sky…
a lot of weeding needed in the garden...overgrown bush!!
a lot of weeding needed in the garden… and overgrown bushes!!
some chopping and pulling and a lot of elbow grease...
some chopping and pulling and a lot of elbow grease…
a few coffee breaks...
a few coffee breaks…
ta dah!!
ta dah!!
finished with a evening by the chiminea
finished with a evening by the chiminea
and some good company
and some good company!

classroom cushions

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It’s that time of year…thinking of suitable teachers gifts.  This year I have both my summer and autumn robin moving to secondary school, so I wanted to gift their teachers something special…

fat and squishy
and fat and squishy

Well you might have known it would be something yarny!… isn’t it just lovely, a glorious blooming flower cushion for the classroom, made in their favourite colour-ways of course.

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ripples of pretty petals
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and a cute hand made notion on the back.

This one reminds me of the ripples in a pool…and then there is the pretty purple petals cushion

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girly hooking at its finest

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I chose to fill these cushions with 12″ feather cushion fillers which gives these classroom cushions a real plumpness which will last. With my new lounge almost at decorating stage I think that there will be more cushions coming off my hook very soon.

And the winner is…

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So, today is the day to draw the winner of

the yarny give-a-way.

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What better way to cheer up a very rainy day…I have relished this lazy Saturday…in the rain,

mooching around town in the rain
mooching around town in the rain

I gathered supplies for a rainy day activity for the little robins

rainy day supplies
rainy day supplies

and could not resist these bright sunny gerberas

sunny gerberas
sunny gerberas

After lunch the boys settled in for the afternoon with a movie…which gave Mr R and myself the opportunity to deploy ‘operation laser alley’

our hallway became a laser alley
our hallway became a laser alley

and then we enjoyed a coffee together and waited for the boys to discover their mission…and while we waited I began the yarny robin give-a-way draw

26 of you lovelies entered
26 of you lovelies entered

and into the beanie cap you all went

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but there could only be one winner….and the

winner is……..

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 Congratulations nanacathy2, you are the proud owner of more yarn!!

xxxxx

 

A yarny give-a-way…

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A yarny give-a-way from a yarny robin!

 From me to you with love…

to celebrate a year of this blog.  

already a firm favourite!
already a firm favourite!

(one of my first posts)

 

Whilst this blog started as a catalogue of my crafty life and has never been about the number of hits or the number of followers, I have been amazed and humbled over the last 12 months by the huge amount of encouragement and support I have received in terms of folk reading and liking my posts and leaving me such lovely comments…

THANK YOU ALL.

This last 12 months has seen lots of craftiness… here is a little snippet of some of my favourites

happy ripple in progress
happy ripple in progress

(my first tutorial – bobble edge)

 

these little roses are gorgeous to hook
these little roses are gorgeous to hook

(roses and posies tea cosy)

 

yarnpom
yarnpom

(yarnpom)

 

Hot Love
Hot Love

(my first pattern)

 

There were also the new arrivals and fabulous family memories made…

Jess
Jess

( the arrival of Jess)

 

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(and Percy)

 

down by the canal
down by the canal

(out on Bella!) 

 

messin' about on the river
messin’ about on the river

 (a day on the river)

 

 I wish to show my appreciation by means of a small give-a-way… of yarn…open to all

it could be yours!
it could be yours!

Just leave a comment below if you would like me to enter your name to win x3 50g balls of this Chunky yumminess… I will draw a winner on the 13th June, so make sure to leave a comment by the 12th June…

xxx

Colour Play

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After a  bank holiday weekend of this…

mixing dry wall adhesive
being Mr R’s skivvy
boarding out our new lounge
nearly there!

I  made a couple of hours for this…

Oceanic
summer blooms
Dingle
sweet ice cream
sorbet

playing with colour…

Bliss!

xxx