Well, after the flurry over the goldfish-bulb at the weekend, I suppose I had better make an attempt at being a bit more interesting on this blog than of late. I have been incredibly busy but it has mainly been knitting about half a mile of scarves in garter stitch. I'm designing various mascot scarves for a company in the USA, but each design needs 3 sample scarves as well as the prototype for them to show to shops and photograph for their website. That's a LOT of scarves for one person to knit!
The trouble is, I'd much rather be knitting these....this is the first piece in a miniature knitted tea-set and I am dying to get stuck in to designing and making the cups and teapot. Next problem, how to knit tea, sugar and cakes, bearing in mind the size they have to be!
During last year's holiday to Boston, my daughter was very taken with the huge displays of pumpkins for Halloween. Obviously we couldn't buy a giant pumpkin as it would have cost the earth in excess baggage on the plane, but we did get her a little tiny one which we brought back to England with us. When it started going a bit soggy and it was time to throw it away, I scooped out the seeds and put them in a jar until Spring. Last week I just chucked handfuls of them into three little pots of earth, sealed them up and forgot about them until this morning - wow! Looks like we will have our own pumpkin patch this year - I am now wondering if they were a special small variety or whether they will actually grow to full size.....our garden is tiny and already jam-packed......
The draw for the goldfish lightbulb will take place at the weekend (28th/29th April) so you still have plenty of time to put your name down. I'm excited - never had a giveaway with so many people taking part before!
3 comments:
Super sweet little tea cup!
I shall be watching those pumpkins carefully with interest :-)
:-) X X X
Good luck with your pumpkins. Fingers crossed. :-)
The sugar bowl is ever so sweet and the cockerel scarves looks great. xoxo
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