Happy Halloween

Here's a pumpkin my little one and I made earlier. I call him Mr Smiley.

Christmas Projects....It has begun!

Yep that's right, I had to start at some point and this week seems a good week to start.


My mum is always cooing over the crochet and knitted toys I show her so I thought I'd make her some for Christmas. I haven't shown her these pattern so they should be a complete surprise to her and she's Frog Mad! So I hope she really digs these.

I frog pattern can be found over at Caron International Yarns and the owl pattern can be found over at crochet me

My Little 1's school picture

He looks Great. My Little Boy. I'm so proud :D

Doctor Who Progress so far

Well I say progress. I was doing really well but the pattern I was working from (Rowan Yarn) seems a little short and when I investigated I realised that the pattern was short by half and all colour blocks ;(

I was making such great progress too (hence why I've not been blogging so much). I couldn't let this lie so I've started again with the proper pattern from Doctor Who Scarf Site

I'm now on the 8th row of the first 52 rows of beige. Yikes!

Dr Who Scarf Journey begins

I've been set the task of making the Season 12 Dr Who scarf as worn by Tom Baker for my dear brother @fr3cks.

My first challenge was to find similar yarns to match the American ones that I cannot hope to get hold of with my meagre budget. I finally settled on Patons Fab dk and Hayfield/Sirday Bonus dk.

Here are the Shades I settled on:

Sirdar Bonus  DK

Claret       0841
Charcoal   0837

Patons Fab DK

Beige        02331
Yellow      02302
Fern         02341
Red          02323

These colours are as close as match as I could get with exception of the Red. I fear this may be a little too bright a red, but we'll see. I may be fretting for now reason.

I'm putting a scarf o matic bar on my page so you can follow my progress in percentage form. So let the project commence :)

Homegrown Strawberry and a HomeMade Blackberry Pie

I've been a busy little bee these past few weeks. We Ooo'd and Aaar'd at our Strawberry that grew in my little garden.

This was promptly being eaten a few seconds later. I'm very lucky to have taken a photo.

My Brother @Altias (twitter) and I (@jelibe) went blackberry picking the other day and just in time too cause the council were using there power saws to chop it all up! I was agast but we got stuck in and we managed to get 2 cups of blackberries which I've made for my pie today.

This recipe is very easy and was really tasty. I'd really recommend Ice cream, cream or custard with this. I got the recipe from this site and its called Simple Blackberry Pie. If your a beginner like me this is a great one to start with. You can't really go round, even if, like me, you don't get enough shortcrust pastry for it (note to self: buy more next time). Its very forgiving as you can see I just did a pastry top.

I couldn't wait to taste it before taking a picture so that's my portion eaten, I can't hide from the truth, I'm the only one here! ha ha!

New Mobile Phone

I've had a GREAT day today ☺ I've had my hair cut (that's always a good start). Its an inverted bob. I've also signed up for a new mobile phone contract with virgin mobile. Its a 24 month one at £20 per month. I'm getting a Samsung Wave free with it.

 Looks yummy. I've been umming an awwing all day wondering if I should go for it and this evening I've taking the plunge (its a freeing feeling). I've not had a "new" phone for a long time, I've generally had hand me down phones but not this time. I'm an independent lady and I need a new phone ☺