The Blue Lady Goes Pink

When I woke up this morning, I had no intention of updating my blog. Actually, even when I sat down for a cup of coffee five minutes ago, I had no inkling that not ten minutes later I would be posting a message, but here I am anyway. Why? Because autumnal weather is reported to be heading this way - for which: yay! - and I wanted to post a couple of sunny pics of my current, many, Works In Progress. (Look, I know summer's just started, but looking forward to autumn is the only thing that gets me through those awful summer months. Sorry.)

Firstly, stitching, because I assume that's still the main reason why you visit my humble abode on the WWW.

This picture of my progress on The Blue Lady is far from impressive, I know, but just to give you an idea of which part I'm working on, here's a little overview. That white circle shows you which part is pictured above.

It takes about two weeks to un-scroll this lady from her frame, so I couldn't be bothered to show you the entire thing. Oh boy, how I love her...

With the promise of atumnal weather comes an overwhelming desire to create warm things. Blankets, for instance. I crazily joined - oh, how you will laugh - a Crochet-Along (see the link in my sidebar). A Giant Granny CAL. And here's my start. Well, here's my fifty-seventh start, after my previous starts (and near-finishes) didn't really have the look I was hoping for.

Hooked with Drops Delight sock yarn, and rarely has a yarn been more aptly named. Hooked on Drops Delight, I think I should say :o)

Autumnal weather means cold feet, means new socks. Of course.

This was a houndstooth sock for about six months, but I haven't mastered the art of fair isle knitting yet (have severe doubts I ever will), so I unravelled the entire thing and it is now a stripey sock. Much better. This one will have a grey cuff, heel and toe; its companion will be mainly pink. I can't stand the thought of matching socks.

Off to work!

Yours tickled pinkly,
Annemarie.

A post of many pictures (including a stitchy one!)

Welllll, that was a long absence, wasn’t it? Not planned, but been kept v. busy because:

What was he doing on that bench, you may wonder. Why, this of course:

Pelle was home for a well-deserved little holiday. Here you see him and his grandmother trying to find relief from temperatures that can only be described as scorchio.
I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the New Moon.
My stitching orts jar picture looks exactly like the ones I’ve been showing you for the last six months, so I thought I’d show you my crochet orts. Much more impressive, I’m sure you will agree. And what about that blanky??? 62 stripes and counting! Pelle is going for another overnight stay at his daycare centre on Wednesday with a slightly bigger blanket. His first stay was a huge succes (for him, at least. I didn’t sleep a wink, but now I know he’s in such good hands and enjoys it so much, I’m sure I’ll enjoy my Mummy Time more this time around).

Been stitching, too.
Sarah Harris, what a lovely lady she is. Quirky and vibrant and slightly eccentric. That’s how I like my ladies.

Sorry, I have loads and loads to share but absolutely no time to do it today. Or tomorrow, or the day after that. Schoolpaper to write and edit, books to translate, life to enjoy.
To all my American friends, enjoy your special day!

Much love,
Annemarie.