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March

Springtime Crochet

29 March 2016 by Naomi Leave a Comment

I hope you have all had a wonderful Easter weekend! We have been blessed to spend time with lots of family we don’t see too often which was lovely and a certain little girl was gifted far too much chocolate 😉

Crochet Circle Cardigan

It definitely felt like spring had arrived this weekend, we had some beautiful warm sunny days along with a spring storm for good measure. Emma has seen the sunshine and decided the only appropriate clothing is tiny little summer dresses, every morning starts with a battle to get a t-shirt and leggings on underneath! I realised that what her wardrobe lacks is a lightweight cardigan or shrug for this type of weather. Cue a new crochet project!

Crochet Cardigan

Crochet Circle Cardigan

This worked up so quickly, even though I was making it up as I went along. I’m really pleased with how it has turned out and my picky little miss actually wears it! It is only Stylecraft Special DK, so it’s purse friendly, wearable and washable!

There are a few little kinks I want to iron out, so another one is in the works but then I will be putting the pattern up for you all. Just in case anyone would like to make one for a little person in their life?! I think I might have to scale it up for an adult version too. 😉

I do have a question for you though…. Is a cardigan without sleeves still a cardigan or is it a shrug or something else?? I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below!

Naomi-16

Posted in: Lovely Little Crochet Tagged: cardigan, crochet, March, Spring, stylecraft, sunshine

The Ordinary Moments #3

21 March 2016 by Naomi 1 Comment

It’s funny, if you asked me my favourite colour I would probably say I don’t have a favourite and then choose green if you pushed me.
If you asked Emma what mummy’s favourite colour is she will undoubtedly tell you it’s purple. Just as she tells me!
But as I looked back through the photos I have taken in the last couple of weeks there does seem to be rather a lot of purple. As if I gravitate towards it without noticing, yet Emma had!

crocus patch

I too often forget that at the age of 4 she is much more observant and aware of what is going on around her than I tend to give her credit for. She also has a long term memory that defies belief and is starting to catch us out! (Like the Eeyore teddy that was an unfortunate victim of a sick bug when she was barely 2, it was never going to be clean in my eyes again so got chucked. This went by completely unnoticed until she asked for it recently, recalling the exact circumstance in which she last saw it two years ago.)

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I find that I am spending more and more time battling with my expectations of Emma. I flip between ‘Am I expecting too much, 4 is still so little after all!’ and ‘She’s 4 of course she should be able to …..’! Parenting can definitely be a battle but I am starting to realise most of the battles take place between me and myself.

I am much the same with Matthew, on the one hand I am desperate for him to stay my baby because he will most likely be our last and I can’t bear the thought of him turning 1 next month (this deep seated denial is probably why I’ve still done nothing about a birthday party!!). On the other hand I can’t wait for him to start walking a little and be safe on his legs so I can safely put him down when my arms are aching and I’m trying round up Emma and her shoes/bags/cardi’s/coat/random items at nursery.

Emma Matthew

Perhaps lately I have spent too much time over thinking and not enough time doing. I really want to make the most of the next 5 months, making memories with my lovely little family as we are now before September arrives and we enter a whole new season of life. Between the weather and many little illnesses I feel we haven’t got off to the start I’d hoped but it was the 1st day of Spring yesterday so hopefully we can turn a corner and get out a bit more!

We have managed a couple of little walks recently and I’ve taken to demanding a cringeworthy family selfie each outing which I actually love. One of my biggest bug bears is that we have virtually no pictures of us as a whole family and if this is the only way to do it then so be it!

family shot 1

family shot 2

This post has turned into something of a brain emptying exercise, I hope my rambling just about makes sense. These are certainly our ordinary moments though!

Linking up with Mummy Daddy Me for #OrdinaryMoments.

Naomi-16

 

Posted in: Lovely Little Family, Things We Do Tagged: Emma, family, March, Matthew, nature, ordinary moments, outdoors, parenting, Spring

Bright & Bold Baby Blanket

5 March 2016 by Naomi Leave a Comment

Today I am really just dropping by quickly, Matthew is napping and Emma is momentarily entertained but time is of the essence!

I just wanted to share my latest crochet make now that it has been finished and gifted, before I forget to share it at all! If you follow me on Instagram you may have seen some of its progress already.

I have recently been made an auntie again to my new gorgeous little nephew Douglas. Of course he needed to have a lovely little crochet blanket 🙂 I am not generally one for pastel shades and happily I think his mum tends to agree so I opted for a bright and bold spectrum of colours just as suitable for a baby boy as any powdery pale blue.

However, I did stick to traditional 4 round granny squares with a wide granny border as far as design goes. This blanket is made using Stylecraft Special DK, of course 😉 The shades are Spring Green, Saffron, Turquoise, Spice and Lipstick. I joined the squares using slip stitches in the back loops only in alternating colours, but I forgot to take any pictures of the reverse side of the blanket, sorry!

granny square crochet blanket progress

Bright baby boy crochet blanket

bright baby boy crochet blanket

😉

Other baby blankets I have made:
Little Ripple Blanket

Baby boy blanket (Circles & Squares)

Emma’s Merino Baby Blanket

Naomi-16

 

Posted in: Lovely Little Crochet Tagged: baby, blanket, crochet, March, stylecraft, yarn
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