Lazy sunday organisation

Now, I know for most people this would be normal. Chill, take it easy, have a days rest. Well, as Lucy wakes up very early in the morning (generally between 5 and 6 am) I don't get days off anymore. But this morning my husband took Lucy with him to work, so I got to lye in a little bit. I also was able to take a bath, which I haven't done in months. It was very nice to relax a little. Even if it only lasted until 8:30 am ;)

I am not sure if a late start in the morning is so good....I feel very unproductive today. Did no crochet, no housework, certainly no sewing. I managed to drag myself and Lucy to the shopping centre to return something and to by some bulbs and a bit of food. But that's a s far as it went today...so far anyway. The big plan is to finish the pink amigurumi elephant tonight. We'll see.

But I did one thing that I wanted to do for a while. Once I started to crochet and made more and therefore opened more yarn, I had all these labels flying around. Soon I was unable to recall which colour was which number and I got a bit freaked out. I was worried that someday I might think of a project that I finished and would not be able to to remember which yarn I use (make, colour, etc.)

So I put these little sample cards together:


I am having a bit of a lazy sunday.
They are nothing special, but at least in this way I can go back and feel the yarn. I never thought that there are so many different kind of cotton yarns in the world. Some are so soft and others are quite tough.

I love samples and to a certain extend I quite enjoy organising things. So this was a perfect way to fill one little hour in my lazy sunday afternoon.

Hope you all had a great weekend!

New Yarn

I think I might need serious help.

I went to Dublin on saturday and came back with twice as much yarn as I intended to buy. Once I was standing in front of the shelves filled with beautiful soft yarn in bright and soft colours I could not resist. And this was me holding myself back!




This is a nice mixture of cotton, eco and bamboo yarn. The very bright lime green is actually not cotton or bamboo yarn but a cashmerino (cashmere/merino wool blend)and it is very soft. I liked the colour a lot so I got one ball anyway. The two very long big ones are a cotton merino blend that has been hand dyed. I really love the mustard yellow.

I hope you all had a very nice weekend. Hopefully by wednesday I will be able to give you a wee sneak peak of what I am working on at the moment....

Giveaway/swap

This is my first giveaway or swap.


I got this yarn from my mother-in-law recently, thinking I might be able to use it. BUt I came to the conclusion that I most likely will never use it. Its 100% polyacrylic (so nothing special), for 2.5-3.5 needles or crochet hooks (although I think a 4 would be ok, too) and the tension says 10x10 cm. The mandarin and the kind of turquoise colours are five 'balls' each and the other one (which is black with a gold metallic thread through it) has four.

The other thing I want to give away are three patterns thta I got for free with the yarn I bought from America. Again, I know I will never use them and instead of throwing them out I would like to find a nice worthy home for them.


There is one crochet pattern for a 'eco-chic bath set' and two knitting patterns. One for hats and mitts and one for a beret.

I am happy to give all items to one person or split them up. If you are interested, you can either give me the postage or offer me a swap. I will calculate the postage depending on where you live and what you want.

I won't be able to ship them before next week, so you have plenty of time to decide if there is anything for you :)

yarn addiction and amigurumi update

My yarn stash has grown quite a bit in the last week. I think I am addicted to it. All the lovely ideas I get when I see great yarn make me wish I had more time sometimes. I had some eco cotton yarn ordered from America as well as some really lovely peacock blue bamboo and silk yarn. This is sooo soft. Even softer than the baby cotton yarns you get in the UK.


I also bought some on that website that I posted a couple of posts ago. Although the yarn is lovely and soft, unfortunatley I find the colours are not as strong as they appear on the website.

Tomorrow, Lucy and I will go to Dublin for the weekend, to visit my sister-in-law. I am really looking forward to it as I have never visited her without my husband. Shane and his youngest sister will join us on saturday but it will be nice to have some girly time. I hope to go shopping a bit ;) just a bit! But I definetly want to go here as they seem to have a great selection and variety of yarn....I think I might have to spend a bit...oh dear...

Another thing I still owe you is the update of the pink elephant.




Well, I got as far as the body and one leg and she has her second ear now. I think the head is very lopsided and I might open the stitches up again to re-sew it into a better position. I didn't get to crochet much in the last few days,as we were also at a wedding on monday. I think the elephant looks a little bit scary at the moment but Lucy loves her already now. I hope to finish her off next week or over the weekend and will show you the finished result then.

On that note:
Have a nice weekend!!!

looki, looki...booki, booki ;)

I love books.

This is a simple fact about me. I love them so much that I treat them really well and I detest it when others don't do the same. Therefore Lucy is learning to treat her books with respect.

One method for me to indulge in a newly found passion is reading, exploring and using books. So it was natural for me to buy a whole bunch of new books about crochet. Well, I ordered them of Amazon actually and they arrived today.


I really enjoyed flicking through them and cannot wait to try out some of the beautiful patterns. There are five in total and one of them is about amigurumi patterns, the cute japanese stuffed animals. I am particularly looking forward to trying them out as I think they would be so adorable for Lucy to play with.


Another one of the books is vintage crochet patterns, which is the other one I was very much looking forward to. As much as I love strong bold colours, I adore the mellow colours in this book.

I love research.

That is another fact. When I have my heart set on something I search and search the web until I find the perfect thing for me. This can be quite annoying as I don't easily let go and the search can drag out for months. However, sometimes I am very lucky and find something good straight away.

I had my heart set on finding good quality, brightly coloured yarn as our local yarn shops have, quite frankly, a rather dull colour variety. So, I sat on the computer yesterday and hit gold only after a couple of hours. And I want to share this great find with all the crochet (and I suppose knitting) fanatics in the UK:

Purplelinda Crafts

Happy crochet!!!

Fall is near....

Now that I have all the time in the world again (I wish!!!) I can get started on this idea that I have been carrying around with me for a while now. And this is the yarn I will be using for it:



It is a linen yarn, which I have not used before. It feels quite thick and sort of rustic, but nice to work with. And I love the colours. They remind me of leaves in autumn/fall time.

It is a belated birthday present for my cousin's 18th birthday....in May...oops! But she is in Germany and I am here in Northern Ireland and I didn't see here since christmas. So she will get it in August. Anyway, that is the reason why I will not show any photographs of the progress because you never know who comes across your blog ;). But I will show it eventually. And if it all works out this might be the first piece for my etsy shop. Yay!

I might be quiet over the weekend because I really really have to clean our house. Everything got neglected as I was so busy making the two blankets. Also on saturday we will finally visit our friends with the new baby so that I can give them the blanket.

So-in advance-have a nice weekend :)