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My Fur Babies

These are my babies, the tabby is called Millicent Mook (Millie for short) and the tuxedo is called George you little %&*^$& get down off the ^^%%*^&* curtains and leave your *^%$*&* sister alone (or George for short).

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Not long now......

My egg is hatching.....

Squeeeee.......

Crafty update!

So although I have been a little (!?!) quiet on the blogging front, I have still been working my crafty little ass off. I have been knitting and crocheting, I have learnt Macrame and have been doing some sewing. All in all I am quite proud of myself. As the post will be quite obese when it comes to pictures, I think that I will deal with the knitting and crochet today and then deal with the Macrame and Sewing tomorrow.

This is a crochet star afghan, that I am making for my niece Skye. I Think it will be kept as a Christmas Present for her though. I quite like it and am thinking of maybe making one for myself when I am done. I found the pattern here. I really like the pattern, it is an easy crochet, but with enough going on to keep you interested. The star shape is really cool too. It is made with random acrylic that was in my stash (I am trying to clear the stash a bit).

Next up is the beginnings of the Poets Pullover. I like this pattern because it is a mindless knit. At the moment I have a couple more inches of the 2x2 ribbing to do and then there is the split for the V neck. Another reason I like this pattern is the talented gal who wrote this up lives in the city next door, Chester.
This is a small white jacket that was a UFO. I can't believe how little I had to do on this one. I litterally did about 3 rows and it was finished. So I've handed it over to baby Skye, so that she can get some use out of it. The pattern was a variaton of the 5hour baby sweater and the yarn was random acrylic stash.

This is my most recent FO. It is another UFO, but I had to do a bit more work on this one. I knit up the sleeves and neck band, and put together. This is a really good beginner project. The pattern is a Sirdar Snuggly one, and the yarn was Sirdar Snuggly DK Magic Stripes.

This is a project that started the all the FO's. It is a baby cardigan for baby Skye. I love the colours in the yarn. It is also very snuggly yarn and a bargain at 50p for a 50g ball. ;)

There was one casualty....a red baby hoodie that I ran out of yarn for. So it got frogged! Here is a picture of the before...

So that's all I have pictures of for now, but I am also working on the Celtic Cable Tote, Some more baby sweaters, a baby dressing gown, a Jack Frost xmas figure, and a koala. Off the top of my head, there may be more - if I am feeling brave I will have a look later. If you feel like being nosy I am Welshmillie on ravelry and most other places.

If you are on Plurk feel free to plurk me too!

Book Update

I have finished reading Blood Rites, by Jim Butcher. This will be my fifth book of the 20 that I said I would read, so I am a quarter of the way there.

I am now reading Dead Beat, also by Jim Butcher - what can I say, I am adicted to the Dresden Files! This is book seven of the series. I am loving it!

Also in audio book land I have just finished listening to The House Down Cherry Tree Lane, by Ramona Holliday. The book is a free one from Podiobooks.com. I would recommend this site to anyone who likes listening to books. They are all free and I have listened to some of the most fantastic stories from here. My ipod is full of them. I would really recommend this book. It has a story line that really captures you. I found it really hard to stop listening and got really involved in the story.

What have I been up to.....

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I'm not sure where to start on this one. I have got a lot accomplished this year that I am really proud of. The most significant being the hhhhuuuuuugggggeeee declutter that I completed in the flat. Now understand that I am a hoarder. I can think of a reason to keep any one of a thousand things, but when the hoarding started to push me out the way for space then I decided enough was enough. Please also bear in mind that we live in a moderately sized one bedroom flat. I will admit that it is bigger than most flats built on todays standards, but still we are not talking manor house here.

Let's start with the before pictures. These were taken when the decluttering was just about started. So we had moved out a couple of things, moved stuff around and mostly looked in awe and horror at what we had managed to keep.

Notice how on every available surface there is something. I am not proud of these pictures in fact, knowing what my flat looks like now they make my face burn in shame. But know look at it.

I love my place sooo much now, it is like I have just moved in. There are only really pictures of the bedroom and living room again, because although decluttering went on in the bathroom and kitchen there really isn't that much that you can see on face value.

These are definately my favourite pictures. There has been crafty stuff done and lots of it, but that will be for another post I think.

I has dragon!

Whilst reading this fabulous blog I noticed that she has a small green egg in the corner of her page. After reading further down, I found out it was a DRAGON EGG! SQUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEE!

I love dragons and a guzumptmillion of them in the house, and now I have one on my blog too! It is in the top right corner of the side bar. Mine is red and needs help to hatch, so if anyone does read, could you click on my egg to help it along.

Me and my new baby thanks you lots!

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