tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59353032468713047422024-03-05T23:49:10.280+00:00Apples and PearsLife in the DaleApples and Pearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14019725540945394122noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935303246871304742.post-7940423322964302272019-01-27T14:11:00.000+00:002019-01-27T14:11:05.883+00:00Can I pull up a chair?<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Well crafty darlings, it is years and yet seems like a lifetime or sometimes just weeks, depending on where my head is at.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">What dramas there have been...illness, divorce, relocation, a complete change of life. There were times when I didn't think I could make it. There were times when I almost didn't. But here I am still crafting away, older and wiser.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Do you mind if I come back and rejoin you crafty women? I would so love to pull up a chair and sit down with my latest project for a cup of tea and a good natter. Would that be ok?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It has been a long time and much has happened...some good, some pretty awful. But I just had an urge to blog today. I have looked at this blog from time to time and feelings have moved from stress at not being able to blog to nostalgia and a yearning to be part of this little crafty blogging community again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I don't even have much to show you for I have been quite ill and this time my crafts couldn't save me. But I will tell all in time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I hope all you crafty ladies are happy and healthy and full of wondrous creativity, as you were when I left.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Well all the decs are now gone :( . I'm always sad to see my tree go but actually it is sort of nice to get back to normal. The boy is totally blissed out with his presents, especially THE Lego camper van. It was the only thing he has evr asked for, as he usually says that he will be happy with anything Santa brings (yes he still believes in Santa!!). This Lego set is for a 16 plus years so we thought it may take him a few days to finish.....</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New;">Lego camper van - the beginning.....</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Five hours of solid Lego-ing later.....</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New;">We got a new baby boy in the family a few months ago and I decided to make a blanket (no surprises there). What I did though was to try out a different colourway. This blanket is grey and a sort of off-white and I think it looks rather Scandinavian. I love it but I'm not sure the new mama likes it so much...ah well. What do you think?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Oops! Forgot to say that the basic hearts pattern came from here at <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/i-love-scraps-afghan">Ravelry</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Secondly, I have been crafting madly and have something to show for it. I have quite a stash of vintage fabrics and I have some gorgeous little girls in my family. Add them together and you get an idea I had for some cloth dollies. As you may know, I love cloth dolls of all shapes and sizes and yet I have never made one before. Soooo, I did lots of research and had some ideas and came up with these girls....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The boy was quite impressed despite them not being made of Lego. He named the one above (with the Scandinavian look) Lizzie, which I think suits her just fine. She is going all the way to South Africa where I hope she will be much loved and played with. I got a sneaking feeling that the boy quite wanted to keep her but then he manned up and asked for a Boy Scout doll!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Anyway, I have been enjoying all your lovely Christmassy posts and will be back soon, hopefully with something to show. If not, then that is ok too!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Despite your wonderfully encouraging and much appreciated comments on my last post I still couldn't get it together to post again until now. Depression has stuck again and any of you out there who wrestle with that particular beast will know how debilitating it can be. Odd that the last time I was in such a dark place blogging really helped...this time I haven't been able to get interested in anything much. But I have really (and I mean really) missed being part of the Canyon Ladies and have decided that even if my posts are teeny weeny and bland, it is better for me to post than to not. I sometimes think I set myself up to fail by thinking that I have to post something super-interesting and wonderful, full of all the amazing things I have been making. Well it doesn't always work out like that and if I wait for that to happen I might never post again! Then I feel guilty for not posting and so I stop visiting all you lovely, talented people because it reminds me that I am not making gorgeous things and posting about them. And then I feel like a failure. And so it goes on. So this is me saying Hello!, still here and waving not drowning.</span></div>
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It has been a while since<em> </em>I posted but I'm here today to share with you a fantastic visit I made to Yorkshire Sculpture Park a couple of weeks ago. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Although it is always a great place to visit I wanted to go for a very specific reason - to see an exhibition of Donna Wilson's woolly creatures! And I wasn't disappointed! Donna makes the most incredibly off beat knitted creatures, but also a wonderful range of Nordic inspired blankets and cushions.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://http://andreaapplesandpears.blogspot.com/">Apples and Pears</a></div>Apples and Pearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14019725540945394122noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935303246871304742.post-31134627976491600262012-01-16T21:41:00.000+00:002012-01-16T21:41:44.479+00:00Check this out<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I just had to share this Sudafed ad with you, which uses......crochet. Wonderful. I wonder who did the crochet?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://http://andreaapplesandpears.blogspot.com/">Apples and Pears</a></div>Apples and Pearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14019725540945394122noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935303246871304742.post-49515674980881990152012-01-15T12:32:00.002+00:002012-01-15T14:04:45.635+00:00Dolly daydreams<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hello dear ladies! I hope you are enjoying your weekend. We are having a really cold spell here in Yorkshire and I awoke this morning to a very thick frost covering the whole garden. Magical.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Thank you so much for your lovely comments about the pooches. I do hope some of you decide to make them. With some help, it is a good project for children.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It is my great niece Jemimah's first birthday soon (where does the time go????) and I thought about what to make her. She's had lots of blankets and my sister made her a quilt....then it came to me. A doll! So then I started looking online for cloth dolls and found an absolute treasure trove of dolls ranging from exquisite to, frankly, creepy. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Children have played with dolls since ancient times. Dolls found in ancient Greek and Egyptian tombs are very crude affairs, made from wood, and sometimes clay or even bone and ivory. However, it seems that the cloth doll or rag doll has always existed. Due to it's fragile nature there aren't many examples but some have survived. This Roman doll is over 2000 years old and now lives in the British Museum! I'm sure it was more attractive when new!</span></div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So long before dolls were made commercially, enterprising parents or older siblings would craft soft dolls for the infant members of the family, invariably from scraps of cloth left over from dress making, or reusing worn out items of clothing. Even sackcloth was used.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Firstly, there is a whole world of stunning, artist created dolls that are definitely not toys but are works of art to be treasured. This one is a Frida Khalo doll by artist Cyra R Cancel. I LOVE it!</span></div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So this was just a quickly to say <em>hi</em> and <em>sorry </em>and <em>I have missed my bloggy friends</em>! Apples and Pears is now open for business again! xxx</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://http://andreaapplesandpears.blogspot.com/">Apples and Pears</a></div>Apples and Pearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14019725540945394122noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935303246871304742.post-77360838008841128812011-11-19T10:44:00.002+00:002011-11-19T15:27:13.664+00:00Sweet treats<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Good morning dear ladies! I hope you are enjoying your weekend.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Thanks for your comments to my last post - I hope that some of you try the recipes.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">As many of you will know, it was Children in Need yesterday and at work we always have a huge auction to raise funds. I donated some genealogy research and I made up my regular boxes of treats as they always raise quite a bit of money. I first saw these a couple of years ago on the Heal's site and was amazed at how expensive they were. I knew I could make them much cheaper so I thought I would share this idea for really pretty sweet boxes (in time for Christmas!. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Courier New;">Enjoy your weekend! xxxx</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://http://andreaapplesandpears.blogspot.com/">Apples and Pears</a></div>Apples and Pearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14019725540945394122noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935303246871304742.post-70624841981648430392011-11-15T21:12:00.000+00:002011-11-15T21:12:29.222+00:00Alchemy #2<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hello dear ladies!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Now we come to exciting bit of green cleaning - the alchemy. I am going to give you some recipes for making your own cleaning products. As I said in a previous post I began making my own cleaning products because my boy has both eczema and asthma. Also, did you know that there are around 80,000 chemicals in use in homes and businesses and the average western woman is exposed to over 500 of them each day before she leaves the house! Chemicals such as benzene, hypochlorite, scilica and butyl are found in a wide range of cleaning products and are linked to all sorts of health problems - infertility, hormone disruption, skin and lung problems, and even cancer. In fact we don't really know what the long term effects on our health will be. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So the reasons for making cleaning products are pretty clear in terms of reducing your chemical exposure. It is also much better for the environment (bleach kills seahorses, ladies) and is cheaper too!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So here is your shopping list for the essentials that will clean everything from toilets to fridges to your precious wooden furniture.......</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1. White distilled vinegar - the queen of green clean!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">3. Borax or borax substitute</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">4. Essential oils - lavender and tea tree are naturally anti-bacterial; I also use lemon and sweet orange, again anti-bacterial but they also smell gorgeous.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A word of caution here - just because a product is natural doesn't mean it is harmless. Borax especially is harmful if ingested or is in contact with the skin so please, please keep your cleaning kit out of the reach of children and pets!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1. Mix about 6-8 tablespoons of bicarb in your container with about 1 teaspoon of liquid soap. It should easily form a sort of paste. You don't need to be too precise about measurements - you want something that is the consistency of cream cheese so add more soap or bicarb as you need. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2. Add about 10 drops of your favourite essential oil. Tea tree is good for bathrooms, as is lavender - or you can mix them. Lemon and sweet orange are really nice for kitchens.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">3. Add a teaspoon of vegetable glycerin if you plan on keeping the cleanser for more than one use. This prevents it from going hard. You can buy it from the chemist.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">4. Mix it all together and apply to surfaces with a damp sponge and then rinse. It is very gentle and won't scratch and yet it cleans very well. Don't expect it to be like a shop bought cream cleanser - it won't be that smooth or fluid - but it is easy and very pleasant to use.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I use this for cleaning the kitchen surfaces, sink and taps, bathroom, doors and window sills. Once you have rinsed you can buff taps and sinks up to a spectacular shine with a soft, dry cloth.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This is one of my favourite recipes. Unlike spray polish that just adds a layer of gunk to your furniture, it produces the most wonderful, deep lustre in natural wood and you will be amazed at the amount of dirt it shifts too. You will smell vinegar at first but please don't worry, it dissipates very quickly and you are left with the gorgeous smell of the essential oils.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2 tablespoons of white vinegar (it really must be white distilled vinegar- this is what lifts the dirt)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A small splash of liquid soap or 'green' washing up liquid</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">About 8 or 10 drops of essential oil - choose whatever appeals to you. I prefer lavender.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1. Mix the ingredients in the bowl and then add tepid water to double the amount of the mixture. Mix it together and apply to the wooden surface with a soft sponge of cloth. Do this sparingly, squeezing out well before applying so as not to make the wood wet.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2. Once it is dry, buff with a soft cloth. Throw away any remaining.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">For in between care of wooden furniture I just use a barely damp micro fibre cloth. I have a spray bottle with a few drops of essential oil and water and use this for normal dusting, squirting it sparingly on surfaces. This leaves a lovely scent.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1. At night throw a cup full of bicarb down the loo and add a cup of white vinegar. It will fizz. Leave it to work over night. You can use a brush if you wish. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">All in all it was a marvellous trip back in time, to an age of cruelty and brutality but also of great beauty as witness by these amazing pillar carvings.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Have a great Sunday! xxx</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://http://andreaapplesandpears.blogspot.com/">Apples and Pears</a></div>Apples and Pearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14019725540945394122noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935303246871304742.post-2035476448720229082011-11-05T23:14:00.001+00:002011-11-06T10:56:06.840+00:00Alchemy<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hello dear ladies! I hope some of you are having a sunny weekend - it is pouring here in my part of Yorkshire.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">My post today is a sort of 'teaching granny to suck eggs' - almost literally - as it is about that long derided and undervalued skill (and skill it is) that our female forebears did with gusto. It is called HOUSEKEEPING!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Before you all click away.....let me share my thoughts on housekeeping....</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1. Housekeeping is about maintaining a well run and orderly home that works for you and your family;</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">2. Housekeeping is about value for money - making the best use of what you have and getting the most out of what you buy;</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">3. Housekeeping is about creating a calm and homely environment (or trying to!);</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">4. Housekeeping is so much more than cleaning (although that is part of it)!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">When I think house<em>work</em> I think drudgery, having to do things around the house, begrudging time spent away from things I would rather be doing...you know the feeling.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">When I think house<em>keeping</em> I think about being in control.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New;">Think of the fantastically efficient Miss Kenton in The Remains of the Day.....</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The distinction between housework and housekeeping is important to me - all that stuff around the house needs to be done so seeing it as a specialist skill helps me to just get on with it and to take pride in what I do. If I have to do house<em>work</em>...mmm....where is that Country Living magazine? Whereas if I am going to do some house<em>keeping</em>...yup I am a domestic goddess and my home is a haven!! (so I tell myself!). I find this is especially important as I work outside of the home (because, yes as we know, all you stay at home mums are working too!) and I have a continuous problem with low energy (thanks to menopause, anti-depression meds and dodgy thyroid) and I struggle to get motivated sometimes.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcxFaEZXERYKUFDhirCZ1ImYS_5gTnvP6DQd8GJu5aETL9AZRuMMH5D5fSu23b_3hzBkSAp1Jpyo9joXNSrkGI7fYoODLFa9bzvQnWuSdiUQwERBDWijfKcY_EBFklJaQGZGs0ZeOAJBO/s1600/untitled.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcxFaEZXERYKUFDhirCZ1ImYS_5gTnvP6DQd8GJu5aETL9AZRuMMH5D5fSu23b_3hzBkSAp1Jpyo9joXNSrkGI7fYoODLFa9bzvQnWuSdiUQwERBDWijfKcY_EBFklJaQGZGs0ZeOAJBO/s1600/untitled.bmp" /></a><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I remember my beloved great aunts would have a set day for doing things eg. Monday was laundry (yes and all the ironing done too)...and they had weekly and monthly and even yearly routines...washing curtains, cleaning windows, turning mattresses and cleaning down the paintwork...that sort of thing. And you know what?...they took pride in their housekeeping skills. So I am channeling the spirits of Auntie Mary and Auntie Sarah (although I am sure they must look down and comment that my windows are smudged!).</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Courier New;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #351c75;">So housekeeping is not spending all your time cleaning - it is being organised so that you don't have to.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I became interested in green cleaning when my son was diagnosed with asthma and eczema around 7 years ago. I swept away all the chemical cleaners and replaced them with natural products. Some time later I began making my own. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I recently left a comment at <a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/">Attic24</a> and the very lovely Lucy emailed me to ask about the cleaning products I make. So I thought it would be fun to share some recipes here.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So dear ladies - get out that apron...embrace your inner housekeeper...and prepare for some alchemy!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The first thing to think about is the cleaning caddy or basket. This is a way of keeping your cleaning products together and in some sort of order. There is a balance to be found here between utility and aesthetics, but I really believe that having equipment that looks good is more likely to get used!!!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So here are some ideas for caddies....but be creative and find what works for you.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Practical and cheap, hard wearing and easy to keep clean....</span></div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> If you have a bigger budget....also hardwearing but prettier, this traditional housekeepers metal box....</span></div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">1. A rag bag. Yes, you heard me. Dig out those festering cloths and filthy dusters from underneath the kitchen sink and replace them with a large bag of clean cloths...cotton floor cloths, dishcloths, sponges and (my favourite) microfibre cloths. Old T shirts make nice, soft dusters. Or make your own cleaning cloths....a quick Google search revealed lots of patterns for crochet cloths, such as </span><a href="http://www.crochetspot.com/free-crochet-pattern-surface-cleaning-cloth/"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">this</span></a><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> and </span><a href="http://danniellesartyparty.blogspot.com/2008/10/crochet-pattern-my-favorite-cleaning.html"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">this</span></a><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><span style="color: #351c75;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://http://andreaapplesandpears.blogspot.com/">Apples and Pears</a></div>Apples and Pearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14019725540945394122noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935303246871304742.post-70582370870491433492011-10-22T10:08:00.000+01:002011-10-22T10:08:09.595+01:00It's what it's all about<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Good morning ladies</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Baby J's mummy sent me these photos of the said quilt in use by Baby J and I had to share them with you. This is what it is all about for me...making something and then seeing it being used by a gorgeous little one and knowing it will be treasured.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Enjoy your weekend! xx</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://http://andreaapplesandpears.blogspot.com/">Apples and Pears</a></div>Apples and Pearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14019725540945394122noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935303246871304742.post-71002644117427071512011-10-15T19:58:00.001+01:002011-10-15T20:03:58.890+01:00A quilt for Baby J<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hello my dear ladies</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I hope this weekend finds you happy and well and (if you are in the Northern hemisphere) enjoying some autumn sunshine. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">We have a winner for the giveaway - chosen by the random number generator known as Little S - Sarah at </span><a href="http://allfingersandthumbs.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>All Fingers</strong> <span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>and Thumb</strong></span></span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>s</strong></span></a><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>!</strong> Congratulations Sarah and sorry to the rest of you lovely people who entered the giveaway. I wish I had gifts for you all!</span></div><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Courier New;">Enjoy your weekend!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Courier New;">Andrea xx</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://http://andreaapplesandpears.blogspot.com/">Apples and Pears</a></div>Apples and Pearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14019725540945394122noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935303246871304742.post-48044596849071432222011-10-01T08:23:00.000+01:002011-10-01T08:23:48.762+01:00By way of an apology.....<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hello dear ladies!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I haven't been catapulted into outer space but have been here all the while trying to make all the different pieces of my life fit together in such a way that I can manage it all.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I'm so sorry for neglecting you all and, as way of an apology (and to celebrate my first blogging anniversary) I am having a giveaway.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">These are some pretty little items that I found in my local Fair Trade shop. There is a lovely little purse - useful for storing stitchmarkers and such, a little owl wrist pin cushion and a sweet little measuring tape. Oh and this gorgeous (hard to part with!) bag....a make up bag, odds and ends bag...whatever you want to use it for.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Anyway, all you have to do to win these items is leave a comment...you know how these things work!</span></div><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">On the craft front, not much has been happening but I have finally finished the baby quilt I started ages ago. This was the fabric...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Before I go, something that made me laugh out loud in the street the other day.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="color: #351c75;">conversation with boy walking to school.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Boy: So are you feeling better now, Mum?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Me: What do you mean?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Boy: Since you had your testicles removed</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Me: I think you mean appendix</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Boy: Ah yes, appendix.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Enjoy your weekend! xxx</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://http://andreaapplesandpears.blogspot.com/">Apples and Pears</a></div>Apples and Pearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14019725540945394122noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935303246871304742.post-74699848638565517402011-09-04T14:38:00.000+01:002011-09-04T14:38:52.693+01:00Sticks and stones<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hello! Back from the coast where the weather was horrid but the company was great. In fact I didn't take out my camera once!!! However, the Mr, the boy and I went to the East Yorkshire coast a couple of days ago and it was glorious - a hot sun finally dispelling the morning mist.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">We went to a place called Spurn Point, which is an historic site because of its role during both world wars as a defence point for the river Humber. It is a strange place; not beautiful but very stark and interesting...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Then we came upon the remains of jetties, the wooden posts still standing in line but with nothing to support...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I found them very sculptural and beautiful in an odd kind of way...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Then the sun came out and Little S and I stopped to strip off some layers as we walked to Spurn Point lighthouse...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And here it is!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Then the boy and I indulged my passion for fossiling. I seem to have an uncanny knack to spot a fossil immediately I step onto a beach! Little S found some interesting stones too and he set them all out this morning...</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I found this rather splendid bit of amonite about a minute after I started looking - much to the Mr's chagrin...he ever finds anything!</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I plan to use these flat, smooth stones to have a go at </span><a href="http://www.resurrectionfern.typepad.com/"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Margaret Oomen's</span></a><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> fabulous crochet stones pattern...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">They are stunning, aren't they.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Ah, that brings me to a bit of my own crochet.....</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A dear friend has had her first baby and I whipped up this blanket in a couple of days...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It is made from Debbie Bliss Cashmerino 4 ply and it flew off the hook. I love the muted, vintage colours - a change from the brights I usually use. It isn't huge but is perfect for a car blanket.</span></div><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Well that's all for now, dear ladies. I'm off to catch up with your blogs and see what you have all been up to! xxx</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://http://andreaapplesandpears.blogspot.com/">Apples and Pears</a></div>Apples and Pearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14019725540945394122noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935303246871304742.post-31624132286238665062011-08-23T20:08:00.000+01:002011-08-23T20:08:49.924+01:00Elephant pillow<div><div align="justify"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: courier new;">Hello dear ladies!</span></div><div align="justify"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: courier new;">I always find this time of year a bit difficult...the threshers are out in the field next to my house and that always signals summer coming to an end :( The mornings and evenings are feeling cooler even though the sun, when it is out (!) is still very hot.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><br />
</span></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: courier new;">Anyway, I promised you some crochet...so here we are! </span><br />
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</div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">He was meant to be unadorned but that just wouldn't do, so I added a little flower...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"> <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I love how his trunk curls up a little!</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The Nordic blanket is coming on well and I am also making another soft toy...oh and a baby quilt!!! Arrrggghhhh</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Thank you so much for all your lovely comments on my last post! I had such fun doing it and glad you enjoyed it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This is what has been going on.....</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I've been doing a lot of this....</span></div><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Plenty of this.....</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Too much of this....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> And way too much of this...</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Not nearly enough of this...</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> Very little of this...</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Thank you so much for all your lovely comments - they mean such a lot to me! And welcome to new followers...I promise to have some crochet to show you soon!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">This little book is full of fabulous crochet borders all beautifully illustrated. Instructions are written out but also in diagram form.</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Some borders are complex and some are very simple but I would say that the only really tricky thing is making sure you have the right number of stitches to begin with. Most patterns have a repeat so in order for them you work out you need the correct number of stitches. There are some that don't have a repeat and the number of stitches is irrelevant.</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The borders can be used for more than just blankets; they would work on garments or anything else that would benefit from a pretty crochet border. Even picture frames!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">You know, everyone now and then I come across a blog that just stops me in my tracks. This is one of them - Growing Flowers by Kiersten. This amazing lady lives in the deserts of New Mexico with her lovely family and she is a midwife! I have huge respect for midwives and often feel that, if I could push the rewind button, that is what I would have been. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">You can tell from her beautiful writing that she loves what she does, that she has such love for the mothers and their babies, and that she is in tune with nature at such a special time. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I trawled through this blog and was just blown away by this wonderful woman's incredible nuturing spirit. And full of the most incredible pictures of newborns too! Go and see! xxx </span><a href="http://growingflowers.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">http://growingflowers.wordpress.com/</span></a> <br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A huge thanks for all your lovely, encouraging comments on my latest project - the blanket that almost wasn't!!!! </span><br />
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://http://andreaapplesandpears.blogspot.com/">Apples and Pears</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5935303246871304742.post-76158103844439280312011-07-19T10:38:00.002+01:002011-07-23T21:12:49.867+01:00On the go :: something different<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Good morning dear ladies!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">As promised, I have some crochet to share with you! I have been working on a blanket for my sister-in-law. She chose the colours - sort of earthy shades - and so I set about trying to find a pattern. Well, I tried all sorts of things...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Courier New;">Triangles based on this <strong><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/triangles-afghan">pattern</a>.</strong> It is a lovely pattern but I just wasn't feeling the love with these colours</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Courier New;">Nope. Bacon rashers anyone?!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Courier New;">I was getting very frustrated at this point and was about to give up but then I found this <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/zig-zag-afghan-2"><strong>pattern</strong></a> and it was love! And the colours were also similar.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Courier New;">It is very different to the blankets I have made previously and it is strange working with such a limited palette. I'm not used to using these colours either but, you know what, I am enjoying making this. There is enough complexity in the pattern to keep me interested and I think the colours work well here. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Courier New;">I am so happy to have finally resolved this as it was getting me down! A blanket is such a huge undertaking in terms of time and effort and I needed to be happy with what I was doing in order to finish it!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Courier New;">I'll keep you posted on progress.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Courier New;">Thanks for the comments on previous posts. Perhaps my next project will be a vulva blanket!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Courier New;">Enjoy your week xxx</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /> <a href="http://http://andreaapplesandpears.blogspot.com/">Apples and Pears</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com24