when hobbies collide

I have been quiet this week but I have not been Idle


I have discovered a old passion . I love entering completions and online there are hundreds . In past I have been quite lucky but sadly not won anything yet.


One competion I have won before . Was crochet project of the month my.Hippo  won.

 This month there is a twist it has to be knitted or crochet but with Xmas theme

I expect we will see Santa and tree decorations  maybe even a few of Lucy's Xmas bird 

 So what could I do  that was different? 

A look on ravelry  showed me  this  little Angel .......

 It seems perfect . If you look up the pattern  you will see the original has two Angel and my base had no room.lol but I really like it . The only problem.is the talented designer has so many patterns I loved my ever growing list is out of control . Any way back to my Halloween project  so wish me luck 

a dogs life

The day has been miserable here rain rain and more rain . I have to be honest I don't mind as excuse to crochet . I have made most of the flowers and I am really pleased  with how they going .

However this blog's is not about my love of flowers but I had to show you I am not the only one to love my crochet. Remember  my hippo

   

Welll

 Apparently my dog thinks  all that work was to provide her with a cushion. Lol I don't have heart to move her

touch and go

As you can see , he has grown a lot since yesterday post . I found those African flowers almost addictive  . However it was not all.plain sailing  got to last motif and it didn't fit. I pulled out last row but no matter what I did  it wouldn't fit. My husband came up with helpful  solution of maybe it's not right!!!!!

 After some  head scratching I realised that under its chin was a Pentagon and it meant to be hexagon. .After some delicate unravelling I sorted it all I need now is some stuffing !

some body to love

Quick update on the hippo. I am loving making him . The picture don't do justice to how near he is to completion ....just head and neck to do









It actually almost addictive . It's so cleverly put together . You just want to make one more and before you know it takes shape around you




However I would be lying if I said it was all.plain sailing the octagon in particular took a few attempts at joining and the front legs took me a hour to work out placement lol . Heidi instructions couldn't be clearer so was obviously having a blond moment .  Because of its tendency to drive me up wall we have affectionately named it potty   Lol.