mothers day

Well the UK are celebrating mothers day  a day where mothers get a day off ......

Yer right!!

When I think of mothers day I think flowers so I decided to make myself a broach . I had some back I got with a free kit so I found a pattern on ravelry and actually had the right wool. It needed drops Paris so I set off to work and a hour later here it is

Not bad for first attempt 

I did get some real flowers I thought I would share 

How pretty ate they

 I love the bow ! 

I also got chocolate  and sherry so am.truely spoiled  hope all you mother's are enjoying your day too

hats off

It has been so hot here . Which for England is virtually unheard off . Took dog for walk around canel which was lovely and saw great wildlife.but it didn't take long to get headache from.the Sun's rays.



With this is mind I decided to make a hat. I searched ravelry and found a pattern for a floppy brimmed hat. The pattern was easy although whether it was headache or not it didn't seem.to be as clear as I would have liked which isn't a problem.as once pattern established you don't need it.. it grow quickly as although it double knit its done on 5.5  hook
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So do you want to see it?  ... ok I am ready for my.close up

 Lol  below is a better picture of the hat

 I added the flower from my friend who designed  the flower as part of garland . I think it adds to the hat overall. The pattern is so basic that you can really let  your mind run riot. I am already thinking of Easter bonnet, but that a project for another day.  For now I am.off to enjoy this sunshine safe in knowledge I will be headache free.

summer loving tea cosy free pattern

On holiday I bought a beautiful portmerrion teapot I wasn't sure whether to use it so it just sat there used it today for first time and decided it needed a cosy. It's odd shape  and after searching I decided to  design my own . I have never tried this before  so bare with me lol




I used  double knit  and a 3.5 hook   this uses UK crochet terms


I chained 55

Foundation row starting from third hold  I did half trebles across row

 Row 1-6  chain 2  2htr in first stitch   htr cross row untill last stitch  2htr

Row 6- 13 half trebled across all stitches

Row 14  change to blue  and half treble 26  chain 10  skip ten continue to half treble across row
Row 15 -24 treble across all stitches fasten off yarn

See up sides leaving room for handle sew across top

Flowers

Round 1  chain 2 work 6d  in second chain from hook as to first dc

Round 2  (ss chain 2 treble chain 2 ss in each stitch  fasten off yarn

 So far so good .  But still a bit plain .

To give you a ideal of shape of tea pot

 As you can see spout is high  to fit any other type of tea pot  you change the  position of the row you chained ten on. Any way back to the fun bit making it pretty

I borrowed  the motif for butterfly from here.        http://www.hopefulhoney.com/2012/03/butterfly-fly-away.html you can go as mad as you like adding butterflies and flowers .

Added some more flowers and it still needed something I remember a Sun I made using bunny mummy blog and added it . I like the summery effect  and it makes me smile i I have called it summer loving tea cosy. c you want to have a try at flower your self her blog can be found here http://bunnymummy-jacquie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/sail-away-crochet-pattern.html 

Hope you enjoyed looking at this pattern  as much as I enjoyed making it now time for a cuppa!