postal treats

It is like summer to finally here  Not much hooking has been going on    but two thing arrived in post today that cheered me up one was this lovely set of hooks . I know some people like the fancy padded hooks but for me I love aluminium . These are ideal the were less than four pounds and come in handy case so hopefully no more hooks lost to sofa.

The next thing to arrive was even more exciting . I entered my Hippocrates in a competition drawn monthly and it won the prize was this voucher for twenty pounds to spend in store

Not sure if any of you have ever been a abakhan but it's a crafters dream with craft barns covering many different crafts . There even a cafe and at area for kids so you can make a real.day of it . Think I will save this for my birthday next month th and get myself a treat

birds of a feather

I find  real life birds worrying . This stems from.a holiday in Venice and st Mark.square being covered with pigeons and my mum.thinking it a good idea  to feed them. Actually maybe it really stems  from my mum  ( can you see a theme developing) run Bing over a pheasant getting out car slinging it in boot only for it to come alive and run around car and my grandad breaking his neck .  Lol these two incidents may seam.harmless enough but add that to my other grandfather shutting me in coop to collect eggs and my son dinosaur program suggesting some evolved into birds I think these creature very untrustworthy.

Despite this I do love making them the top one is from Lucy website  the one below taken from.bunny mummy who based her initial design.on Lucy . I took elements of both to create the one below and pleased with the result . I read a comment on a blog saying  there no such thing as something completely original in crochet  and these birds prove it at first glance you can see Lucy influence the main difference is  in the granny circle and size of bird  but what I love about crochet is freedom to evolve a pattern . I will just try not to think.  About what birds evolved into when it comes to these guys lol

Lol sorry some how this birdie flew away so added it on told you they tricky creatures