NEW! Pattern now finished

Well.. the pattern is finally finished and has been uploaded to Ravelry so you can purchase & get immediate download. Typing and the proof reading just takes me forever… maybe one day i’ll be a little faster

The swing into spring coat pattern costs £3.25. If you would like to purchase one just click here and you will be directed to the ravelry shopping basket to make your purchase & receive your instant pattern download.

I’m already working on the next patterns… my usual model was not co-operating this morning…

so I persuaded Finn to pose for me…

What do you think he wanted as a reward? To Play Star Wars Lego on our Wii & be naked! The joys of being 3 & 3/4′s So that was our deal… I was able to take some better photos and he… well I didn’t take any photos of him playing afterwards.. I’ll leave that to your imagination!

We’re on holiday :)

We managed to make it up to Edinburgh in one go on Thursday after all as Finn was loving being in the big hire car! The journey up took us about 9 1/2 hours… including quite a few long breaks & wasn’t too bad at all. We’re loving being back in Scotland again & even though we moved down south in 2004 it still feels like home to us. Although both me & Paul had forgotten how the north easterly wind makes it feel colder than expected and proved we’ve definitely acclimatised to the warmer southern climes.

Our first trip out on Friday am was to the local doctor as Paul’s back had gone into spasm loading the car Thursday am & got worse on the journey up. When we woke up on Friday am he could hardly bend to get dressed let alone walk… The doctor says it’s muscular and will take a few days at least to ease off & prescribed some codine/paracetamol & ibuprofen tablets for the pain. So we’ve taken it easy and just pottered about visiting a few old haunts, catching up with friends & doing a bit of shopping.

Of course no holiday would be complete without me hunting out new yarn shops… and I was keen to pop into k1YARNS that I discovered on Ysolda Teague’s blog a while ago. When I lived in Edinburgh this shop didn’t exist and I knew from their website that they stocked the Artesano alpaca 4ply I fancied trying…

I was quite restrained and only bought one type of yarn I hadn’t planned… the Noro. I bought one Noro ball as it is a 70% wool/30% Nylon mix and I’m not sure if it will felt. It’s quite loose spun & the label says 30 degree wash so I’m hopeful. The Artesano alpaca feels wonderfully soft and the multi colour twist effect will be stunning when felted. I’ll have a go at felting them when I get home let you know what happens.

Haggis the highland cow has come on holiday too & his shaggy hair is coming along nicely…. but that’s for the next post & don’t forget you have two chances of winning the finished pdf pattern on my competition page…

We’re off to Loch Lomond Tuesday for the next leg of our trip… keep your fingers crossed the weather holds

The Lion is nameless no more….

Thank you to everyone for all your name suggestions and you’ll be glad to hear our little dog douglas is a lot perkier… the anti-biotics seem to have kicked in… we just have to keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn’t cough them back up half an hour later!

It was extremely difficult to choose the best boy & girl names but after much thought & getting help from my husband Paul the decision was eventually made…

Congratulations to our 2 winners….. Share for ‘Marlion’ & Brenda for ‘Leona’. Your pdf pattern prize is on its way via email Putting both names on the pattern was a bit of a mouthful… so we decided to make the Lion a ‘he’ to keep it simple.

I have listed my Marlion Pdf pattern in my etsy store which is now up and running and I’m working out how to add it to Ravelry for purchase too. The pattern costs $6.50 full crochet instructions include photos where needed for assembly & felting instructions.

Thanks again to you all… it was so much fun I might just do this again!

Fiona

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