tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132807102024-03-14T06:29:21.273+00:00DaisychainsRamblings about knitting, books, gardening, history and anything else I feel like!Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.comBlogger559125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-23648417257491940302017-01-19T15:33:00.001+00:002017-01-19T15:33:39.001+00:00I've movedAfter nearly 12 years of posting and 559 posts, I have finally had enough of Blogger and moved to Wordpress. You can now find me blogging at:<br />
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Blogger seems to lack huge amounts of functionality these days, plus no longer has apps available to use on phone or tablet, which seriously hindered my posting now that I have LO. I have used Wordpress for several years in my professional existence and really like what you can do with it, plus I already had an unused blog over there which I used for a joint blogging thing about a decade ago. The time came to resurrect it, and turn it into <b>my</b> blog.<br />
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So, thank you for reading my blog over here, and please come and find me in the new place!Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-78210480753092934862017-01-08T20:36:00.000+00:002017-01-08T20:36:02.290+00:00Garden in December 2016I didn't get round taking pictures on the first of the month, but these were taken just before Christmas.<br />
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The lawn is looking very green with all the rain it's had.<br />
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The grasses at the side are dying down now it's cold.<br />
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But there are some signs of life - Clematis 'Wisley cream' is just coming into flower!<br />
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The Japanese anenome is covered in fluffy seedheads.<br />
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And something else coming into flower! The Daphne is about to flower for the first time.<br />
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Winter flowering pansies flowering. In winter.<br />
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The <em>Sarcococca </em>is about to flower too.<br />
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I got really behind with my garden at the beginning of the month photos this year. Once LO was mobile it was hard to get outside with a camera and take pics, and then get them transferred onto my computer and edited for a blog post. So, this is a quick round up of some of the pictures I took.<br />
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One of LO's Christening presents - beautiful flowers, it's a stock called 'Joy' from RHS Wisley. <br />
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Beautiful flowers <br />
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The OH watering the garden during a dry spell. With some assistance from LO who liked moving the hosepipe.<br />
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<b>September</b><br />
Beginning to look a little Autumnal, and the colours are fading a little bit.<b> </b><br />
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Apples ripening on the standard tree. We did well for apples this year, although they came out quite small - didn't have enough rain at the right time.<br />
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Ripening apples on the espalier tree. This is a different variety which ripens later.<br />
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The Japanese anenome in all its glory.<br />
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One of the fuchsias<br />
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The sedums just coming into flower.<br />
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Some of the Pyracantha berries.<br />
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<b>October</b><br />
The Japanese anenome border beginning to look very autumnal!<b> </b><br />
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<br />Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-48958574933348997662016-12-29T16:03:00.001+00:002016-12-29T16:03:07.944+00:00Knitting round up 2016I anticipated not getting much knitting done in 2016, thanks to having LO towards the end of 2015. But I was delighted to find this wasn't the case! LO turned out to be a champion sleeper, which meant we got our evenings back relatively early on, and soon eased back into our previous routine of finishing the evening with an hour's TV and knitting on the sofa. So, I've enjoyed some really good TV this year (<i>The Missing</i>, <i>Homeland</i> (OK, that was the previous year but we recorded it as didn't want to watch it accompanied by a howling newborn), <i>Deutschland 83 </i>were particular highlights, but we also got through the whole of the first series of <i>Outlander</i> and part way into the second series.<br />
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What I did struggle to find time for was actually planning knitting projects. I was on maternity leave for all but three days(!) of 2016, but there wasn't much time for getting out different yarns, swatching, carefully browsing Ravelry and selecting a pattern. Which means there has been a LOT of sock knitting in the last year, as it was easier just to go into the sock yarn box, grab a ball and get on with a straightforward pattern.<br />
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I already blogged earlier in the year about earlier knitting projects, so this post is to bring us up to date.<br />
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I made a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pocket-ted" target="_blank">Pocket Ted</a> for my God-daughter's birthday. It was <i>very</i> fiddly to knit, but she seemed to like him, so it was worth it. The pattern is a good one, it's fiddly because it's so teeny tiny. The tin formerly contained travel mints.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Daisydaisydaisy/gemini" target="_blank">Gemini</a> was my big garment project of the year, knitted in Mirasol Yarns <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/mirasol-yarn-lachiwa" target="_blank">Lachiwa</a>, which I'd bought on sale a few years ago, so this was a stash project too. The yarn is a lovely linen/cotton mixture and good to knit with. I only got this blocked over Christmas though, so won't be able to wear it until the weather is a little warmer.<br />
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One of my more recent projects was a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Daisydaisydaisy/sensory-caterpillar" target="_blank">Sensory Caterpillar</a> for my Godson, who has special needs. This was a fun pattern to knit, and I used <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/stylecraft-classique-cotton-dk" target="_blank">Stylecraft Classique DK</a> 100% cotton as it's available in bright colours and is sold in the local haberdashery. There is a rattle in one end, and a squeaker in the other, but I couldn't get the squeaker to squeak at all!<br />
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Oops, photos out of order, but it's already taken long enough to do this blog post so I'm not going to start rearranging now. This is Gemini blocking.<br />
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And, finally, some fun things I've received! This was my return-to-work present from <a href="http://trundlebug.co.uk/blog/" target="_blank">Mostly Knitting</a>. Cool or what?! (well, actually nice and warm as it was rather chilly on my return to work).<br />
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A yarny Christmas present - a skein of Countess Ablaze <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/countess-ablaze-lady-persephone-sock" target="_blank">Lady Persephone sock yarn</a>. The photo doesn't really do justice to the depth of colour in this yarn.<br />
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And my current project! I wanted something different for self-striping sock yarn, so found the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tootsie-rolls" target="_blank">Tootsie Rolls</a> pattern. Simple and fun to knit, and works really well with those stripes after a bit of trial and error. The yarn is West Yorkshire Spinners <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/west-yorkshire-spinners-signature-4-ply" target="_blank">signature 4ply yarn</a> in the Holly Berry colourway, which seemed appropriate for the time of year.<br />
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I have become slightly addicted to WYS yarn this year, which is probably why I haven't managed to knit up more than I've acquired. Although I would have done if I hadn't been given the Countess Ablaze yarn for Christmas. See, unexpected present, I hadn't planned for that... Apart from the sock yarn, the only purchases have been for presents, and I've only used part balls from the cotton which explains why the stash has grown more than I anticipated.<br />
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My stash totals for this year are:<br />
<b>Yarn in: </b>2573 metres<br />
<b>Yarn out: </b>2159 metres<br />
So I acquired 413 metres more than I used (but the Countess Ablaze is 424 metres, so there!).<br />
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I'm anticipating a lot more knitting from stash in 2017, as <b>how much does childcare cost?!?!?!?! </b>So, I'll be aiming to do the majority of my knitting from stash next year, with purchases limited to presents and things I need in addition to stash for particular projects (for example, I want to knit a jumper for LO to use up some DK I have in my stash, but I only have two balls left so will need to buy a little more to have enough). I'm also going to be interested to see how much knitting time I get now that I'm back at work as the evenings are all a bit of a gallop now of work, commute, hurtle to nursery, hurtle home.<br />
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What are your knitting plans for 2017?<br />
<b> </b>Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-10251253063056132592016-08-25T20:30:00.000+01:002016-08-25T20:30:09.790+01:00Garden at the beginning of August 2016Still getting caught up, but at least it is still August!<br />
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Lawn at the beginning of th month, with a baby for scale. LO really enjoys playing in the garden, although it's a bit more difficult now she's crawling as it's hard to get on with anything before she has to be removed from somewhere she's not meant to be! <br />
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Apples ripening on the standard tree. There are several on it this year, and they seem to be ripening slightly earlier than usual.<br />
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Lots of apples on the espalier tree. This one is further behind the standard, and produced a lot of apples, which I was a bit late thinning so they are all still rather small and green looking. I have hung CDs up already in the hope of protecting the crop from the squirrels this year...<br />
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Looking over the raised bed by the Golden rod and Physocarpus. These have grown really tall this year with all the wet weather earlier in the year.<br />
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A new plant! This is Salvia 'Joy', which was a Christening present for LO. I had fun deciding where to plant it for her. There was also a cardboard container shaped like a hand grenade which was a "wildflower bom", which we're going to have fun throwing into the border later in the year!<br />
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And the first lot of raspberries are ripe. Since then we've had another whole sieve full, as well as all the ones LO ate in the garden.<br />
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My patio containers. I'm pleased with them this year, especially as there's little I have really done to maintain them. <br />
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I held an open garden event and coffee morning two weeks ago, which was a
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raised £170 for charity!Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-91925787217349134242016-08-04T20:38:00.000+01:002016-08-04T20:38:01.230+01:00Garden at the beginning of July 2016OK, so July ended up being rather busy and, despite my best intentions, I didn't get round to blogging at all. Oops. I haven't yet taken the August pictures, but here are the July ones to get it started.<br />
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One lawn, with LO playing. <br />
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My newly arranged pots on the patio. I am really pleased with how these are looking now.<br />
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I cheated and bought ready-planted hanging baskets, having worked out that buying two hanging baskets (as we didn't already own any) plus the plants to go in them would be more expensive and a bit of a hassle with limited time available. The idea is then to re-use the baskets in future years. The water butt is getting a lot of use now the weather has turned warm. We've actually managed to completely empty it once already, even though I got the biggest one we could fit in.<br />
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The sedums are beginning to flower, and are really popular with the bees.<br />
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I had to thin the apples on the espaliered tree as so many had grown, as you can see below. Last year we lost all of them to squirrels anyway...<br />
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So pretty, we've had this Anthemis tinctoria E.C. Buxton for about five years, and I usually put a plant support in for the flowers, but didn't get round to it this year. It looks so pretty mingled with the sedum below! Think I might do the same thing next year.<br />
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The raspberries are growing well, and have now almost got ripe berries on them.<br />
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And the rhubarb went completely crazy in the warm weather with all the rain earlier on!<br />
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Phew, July done. Now I really must get round to getting the August pictures taken...Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-24056619764520164592016-06-20T21:54:00.004+01:002016-06-20T21:54:56.009+01:00Garden at the beginning of June 2016Bit late this month, but finally I get round to posting pictures. The lawn has the addition of a small baby playing on it this month, as LO has been enjoying the warmer weather and the new lawn.<br />
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This is a mixture of plants, including one of my favourite Heucheras, in one of the borders<br />
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This is one of the Physocarpus, which has lovely flowers on it this year. I can't remember them being reddish in colour last year, but maybe I've just forgotten what they were like?<br />
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The Escallonia 'Apple blossom' which we bought on holiday in Bath three years ago is looking lovely. <br />
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And the grasses this side of the garden which I planted five years ago are looking good.<br />
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This is the finished view of the new patio and garage. So pleased with the final result - it was worth all the upheaval as we now have a useable garage, plus a lovely patio to use. I cheated and bought the hanging baskets ready-made, as finding time to garden with a baby around is quite difficult.<br />
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<br />Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-67192483425142384322016-05-22T17:13:00.001+01:002016-05-22T17:13:27.942+01:00Several knitting projectsI was going to go on a yarn diet as I'll be on maternity leave for almost all of this year, but present yarn is excluded. I took LO into London<br />
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I then had the bright idea of knitting a Thousands cardigan for LO, and some knitting group friends were doing a bulk order to save on postage, so I ordered two more balls of Signature sock yarn in Poppy seed.<br />
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I've got a couple of finished project to finish off. This is a hoodie for my Godson's birthday, when he'll be two. The pattern is <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/playdate-hoodie" target="_blank">Playdate Hoodie</a>, a free Lion Brand pattern, and I used some <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/john-lewis-heritage-aran" target="_blank">John Lewis Heritage Aran</a> from my stash. It's a nice pattern, with not too much sewing up to do. <br />
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I've also finished a pair of socks. These are another pair of <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/garter-rib" target="_blank">Garter rib socks</a>, for me, using <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/lve-garn-baby-og-hosegarn" target="_blank">Baby og Hosegarn sock yarn </a>from my stash.<br />
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Up until now I've had one project on the go at a time, as I didn't think I'd have time to do much knitting with a baby around. But I've had a few incidences of her falling asleep in the car, and me having to sit in a car park, outside the house and wait for her to wake up (we haven't got a travel system, so I remove her from the car seat to take her out), when it would be really handy to have a small knitting project with me. So I think I'm going to have a home project and a project to take around with me from now on. Haven't decided what this project will be though, but probably another pair of socks.<br />
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Like last year, I'm keeping track of yarn acquired and used this year. So far:<br />
<b>Yarn used: </b>1455.1 metres<br />
<b>Yarn acquired: </b>1600 metres<br />
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<br />Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-71644576775016249482016-05-09T21:51:00.002+01:002016-05-09T21:59:08.692+01:00Garden at the beginning of May 2016Bit late posting the garden shots this month as LO is now napping less during the day so I don't get much time to get online. Things have moved on a lot with the building work though. The new turf has been laid and has established well - LO and I have been enjoying lying on it in the afternoon when it's in more shade.<br />
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Here's the new turf, finished garage building and new patio. All that's left to do now is the driveway, which isn't visible in this picture. The garage has an electronic door, which is already making my life a whole lot easier. LO has enjoyed a few sleeps in her pram on the patio too.<br />
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Inside there is now loads of room for the car, and access for loading/unloading people and things. And look at all those lovely shelves!<br />
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Not many plant pictures to show this month as I didn't get a chance to take photos in the front garden. But in the back garden we have some apple blossom just showing.<br />
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And the raised bed is looking good.<br />
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So, the new garage project is still ongoing. This is the current state of the back garden!<br />
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They have actually done quite a bit of work on this bit already - dug a metre deep soakaway to take the water from the new garage roof, removed all the turf, dug up diseased tree roots, levelled the ground, so it's nearly ready for the new turf to be laid now.<br />
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The new patio has been laid, after <i>much cogitation</i> about paving slabs. I never want to see another paving slab ever again. Apart from the ones we've had laid obviously. I remember feeling similarly about taps when we had a new bathroom six years ago.<br />
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This is looking in the other direction. I seized the opportunity yesterday of some sunshine and a sleeping LO, and parked her on the patio whilst I got some gardening done.<br />
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The containers are beginning to look a bit messy. I'm looking forward to the building work being finished so I can get on with sorting them out.<br />
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And the Camellia is full of flowers!<br />
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<br />Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-75032039414427881832016-03-22T16:17:00.000+00:002016-03-22T16:17:00.852+00:00Stash stuffI realised I hadn't got round to updating my totals of stash used up last year. I'm pleased with how I did, although being pregnant and knitting small baby garments definitely helped! I kept track each month using an Excel spreadsheet, and last blogged about it in <a href="http://knitdaisies.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/hats-everywhere.html" target="_blank">October</a>.<br />
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I think I will total up October - December together, as I had the baby then, so there was less knitting taking place. I looked back at my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Daisydaisydaisy" target="_blank">Ravelry projects page</a> to work out what I finished knitting each month.<br />
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<b>Total used: </b>2045.2 metres<br />
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That means, over 2015, I acquired 4726.5 metres of yarn, but used up 8793.8 metres, leaving me with a grand total of 4067.3 metres of yarn less than at the start of the year. I'm pretty pleased with this, as I started the year intending to reduce the size of the stash, and it looks like I've succeeded. I'm planning to do more of the same in 2016, not least because I'll be on maternity leave for over eleven months of the year so won't have much spare cash to spend on yarn.<br />
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My current projects are going well. I'm mostly knitting the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Daisydaisydaisy/garter-rib-5" target="_blank">garter rib socks</a> at knitting group, which means that not a lot gets done as I usually spend at least half the meeting feeding LO!<br />
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I've been working on a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Daisydaisydaisy/playdate-hoodie" target="_blank">Playdate Hoodie</a> for my Godson's birthday in June, when he'll be two. I've made the largest size and am using <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/john-lewis-heritage-aran" target="_blank">John Lewis Heritage aran</a> which I had in my stash. This pattern knits up quickly, and is fairly simple but a satisfying knit.<br />
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Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-55776672932487694872016-03-13T17:09:00.000+00:002016-03-13T17:09:07.878+00:00Books read 2015 #4<b>#16 James Rebanks <i>The shepherd's life: a tale of the Lake District</i></b><br />
This was a birthday present, and one I'd particularly asked for. James Rebanks is <a href="https://twitter.com/herdyshepherd1" target="_blank">@HerdyShepherd1</a> on Twitter, and someone whose twitter feed I have enjoyed following for a while, with his lovely pictures of Herdwick sheep. Amusingly, the staff in Waterstones had trouble locating the one copy they'd apparently had in stock - eventually tracking it down to the Travel - Lake District section, when Autobiography would be more accurate! It's a great read, covering a lot I didn't know about sheep farming, particularly in that area, but also a lot more besides about education, and attitudes to incomers and perceptions of the Lake District.<br />
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<b>#17 Elizabeth Jane Howard <i>All change</i></b><br />
Oh no, now I've finished the last one in her Cazalet chronicles series! :-( I have loved rediscovering these books (the previous four I read as a teenager) and then having the chance to finish it off with this final one. Set in 1956-1958 the book covers the declining fortunes of the Cazalet family in a much changed world. I love the glimpses of social history visible in these novels, and this one is no exception. Howard has a great talent for showing the different sides to all the characters.<br />
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<b>#18 Pamela Druckerman <i>French parents don't give in: 100 parenting tips from Paris</i></b><br />
Follow up to her <i>French children don't throw food</i>, if you're interested in different cultural attitudes to parenting this is an hilarious read! No idea if it works, but it's very funny!<br />
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<b><i>#</i>19 Julian Fellowes <i>Snobs</i></b><br />
This is a portrayal of the modern class system, as Edith Lavery marries into the upper class<b><i> </i></b>and then quickly realises her mistake. Or was it a mistake. It took a bit to get into (this may have been because I started it in hospital during labour though so my mind wasn't totally on it) but I enjoyed the dry humour and insights immensely.<br />
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I've decided to stop writing book reviews for the time being, as I'm not getting as much reading time with LO here (<i>Snobs </i>took me six weeks to read!). I will be recording what I've read on <a href="https://www.librarything.com/catalog/Daisydaisydaisy" target="_blank">LibraryThing</a> though, although without reviews. I am quite pleased that I got through nearly 19 books in 2015 despite spending the majority of the year pregnant!Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-12472046457928584782016-03-06T17:38:00.003+00:002016-03-06T17:38:56.270+00:00Garden at the beginning of March 2016A bit of a different view for garden at the beginning of the month this time. We're having building work done, so the things that normally live on the patio are currently on the lawn!<br />
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This is what the patio and garage look like at the moment. The garage roof is being replaced (it's very leaky and made of asbestos), the garage widened so that we can get LO into the car whilst it's in the garage, and unload shopping etc in there, as the garage was built for a 1950s car and they tend to be wider these days! The patio is being replaced with something that isn't pink concrete.<br />
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Amidst all this chaos, things are growing. The rhubarb is sprouting!<br />
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Daffodils are appearing in the containers - I'm pleased about this as I planted them 18 months ago and didn't replace them last Autumn as I didn't feel like lugging compost around whilst pregnant.<br />
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Hyacinths (also planted last year) are appearing in the other containers.<br />
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The Camellia is beginning to flower<br />
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And loads more flowers have appeared on the Hellebores! I thought the Daphne was going to flower too, but nothing's happened yet, and it's getting a bit late now?<br />
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That's it for this month. The building work is supposed to take 4-5 weeks, so maybe I'll have a nearly completed garage and patio to show off at the beginning of April. Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-74762976913666911732016-02-28T16:25:00.000+00:002016-02-28T16:25:20.868+00:00Honey, I shrunk the kid's knittingRemember that <a href="http://knitdaisies.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/fair-isle-sheep.html" target="_blank">tank top I knitted for the baby</a> last year? Well, she's worn it a few times, but then I put it in the washing machine on the wrong cycle and look what happened! It's now rather small and felted. I initially felt quite sad as it still had plenty of growing room for her left in it, plus it was the first thing I knitted for her when I was pregnant (I actually ordered the yarn in the first trimester but didn't dare start knitting until after that)<br />
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It turned out to be just the right size for her bear though, so now he's wearing it. Actually, this probably means it's achieved more longevity than would otherwise have been the case, as I'm not sure what I'd have done with it once she grew out of it?<br />
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My knitting productivity has increased recently as LO now goes to sleep earlier in the evening in her Moses basket, instead of on me in front of the TV. I finished the second one of this pair of socks. I cast on for the second one when I went into hospital to have her, and knitted about a third of the leg during labour and our subsequent few days in hospital. The rest followed more slowly as the only knitting I got done for a while was at knitting group whilst other people held LO! The pattern is Samwise Gamgee, knitted on 2.25mm needles using <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/katia-ole-socks-comfort" target="_blank">Katia Olé Socks Comfort yarn</a>, which initially seemed a bit splitty until I got used to knitting with it. I used almost entirely two balls of the yarn as I made the legs quite long.<br /><br />
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I've cast on another pair of socks. This time another pair of <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/garter-rib" target="_blank">garter rib socks</a> from Sensational Knitted Socks, as I wanted an interesting but basic pattern to keep me going for a while. The yarn is from stash and is <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/lve-garn-baby-og-hosegarn" target="_blank">Baby og Hosegarn</a> by Løve Garn, a Danish brand I received in a swop. It's nice to knit with and I like the stripes, as I don't have the brain power to knit a complicated pattern at the moment.<br />
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So, how do you get on with crafting with a small person around? And how has that changed as your small person/people have grown up?<br />
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The mild weather has meant the bulbs are putting in an early appearance, and everything is sprouting leaves really early.<br />
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Even the strawberry plants are flowering (they might get a shock when it turns cold!)<br />
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Crocuses peeping through the strawberries<br />
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And more crocuses growing amongst the heucheras<br />
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I'm really pleased with this hellebore. The flowers are beautiful. It's one of the ones I grew from seed collected from a plant given to us by a neighbour.<br />
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<br />Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-11983346567251162592016-01-01T17:30:00.001+00:002016-01-01T17:30:34.533+00:00A new arrival and garden at the beginning of January 2016Not much gardening happened in December as a certain baby put in an appearance early on in the month. Little One (LO) has been out in the pram a few times sporting the latest in knitted fashion, and has also been to knitting group twice already. Contrary to my expectations of early parenthood, I have managed to knit about two thirds of one sock since I went into hospital to have her (I was induced; it took a while). Don't think I feel up to tackling anything more complicated at the moment though.<br />
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December was mild but rainy, although fortunately we were spared the flooding that other parts of the country have experienced. Everything is still growing, and the OH had to cut the lawn again just before Christmas. I am itching to get out there and get on with some gardening after being too huge to do much for quite a few months. But I think that will have to wait until I've had more sleep.<br />
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The mild weather has made the fuchsias start to re-sprout leaves. You just know this is going to end badly when there's a frost.<br />
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Our houseplants got <a href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=804" target="_blank">Sciarid fly</a>, so we had to put them outside in the hope some colder weather (joke) would kill them off. <br />
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The camellia has begun flowering earlier this year with the warmer weather.<br />
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Lots of signs of bulb growth already.<br />
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And the first hellebore flower - this is one I grew from seed!<br />
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What are your gardening plans for 2016? Mine are just to do some gardening...Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-88899358800214216342015-12-01T17:42:00.000+00:002015-12-01T17:42:21.439+00:00Garden at the beginning of December 2015Not much change again here. We've only had one frost so far (two weeks earlier than last year) so the garden hasn't really been hit by a cold spell yet.<br />
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There aren't as many flowers around now, but the Wisley Cream clematis has just started to flower, and is covered with buds, so hopefully that will flower through the winter.<br />
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A few of the winter flowering pansies are in flower.<br />
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As are the cyclamen.<br />
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Bright berries are making up for the lack of colourful flowers though, and hopefully the birds will be pleased to eat them through the winter. All three pyracanthas have now got their berries.<br />
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As has the cotoneaster.<br />
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<br />Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-15824593195988636522015-11-29T18:16:00.000+00:002015-11-29T18:16:22.913+00:00Knitting and sewingAs we've had to move stuff around to make space for the baby (more like it's stuff!) I now have a new sewing zone set up. The table isn't huge, but the light is much better than the room it was in, as there are windows to both the left and right of this table. <br />
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I've been working on getting this cot quilt finished, and the improved lighting certainly made a difference to the sewing, even at this dark and dull time of year. I'm not intending to use it as a cot quilt (I thought a play mat would be better), although it was originally meant to be for a cot, several decades ago, when it was started and intended for me to use. It never got finished, so I've been finishing it off now. The light today has been terrible for photos! This is it finished, and I put it through the washing machine on the delicate cycle, with some trepidation as I wasn't sure whether the fabric would shrink... It seems to be fine though, and I just need to give it an iron. It's a rather sweet <a href="https://www.sanderson-uk.com/shop/fabric/?act=ssocomplete" target="_blank">Sanderson</a> printed cotton showing a teddy bears' picnic.<br />
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The DK bedsocks are coming along quite fast, although this is proving the most annoying pattern ever to make. I think I prefer knitting socks in the round than flat and having to seam them.<br />
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I've also looked out other projects on the go, and realised I'd managed to knit about 2/3 of the second of the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/samwise-gamgee" target="_blank">Samwise Gamgee</a> socks in a smaller size than the first one... Oops. So had to frog that one. Have no idea what I was doing there, as the pattern is written for one size, so I obviously took it into my head to cast on fewer stitches!<br />
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I also managed to find a picture of the finished dress I made for my little niece in the summer. I thought I'd forgotten to take a picture of it, then discovered this in a random folder on my computer!<br />
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<br />Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-87574662962347273412015-11-18T12:17:00.000+00:002015-11-18T12:17:16.595+00:00Sitting around with my feet upI thought once I finished work that I'd have loads of time, and pictured myself crafting away whilst catching up with TV, updating my blog and reading my way through the huge pile of books sitting in a wobbly pile next to my bed. Well, it's now a month since I finished work (still another month before the baby is due!) and I haven't done that much crafting, or that much reading really. It's not particularly comfortable to sit still for large amounts of time, so I haven't been! I have done an awful lot of Sorting Things Out in the house, and boring but necessary tasks like organising people to service the boiler, clear the guttering of leaves and service the car. I'm kind of presuming that December will be a bit busy, so I've almost finished my Christmas shopping (should be completed this week!) and getting things like presents and cards ready to post.<br />
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This is what I have been doing, craft-wise:<br />
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Another <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/beyond-puerperium" target="_blank">Beyond Puerperium</a>, this one in 3-6 month size to use up the oddments of sportweight yarn I had in my stash (I worked out that this was the biggest size I could make with what I had leftover). The yarn is a mixture of <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/debbie-bliss-baby-cashmerino" target="_blank">Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino</a>, and <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/millamia-naturally-soft-merino" target="_blank">MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino</a>, both of which are lovely to knit with and have the same gauge. I pulled the yarn a bit too tight whilst changing colours at the ends of rows, so it's slightly skewed at one side, but I don't think that will matter (and the baby isn't going to mind, is it?!). I ended up buying a couple more balls of the MillaMia for the due date swap group I participated in, as I thought my swap partner would enjoy knitting with it just as much as I have. I also seem to be addicted to this pattern - that's the eleventh one I've made! I've now made newborn and 3-6 month sizes for my baby, so I will next be aiming to make the next size up. Some more stash yarn is earmarked for this.<br />
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I've finished another pair of children's socks for a birthday present. The yarn is <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/regia-my-first-regia" target="_blank">My First Regia</a> again, cos it's machine-washable and nice and soft. I initially started off with the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/toots" target="_blank">Toots pattern</a>, but this nearly drove me mad with bizarre lace patterning that wasn't particularly intuitive, so I switched to the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/garter-rib" target="_blank">Garter Rib socks pattern</a> from <i>Sensational Knitted Socks</i>, which I've made before, so know I enjoy knitting and that it works!<br />
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My latest project, only cast on last week, is a pair of <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/design-f---socks" target="_blank">slouchy bedsocks</a> in DK yarn, <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/sirdar-crofter-dk" target="_blank">Sirdar Crofter DK</a>. I received one ball of this in last year's knitting group Secret Santa, and found the pattern in a yarn shop on holiday in June, and it only needed another ball, so it seemed a good way of using the yarn up. The socks are knitted flat and then seamed, and I'm now regretting not altering the pattern and knitting them in the round, as knitting them flat seems awkward. The heel instructions weren't very intuitive, so I had to do a lot of checking on other people's experiences on Ravelry forums before I could get anywhere. Does anyone else find this, after knitting indie patterns that are pdfs and so there is less limitation on space when providing instructions? Everytime I've used a bought printed pattern recently it seems to be a bit deficient in the instructions department.<br />
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I've also sewn this dress, for my swap partner in the due date swap group. The fabric is 100% cotton, and I was really pleased to find it in the closing down sale from our local haberdashery, as it was the perfect amount, and in the colours (pink and grey) which she said she preferred!<br />
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This is part of the present I received from my swap partner - a sheep baby hat! Isn't it cute?! There were also some other goodies in the parcel.<br />
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And, finally, I was given this baby blanket last night at my knitting group meeting - all my knitting group friends had made squares, which sounds like it needed a lot of organisation as they were apparently passing balls of yarn backwards and forwards to each other! Isn't it cool?!<br />
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That's all for now. Hopefully I'll get another update in in the not to distant future!Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-92184431144922002022015-11-01T17:35:00.002+00:002015-11-01T17:35:40.431+00:00Garden at the beginning of November 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The garden this morning was very misty and autumnal. This was at 7am, and you can't really see just how misty it was from this photo.<br />
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The OH has moved the tender plants (various fuchsias and the alstroemeria into the cold frame for the winter). <br />
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There are still some plants flowering though. The rudbeckia in the back garden is still going strong, although the one in the front is over.<br />
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Only one flower left on the Japanese anenome, and plenty of seedheads forming.<br />
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The fuchsia and abelia are both covered in flowers still<br />
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As are the hydrangeas<br />
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And all the berries have appeared on the three pyracanthas now, hopefully providing a feast for the birds this winter.<br />
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We swopped the containers over with the winter ones (I have two sets of the internal plastic containers, which get slotted in and out at different times of year). These cyclamen have been on the go for about three winters now and are looking good. They are underplanted with hyacinths.<br />
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And I bought some winter flowering pansies from the garden centre and planted up these containers, underplanted with daffodils.<br />
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Think that's the last of the gardening done for this year, although I suspect the lawn will still need another cut.<br />
<br />Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-9373630089670449462015-10-18T18:14:00.001+01:002015-10-18T18:14:42.124+01:00Books read 2015 #3<b>#11 Elizabeth Jane Howard <i>Confusion</i></b><br />
<b>#12 Elizabeth Jane Howard <i>Casting off</i></b><br />
Books three and four from the Cazalet Chronicles, which I really enjoyed. I was rereading <i>Confusion</i> after first reading it about 20 years ago, and I think it was my first time reading <i>Casting off</i>? These two take the family through the war years and then to the immediate aftermath, where everything is a bit of an anticlimax. Having survived those years, the ending of the war doesn't mean the ending of problems, and, indeed, causes several relationships to need to be resolved.<i><b> </b></i>I particularly like the way chapters are written from the perspective of different members of the family, so you get to see situations from different angles.<b><i><br /></i></b><br />
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<b>#13 Margaret Hebblethwaite <i>Motherhood and God</i></b><br />
A slightly dated look at spirituality and motherhood. I struggled to understand why she couldn't take the baby to Mass with her, as most people I know quite happily breastfeed/bottle feed in church, but 30 years seems to have made quite a difference to attitudes! I liked the way she dwelt on the practical aspects of motherhood, as well as the spiritual, and the connection between the two.<br />
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<b>#14 Heidi Eisenberg Murkoff <i>What to expect when you're expecting</i></b><br />
This seems to be a pretty ubiquitous pregnancy manual, so I got it from the library, but thought it was awful. Although this is the British edition, so the spellings are (mostly) British (this hasn't been thoroughly checked) and references to medical care are to the NHS, it still comes across as overwhelmingly American. There are confusing bits where the information seems to be more from a US medical point of view, than a British one. It's written in a really twee style, that mostly made me want to throw up (and no, that wasn't morning sickness) and instead of having straightforward sections of information is written in more of a 'problem page' style. I didn't find it particularly helpful.<br />
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<b>#15 David Lagercrantz <i>The girl in the spider's web</i></b><br />
This is a continuation of Stieg Larsson's <i>Millennium</i> series, which has been written by someone else. Often this kind of sequel can be excruciating, but this one got good reviews so I thought it was worth a try, and I'm glad I did. I found the <i>Millennium</i> series compelling, partly because of the intriguing characters, partly because of finding out more about a different counry, and this continued those themes. It's not as long or as detailed as the first three books, but it still has the twists and turns, the further development of the characters. Definitely worth a read.<b><i> </i></b>Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-41847590609751926002015-10-11T18:15:00.001+01:002015-10-11T18:15:19.512+01:00Hats everywhereFinally, a knitting update. I've just finished a bit of a baby hat knitting spree.<br />
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No, I'm not expecting quadruplets... One is for my baby, the rest for presents. Three of them are baby size, and the other toddler sized. I used a free pattern <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/super-soft-merino-hats-for-everyone" target="_blank"><i>Super soft merino hats for everyone</i></a> by Purl Bee on 7mm needles, and the yarn is Sirdar Click Chunky.<br />
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I got the mitred square baby blanket finished off with a crochet edging. The colours have proven really hard to photograph well! It was a great way of using up odds and ends of machine washable sock yarn, and I enjoyed remembering all those socks I'd knitted with the same yarn as I worked away on it. <br />
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I realised I'd forgotten to post a picture of the finished <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/milly-tank-top" target="_blank">sheep tanktop</a> which I made over the summer. Very pleased with how this one has turned out, and the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/millamia-naturally-soft-merino" target="_blank">Millamia merino yarn</a> is lovely to knit with. It used almost an entire ball of the grey, and 30g of the snow colourway to make 3 -6 month size.<br />
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I've knitted a pair of child's socks for a birthday present. I think these will be a bit too big, but the recipient can always grow into them. I went with Regia sock yarn in the end because of the whole machine washable thing... This is the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/basic-sock-pattern" target="_blank">basic sock pattern</a> by Ann Budd, but I'm also intending to make a second pair using a more interesting pattern.<br />
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The next thing I've cast on is an eleventh (!!) <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/beyond-puerperium" target="_blank">Beyond puerperium</a>, this time to use up leftovers of the Millamia in the snow colourway, and two different greens of Debbie Bliss Baby cashmerino. I should have just enough for one of the smaller sizes.<br />
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I realised I haven't done stash totals for a couple of months. They're looking pretty good as I've done several smaller projects and got them finished!<br />
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<b>Yarn bought in August</b>: 420m and <b>September</b>: 74m<br />
<b>Yarn used in August</b>: 305m and <b>September</b>: 866.2m<br />
(I don't have the actual total used for the baby blanket, as I don't have a record of how much of some of the yarn was leftover, as it's been in my stash from before I owned digital kitchen scales. I've only included the amount for the leftovers recorded in my stash).<br />
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That means that totals for 2015 so far are:<br />
<b>Yarn bought</b>: 4726.5 metres<br />
<b>Yarn used up</b>: 6795.6 metres, which means I've used up 2169.1 metres more than I've purchased so far!<br />
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I'll leave you with a picture of the knitted boob at the breastfeeding antenatal class I went to last week! There was one waiting for each of us when we got there, and I was delighted, as back in the <a href="http://knitdaisies.blogspot.co.uk/2007/04/so-what-have-i-been-doing.html" target="_blank">dim mists of time of 2007</a>, I knitted one for Liverpool Women's Hospital!<br />
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<br />Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-72197924330478059272015-10-03T18:03:00.003+01:002015-10-03T18:03:20.085+01:00Garden at the beginning of October 2015Oops, bit of a break from blogging, but September was a busy month, and I'll blog about that more later on. Thought I'd better get the garden post done before November happens!<br />
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This month the 1st fell on a Thursday, when I'm not at work, so I was able to take photos in the morning. It's definitely getting more of an autumnal feel now. <br />
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Still plenty of flowers though. The Rudbeckias in both front and back gardens still look very bright and cheerful<br />
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And all the fuchsias are still covered in flowers. The roses I grow in containers on the patio have been disappointing this year, but I think next year I will revert back to using the compost I used originally (<a href="http://www.william-sinclair.co.uk/gardening/products/compost" target="_blank">New Horizon organic and peat free multi-purpose compost</a>), which they seem to like a lot better.<br />
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As I'm now fairly huge and gardening is getting difficult I'm letting most things run to seed and not bothering to deadhead. The sweet peas still have lots of flowers on them.<br />
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And the Japanese anenomes will soon have lots of fluffy little seedheads.<br />
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My Hydrangea 'Twist n shout' is showing off why I bought it five years ago - beautiful autumn colours<br />
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The Cosmos I grew from seed is still flowering away, and looking rather pretty next to the Heuchera leaves. <br />
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The sedums I Chelsea chopped in May are looking fantastic, with flowers at different stages. Or they were. Some wildlife (I suspect a fox or two) went on the rampage the day after I took this photo and they've all been flattened and most of the stems broken. Grrr.<br />
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Still harvesting a couple of bowls full of raspberries every week.<br />
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And this year we finally grew a decent number of apples. We picked 22 off the standard apple tree, and they taste delicious! <br />
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How is your garden doing now we're heading into Autumn?Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-72950525318759239802015-09-05T17:50:00.002+01:002015-09-05T17:56:26.514+01:00Garden at the beginning of September 2015All pictures taken by the OH this time, as I wasn't home from work in time before it got gloomy!<br />
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We've had lots of rain so the lawn has greened up nicely. The OH also took out the Echinops from the raised bed as it was crushing the Escallonia and getting a Bit Too Big. <br />
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Apples ripening on the tree. It's covered this year, and it shouldn't be too much longer before they're ready to eat.<br />
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The one measly apple left on the other tree after all of the others (still unripe) were gobbled by a greedy squirrel<br />
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Instead of the Echinops, I moved this Fuchsia into the space - it's the one I bought at Croome back in June and had been in a container. It has tiny little flowers, and should grow reasonably tall now it's in a border rather than the container.<br />
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The autumny flowers are blooming. I'd like to move these up a bit too so they get more sun, but digging up plants and moving them is a bit beyond me at the moment!<br />
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This year's tomatoes have been pathetic. We haven't had one to eat yet, and when they eventually do ripen they invariably split<br />
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The Japanese Anenome is doing really well. I love its flowers, and also the little fluffy seeds that develop later on (I'm currently deadheading them, but will let some seeds develop later on in the season as it self-seeds well). <br />
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We've had lots of Gladioli this year, as I bought a bumper lot at the garden centre at <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/clandon-park/" target="_blank">Clandon Park</a>, which we visited not long before it <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1355900250028/" target="_blank">burnt down</a> (Clandon Park that is, not the garden centre). I still feel really sad about that, as it was a lovely property to visit, and in my professional incarnation, I catalogued the library there.<br />
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There is a YouTube video showing the extent of the devastation.<br />
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Thanks to the OH for digging up the Echinops and taking all the pictures this month!Daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275774175643207235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13280710.post-72869193751786785592015-08-22T18:07:00.002+01:002015-08-22T18:07:13.469+01:00Fair Isle sheep<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Knitting tiny sizes certainly goes quickly! This is the front of the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/milly-tank-top" target="_blank">Milly tank top</a> in size 3-6 months which only took a few days to do. I have realised that, whilst I like doing the regular type of Fair Isle with repeating patterns, I'm much less keen on the ones where you have to do lots of counting and it isn't regular, or you have to carry long floats behind the work to twist in every so often. It would probably also have helped if I hadn't also been watching <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1864_%28TV_series%29" target="_blank">1864</a>, which is in Danish with subtitles at the same time! Still, it was fun knitting on this size garment. I think for an adult size garment I'd want to stick to regular Fair Isle, as I learnt the holding-the-yarn-in-both-hands technique a few years ago. </div>
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This is my mitred square baby blanket made out of (machine washable) sock yarn oddments. I've finished all the mitred squares now and am planning to crochet a border, just had to wait for a 2.5mm crochet hook to be delivered as they don't have the Clover soft-touch ones at my local Hobbycraft.<br />
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And I finally got around to cutting out the pieces for a dress for the impending niece. This is the fabric I bought on holiday back in early June so it's been handing around for a while! This is the wrong side, the right side is much brighter. The local haberdashery is closing down at the end of this month, so I am going to have to be organised about going somewhere to buy buttons for the dress, as I'll have to get the car out and go further afield for them now.<br />
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