I've Only Gone And Done It!!

The proverbial penny has finally dropped, the light bulb in my head has lit up (for once) and after my frustrated and annoyed blog post yesterday at my complete lack of crochet skills, I've finally managed it.....introducing, my granny square!!

Yey Me!

Ok so I know its a bit bigger than a granny square, but once I got going, I just kept on going!  I've even done a colour change!!  Admittedly it was more out of necessity (I was running out of wool) but I managed it, just have to weave in the ends when Im done.  But thats another challenge for another day.  Im loving sitting in front of the tv crochet-ing away now, its so relaxing.  Addictive too!  Thank so much to my twitter pal Tracey (aka @knittywoowoo) for offering to talk me through it. 

Think the granny square blanket is a bit beyond my skills at the moment (lots of ends to tie in!) but will carry on and use this granny blanket (?) as my proto-type!

As today was a grotty day, me and Madison made salt dough and baked it in different shapes.  It was really fun and I've been dying to make some for ages!  For those of you that dont know its so simple - 4 cups of flour, 1 cup of salt, 1 cup of warm water, 2 tbsps of vegetable oil, all mixed together until its a dough. 

This is what we made - Maddy does like things with her name on so she made...

her name and Lillie's name a D for Daddy and M for Mummy

Maddy painted a starfish and the snail was my effort!!

Another lovely afternoon making a mess!

x x

How Hard Can It Be??

Turns out, very hard!  Those of you that have read my previous post, I have been trying to learn to crochet.

Maybe one day....

Ha!  If only these were mine!  Im finding it sooooooo difficult!  I've watched videos on youtube, had a friend show me what to do, yet the skill that is granny square-ing (?) fails me.  This is my *ahem* fourth (ok, maybe fourteenth) effort...

My effort at a granny square

Ok, one thing you will notice is, ITS NOT A SQUARE!!!!  Im getting increasingly frustrated at my granny squares looking like knotted wool, and a circle of knotted wool at that!!  Oh well, I'll keep trying, the granny square will not beat me!

This is what I eventually want to make....

A bit ambitious maybe but the instructions say "easy".  I beg to differ!

In other news, our summer holidays are still going well, no major catastrophes as yet (touch wood) and this is what we did yesterday...

YUMM-MEE!  Chocolate rice krispy splodges :)

My happy little chef

We didnt have any paper cake cases but I can assure you our chocolate rice krispy cakes tasted just as scrummy!  Plus Madison had loads of fun as she did most of it herself, I just helped melt the chocolate and get even-sized blobs.  Lovely (but no good for my diet)!

x x

p.s. any help on the granny square front would be very much appreciated!  Thanks to everyone who emailed me last time I asked for advice, it helped me get to this stage x

Just a quick post and a bit of advice please!

Ok so since I've been into this blogging and crafting malarky I've noticed nearly everyone can crochet.  Except me. 

My sister has a lovely crocheted blanket for my gorgeous nephew and I want to be able to make the traditional baby blankets my nanna used to make.  Im always after trying new crafty things and this is something that just boggles my mind!

So, please, if anyone can help or point me in the direction of a tutorial that might help, I'd be very grateful!!

Thanks in advance! x x

Beautiful!  But I cant do it!!!