Random question but do you know the collective term for nieces and nephews? Apparently there isn’t one but the Urban Dictionary defines “Niblings” as the gender neutral term. Anyway, we had a flurry of nieces and nephews (I’m not going to use Niblings as it makes them sound like a snack to have with evening drinks!) in 2014 and obviously each one required their own PatternPiper baby blanket.
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So, I mentioned right at the bottom of my last post that I had something exciting happening this week. I hope you find it exciting, I find it very exciting, you might not though. Hopefully you’ll find it interesting if not exciting. We will just have to get on with it and see.
I’ve been interviewed by Joanna of Adventures and Tea Parties as part of her Blog Gem series!!!
This has been one of my favourite makes recently. I started it ages ago, back in the summer.
Finally I’m getting around to my One Lovely Blog Award post!
It was such a great surprise to receive a nomination a couple of weeks ago from Sol of A Crochet Journey, particularly as I’ve been a bit quiet on the blogging and social media front recently. So, thank you Sol, it was super lovely of you to think of my little blog.
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Today is the first day of half term.
One of the first school holidays that I’ve had with the kids where I haven’t felt torn between them and the day job.
I’m fortunate enough now to be working in a school, meaning that I have the same time off as my children. I no longer have to worry about how on earth we are going to cover the school holidays throughout the year, as we don’t have enough annual leave between us to cover the days that they are not at school – and heaven forbid they have a sick day! I no longer need to think about how I’m going to make up the extra hours I need to take off to look after the kids and when we are ever going to manage to take time off together to do things as a family.
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So, to continue with my efforts to work on my own crochet projects alongside my crochet cushions I’m joining in with #crochetmoodblanket2014.
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As suspected I wasn’t able to contribute to #ShareAdvent everyday but here’s what I did manage:
Day 01 – Joy to the World
A little giveaway on my Facebook page to bring a little joy to someone’s world.
I’m getting well and truly into the Christmas Spirit lately, attending craft fairs and crocheting Christmas Garlands.
My first craft fair went very well!
And now that I work in a school I get an insight into how much hard work and practice goes into the Christmas performance each year…I will be singing Christmas songs in my head for many, many weeks to come!
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Buckle Up – November is going to be Non-Stop.
October was pretty manic. We had a 3 day family trip to Disneyland Paris to celebrate a special birthday for my Mother In Law, Missy’s birthday a few days later, The Mr’s birthday a couple of days ago and I finished at the day job on Wednesday too.
Not to mention working on and delivering some crochet cushiony loveliness, working on my Etsy shop and being featured in this blog post by the fantastically helpful Etsy Ambassador Claireabellemakes…phew!
Saturday was Missy’s 11th birthday and the day had a very nostalgic feel to it.
Crochet bunting in the hallway
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