Not much to say!

I have just sat here staring at the keyboard and don't know what to put. I am feeling really down at the moment and can't think of anything positive to say. I'm the same on the forum I visit, I keep going to answer a post and just giving up halfway through typing. So I will take my Grans advice, 'if you can't say anything nice then don't say anything at all'. I will wait until the cloud lifts and try again.

I'm in!!!

Yay!! I have finally made it into Ravelry! OMG!! There is so much there to play with! I can see nothing getting done this weekend in the way of craft or housework!

I have also finished the bag for the bag swap, and now that Leah has received it I can show a picture of it. I had to borrow this photo from Leah because I was so eager to send it off that I forgot to photograph it! The bag is crocheted with a 12mm hook in Wendy Pampas, the pattern is from Tess Dawsons book. I added a sparkly charm to it as well. I sent a couple of other bits with it too, a bracelet, kilt pin and scissors with a beaded charm. All of which i made as well. It was nice to get the beads out again, they have been stashed away for too long. It also inspired me to make another bracelet to send to my Winter warmer swap pal, so I hope she likes that too!

Another finished object!!

I have finished an item that was so quick it never even made it to the WIP list! It is a bolero for E in Sirdar Blur. I love this yarn, it knits up really nicely and a little goes a long way. This took less than a ball! I have some in a nice green to do a jumper for me from septembers Knitting magazine and that only needs four balls.

It looks great on her and she is out playing in it at the moment, I just hope she doesn't ruin it whilst climbing a tree!!

R wanted me to put up a picture of her in her new school uniform, so here it is. She has settled in well and already has 5 merits! She has managed to catch the bus on her own and phones me every lunch and break time!! That will hopefully stop once the novelty of having her own mobile phone stops!!

I am back at work tomorrow after a bit of time off to look after D. He is home from hospital but still quite weak. I hope he will be ok on his own next week. I am really stressed and on the edge at the moment which is not a good thing, the dog is winding me up constantly, if I'm not having my arm pulled off on a walk then he is tripping me up, winding up the cats or barking at phantoms in the house. We have the normal arguments with the kids about homework and tidy rooms, the house and garden look a tip and I just feel like I am not coping. I hate this panicky feeling which seems to be there all the time. Never mind, I shall get the chores done and settle down to some craft.

Yummies in the post.

I am taking part in a bag swap on the Angel Yarns forum and I received this beautiful bag on Tuesday! It is from Linda (Allknittingnosleeping) and it is so pretty. It is made from Silk and feels absolutely gorgeous, I've not bought any silk yarn yet but I may now be tempted, if it drapes this beautifully in a bag then it would be lovely as a top.
I have actually started mine, it just needs handles and a lining and then I can post it off.








These are the other goodies I received in the bag swap package, lots of lavender smellies, chocolate and some gorgeous Opal yarn.
I have been planning my extras to go in with the bag and it will have to be beaded!!




Thanks so much Linda, you really brightened my day!