Spring brings out the birds

Spring has arrived and the parrots are out and about. I think they are on the look out for food to eat. It is too early for fruit but they are keeping an eye out anyway.

I have caught a few plucking the blossoms off our apricot tree, if they continue they wont have anything to eat later on, neither will we.

 

Bishopstone yarns episode 48, granny square love #knittingpodcast #crochet

Come and join me for my latest episode of Bishopstone yarns and catch up on what I have been making.

Granny square love

 I made this granny square blanket years ago and it now sits on the back of my couch. I really love the colours and the way the white brings out the colours. I see it every day so I was a little saddened when I looked closely at how it was showing its age. So maybe it is time to start making a new one. 

Crochet is not something that I have done much of for quite some time so it is always fun to do something different.

Now I just need to decide on yarn, colours and of course a pattern.

A beautiful spring father's Day

it was such a beautiful day today for father's Day. One of those stunning sunny spring days. The perfect day for a walk along a peaceful beach.

 

Getting back to quilting

 I thought I should stop putting it off and start making the last three blocks for my farmer's wife sampler quilt. These are not the very last three blocks from the series but they complete the number needed to make up a smaller quilt. 

After working in these for so long and starting to loose momentum I thought it would be better to try and finish a smaller quilt with the blocks I already have and have a finished quilt, rather than a whole heap of unfinished blocks just sitting around. Then I can work on the other blocks at leisure and maybe in a more appealing colour range. 

So here it is , progress is slow but it is progress.