yarny goodness...

i do like fall,

i like it a whole big lot.

i like it for one reason

and one reason only.

that reason being

'nesting'

yes indeedy,

fall = nesting

and nothing says

fall and nesting 

quite like a yarny blanket

i have high hopes 

for this fall's yarny blanket.

it will be made from 

mustard

 and it will be made from

granny knicker pink.

and it will quite shockingly

not be made from 

cream.

it will also be made 

slowly and surely,

for that is my motto of late.

i found a peachy pattern 

over at the very nice folks

Lion Brand Yarn

it was for a small being, 

so i tweaked it to make it bigger.

i confess for several rows

the pattern went a little off on its own.

however i did not fret

nor particularly care.

i just kept on keeping on

and slowly but surely

i got the hang of it

and the pattern righted itself

i am down 3 mustard balls

with 5 more to go,

i am a little giddy 

as each mustard ball

slowly but surely

turns into yarny goodness...

and i am thinking

the granny knicker pink

will be the cherry on the top

Tif

wordless wednesday...

a Granny Chic book...

at the end of last week a parcel plonked itself upon my doormat, a parcel i had been anticipating for a couple of days.

inside was the result of 3 months creative madness on behalf of myself and my book writing buddy Rachelle.

as i dared to remove the parcel's content, slowly but surely turn the cover and look through squinted eyes i felt my inner mr doubter fade away and in its place, taking up residence was mr pride.

to think we started writing this book mid April and now at the end of September both Rachelle and i hold 'our creation' in our crafty mitts. i still can't get over the extraordinary morphing of our two crafty souls and have no doubt this was key to the book coming out the way it did. we set out intent on bridging the gap between craft book and interior book and i believe we have done so, in our own quirky way. we call it a recipe book for in our minds, our grannies would have recipe books filled with scribbles, tear-outs, suggestions and plenty of visual inspiration. our hope was to produce such a recipe book for granny chic living and by jove i believe we have.

our Granny Chic book will become available on oct 25th, it is possible to buy it online and also i have been told it will be stocked in stores around the globe. as and when i know nitty gritty i will do my besty best to pass it along.

in the meantime, it is rather grand to know what we saw in our heads the day we started to plot and plan our crafty book is now in our hands, thanks to a team of hardworking 'rose coloured spec' wearers at Kyle Books and of course the 'can we keep her forever' Cath and the 'beavered away on our behalf so brilliantly' Helen. 

i have shouted my three cheers in the back yard, facing east in the hope it travels across the pond to the correct ears so these peachy folks will know just how happy i am with the book

Tif