Thank goodness for Earl Grey Tea!

Aaaaah *SUPER SIGH*.  I guess you could say I have been suffering a hint of the infamous writer's block.  So I thought perhaps I might just start at the beginning.  Genius!

With a cup of tea, of course...

I received this beautiful gift from the lovely Karen, my other half's sister in law (I always thought there should be a name for this relation) and inevitably I have been drinking tea until the cows come home.  Obviously I am quite contented that they have not, as of yet arrived.

This tea has really been my saving grace recently as
for a while now, I have had quite a lot on.  With work and setting up a new business, I find myself crafting away for the stockpile as if I have not a moment to lose!

On which note, I thought you'd like a little sneak peak of something crafty I have been doing recently....

Can you guess what it will be?

I'm going to re-write the pattern for this.  It's just a little...well, old.  Around half of the pattern is written in that superfluous way that old crochet patterns were written, which of course was an attempt to make it more understandable, but did just the opposite.

So, needless to say, all this has left no time at all for blogging, eating, chores, baking yummy wonderous things or leisurely early morning strolls....subsequently, I haven't blogged since the dawn of time, eat mainly on weekends and have forgotten what nature looks like -  but hey at least there's Earl Grey tea.

Oh, and for some unknown reason, almost as if I have BAGS of spare time sitting about my house, I decided to enter the Sketchbook Project......and I'm SO excited!!

Ooooh....look at what I just finished! 

Winter is coming...

The Melburnian coldsnap is definitely on its way -  and as I have now caught my SECOND cold this Autumn I quickly came to thinking that the ONLY solution is a big fat WOOLLY blanket, complete with the predisposition to fatten oneself for hibernation on bowls of Pumpkin Soup and an endless supply of Tea.

 Here's the first of many granny squares to come (I'll need around FORTY for the blanket), which uses only recycled yarns, that I have purchased from op shops, jumble sales or re-claimed from old garments.  I do just LOVE working with materials this way, NEVER knowing what i'll turn up in the next op shop, it keeps it mysterious and makes for an interesting piece.

I must admit I keep having visions of this blanket, quite casually inviting me to snuggle under it and fall asleep on the couch infront of the TV.  After the cup of cocoa of course..

Ah, the things we associate with a good blanket - they really do have quite a presence in our lives when you think of it.

 From making forts and secret dens, to rolling up our siblings or being there to hide under, for relaxing on, to go camping with, to have picnics on and to wrap ourselves up in....blankets are always there.