Work In Progress Wednesday

I'm close to finishing Ollie's quilt.  Again!  I already quilted it once but that was before I had the proper equipment and it went horribly wrong.  Now I have to right foot for my machine I can do it properly.

I started the quilting in the middle and am gradually working out in a spiral.  The stitches are quite close together which means it's taking quite a while.  Oh well!

Throwback Tuesday - 10th November

2013 - A walk with Grandma

2010 - Sleepy Mani

Work In Progress Wednesday

A few of the many things I seem to be working on at the moment!

First up, a quilt for Ollie. I had actually already nearly finished it but the quilting was rubbish and made me sad. So I unpicked it all and added the rocket to the back. I'm really pleased with the rocket. It's my first paper pieced patchwork. It's nearly ready to quilt again, this time with the proper equipment!

Rocket Quilt

Next up, a tortoise cosy. Yep! A colleague asked me if I could as her new tortoise, Heathcliff, is very small and apparently may not hibernate. I found a pattern that used Aran weight bad reduced it down by using DK. Heathcliff is only 9cm across so this is really tiny! This one is a pumpkin for Halloween!

Tortoise cosy

This is part of a gift so no more details, yet!

Blue star

Last up, my Hitchiker. This is a lovely, simple scarf pattern in garter stitch with an increase every row and 5 cast off every eighth row to make a point. It's perfect mindless knitting and I love how the yarn is pooling.

Hitchiker

This doesn't include my flamingo cross stitch, the busy book I'm making for Ollie, the little earphone pouch I'm sewing or the cardigan I'm working on! Maybe I need to finish something!

 

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Throwback Tuesday - 13th October

This one's a bit cat heavy!  Oh well ;-)

2013 - Cat in a box

2010 - Kitty Cuddles

Throwback Tuesday - 8th September

2013 - Tiny Ollie! 

2012 - blocking a jumper I made for Dad for his birthday

A Weekend in Reading

This weekend we went back home to Reading.  I needed to do some shopping and we were meeting up with my brother on the Sunday so we took the opportunity to go and see Grandma and Grumps as well.

Concentrating on picking up rice with his chopsticks

Did it!

Riding on the train at the Oracle.  He remembered it from last time even before we'd parked the car!

Playing trains with Grumps

On Sunday we met Andy and Jemma at Wellington Country Park, It's just south of Reading and although we've driven past hundreds of times, we've never visited.  What a fantastic place!  So much to do for little children with about 5 different play areas as well as a petting farm and a train.  Ollie heaven!

On the big swing with Daddy

On the train with Daddy and Uncle Andy

Alpacas!

In a little house with a bridge and stairs.  Ollie in his element!

The view from the cafe where we stopped for ice cream.

Sharing ice cream with Daddy

Driving an old red tracter

On the big swing with Mummy

On the train with Daddy (yes, another one!!)

Meeting the goats

Stroking a chicken ever so carefully

Playing with his new trains at lunch time

On the slide with Jemma.  A whole playground just with slides!

Wheeeee!

Randomly, a load of dinosaur models

Feeding the ducks.  Just out of shot, the bag of food floating in the water from where Ollie tried to throw the food before taking his hand out of the bag :-/

On the train with Mummy and Auntie Jemma

Stealing Mummy's ice cream

Thanks Andy for taking the pictures!

Throwback Tuesday

This time last year!  It was the Emsworth Summer Show.  Held every August bank holiday in the park in Emsworth there are all the usual stalls and a tent full of cake.  Last year it absolutely peed down but that didn't stop Ollie riding on a train and meeting a giant rabbit.

2013: New Ollie having a sleep on Daddy!

2011: A cat in a box!

2003: A trip to Italy.  Not sure what this is of now but it's a church somewhere in Florence!

Peppa Pig World

Today Helen and I took Ollie to Peppa Pig World, just outside Southampton.  Or as Ollie calls it, Peppa Gig!  Ollie is currently a massive pig fan, especially for Grandpa Pig's train and anything involving Peppa on a bus, train or other form of transport.

We woke up this morning to torrential rain but, being English, went anyway.  The rain meant there were very few queues for anything although we did all get very wet bottoms!  Thankfully, it stopped raining at lunchtime so we were able to dry out a little bit.

Photos!

Ready for a day in the rain

Grandpa Pig's Boat

The umbrella helped keep the rain off but sadly it was too late for the seat :(

Meeting Grandpa Pig

Grandpa's little train goes choo choo choo!

Waiting to ride on Daddy Pig's car

We got an orange one!  The roof didn't really help.

Big Blue Train!

Miss Rabbit's Helicopter Ride.  Still a bit rainy :)

Lunchtime Peppa Pig Yoghurt - yum!

Quick battery recharge

Dine-saw!

Meeting Peppa and George.  Ollie wasn't convinced.

Driving the green tractor

Exhausted boy at home. 

  Phew!  What a day.  Brilliant place.  Will definitely go back while Ollie is still free!  Most of the pictures taken by Helen.  Thanks Helen!!