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The Headphone Whale has arrived...

Just a very quick note to say the Whale pattern is now available here on the Roman Sock Shop or on Etsy

 

I finally managed to get a decent shot of our little garden fox sleeping. She is so cute!

 

Very like Twinkle!

 

Terror Pins... stacked and egged!

Pancake day inspired me in a slightly strange way.... A stack of lovely Terror Pins; for petting not for eating!

 

I have been thinking long and hard about this whole crochet thing. I really would like to make more of my patterns available, but at the moment crochet is my hobby and writing each pattern takes a long time and a lot of effort, so often they just don't get done...

So, if you guys don't mind too much, I would like to start taking it a bit more seriously, and start charging for my patterns. All the existing patterns on this site will remain free forever and I will make sure every third pattern is free. Does that sound okay? I really would appreciate your feedback. I have almost finished the Whale Earphone pattern, so that should be available from tomorrow too.

So Terror Pins is my first for sale pattern.... You can buy it here on the Roman Sock Shop or on Etsy (and soon on Ravelry).

 

I love the squishy little guys...

 

always looking for fun and feeling groovy

 

It was hard to entice them from their snugly eggs though...

 

You can kinda understand why...

 

Also, If you haven't seen them yet, I would pop over to Planet June's blog and check out her darling lemmings - they are cute and sooooo funny. http://www.planetjune.com/blog/

Whales and Headphones - Yes Whales and Headphones

I love my iphone, I think once you have one it becomes part of you, like a hand (but with way more functionality) I do however have one problem - I keep loosing or breaking my headphones - I am now on pair three and they are not cheap. I needed a way to solve the... I use it like a phone, but sometimes I want to listen to music dilemma...so whale cozy was born.

This pattern is now available on the Roman Sock Shop or on Etsy

 

The eyes are buttons and the whale folds out to reveal your headphones.

 

The whale can then be reconnected to your headphones so you don't lose him as well!.

I went outside in the freezing cold - with proper snow at the weekend, to take some arty shots, some how they are a little blue - but I think they capture the sheer cold!

 

He is a usefully wee guy, but is also kinda cute!

 

Am I the only one with these headphone related concerns?

I also took a trip up to Oban and have another pic to prove how beautiful Scotland is:

   

I have a bit of a chest infection so I am off to bed, trying not to cough!

Lace and Postboxes

Sorry for not posting for so long! Time is just slipping away from me at the moment. I took a little trip up to Loch Lomond and found what has to be the most adorable post box in Britain.

 

Surely it belongs to middle earth rather than 2009!

 

 I have also been experimenting with crochet lace. I am not sure how much I like the results.

 

I do like the soft alpaca though!

My new years resolution is to get more patterns up and post more - So you should be hearing from me more often.