Cabled creations...

Jo and Matt's Cushion #1.

Pattern: Jo Sharp, Cabled Cushion

Wool: Bendigo Wollen Mills, Rustic Sandstone 8 ply

Needles: 4 mm

Knitting has been a real passion and time consumer for me this year! And I have loved it. And my skills have grown phenominally. So much so, I can now cable! I solidified my cabling skills by knitting a cushion for my sister and her fiance. Never thought I would make cushions - surely there is too much knitting involved, they get sat on, or used as trays when eating in front of the telly. But it knitted up so well. Lovely cushion, if I can say so myself. Perfect for a Chrissie gift. Perfect for a new home. Have you ever thought of knitting a cushion?

Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been?

Back to blogging, back to basics?

As per most bloggers, life has gotten busy and away from me. And then I started avoiding blogging, cause I felt guilty for my absence, for my lack of prioritising the land of on-line. How foolish! How head-in-the-sand! Cause why am I blogging anyway? Good question, it certainly got me thinking. I don't wish to blog out of obligations, out of resentment. There are plenty of other things in life that I feel guilty about, so why have "hobbies" that make me cringe...

At first I stopped a few months ago because we were busy. We were moving, I was flat out with work, we had no internet. Then I got even more busy and stopped having time to blog-trawl. And flicking through the loveliness of others certainly inspired me to both create, photograph and blog. So when I no longer had time to linger over other's words and images, I found it harder to write. Gosh, I've missed blog trawling!

Hurrah for Whip-Up! Today I followed link after link, finding delicious knitting patterns to try. And discovering new blogs, well new to me. There are some amazingly creative people out there! Who use beautiful resources! Who take light-filled images that make me glow with happiness when staring at them. So I feel like I'm back in the game. Loveliness!

So, what is next? Will I blog again? Or perhaps spend time doing the following:

Taking more photos

Some gardening - tomatoes and lettuce if you please

Time to start a new knitting project

Finish off a quilt

Hang my fairy-lights

Dream up gifts to make for Christmas

Perfecting my baking skills...

Hopefully all of the above, with some blogging thrown in too!

Lovely pinkness!