the lost weekend

after having had such a productive few days at the end of last week, the weekend was somewhat of a washout as far as craft related progress goes! (it of course was not helped by the fact i had a few too many glasses of red wine at our local pre-school fund-raising quiz night)

we did get out on Saturday, in between a trip to the carpet shop to look at samples & a house viewing (yes we are on the brink of embarking on the nightmare that is moving), we managed to pop into here for a cupcake,

you'll have to excuse the terrible lighting, as we got a spot in front of the fire in the 'snug' out back, it really is a lovely 'cupcakery', where all the cup cakes are named with the most fabulous of names, big G picked the 'dolly parton' & i went for the margot fontaine,

complete with vintage crockery & granny blankets

anyhoo, back to what i did get made last week, i finished the bag i had been commissioned to make for a birthday present & was really pleased with how this turned out

 

only despite no matter how many times i pressed it, it still looked creased! i just hope the little lady likes it.

i was on such a roll, that i made one up for a friend of G's, for her birthday next week, just have to come up with something to pop in it now.

whilst i was getting on with this, little O had a grand old time playing with this little lot, luckily she is happy just pottering, & kept herself very busy

wrapping up each wooden letter in turn & then feeding them to me!

i have been very slow on the knitting front & have barely managed to knit more than a few rounds on the socks, still looks like there is going to be more snow on the way, so snuggling up & doing some knitting sounds just perfect.