Elsa & Olaf

I am sat in my new  bed this morning with a sore back and the start of a cold, looking out over the slightly misty field as its just getting light. Paul has got up with the little early birds so i get to spend an hour or so resting before he goes to work.

Last night i finished a little cable knit jumper for baby Alex and even though i have plenty of crochet projects on the go i only ever have one knitting project to do as i am a slow knitter, so i get to decide what i want to start today. Today is going to be a lazy day, probably a pj day. The house work was done (and then undone by the kiddies!) yesterday so apart from Sunday dinner in time for Paul getting home from work all i can see is a day full of nothing. But i am going out tonight with my friends from the gala committee. yay!!!

So this week has been all about Elsa from Frozen. I did a craft fair the other week and needed a new design that would catch peoples eye. Queue Frozen... I haven't seen the film and neither have the kids ( which judging by the way people look at me when i say that seems to make me a bad mother!) but have now ordered it as a Pressie for the days before Christmas as one of the ways to keep them entertained. I did what i always do and googled about to get some inspiration and then started on the hats. People often ask me where i get the patterns from but i make them up as i go along. Its one of the things i love about crochet that once you have made a few things and can work out how to increase and decrease and make different shapes you are half way there.

They proved really popular and i have made one after another of these this week and i have more to do for next week. The orders had sparkles on and sparkly ribbon at the end. Molly loves to wear it to school mainly as she likes the attention she gets i think!

Well then i had to make one for the boys so here is olaf

I have had some more crochet lessons this week which means more time in hatters for the kids which is never a bad thing and even Alex is learning to love it.

In between all the madness this week Paul we took a little trip to the park on a gloriously sunny day. Its nice that Paul has one day off during the week so we can go places with the little ones, then at weekends the bigs ones can do there things

I love this picture, Fred is such a daddys boy.

Well off to get knitting plus judging by the noise downstairs my quiet time is up and i better go and rescue Daddy!

xxx