SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY

Yep It's Sunday ! another week's shot past at a great rate ! The world is spinning ever faster I'm sure of it! 

I've been carrying on with my granny squares blankets.

So while I was making this blanket with the balls of wool that were left from making the others, being me, as I started I decided I needed more colours, so went online to gat a few extra colours in, some yellows and deeper blues and greens! Just a few balls you understand.

I have to confess I missed a ball of this photo of what then arrived ! I'd added some lilac's/purple to the order too, so what should have been just a couple of balls became this lot! Also why I was waiting for it to arrive I decided that I quite liked the colourway I was working with, so then decided to stick with the colours I already had ! !

So that meant I could have saved myself from buying the extra colours. I also started to get some cramps in my hand from my arthritis, so had to rest up a few times. So now this one is made , I'm going to step away for a while from making any more and maybe start some knitting! 

I also needed to repair a no navel's arm hook, whatever they'd used was making the arm stick out either behind or in front, so she was taken apart and a new proper hook fitted .

Another repair was to Betsy May, who arrived with really bad caving to her chest. Once I took her apart I found she had really strong loop of brown elastic, that when in and out of her neck twice, so four large brown cords filling her neck. So that had to be cut in order to get it removed and the ring taken out of her neck.

So a few moments in some boiling water and the torso was back in shape.

So now she's dry, she needs to be put back together again with some new elastic and lots of bad words, as we try to get just the right length, so she stands nicely and isn't too tight or too loose ! That's the problem of having different tensions of elastic working out the length needed.

The headline doll is another who came and went in a very short space of time. A waif NP boy with amazing eyes and a well cut hair style! 

I'd intended to not buy any dolls this side of the summer , however as is usual a couple of dolls have come along too nice to miss out on. One is a Roche doll , so alas I need to sell a few Sashas and others towards her adoption. I have a Sasha on layaway and another doll appeared on ebay and I bid and much to my delight and surprise I won her. So she'll be shown in the week

So not out of January and a new to me doll on the way, another who will appear next month and no doubt the Roche either then or in early March ! Which means I need to get on with sorting out props and other items that can go towards all this early buying! The problem with all these dolls appearing, is that the doll cabinet is running out of space, so the dolls have to stand around. I need this year to get my act together not just with all my doll items but also parts of the house and garden. 

I also need to get back sewing and using up more fabric , so lots to do , just need to get my creative side in action! 

Wishing everyone  a happy healthy doll /fun filled week ahead.

Dee

ANOTHER COLD JANUARY SUNDAY ON TUESDAY !

 

So who forgot to put the post on , on Sunday ? Paul. . . . okay it was me ! I did get as far as putting up the starting photo and I sort of remember thinking about it late Sunday, then realised I'd forgotten yesterday and meant to do it then but was in the middle of doing something so it slipped away again! 

Then one of my readers sent a message asking if I was okay since I'd not help her fall asleep with my usual Sunday post ! Cheek! 

I've become fixed on making up granny squares and turning them into blankets !!

When I placed out the squares after making the sofa back blanket, I had enough to almost make another one ! That's what comes of just making them nightly without stopping to check just how many I'd made.

I did think about just putting them together and making a second one and started sewing them together until I got half way across and then re arranged them into a different patten and made this one above which is a nice size for a lap blanket.

So that left me with roughly a third of the original squares, which I then arranged on the table, working out I needed another four squares to make the pattern up, I had two and two more that were not right for the pattern, so I set about making two more of each, so I could decide which way to go.

So another lap sized/ sharing blanket.  this meant I had four squares left over, Which would only have been two if I could have made me mind up or spotted what I did in the end , before I made them, which was put a complete line all round of the ones edged in dark blue around the outer edge. 

Now I really need to be knitting but it's so easy just to pick up the hook and make a few granny squares I now have another dozen sitting in my basket ! So another blanket may be on the make!! Do I need all these blankets? no ! But I do so love colour lol and they are nice and bright ! Maybe I'll put one up for my followers. So watch this space. . . . . well not this actual space . . . but you know what I mean.

So the beautiful Belle ( Belinda ) is todays headliner, who I should never have sold , but it was in my less is more stage , which if you saw just how much I have , you'd be amazed I can have those stages ! 

Since there never seems to be any less before they gather again.

I'd like to say that on the doll front I have not bought anything but that would not be true! I have got a second issue gotz doll on layaway. Now years ago I am sure I bought this doll because I liked her but I cannot remember what happened to her ! Did she arrive and almost straight away turn round and leave? Is she still in her tube somewhere in the loft ? attic?  If I was to send Paul to search would she appear like one of those poor dolls that have spent years in the boxes never to see the light of day for more than the time it took an owner to make sure she was okay then put away to keep her nice !!! 

I am a release the dolls! person ! get them out of the tubes, stand them in a cabinet if you must but let the poor things at least be able to watch the world go by, even if you don't let them out of the cabinet to enjoy some play ! Remember Toy Story !!! 

I wonder where Belle is now? I hope she is getting lots of attention. I should have kept that Petrana outfit too . . . . . . story of my life ! Thank goodness it was frowned upon to sell your children. . . . who knows what could have happened, if I'd seen another I wanted more . . . . . . ( just kidding )

So have a great happy healthy fun filled week ahead,

Dee

Where's that snoring coming from?. . . . . . Icy is that you ? . . . . . . Icy icy !!!!