....Away with the fairies.....

.....well.......away anyway............
......Off for a wee well earned break......don't forget there is a little 'crafte nook' give away if you are interested, just leave me a comment or even just say hi would be lovely..........................................

.....I shall leave you with an Autumn crochet 'crafte nook' make.............................................................

..........................................................don't you just love owls..................................................................


.........................................................i think i may need to make some more of these...............................

.....Bye for now bloggy friends and see you all on the 8th September with the winners of the give away, and hopefully some pictures of where we have been, take care and see you all soon.

....xx Pixie xx

byeeeee

.....its a crafte nook give away......

......yes my friends, i have a wee give away...................................................................................

..................Do you remember a few months back i knitted some 'crafte nook dickie birds'.......weeeeeell...........i have a couple of these slightly wonky knitted birdies to give away........now, there not perfect...........there isn't anything about me or anything that i make that is...........but if you feel the need to give one of these 'slightly wonky if not a bit odd dickie birds' a home, then just drop me a comment and i shall put your name in a bowl or a cup etc, and enter you into a draw to  win a birdie.......
.........it is a double give away as i have two of these little knitted chaps up for grabs..................

..................there's this one..........................................................................................................................

......and then there's this one.........

......i shall do the draw on 8th September........

......Mr Pixie and I are going away to recharge our batteries and have a rest for a week, to take in some scenery, to wander in enchanted woodlands, to swim and to just be somewhere else that's not here..........i shall try and do one more post before where off, which is next Wednesday..........

........and i also want to say Thank you all muchly for all your lovely comments that you leave me and for just being there, its so nice to know there are all these very talented people out there doing what makes them happy and then sharing it with others............thank goodness for blogs. x x x

pixie

.....into the woods....

....for a much needed escape into the quiet of trees and birds......and the complete silence.........

.....our journey began at the first sign post.......................

......we found small homes.....that we tiptoed past quietly.....

......and we walked on into the quiet.....

.....past another sign post....

....and further onwards...

.....we found a rest stop, but we carried on....

....we finished our journey at the oak....

....then it was time to go home.....we felt much rested and restored, we thanked the woods and its trees for giving us the entrance into its peace and quiet and allowing us both the chance to unwind and catch our breath............i was very sad to leave, my heart is in amongst the trees and the woods and it made me sad to go............but its good to know they are there when needed..

....Pixie...

x

....knitting again.....

.....this time,  some new handles for my basket................

....thats much better....

....Pixie....

....Intarsia........

......These last few days i have been trying to master the art of Intarsia.....i have this dream that one day i shall be able to knit fairisle garments and lots of wonderful colourful blocks and motifs.....but i new that there was no way of conquering this rather tricky skill without starting at the bottom..........so i got myself a book (like you do) and had a go at Intarsia......................
For you who don't know what this is, it a form of knitting motifs without carrying the yarn across the back of the fabric, in this method you are twisting the yarn upwards as opposed to across..........let me show you.......................

....This is a pocket that i cut out of an old Amano cardigan sometime ago and crocheted around the edge of it to just make a simple mat......and it just so happened that this motif was done in Intarsia..............

.....this is the back, and the yarn goes round the outside edge of the motif instead of across......

......here's the cardigan i cut it out from.....

....can you see the swan motif still attached to the cargy, i also did the same with the other motifs too......this was actually the left overs of a previous project that i did with this cardigan.......do you want to see........................

.....this is the bag that i made from the cardigan.........the cardy had a lot of pictures on it but it was all a bit too busy for me so i completely chopped it up and made it into something more useful......a bag...

...........here's the back view......

......i love this bag, and i have used it a lot.....its all lined inside too.....

.......anyway back to Intarsia......

.......There is another thing when knitting motifs...........all the different colours you use get in an abominable knot..........so.....you need to use bobbins.........these still get a bit tangled up and i very nearly flung my knitting across the room a few times......but i persevered and here's my attempt......

.....not brilliant by a long shot....but i shall keep trying until i can knit one of these with a bit more speed and less mistakes.......i don't generally make mistakes when i am knitting but with all the bobbins and stuff hanging down the back of the piece i couldn't help but drop the odd stitch or get a knot in another.....

......If you fancy getting in knots with yarn...here's the book that i highly recommend to do this......

.....this is a very inspiring book and Nicki has a lovely blog site too.....

.......Anyhoo... that's all from me for today.....and who knows maybe in about seventy years time i might be able to show you something i have knitted in fairisle...x.x.x

.....Pixie...x

....A big big thank you to.......

......JAMIE..........over at dayandagedesign for sorting out my 'crafte nook' badge......as you may know i have created a little 'crafte nook' button/badge for you to copy over at your blog sites to use, if you want to, for a quick link to me......and i couldn't of done it without the brilliant help from Jamie, she is one very talented young lady who (after much searching) was  most definitely the best and easiest tutor for creating your own button.....so my friends if you fancy having your own personal little badgey button thingy then mosey on over to her site...........thanks again Jamie your a star.x

.....More squares....

.....Well, yes.....its been one of those weeks......you know the ones....one minute its Monday and your back at work then you blink and its Friday and you didn't get half the things done that you had planned..............oh well...........it will all just have to wait............so this week all i have again are some more crocheted squares....i hope I'm not boring you all with these, but i do find them very therapeutic to make...........

....i love the flowers.....they were quite tricky to do at first but then all off a sudden it just clicked into place, now i can't understand why i got in a mess with the first one...........here's a picture of all of them to date......

.....hmmmm.....what to do with them all that's the question......I'm thinking 'blanket' I'm also thinking coasters or pot holders....i just don't know yet...........

...........Also number four of  'Mollie makes' is out and did you see whats in the nest issue........................very excited i am......

...........crocheted peas and carrots.............YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY........

......the simplest of things just delight me so much....

.....i am now going to go and sit in my favourite corner of the house and reread mollie makes again with a mug of tea........hope you are all well where you all are and having a yummy weekend....

.......love and hugs Pixie.....x.x.

....my favourite 'crafte nook cottage corner'....

....Eliza Doolittle.....

....This song just makes me hap.hap...happy........................cant help but dance around the house to it.....

......i need some help......

.....Hello my bloggy friends.....i need some help with a small problem.......if you would notice over to the right hand side of my page there is a little 'badge' with my blog site name on it for people to paste onto their site as a quick root to mine..........this....i have been trying to make for a while now and getting into a right mess with it.....i'm not the best technical person on the planet and trying to follow instructions for how to make one of these has been a bit of an epic job.........anyway.......i wondered....seeing as i cant actually test it out myself would anybody else have a go at trying to copy this button to there site and to see if it works for me........if it works....YAAAAY......if it doesn't then its back to the drawing board........................and if it doesn't work is there anybody out there that can tell me in plain English how to do this......Thank you all my peachy friends.......Pixie x x x