....Knitted veggies....

.....Before i begin, i want to say a 'warm nook welcome' to new followers of the 'nook', i am always quite amazed when new lovely people want to follow my ramblings and my waffling about not very much, so hello and welcome to you all.....

..... Today i have a new book........a yummy yummy new book...........oh the joy and heart flutterings i get from something so simple as a new crafty book...........this one only cost me 98p at Amazon..........i do love a bargain.......................anyway.....its this.................................

......how excited am i.......

.......love this knitted leek.....

.....now, i can see some knitted pumpkins gracing my mantle piece this Halloween.....

....and just look at this wonderful Artichoke.....

......Some quickity quick knitted carrots, done on the lethal 'double pointed kneedles'.....don't get me wrong, i actually do love using the spears of pain i just always seem to either stab myself in the face with them or manage to make a hole in my clothing.......but on the whole, even after the pain they are really good to use........

....i even knitted the roots.........just to make em a bit more carroty......

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

....now.....maybe i am showing you this a bit too soon as i have never used  circular knitting needles before....so all could go horribly wrong with this.....but so far so good.............so i shall tell you more about this at the weekend.......and hopefully some photos of our 'food festival' that starts tomorrow.....

.....so for now, have a lovely evening everyone and see you all at weekend.....

Pixie

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....A flying visit....

....sorry friends that i have been a bit quiet i have been busy busy busy......various things to catch up on, you know how it is sometimes.....just not enough hours in a day to get things done.....one of my busy projects has been to complete some very rushed knitted bunting for one of the stalls at our 'food festival' next weekend....

.....Victory pies....

.....Cant wait to see it hanging up over the stall....

.....some of the letters i have appliqued for added texture.....

......So if your in the area from next Friday until Sunday.....the Food festival is at the 'Queens gardens' Broadstairs......come along and enjoy the food.......take a look at the link above......

.....sorry the quickie post.....lots to do.....

.....Pixie....

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.....Well its about 'time'......

.......'Time'....tick..er..ty tock.......
.......I made myself a watch..........well...not the actual watch, but the strap.......i have been having 'Julie Arkel' inspirational moments and this was one of them..........................................

....George hasn't been in a post for a while so when i suggested he modeled my latest creation he jumped at the chance....

....Pixie...

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.....Something magical in the post.....

........I, love, love, love etsy..............and a lovely treat for me turned up today........................................

.....A teeny weeny book necklace.....

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........Curious keys.......

.....Oh i love this so much.....

......By Rommany, etsy.....

.....Pixie....

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...Going all Autumnal....

.........Hello my friends and welcome to the new 'Autumnal' looking Crafte nook, i so adore this time of year, and after our return from woodier places i was all inspired to create.......hence the new painting for my blog header......the painting this time is not from my sketch book it is a full size canvas which now hangs in my front room.......its title is 'the crab apple tree', and it reminds me of the winding down of the year, the slower pace and the approaching silences of winter to come............................so moving on....................

........Before i announce the winners of the 'slightly wonky if not a bit odd dickie bird' give away, i wanted to share one or two photos of where we have been.................so to just give a rather quick random  summery of our route...........we drove to Oxford and stayed for two nights in a very lovely hotel, were we wandered around and took in the city, and explored the Ashmolean museum ( which apparently, so i was told, is the oldest museum in England.....no i didn't know that either), and also took a look at the Bodleian library..........
.......We explored Banbary and Buckinghamshire.......from these places we then headed on to Forest Dean near Gloucestershire and went to see the magical and enchanting 'Puzzlewood'....................here's a couple of photos i took...........

.......i loved it here....all Lord of the ringsey and beautiful.....

.......after this we then headed onto 'Hay on wye' the 'town of books' on the edge of Herefordshire to check into our next hotel............and a wander around Hay, which was just lovely.......really peaceful and all sleepy.................lots of wonderful galleries, art and of course a lot of book shops......

..............the next day we got up nice and early, had a massive breakfast and a huge pot of tea then donned our hiking boots, rucksacks and of course sandwiches and drove into south Wales to the 'Brecon Beacons' for a five hour hike through some pretty 'not for the faint hearted' muddy, wet, slippery and at times dangerous terrain..............I was absolutely 'done in' when we finally got back to the car, i have never been that covered in mud before or nearly drowned while crossing some pretty harsh rapids...........................but the scenery was worth every moment of it...............

......i wanted to come back....pick up my little house.....and plonk it right in the middle of this stunning vast,  wonder of  mother nature.......

.....we had to walk behind this waterfall to get to the other side of the river, if you look closely you can just see a couple of people doing just that...............quite scary at times as it was quite slippery....

......there were at times some pretty steep drops.....so you had to be very vigilant of where you were walking so as to not slip over the edge of the ravine......

....one more....

......i could show you a load more but i think you get the idea.......i don't want to bore you..........but i have to say...............it was enchanting..

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...........and now for the 'slightly wonky if not a bit odd Dickie bird' giveaway.........

........i really wish i could give everyone that entered a 'crafte nook birdie', but i only have the two available, so i am truly sorry to the other lovely people that didn't get picked out of the pot........

.....so the winners are.....

......Slightly wonky bird number one (the red one)......is...........

.....Congratulations Leah, just give me an email with your address details and the 'slightly wonky' bird shall be 'winging' its way across an ocean to you.......

.......and the winner of yet another 'slightly wonky knitted thing' is.............

......and well done Kazzy.....also just send me an email with your details and the dickie bird will be on its way......................

..........so commiserations to all the other entries, but i shall definitely be doing another give away very soon......so you never know!

......take care everyone....

Pixie

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