.....Sticks and twigs....

.....I like to bring the outdoors in........
.....I like the fact, that my little nook by the sea has a sort of 'tree house' feel about it......
.....I sometimes like to pretend that i live high up in a tree, far away from everybody ........
.....I love the way my little house feels like it is alive ,, it makes creaking sounds like a swaying tree, and all the wood in the house whispers old stories and poems from long ago.......



.....................................sometimes branches appear as if by magic through books and behind furniture,,and the little leaves are made of yarn, and the branches are twisted in the softest of wool........

........x*pixie*x.....

....This past week i have.......

.... Won a wonderful gift from 'Snoopydogknits' blog,, just check out this gorgeous yarn.............

                                                                                            
......Rather excited about this yarn...and cant wait to use it........i wonder if i could knit a snazzy pair of socks with it !!.....hmmmmm......thank you muchly Ros, i love it............

...............................also................i finished my enormous chunky super duper squishy cowl............

.....super chunky ay.....

.....I'm thinkin' that i may be knitting some of these as Christmas presents,,,,,,so super quick to make and not too harsh on your pennies either.......... , if you fancy knitting one of these chunkers yourself look a couple of posts back where i have shown the pattern and the wool,,, the needle size used is size 12 mm

..........also........

.......i made myself, from an old shrunk (accidentally mind), jumper, a little draw string bag to carry around with me any small knitting or crochet project i may have on the go at the time.........

.....like my little hexi puff project......

......i stitched a little nook house on the front too.......x

......see you all again soon,,probably on Tuesday, where i shall show you what i did with some sticks !

xx

......Enormous knitting.......

......this is most definatly the faster and biggest knit to date..........................

.....humungous ball of yarn........fantastic. x

.....Chatting with Erika.....

.....yes,, that's what I've been doing this afternoon,, i finished work at lunch time today to rush home, throw some clothes on and stuff a sandwich down my throat and race round to my friends wool shop to chat and drink tea with Erika Knight.........

.........it has been a really wonderful few hours in the company of my fellow knitters , just chatting and knitting and off course having another go with those ENORMOUS knitting needles of hers.......
.....unfortunately,, and i am very sorry, but i didn't take any photos as there didn't seem to be an appropriate time to take some sneaky shots,, so i thought it best in the end not too........however.....i did get her to sign the 'simple knitting' book that i bought last year...............

.....Off course now you can see what my real name is,,, it seems strange to see it, as no one really calls me that anymore......only family......

......she also signed the knitting pattern that i bought too.......

.....i love her little drawing that she did of the ball of yarn.......thank you Erika.....

.......and here's the yarn that i bought to make the snood......super super snuggly and super super chunky......

......and last night i just couldn't help it ,,, i had to embroider a little Bix on one of my hexi puffs......

.....now i just need to go and embroider a Molly on another.....

......Be back soon....Pixie x

.....Thank you everyone....

.....I want to say thank you so much from the bottom of my heart to everyone of you who left comments about my missing Bix.....you are all the most wonderful bloggy friends and i am so pleased that you are all there.....you make me very honoured to know you all......

....Bix too would like to say thank you most muchly, and that he has fully recovered from his ordeal and has assured me that he will not be snooping around places where he should not of been snooping around in the first place ...x

......Its a relief to get back to normal life now, and pick up from where we all left off from a week ago,, everything came to a full stop for those few days, so now i need to catch up with some cleaning and washing and hopefully some crafting,,,i also have a couple of shifts at work over the next two weekends so i shall be a little pushed for time to get things done......
......So for now i shall just leave you with some odd shots from around the nook over the last couple of days..........................

.......See you all soon,,refreshed and ready to get back to what i love................crafting. xx

.....Pixie hugs to you all.......and hugs to all the pets in the world too.....xxxxx

....Bix.....

......We have just had the most horrible few days..........

......My most beloved Bix, disappeared for three days.......and i cant tell you how distraught i have been.......he had his breakfast as usual at six o'clock Thursday morning, went out over the back wall to do his business, like he does,,,,,then never came back...
....He quite often goes for a little wander around the back of the shops where i live and has a poke about, and then climbs up on walls and peers into other peoples windows,, and he is always back indoors within  half an hour,, and he always comes when i call him..................................but not Thursday....

......I called for him all day long....and when it got to nine o'clock in the evening.....i burst into tears...i couldn't help but imagine the worst...

....Mr Pixie  and i walked all round town calling his name, but no answer....we stapled up lost cat posters everywhere, and put leaflets through doors.....we then went home to bed, to wait for the next day to start the search all over again....

.....By Saturday..every house had a flyer posted through the letter box and every one new he was missing,,every shed at the allotments where looked in and every run down building was checked...............no Bix...

.....Then late Saturday afternoon, after more tears were shed,, Mr Pixie  said he just wanted to recheck the empty building waiting for a refit, that is not far from our house,,,i said i couldn't see the point as we had already been there two days before with a step ladder in the rain calling him and there was no answer...but he said he just had a feeling that we needed to go back.......so back we went with the step ladder and crept round the back of the building once more, we were in fact trespassing so we had to be very quiet.......Whilst i was at the bottom of the ladder while Mr Pixie was on the roof i thought i heard a very distant meow......so i held my breath.....then called 'Bix',,,and i heard the meow again...so i called again 'Bix', and the meow came again but much nearer........and there he was, i could just see him inside this horrible building looking all dusty and very frightened.......and of course i burst into tears again...only this time with complete joy..................we managed to hoist him out and get him back home...........he was very hungry i can tell you and so so pleased to be back home...........................................................

..........Mr Pixie just had a feeling he was in there, even though we had checked..........amazing.x

.....The feelings of complete sadness filled my life for three days, and i just couldn't stop crying........i really believed i had lost him forever.....and now he's back home, safe and warm again........and reunited with Molly, who has been meowing for him for three days........x

.....my heart is healed again..x

pixie