....Kindness....

......The kindness of friends.....

....Thank you Kazzy for your beautiful gift.....

Pixie

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....Bix and a blanket.....

......There is an ongoing battle between myself and a certain ginger cat that always seems to end with him getting his own way..............i had great plans for my winter blanket........i had dreams of being snuggled up underneath it on cold winter nights whilst knitting and drinking endless mugs of tea or tucked up underneath it on my bed................................but no................................Bix got in there first and there is no budging him, he has very kindly covered it in an unmovable amount of ginger cat hair, and has pulled numerous threads in it,...........and all i want to do is finish the thing.................................but no.

....so much for that work in progress then....

.....Pixie....

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....Ships and seasides....

................I have finished it.............................its the most snuggly, wuggly, perfect cowl.............................




......I can even hide inside it.................................................................................

.......Pattern....ships and seasides......

knitted on a circular needle and joined with kitchener stitch

Tiny owl knits

.....Pixie....

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....A Castle and some upcycled tweed.....

......It was such a glorious day today Mr Pixie and I poked our fingers up at the pile of washing and cleaning and decided to say ''pah'' to it all and go for a little trip to a castle.......it was just what we needed.......some fresh air, some beautiful gardens and the last resting place of the Duke of Wellington...........................................oh yes, and some tweed.....

.....Don't you just love castles.........i do.....

.....The gardens were really stunning and seemed to be never ending we were wandering through them for ages, i wanted to take some pictures inside the castle but i wasn't aloud too.

....OK.... that's enough of the castle,  now for my explanation regarding the upcycled tweed.

.....In one of my country living magazines there is a jacket that i just desperately wanted, it summed me up perfectly,  and it was a 'Cabbages and roses' jacket and this particular one cost the very over priced sum of £495..........they even said in the magazine that it was a' recycled jacket with added patches and buttons'.....well......i decided that the only way to have a jacket like this one was to hunt one down myself..............................so i did................

'Cabbages and roses...vintage tweed recycled jacket....£495'

......Pixies recycled vintage tweed jacket........£35

......Added patches and recycled buttons........and i just love it..............and people have stopped me and asked me where i got it from..............but I'm not saying.....................

......I wish i could say that this was my back garden, but i think the castle might give it away.....

.....Pixie.....

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.....Inspired.....

.....I have been inspired.............and my inspirational moments lately have been from the lovely 'Hesta',
at her very inspiring 'Green glamour'........and she has had me all excited about....................acorns..


......Yes, acorns..........

.....i am now an 'acorn' wearer.....

......Pixie.....

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....Country living.....

....October 2001 to October 2011........a bit of an odd post i know but i was flicking through my mountains of 'country living' magazines and thought i would take a photo of all the October issues from 2001 to 2011.........

.....i just love October.....

....Pixie....

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....Progress.....

.....nearly there, not far now....................................

....Pixie....

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