Well, that's the first week of the school Easter break all done and dusted. The children and I have arrived back relaxed and refreshed after staying with my Mum and Dad. We had a lovely time - Amy got to play with her cousins and go on easter egg hunts, Toby got to enjoy lots of trips to the park and I was pampered and very well looked after. The highlight of last week though was the bloggers picnic on Wednesday. Amy and I left Toby with my Mum and Dad and set off into the Oxfordshire countryside. We had a brilliant day, the weather was kind (although some of us were caught unawares and got a bit sunburnt!) and the company was fine indeed. Organised by the very lovely Lucy Locket and her big sis Ally, the attendees were Ali, Trashy, Moogsmum, Kitty, Eve, Jane, Penny, Julia, Kate along with our associated offspring. All the children had a wild time and made friends while us ladies sat and chatted. It was so nice to meet everyone in person and I truly felt among friends. There were goodies too - an Easter egg swap for the children and a handmade exchange between grown-ups. I was thrilled to bits with my beautifully wrapped package from Moogsmum which contained a gorgeous quilted basket, crocheted corsage in my favourite colours, chocolates and ribbon - thanks so much Lesley.
Huge thanks too Lucy Locket for getting it all organised - it really was a perfect day and I hope we can all do it again sometime.
The school Easter break has started and in fine form too with sunshine and spring breezes. Activities with the children will make it hard for me to have much computer time over the next 2 weeks and so I will be shutting up shop over on Etsy shortly (patterns will remain available to download via Lulu, barring any problems their end). I am finishing off a few animals and cakes but unfortunately time has run out to get them listed before Easter, they'll be ready after and I'll email my mailing list with more details once they're ready.
Happy easter to you all - may the Easter Bunny bring you lots of chocolate and smiles x
Anyway, with spring and Easter in mind I've finished off the egg cosy pattern.
It will be available in my etsy pattern shop before the end of the week but if you'd like to win a free copy of this pattern in advance then please leave a comment below and I'll draw 20 winners first thing on Thursday morning.
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Congratulations Dawn - I hope you enjoy them.
Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to comment on Kerry's gorgeous needles. I think a few of us might have succumbed to what Ali called 'the wanties' and got ourselves some anyway!
I've been out in the garden a lot over the last couple of weeks so there's been more digging than knitting going on here but I do hope to have something knitted to show next week. For now I'll leave you with a picture from the nearly finished egg cosy pattern - more details to follow shortly.
Enjoy the rest of your week, Jx
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