Reworked Souths Blanket

Hi everyone

Some of you who have been around for a while may remember this

This was D3's Xmas blanket for her NRL team - Souths

She really wanted something bigger

So I undid all the borders back to this .....

So that makes it 7 x 7

Adding a few more squares, it became this

So big I could not get high enough to get a full photo of it  ☺

11 x 13 squares a total of 130 x 155 cm

And quite weighty

While I did love the outer border on the original blanket (which was worked in htr/hdc, one row per colour), I did not know if I would have enough wool left to even do one of this border.  So there is a small border of one row of each colour worked in sc/dc

The wool of course is Bendigo Woollen Mills Classic in 8 ply

I'm still waiting for input as to how it works for D3 - but she was most appreciative of what I had done ☺

Rainbows

Hi everyone

Firstly thank you to everyone for your recent kind words and thoughts.
Hubby has just got the results from the biopsy - And they were negative!!!!  So we will be celebrating tonight.  We will have to go through this next year again - but that's a 356 days away.  ☺

As they say LIVE IN THE MOMENT!!

Hubby brings the mail up on his way home each night.
Well last night he said - "You have a letter"
A quick look - it had the postmark - Devon
There was me looking a little confused - then the light bulb moment
Now hubby wanted me to open it straight away, but I was in the middle of cooking dinner and wanted to make an event of this opening.  But he kept on insisting, so I opened the envelope and found this inside

A wonderfully wrapped little package with a note

This wonderful little package was from Linda at Chalky's World and she had just celebrated her first blogiversary.  And all I did was mention my favourite colour of the rainbow, which was .......

All of them!!

So inside the wonderfully wrapped package was this

A rainbow of seeds to plant

I think its just in time too!!

Thank you so much Linda

You really did brighten my day

Now I just need a pot to plant them in, so I will organise hubby for that.  I have the potting mix already.

So expect updates on their progress

As a Postscript - I would like to wish the lovely Kate from The Garden Bell a .....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

It's just clicked over (I think) to the wee hours of her birth morning

there is another girl who loves her rainbow of colours

Thank you

Just a quick update

Hubby's first annual check-up has now happened.  While we still have to wait for biopsy results, fingers & toes & eyes and everything else crossed  - all seems well.

Just played with my head a bit in the build-up

So a bit of this in waiting rooms

And not alone at that ☺

Thank you to everyone for their lovely comments and thoughts

Awards

I have been a bit remiss in not thanking MarieAnge from Gambits View for choosing me for the Award below

I feel very priviledged to be one in the list of bloggers she has chosen.

Just because of my personal preferences I will not be choosing any other bloggers to pass this award on to.  I am not intending to insult or hurt anyone by my choice.

But THANK YOU so much for choosing me

Hi there

Just a quick post to say, funnily enough, that I might be disappearing for a little while.

My focus at this moment will be with a health-issue of hubby's

Not sure when I will be able to post or surf

Have a great week