…to Handmade Monday! I shouldn’t really be here…I’m packing….. but I just had to fit in a quick post before we take off for a few days at the seaside.
I do seem to have packed quite a lot of little projects to take with me, you know, just in case. It would be terrible to have idle hands!
So, there are the birthday socks to finish…
…a few more squares to add to the blanket…
…and if I need a change, something warm and snuggly to made from this, I haven’t decided quite what yet…
as well as a couple of books, my camera, notebook….
I’ve just time to share the birthday cake, (well, pictures of it, that’s all that’s left!) which I made for a friend’s birthday party over the weekend. An extremely clever friend who built his own car….
…like this…
When I come home I will share the recipe of this, the most chocolatey chocolate cake in the world…it’s called Clovis cake!
All will be explained…..
So do pop along to Handmade Monday 31 to see who else is joining in. Sorry to be so brief, Higgins and I will be back soon with tales of holiday fun….
Byeeee! xx
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Have fun, I’m sure you won’t get bored, the cake is fab!
Waving back from Handmade Monday! Love that car, the real one *and* the cake one! Have fun & enjoy those hols! x
Yoo hoo, (waves back) have a great holiday with Higgins et al.
Carol xx
The cake and car are fab. Enjoy your hols you are taking loads too keep you busy. I hope you find time to relax.
Now how talented are you? So clever, that cake! And the socks are loverly too! Happy vacation!
Wow! loving the crochet blanket.So pretty.
I used to crochet blankets with scraps of wool, but nothing as beautiful as yours. xxx
I love all the colours you have chosen, especially the stripey socks! and your cake looks fab, I wouldnt want to eat it and spoil the lovely decoration! x
Love the yarn you are using to knit those funky socks! Any chance you could share with us the self-stripping yarn you are using?
Come back, we need that cake to be cut and sampled….
Made in Suisse – I think it might be Regia, Jazz… as I have something similar in my stash.
*sits by stove waiting for recipe for Clovis cake*
Choc cake recipe eagerly awaited!
Very cool looking friend you have – and two happy looking lads being taken for a spin – how cool is that?
it all looks scrumptious especially the clovis cake! YUM! Love the socks and the blanket is looking amazing! And that lovely colourful yarn, can’t wait to see what that becomes, it looks so snuggly.
Have a wonderful holiday at the seaside XXXXX
That looks like one scrummy cake, I can’t wait for the recipe and the finished blanket. Your squares look fantastic love the colours. Enjoy your holiday xx
Lvoe the socks, and the cake looks scrumptious!
Love the socks, and the cake looks scrumptious!
Anne
Made in Suisse –
Thanks for your nice comment on my blog. If you look at an earlier post you will find out not only the name of the yarn , but where I got it from! Follow this link…
http://planetpenny.co.uk/2011/08/15/taking-out-stitches/
My husband made a car like this too. We called it Lottie and he loved it until he slid it into a roundabout – oh dear! Your blanket looks lovely – wish I could crochet like that.
Hi Penny! Your cake is amazing like the car, too!
You will have wonderful time next days with all those lovely projects!
xxx Teje
You can knit. Socks. I am in awe. I am STRUGGLING with knitting. So hard compared to crochet….talking crochet, love your blanket. Oh yes I really do!
xxx
Wow! That cake is wonderful. Did it taste as good as it looks. Hope you had a good time.
Couldn’t have done Bill’s birthday party without Penny’s amazing talents and hard work.By the way the car is called ‘Wallace’ as the space for the radiator looked just like his mouth before the grill was fitted! Bill is now working on ‘Gromit’…!!!! xx to Planet Penny followers.
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