This grey and gloomy day seems a very good time to announce the winners of the Daylight Lamp Giveaway. It’s going to brighten the days of the two lucky recipients Gail and Pauline!
The main prize was won by Gail. I love her description of the sort of winter days I enjoy most…
“I live in a town called Horsham, in the south East of England. The thing I love most about winter is the frosty mornings, when all the cobwebs are highlighted in droplets of water, when you can see frost patterns on the window panes and best of all when you see the children on the way to school breathing out just so they can see their breath. It’s just magical.”
…I just hope we get a few of these mornings soon and not the wet and windy gloom which we are currently enduring in the UK… I think Gail is going to need her Daylight Lamp!
If you have noticed I have been conspicuous by my bloggy absence, please forgive me. We’ve had a special delivery in the family, my very first granddaughter, and I’ve been somewhat distracted…
I can only take credit for the blanket! 
See you soon…x
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I made lots of butterflies in different colour combinations, used the Lemon Sherbet to make the flower centres and saved the Peppermint Cream for the leaves (and then had a happy half hour arranging them for the photos!) 
But the ultimate goal was to make a mobile. I used a wooden hoop as the base and crocheted round to cover it (but actually it would be fine left ‘au naturel’ or painted)…
…and added three crochet chains for hanging.
…I used my trusty hot glue gun to fix them securely.
(and then got very excited about the idea of a coronet bed head with filmy drapes over a little girls bed, or a bridesmaid headdress, or framing a mirror…or…or… shhh…calm down dear!) 
And then the sun came out so I was able to let those butterflies loose to flutter in the breeze…
You can find a downloadable PDF of the instructions here: 
Sitting out here in the studio listening to the rain on the roof it’s hard to believe how hot we were over the weekend. Higgins is very fed up right now because he hates the rain and would prefer to stand around with his little 
He really was a hot little sausage!
So for now I’m indoors and working on a crochet project with the new Planet Penny yarn. Here’s a sneaky peek…
It turned out to be a little more XL than I had planned. Just as well I’m 5’9″ or it would drag on the floor but it’ll be great place for a yarn stash!
I’ll be back with a new post to share those pastel butterflies, see you soon…x
Ruby is a fabulous crochet designer as seen in 
I really wanted to bring this sheep home! 
There were pattern books galore to inspire us and it wasn’t long before we had all dived in and started new projects and we were a little reluctant to stop to eat. That is until we saw the gorgeous Greek themed feast which had been prepared, just scrumptious!
Ruby had arranged a workshop with 
The final luxurious touch was a massage with Nassira, who was fantastic – it just added that extra relaxing element…
I hope to have these ready for the Etsy shop very soon, I’ll let you know.
