Baby crochet

A few weeks back, a friend of mine gave birth to a gorgeous little baby girl. I think it's the sight of this little bundle of joy that finally got me out of my creative block. 

I did a quick bit of research on Ravelry and found a pattern by Mon Petit Violon for the cutest ever baby booties. I had all the yarn I needed in my stash so I set out to work and pretty much finished the pair in an afternoon. I did take an extra week to stitch in all the ends and attach the flowers though, pure laziness on my part! 

When hubby saw them he asked if they were for ours but as we don't know yet what we're having, I had to disappoint him. If we are expecting a girl, I will definitely make another pair of these... or two... or three... They're just so quick to make and so so cute! 

Baby Florence and her mummy really liked the little booties. Here's a lovely shot of the two of them:

Floating bracelet and necklace

I really ought to catch up on my blog posts! It's bad enough that I haven't been making as much as I normally would, the little I have made, I just haven't blogged about.

During what will now be referred to as my creativity block, I have experimented with more jewellery kits from the Beadshop. Two of them were for "floating" jewellery. That is bracelets and necklaces where beads just seem to be suspended on a wire. Rather elegant when it's well made.

This is what my experiments looked like:

As always, the kits came with everything you need bar the jewellery pliers.

I do think the result is pretty but the silver coloured wire is a little too visible to my taste. Also, the beads here are secured on the wire with crimps, which of course are visible. I own a similar necklace where the beads aren't secured in that way (I can only assume that they have been glued into place) and I like it better because it really makes it look like the beads are "floating". Ah well, something else to experiment with in the near future... 

My biggest project to date

This poor blog has been badly neglected in the past few weeks. I must admit my creativity has been on a long break, reducing the amount of crafting I normally do. But most importantly, my mind has been otherwise engaged with what will probably be one of my biggest craft projects ever... that of making a baby!

Say hello to the WIP (work in progress) at 13 weeks. Yes, I'm pregnant and expecting for the 1st of January, talk about starting the new year with a bang!

For a while, this baby seemed to absorb every ounce of creativity I normally have. Tiredness and morning sickness are probably to blame for a large part of it. Luckily, I think things are starting to look up. Ideas are slowly making a comeback, so much so, I have ordered a bunch of fabrics which will come to good use in the future nursery. You will find me back at the sewing machine in no time!