What You Doing Wednesday Week 132

Good Morning Everyone!

I hope your week is going well!

I hope you've all had a fantastic Christmas

and are looking forward to the New Year!

We has an amazing Christmas.

Little Red received a phone call from Santa on his sled.

We couldn't stop laughing.

He had baked some red velvet cup cakes for him

and he really wanted to tell him.

Of course it was a recording so everytime he said Santa,

Santa kept talking.

The red velvet cupcakes Little Red made for Santa and Rudolf.

They have butter-cream icing, cruncy bits and edible glitter.

Then Santa dropped his pj's down the chimney

so that he could get ready for bed

in lovely new pj's.

Christmas morning Little Red woke up at 6am

and rushed down with his stockings.

He then had 30 mins of fun getting everything out.

Daddy stretched it till 7am before we opened our presents.

Yes I know I bought too much ;-)

We've had such fun with all his stocking stuff

and we haven't finished making it yet.

He got everything from a Santa on a ladder

that comes all down by himself.

He got a magic tree which we are going to have

to get pictures for you.

Little Red didn't get many toys this year

as this year him and his dad wanted an xbox one.

Little Red got minecraft to play on it.

He spent all Sunday building a dragon

that breaths purple smoke.

These are just the presents from my hubby and son.

I am so blessed and lucky!

I'll show you some better pictures in the coming weeks.

I haven't had chance to go through everything yet.

Christmas day was spent with my parents and then

we rushed off to my brothers.

Santa brought his late delivery and I managed to get 

a travel cluedo off him :-).

I have so much to show you.

I was sent some beautiful Sierra Andina yarn to review

by Adriafil

I decided I was going to design a free hat pattern.

I had one in mind and then I watched the film;

A Christmas Kiss

There is a beautiful hat in the film.

I couldn't find any pattern similar so I decided

to design my own.

The colour 21 mélange burgundy

I thought was perfect.

I've actually finished the hat but you'll have to wait

till Friday to see the finished product :-).

Once hubby and son are back at work and school

I'll type up and release the free pattern for you.

I've also worked a lot more on the infinity scarf

I'm making.

I'm making it out of the beautiful Regina yarn from Adriafil.

It's 100% Merino Wool.

The design started off differently.

I tried a number of designs but once I saw the effect

of the cross stitch with the yarn

I knew that it would be perfect.

This will also be another free pattern I'll be releasing for you.

I'll probably release one a week.

I've not been reading much as we've been seeing all our family.

I'll hopefully have the details of some books

either this Friday or next week.

I also forgot to say that hopefully my pictures will be getting better.

I got a portable Photo Studio Kit.

I need to spend sometime messing with it

trying to find the best way to take pictures

but it should make a big difference to the lighting etc.

Now it's your turn to share what you are doing.

It doesn't have to be crochet, anything you are making

is perfect.

Please add the pin to your post & check out a couple

of other people that are sharing their work 

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I've Made Friday week 131

Good Morning everyone!

I hope you had a fantastic Christmas Day!

I hope you are spending sometime with your

family and/or friends.

I'm spending today with my husbands family.

For the first year my mother-in-law and her husband

are coming to ours for Boxing Day.

One year we spend Christmas Day with my parents

and the next with his mum.

Who ever's turn it isn't to have us on Christmas Day

we see them on Boxing Day.

It's nice for Little Red that we are having Boxing Day at ours.

Normally he is desperate to play with his new toys but has to wait.

It nearly killed me getting the house ready.

It's taken me 5 weeks to get it cleaner and tidier.

The worst thing is it has been wet and horrible

so everytime the dog goes out he walks mud through the house.

Oh well it will be what it will be.

I've got a few finishes to show you this week;

 

I finished the cowl I was designing.

I will have the pattern for free for you soon.

It's a beautiful squishy scarf using the lovely chunky and warm

 Asso yarn from Adriafil

The pictures can't show you just how lovely this yarn is to work with.

It works up so quickly and the colour changes really add a new dimension.

I think I might call the cowl the snuggles cowl.

Then again if you can come up with a better name I'll change it to yours.

So if you've got some ideas just let me know.

 

 

I also finished the set I was designing for myself.

Which was very lucky as I made it for me to wear on Christmas Day.

I really enjoyed making this set.

I might release this pattern in the future but I might wait

till I've designed the fingerless gloves and boot cuffs to match.

Now it's time for linky love.

Please feel free to share anything you've made.

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• I will reply to all comments as soon as I can

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What You Doing Wednesday Week 131

Good Morning Everyone!

I hope your week is going well!

I've got one make for you this week;

Sorry about the mess.

Space is at a premium for Christmas Decorations.

It's hopefully going to be an infinity scarf once I've designed it.

I'm making it out of the beautigul Regina yarn from Adriafil.

It's 100% Merino Wool.

I love the colour and it's really easy to work with. 

I'm just deciding on which stitch to use.

I think I've got them right in my head now

so hopefully it shouldn't be long.

I've finished my snuggles cowl.

I'll have the pictures for you on Friday.

It's made out of the super squishy Asso yarn from Adriafil

The colour changes in it are amazing.

I'm making mine with the savannah fancy yarn

but it comes in multiple colour mixes.

I can't tell you how much fun it is to make something

with this yarn.

It really is so soft and warm and squishy.

I'm going to have 3 new free patterns for you in January.

I hope you'll like them :-)

Now I want to wish you all a very Happy Christmas

I'll be spending the day with my family :-).

I hope your day is special!

I'm all ready but that's because I'm lucky enough that

my mum is making the Christmas dinner.

I hope you are all ready and excited!

Our house is decorated.

It's as clean as it's ever going to get

with a dog and mud in the mix.

The presents are wrapped.

The stocking stuff is hidden and ready to be sneaked

into the stockings.

We are spending today making cupcakes for Santa.

Making some little fun things and spending time

with Little Red.

Hubby is at work today so he won't to get to join in the fun.

Santa is meant to be calling Little Red from his sleigh

this evening.

Then he'll accidentally drop a present down the chimney on his way past.

Little Red always gets new pj's and slippers

on Christmas eve so he looks smart on Christmas morning.

Tomorrow will be hectic but we are having tea at home for once.

My brother is on call this year so can't leave his house

so we are popping round there to exchange presents.

My mum and dad are staying there for tea so we are

going to spend ours at home.

We don't want to leave Benji as his last fit was so big

that we don't think it's safe leaving him.

So he'll get to join in all the fun.

His stocking is full of presents so he'll have lots to keep

him occupied.

I really hope you have a fantastic Christmas!!

Thank you for all your support!

Now it's your turn to share what you are doing.

It doesn't have to be crochet, anything you are making

is perfect.

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Hita Freestyle Hat ~ Product Review

Hita Freestyle Hat

by Adriafil

I have been lucky enough to be sent the wonderful Adriafil

Hita Freestyle Hat kit to review.

Once you order your choice of hat you are sent a kit

with everything you'll need to make your

Hita Hat

There are tons of different designs to choose from.

Then you can choose your colour choices.

When your kit arrives it includes:

• 1 ball Hita Hat color A
• 1 ball Hita Hat color B
• 1 crochet Hita Hat n. 6
• 1 standard label + (opt. Fluorescent label)
• Brochure instructions realization with graphic scheme

As you can see I choose the dark grey (anthracite) and red.

I love the fact that you receive everything so you can get straight on with your hat.

The first thing I noticed about the yarn is the quality.

I have tried other hat packs but have found the yarn

to be of a standard quality.

This is not the case for the Hita Hat.

The yarn is 55% wool, 30% Acrylic & 15% Baby Alpaca.

The yarn is soft and squishy and really easy to work with.

The yarn is easy to frog and the pattern uses standard stitches

ch, sc & hdc.

The pattern is in UK terms but they are easy to convert.

The pattern is in written and diagram format so it's easy to follow.

The pattern is also in multiple languages.

The kit would be fantastic as a gift for any budding crocheter.

It would also be fantastic for any long term crocheter as well.

You can tell the quality as soon as you open the box.

I really enjoyed making my hat and I love it!!

It didn't take long and I soon had a beautiful warm hat to wear.

I would highly recommend this kit!

I love the look and love how warm it is.

Hita Hat is available even in a “Done and delivered” version, 

for those who don’t want to crochet their own hat 

but do prefer to receive it already crocheted by their team of experts. 

Moreover there’s a “Fresh version” for the warm season…:-)

Why not check out the Hita Hat site

and check out some of the other fantastic designs :-)

  

 

 

 

They also have designs for children as well:

 

There are loads more designs and colours to choose from so

check them out: Hita Hat

HitaHat - Handmade personalized hats

Hita Hat on Twitter

Hita Hat on Facebook

Hita Hat on Google+

Hita Hat on Youtube

I received the kit to review. 

However all opinions expressed are my own.

Affiliate links are included on the post.

No monies were exchanged.

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I've Made Friday Week 130

Good Morning everyone!

I hope your week is going well!

I haven't got as much made as I was hoping so you'll have

to wait till next week to see them.

I did get one set of things finished:

  

My elves are finished!!

Yay

I really enjoyed making them but they do take me a while

to make.

Little Red loves his, we have given his friend one for Christmas

and the other one is for my niece.

I used the pattern;

Elliot and Ellen Elves Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

By Crafty Deb

I feel like I haven't been sharing as much of myself

as I normally do.

I am stressed about Christmas.

There are things I want to get done

but with my disabilities I only have so much energy.

This means that I can't do everything I want to.

Hubby was meant to be helping last weekend 

but he got a nasty throat infection so he wasn't able to.

Hopefully he'll be able to help this weekend as

he is a lot better.

I feel a bit lost at the moment.

I need to use my sad lamp and I haven't been doing.

I'm going to go and use it once I finish here.

I can't wait for Christmas to get here!

It's just so exciting.

Little Red is waking up super early every morning

as he is too excited already.

Anyway I better go.

I need to wrap some more presents :-).

Now it's time for linky love.

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• I will try and visit as many people as possible.
• I will reply to all comments as soon as I can

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