365 pictures - day 6

It's wet and cold today, but there are raindrops hanging off the branches of the cherry tree, shining like little diamonds. 

365 pictures - Day 5

Forsythia in our garden. This poor plant has been moved from here to there and all over, and it's had branches broken off, and it's still flowering itself silly. I always feel that when forsythia is in flower, then it's proper spring. 

365 pictures - Day 4

Some lovely shiny celandines in our garden. I love the sheen on the inside of the petals, and the way they open out in the sunshine. 

365 pictures - Day 3

It's been raining overnight and here are some daffodils, heavy with raindrops. 

365 Pictures - Day 2

With all the trees full of buds, it's hard to choose just one, but I think this is special. A peek into the opening bud of a horse chestnut. 

365 Pictures

Every year, I seem to have more and more trouble with winter. And every spring, I'm thinking there's going to be another winter. It's not good for me. 

So what to do about it? Because I know there are beautiful things to see all year long. I'm going to try to post a picture every day. Something seasonal, from my garden or elsewhere. Just so I can look properly and see the beauty. And I'll limit myself to a single picture per day. 

Today's picture - one of the cherries in my garden. This one's called "Ruby" - my mum's name. We bought it in a garden centre in the Lake District one year. 

Blanket number one!

Yes, it's blanket number one. I not only succumbed to buying one pack of this gorgeous yarn, but also the one in the other colourway.  Here are the pics from blanket number one. 😊

Lots of squares for my Scheepjes Wol blanket number one.  This blanket was as random as I could make it - every square different. It was massively satisfying to pile all the squares up to admire them.

The week one pattern. I got so far, following the pattern, then started varying...

Week two, with bobbles. It was pure murder sewing in all the ends for the contrasting colour bobbles.

Week three.

Week four - the first week I used any sort of theme, colour-wise.

Week five. I altered the pattern on some of them to have more 'butterflies'.

Week six - another theme for the colours.

Week seven - the original pattern didn't have the double flower at the centre, but I felt the gaps were too big, so I filled them in a little.

Week eight - I closed up the gaps around the flower on this one too.

Week nine - plain colours, but every pattern different.

Week ten - more bobbles!

 All joined together! It turns out that random actually takes a lot of organisation.

A pretty lacy border.

And thanks to Wink from A Creative Being (see the link in my side bar), and the ladies from the Facebook CAL group, I have a lovely bright blanket to go on my sofa and snuggle up with in the cold winter evenings.

You can see the other blanket folded on the end of the sofa, and also some of my other current projects, which I will photograph and display soon. That's the plan. For now, on with the projects!