12 MOC February

I know, I know, again a long pause from blogging, I have all the intentions to blog a couple of times a week, but since I have found an app for my Ipad that makes it easier blogging, well then I have to turn on my computer, and I have to admit after getting my Ipad I hardly ever use the computer anymore... so if anyone has any good suggestions for app for blogging let me know, I think I have tried every free app and haven't found any I like yet.

I have been crocheting a bit, and I hope I will get around to taking some pictures this weekend so I can show you what I have been up to. I will leave you a little picture of my February project for the 12 Month of Crochet challenge. I will not tell you what it is, that you will have to guess or wait until I have finished the project.

I hope you are all still doing well. How do you blog? On the computer, Ipad, phone or something different?

A productive Sunday

So over the last couple of weeks I have finished a few projects, but since some of them are going to be given away, well then I can't show you them yet.

 

I have one project that I can show you. I made a couple of baskets, a breadbasket and a smaller basket. They are made from mason string. A while ago, almost a year ago I think, I saw someone whom had made baskets from mason string, but it wasn't until now that I got around to try it too.

 

I bought some orange mason string, and the 2 rolls made the 2 baskets, I just have a little left.

 

This morning I was working from 7.00 am till noon. I know I have said my new job didn't require me working weekends. Though we are really busy right now, and we were asked if anyone could help out. So I volunteered to work today. The best part is that I can always say now if I have other plans, and I get paid overtime and get hours saved, so I can take time of another day. Besides 5 hours of working doesn't seem too bad, so I figured that I might as well.

 

After getting home I have been packing up all our CD's, does any of you ever use a CD any longer? Well we don't, so they all got packed in a box, and now I can use the shelves for my yarn.

 

So now I have my yarn organised, which is both good and bad. I thought I had a lot yarn, but I didn't think I had that much. Which also let my husband to say that there was no reason for my to buy more yarn anytime soon. But what does he know? There is always a reason to buy yarn:)

 

What I did most of December

In December I did quite a bit of crocheting, but it was a lot of the same. I made my first one in December 2013, and lot of people has seen them, and would like some as well. It's can covers/cozies. 

I just finished another 3 pairs, which add up to 20 pairs from the beginning of December until now. I found the recipe here. I also made one of the Christmas ones, which you can see here. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of it before giving it to my sister in laws boyfriend for Christmas. Well actually it was Santa who gave it to him. Since we had Jonas Santa comes to visit every Christmas, and he does not only bring a gift for Jonas, but one for everyone here. It's just a small gift, but it's quite fun seeing Jonas helping Santa handing out presents.

Now I think I will take a break from making these, and make something else. I'm dreaming of one day making a crocodile stitch scarf, and this Tuesday I attended a crochet class/get together at a yarn shop not too far away, and I learned to do the crocodile stitch, but I need to practice a bit more, before starting a scarf project.

Above it my try from Tuesday of the crocodile stitch, it really teased me, and there is some faults in it, but I think I might be able to make it the right way now, but it will take a few more tries. 

Have wonderful weekend when it arrives:)

Happy New Year and 12 MOC

I hope you all have had a fantastic start to 2015, we did, but I don't have any pictures to show for it. For the first time in over 12 years I have had time off from work between Christmas and New Year. After I started my new job on December 1st I no longer work in the evenings or during the weekends.... and of course no rules without exceptions, so I was working the weekend before Christmas because we were taking inventory. But when I left work on Sunday the 21st at noon I went on Christmas vacation, and it lasted until this morning.... can you believe it, 14 days without working!

We spent Christmas at home, as we have the done the last 5 years. My parents came on the 23rd and the rest of our family came and celebrated with us on the 24th. Otherwise it has been a lot of family time, and one day I really needed some me time and had to go for a walk, because Jonas was driving me crazy with all his questions non-stop, a bit of fresh air helped.

All the time of also left time for being creative, and I started my 12 Month of Crochet project for January. Is it cheating to start in December? Well I don't care, I am a rebel like that:)

So just before bedtime last night I finished the last of the pillows for our couch, I was inspired by a girl on instagram for this last one.

I will give you a picture of 2 of the others that I also made, and Jonas, he wouldn't let me take a picture without him in it.

One is made with bubble stitch, a recipe I found on ravelry, and the other is corner to corner stitch, which I found a tutorial for on YouTube. 

Have a good one:)

New Year Resolution

I have never been good at keeping New Year Resolutions, but this time I actually found one that I think I might be able to keep.

I came by this idea, you have to crochet at least one thing pr. month every month of 2015... you can decide yourself what project you want to do, if it's small or big doesn't matter, you just have to share what you create. It will also be on instagram using the 2 hashtags above.You see that is a resolution I can keep, at least I think I can.

Happy New Year! Do you have any resolutions?

Time for a change

It's time for a little change around here. I haven't been blogging for almost 2 months, but between starting a new job and the holidays I guess I have been a bit busy. I love my new job, it leaves more time for my family and other things I enjoy.

Lately the blog has become more about the creative things I do, so why not change the name of my blog to my Creative Corner. So far the changes have only been done on the IPad, so they aren't looking to satisfying yet... But hey Rome wasn't built in a day.

Hopefully the New Year will bring more time for blogging and for being creative.

Happy New Year everyone... If anyone is still reading.

Finally, it's official!

Finally I'm able to blog about what has been on my mind for a couple of months. Which is probably also why I haven't been blogging much lately.

On Friday I handed in my resignation at work. I had a bit of mixed feelings about it. I have been there for 12 years, and I have loved it, but over the last year I have become more and more sick and tired of it... So I figured it was about time for me to move on, but move on to what? I had days where I just wanted to quit, but the reason in me stopped me from doing so before I had another job. 

Then just before my summer vacation our former head of stock came by, and we talked for a while. He mentioned he soon would need more employees at the new place he was at now, so if I was interested I should give him a call. I told him that he caugth me on a good day, and I wasn't going anywhere, mostly because my boss was standing next to me.

During my summer vacation it kept popping up in my mind, but I could decide what to do. When after my vacation I had a really bad day, and to top it off my boss made a comment about my mood, which just pissed me even more of. So I was talking to a girl from another department, and I mentioned that I should just go ahead a contact this guy, I just needed to get hold of him phone number. To which she replied "I have his number"... well it turned out he had just started his vacation, but as soon as he was back I contacted him.

It all dragged out a bit, but then last week he called and said he could give my a contract by Thursday so I could hand in my resignation on Friday. 

So by December 1st I'm starting working at Viking Life Saving Equipment, where I will be receiving goods. I will no longer have to work evenings or weekends, and will be off work between Christmas and New Year, not having to work on holidays... I can't wait. 

Though having to hand in my resignation was the hardest thing I had to do in while... it's been a great place to work, but by stopping now I can look back at 12 good years, but I'm afraid that if I had stayed the bad would outweigh the good things, and I would look back at 13 bad years, even if the first 11 years had been super. Though I have to say goodbye to a lot of great colleagues, but as the girl from the other department said, the ones you really are going to miss are the ones you are seeing outside work all ready, so that isn't really going to change,

If you made it through this loooong post I congratulate you:) Just so the post won't be all pictures I will leave you with a picture of Jonas dressed like a bat for Halloween.

Not the best picture, since it was a bit dark in the morning. But I had to get a picture of him before him going to Early Years. In the evening we went trick and treating with a few of the other kids from his daycare who lives close by. I was a really nice start to the weekend. 

Happy belated Halloween.