Its all so quiet....

Hello...been a very quiet weekend this weekend here at hairball HQ.  Work as usual has been crazy this week and so some quiet time has been a welcome change.
The following picture sums things up really quite well...........

.........note the seasonal mug!

Of course it wouldnt be a relaxing time without abit of 'woolwork'....pictures of latest project to follow....

Bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens....

Today I visited a fantastic place in Cheshire called Blakemere Craft Centre (although the website doesnt really do it much justice).

If you're like me and enjoy crafty bits and bobs with a dollop of dusty antiques then you'll love it here.  There are different little shops in a pretty courtyard - each offering something different but equally as exciting.  (There's a wool shop too - yay!).  I was quite reserved with my purchases and dont really feel they warrant a photo but here's a fab shot of the antiques hall.  (I particularly love the old rocking horse as I'm sure my sisters and I shared one as children).  Ah good old nostalgia......

'Tis the season

...no, not to be jolly (not yet anyway) but the season I love the most.  I love the changing leaves and all the colours of autumn.  I quite like the frosty chill in the air and wrapping up in big knit scarves.  I'm working on a couple of autumnal crafty bits at the moment but had to share this one with you....can you guess what its going to be?

Well with a little bit of crochet magic (and without the use of a fairy godmother) the above was transformed into.....a pumpkin!

I used King Cole Merino Blend DK in 'Copper - 109'.  The stalk was a bit of green cotton that I had in my stash and the googly eyes were bought at Paperchase - £1.25 for about 30 eyes!  I would say you could get three pumkpins out of the 50g ball on a 4mm crochet hook. 

Try the pattern for yourself from The Evil Knittin' Kitten

Get some wool, find some friends...free your mind!

And that pretty much sums up my day!  

I've had a really busy week at work this week and its been so nice just to relax today with some of my favourite things....wool, good company and large dose of tea and biscuits!

Sidney has been pretty chilled out too.....

ooops...

I almost forgot....couldnt have worked half of this out without the help of a very special friend....frou-frou

ps.  my friend isnt an owl....she just likes them

Hello!

...admittedly that isnt the most insipring title for my first post on my first blog site (woo!) but I think it kind of serves its purpose!

Its taken me ages to get a site up and running (not to mention getting my head around it all) but I think I'm almost getting here.  So welcome to hairballs and hatstands!  Appropriately named I feel as it describes two of my loves in life........my two cats & my interest in items from yesteryear!!!

Well, there's my brief introduction....I'll be back soon with more interesting posts of what I'm up to & things I've spotted whilst out and about......phew...over and out!!!