Breeding bunnies

I’m sharing my Auntie Gladys’s Workdesk with

 you today as I think she’s a bit of a star.

For her birthday I bought her a knitted bunny from an Instagram friend of mine and she named it Bobby after

 one of our little dogs that she used to be quite fond of.

Well now she has gone on to knit two of her own

Bunny and Kikki.

The thing is she’s made them without a pattern.  The method she used was to count the stitches across and the number of rows knitted for each piece.  Isn’t she amazing.  She even made Kikki a little bag.

It’s hard to tell which is the original and which are her creations.

Did you spot the knitted cushion at the back. That was made with scraps of wool she had from years ago.

Not bad to say she has cataracts.  Can’t make my mind up if she’s canny or not. Funny how she can see enough to count stitches but when it comes to cleaning she says she can’t see to do it hahahaha.   Think I’ll try that one.

Have a good week desk hoppers 

link to what’s on your Workdesk Wednesday

Ps.  The utility room & kitchen

decorating is finished now.

Breeding bunnies

I’m sharing my Auntie Gladys’s Workdesk with

 you today as I think she’s a bit of a star.

For her birthday I bought her a knitted bunny from an Instagram friend of mine and she named it Bobby after

 one of our little dogs that she used to be quite fond of.

Well now she has gone on to knit two of her own

Bunny and Kikki.

The thing is she’s made them without a pattern.  The method she used was to count the stitches across and the number of rows knitted for each piece.  Isn’t she amazing.  She even made Kikki a little bag.

It’s hard to tell which is the original and which are her creations.

Did you spot the knitted cushion at the back. That was made with scraps of wool she had from years ago.

Not bad to say she has cataracts.  Can’t make my mind up if she’s canny or not. Funny how she can see enough to count stitches but when it comes to cleaning she says she can’t see to do it hahahaha.   Think I’ll try that one.

Have a good week desk hoppers 

link to what’s on your Workdesk Wednesday

Ps.  The utility room & kitchen

decorating is finished now.

Don’t tell the welder

I haven’t got a desk this week because I’ve been painting the Welsh dresser in the kitchen.  The walls are being painted and papered now as we do the weekly swoop round the desks at Julia’s place.

WHAT’S ON YOUR WORKDESK WEDNESDAY

Yesterday I found a little match pot of Farrow & Ball paint and before the husband could get his welding mask off I’d attacked the walls in the utility room.  It makes me feel posh saying “the utility room”  heehee.

Next up I rescued a wallpaper sample I was about to wrap a present in and stuck it on the wall with masking tape.  I like it.  Now I just have to persuade Jo our decorator to paper it properly before she goes to work her magic on someone else’s home.  

So my plans for the day are a quick dash out for some more wallpaper and later I’ll be giving it a good coat of looking at.

Lynn xx

Don’t tell the welder

I haven’t got a desk this week because I’ve been painting the Welsh dresser in the kitchen.  The walls are being painted and papered now as we do the weekly swoop round the desks at Julia’s place.

WHAT’S ON YOUR WORKDESK WEDNESDAY

Yesterday I found a little match pot of Farrow & Ball paint and before the husband could get his welding mask off I’d attacked the walls in the utility room.  It makes me feel posh saying “the utility room”  heehee.

Next up I rescued a wallpaper sample I was about to wrap a present in and stuck it on the wall with masking tape.  I like it.  Now I just have to persuade Jo our decorator to paper it properly before she goes to work her magic on someone else’s home.  

So my plans for the day are a quick dash out for some more wallpaper and later I’ll be giving it a good coat of looking at.

Lynn xx

William versus Cath

The kitchen is having a make over

The 13 year old tartan paper is going.

I’ve had a dozen paper samples and whittled it down to three.  Even though I started out with roses and spots there was something not sitting right with me about it all.

Then it clicked, I’d seen it to many times in magazines and social media.  What am I talking about ? ...... it’s the Cath Kidston look.  There’s nothing wrong with the look,  nothing at all and if you have it you’ll have a beautiful bright kitchen.

But for me it just didn’t feel right,  it didn’t feel like me.  Once I’d realised what the problem was I went back to the wallpaper shop and hey presto as if by magic I knew I had hit on it when I found this William Morris design.

Out went the chintzy florals and spots, back went the off white emulsion and wood paint in exchange for Bramwell chalk paint for the Welsh dresser and Little Greens emulsion and Matt wood paint (equivalent to Farrow & Ball “String”)

The paper is only held up with masking tape at the minute, the real work starts tomorrow.

Now here’s a bit of inside info from the paint centre.

Well something I didn’t know I mean.

Apparently oil based paint is a thing of the past, now it’s all water based.  All to do with emissions.

The problem with it is it doesn’t cover the same as oil based.

If  the paint you already had on the walls/wood was previously oil based you’ll need to do an awful lot of prep work to get it to cover.

Hence we went for a more expensive paint so that we wouldn’t need to have use a primer or spend hours rubbing down woodwork, of which there’s a lot.

See you on the other side 

Heehee 

Lynn x

William versus Cath

The kitchen is having a make over

The 13 year old tartan paper is going.

I’ve had a dozen paper samples and whittled it down to three.  Even though I started out with roses and spots there was something not sitting right with me about it all.

Then it clicked, I’d seen it to many times in magazines and social media.  What am I talking about ? ...... it’s the Cath Kidston look.  There’s nothing wrong with the look,  nothing at all and if you have it you’ll have a beautiful bright kitchen.

But for me it just didn’t feel right,  it didn’t feel like me.  Once I’d realised what the problem was I went back to the wallpaper shop and hey presto as if by magic I knew I had hit on it when I found this William Morris design.

Out went the chintzy florals and spots, back went the off white emulsion and wood paint in exchange for Bramwell chalk paint for the Welsh dresser and Little Greens emulsion and Matt wood paint (equivalent to Farrow & Ball “String”)

The paper is only held up with masking tape at the minute, the real work starts tomorrow.

Now here’s a bit of inside info from the paint centre.

Well something I didn’t know I mean.

Apparently oil based paint is a thing of the past, now it’s all water based.  All to do with emissions.

The problem with it is it doesn’t cover the same as oil based.

If  the paint you already had on the walls/wood was previously oil based you’ll need to do an awful lot of prep work to get it to cover.

Hence we went for a more expensive paint so that we wouldn’t need to have use a primer or spend hours rubbing down woodwork, of which there’s a lot.

See you on the other side 

Heehee 

Lynn x

Schools out ......

I don’t know about it raining plums, it’s certainly been raining cats and dogs here in North West England.

I’ve nothing to show on my desk as I have been extremely busy taking all my mahoosive stash of craft materials and drawers to the local hospice day centre.  

As I am no longer facilitating any more workshops I wanted to make sure everything went to a good home.  The hospice were delighted with it all as they go through so much stuff.  They hold sessions four days a week, run by one fabulous paid member of staff and a fantastic team of volunteers.

Now I’ve hung my teaching hat up, I’m having a lovely time attending workshops, which are always great fun with fabulous like minded people.  

I’m preaching to the converted here though aren’t I haha.

Linking up with 

what’s on your Workdesk Wednesday

Schools out ......

I don’t know about it raining plums, it’s certainly been raining cats and dogs here in North West England.

I’ve nothing to show on my desk as I have been extremely busy taking all my mahoosive stash of craft materials and drawers to the local hospice day centre.  

As I am no longer facilitating any more workshops I wanted to make sure everything went to a good home.  The hospice were delighted with it all as they go through so much stuff.  They hold sessions four days a week, run by one fabulous paid member of staff and a fantastic team of volunteers.

Now I’ve hung my teaching hat up, I’m having a lovely time attending workshops, which are always great fun with fabulous like minded people.  

I’m preaching to the converted here though aren’t I haha.

Linking up with 

what’s on your Workdesk Wednesday

63 Up ..........

This week saw  the return of the ITV series 7 Up.  

Since 1974 ITV have been interviewing the same people every seven years following them as children then as adults.

Seeing what path their lives have taken .

I could be one of them as that was when I was born so I thought I’d do my own 7 Up 

7 years old. Oh my word those teeth 

14 years old out on an adventure with the youth club.

21 years old and a nervous wreck at my own 21st birthday party 

28 years old ~ running circles round the

 wandering welder even then 

35 years old and newly married to the wandering welder after ten years together 

42 years old with two of my beautiful goddaughters 

Amy and Olivia 

49 years old with the apple of my eye Goddaughter Macy

56 years old

And here we are today 63 years old.  

Somebody needs to tell my head that, it’s still stuck in its 20’s haha!!

Can’t believe next time they make the programme we will be 70 years old ..... Yikes !

63 Up ..........

This week saw  the return of the ITV series 7 Up.  

Since 1974 ITV have been interviewing the same people every seven years following them as children then as adults.

Seeing what path their lives have taken .

I could be one of them as that was when I was born so I thought I’d do my own 7 Up 

7 years old. Oh my word those teeth 

14 years old out on an adventure with the youth club.

21 years old and a nervous wreck at my own 21st birthday party 

28 years old ~ running circles round the

 wandering welder even then 

35 years old and newly married to the wandering welder after ten years together 

42 years old with two of my beautiful goddaughters 

Amy and Olivia 

49 years old with the apple of my eye Goddaughter Macy

56 years old

And here we are today 63 years old.  

Somebody needs to tell my head that, it’s still stuck in its 20’s haha!!

Can’t believe next time they make the programme we will be 70 years old ..... Yikes !