Wake up Sleeping Beauty!

It is fair to say that this blog has been slightly neglected... obviously lots have happened since my last post about 18 months ago. We did leave London, and I still feel heartbroken about this, and we did move to Corsica and I still feel unsure about this new life : I miss the city and its endless possibilities, I miss my friends, I miss my little neighbourhood and my house...

I won't get into all the wrongs I find with this place because it would just take too long and I want to reopen this blog on a positive note.

I won't brag about the beautiful sunshine and warm sea either (I might at a later date though...)

But I will brag about something quite exciting : l'Ange Gaston is now a little business!

It all started last winter : Jeanne selected a few (lucky?) shops on the way back home from school and ruthlessly visit them everyday to get her share of chat and cuddles (obviously she is not getting enough of either at home... bad mummy!). She set her heart on the lovely children clothes boutique in our building and  I started chatting with Emilie, the owner. One thing leading to another I created little crochet collars for her to sell in the shop over Christmas. We kept on working together this summer and you can now find L'Ange Gaston collars, hair clips and little bikini bottoms in her window display!

So that was my big news for now! More about our life here next time!

Après des mois de sommeil il est temps de réveiller ce blog. Notre vie a changé du tout au tout depuis mon dernier billet... il est vrai qu'il date de plus de 18 mois! Nous avons fait nos adieux à Londres et j'en ai encore le coeur brisé... Et nous sommes installés en Corse, une nouvelle vie que je n'ai pas encore vraiment acceptée : la grande ville et ses possibilités infinies me manquent, ainsi que mes amis, notre joli quartier et notre petite maison...

Mais je ne m'étendrais pas sur tout ce qui peu me déplaire ici : je veux réouvrir ce blog sur une note positive.

Je pourrais vous inonder de photos des filles (ce qui vous pend au nez...) ou vous narguer à coups de soleil radieux, de plages de sable blanc et de baignades en famille...

Mais il m'est quand même arrivé quelque chose d'excitant : L'Ange Gaston est maintenant une petite entreprise! Grâce à Jeanne qui harcèle rend gentillement visite à tous les commerçants du quartier pour sa dose quotidienne de calins ( à croire que ses parents ne s'en chargent pas...) j'ai rencontré Emilie la propriétaire d'une très jolie boutique de vêtements pour enfants en bas de chez nous. De fil en aiguille, j'ai créé les premiers cols au crochet L'Ange Gaston pour sa boutique durant les fêtes de fin d'année. Et je récidive cet été avec des barrettes, cols et  petits bas de maillot de bain!

Voilà ma bonne nouvelle! Quant à notre nouvelle vie vous en saurez plus au prochain épisode!

Weaving in loose ends

Well, still no baby... You wonder why I worried so much about not making it to 37 weeks! I was convinced that baby would be born in septembre, and here we are nearly 3 weeks later...

The plus side is that I have been able to finish off a few projects that were in danger of joining so many others in my , big, box of unfinished items...

First I finished the crochet blanket, and I quite like it, not very baby like maybe...

It is made of extra fine merino and is nice and soft... I crocheted the squares quite quickly as they are highly addictive! But I really had to kick myself to sew them together... I had promised myself that my next granny squares blanket would use squares that can be joined as you go... And then I guess I changed my mind... So after nearly a week of sewing and weaving in loose ends here it is!

It then sat on my hospital suitcase for over a week, as the blanket to take the baby home in. That was until I finished this baby nest, angel nest in french, that I had actually started before Jeanne was born 3 years ago... So finishing it is twice as satisfying!

And once that baby is brought back homesafe and sound, she will even have a little sleeping bag to sleep in, hopefully for hours at a time!

The quilt is also nearly finished, just have to sew in the binding.

Well I guess this post will just be about showing off as my brain is shrinking in proportion with my belly getting bigger... and I therefore cannot think of anything clever to say... Hey, maybe next time!

The to do list? Updated it tonight and I still have 42 items on it, but it did climb up to around sixty last week as I added all of my Christmas shopping... The biggies are still all there, blinds, curtains and other tax returns...

Taaa-Daaa!!!

I have been meaning to show you the blanket I finished last week, but was waiting for the sun to come out to take a decent picture, missed it when it was there and it is gone again... Not that I am complaining for I actually really enjoy rainy days, there is something peaceful about them. So here it is anyway, a bad picture will have to do...

It is made of one of my favourite yarn, the Rowan baby cashmerino. This is my fourth baby blanket, I make one for all my nieces, nephews, and babies. Well, so far I had one of each, and this one will go to my brand new nephew, Iwen, who was born last Tuesday!

And here is the little wonder with his very happy and proud older brother, I can't wait to see them all on Saturday :

And I already found another addiction to replace this one, in the form of another blanket...

The to-do list? Well down to 50 entries, which is quite rejoicing, and a couple of biggies ticked off! And I am now off to try to tick more!