Sunshine Award & GAD 179

A few days ago I've received a Sunshine Award! Olga from There where is Soleil. Thank you Olga!


Now for the rules.....

1. Thank the blogger who nominated you;2. Answer 10 questions about your favourite things;3. Nominate 10 further blogs to receive the Sunshine Award and let them know they've been nominated.

My answers: 1. Favourite animal. Cat; 2. Favourite number. 33. Favourite non alcoholic drink.  Tea4. Facebook or Twitter. Twitter5. My passion. I love to crochet - do you need ask?6. Getting or giving.  Actually I love both equally7. Favourite pattern.  Anything Crochet!8. Favourite day of the week. Anyday9. Favourite flower. I love Gerbera's10. Favourite country. India - I love it there - been there 4 times now

Now I have to nominate crochet Bloggers to get this award, however 10 is a tall order so here are the ones that I think deserve this award.....

In no particular order these go to:

http://crochetliberationfront.com/ 

http://vickyfully.blogspot.co.uk/

http://diddledaddledesigns.blogspot.co.uk/

http://bethbutcher.wordpress.com/

And Finally
GAD 179

A soft green & red combination

Another Award!!

Thank you to :

SusanD1408 Crochet Addict

For awarding this to me today:

The rules:

1. Add the award to your blog.   

2. Thank the blogger who gave it to you.

3. Mention 7 random things about yourself.

4. List the rules.

5. Award to 15 bloggers.

6. Inform each of those 15 by leaving a comment on their blog.

1) Added

2) Thanked Sue

3) the 7 random things:

1.  I am a survivor of the 2004 Tsunami - small injury which led to a foot operation but that was a small price to pay in the great scheme of things at the time. 

2.  I am a Coeliac, so I have to follow a Gluten Free Diet at all times

3.  I have a Cocker Spaniel who is 13 years old and is now deaf so we have doggy sign language

4.  I have an allotment which I love to work on in the warmer weather

5.  As well as teaching crochet, I also do a little bit of gardening for a local school in all weathers 

6.  My favourite food is Curry which is handy as it's mainly Gluten Free

7.  My favourite films are the Godfather 1, 2 & 3

4) Done

5) My awards go to:  

1.  http://crochetapy.blogspot.com

2.  http://diddledaddledesigns.blogspot.com/

3.  http://crochetattic.blogspot.com/

4.  http://crochet-capers.blogspot.com/

5.  http://olgasoleil.blogspot.com/

6.  http://www.sooziefoodie.com/

7.  http://vickyfully.blogspot.com/

8.  http://knittingnestnews.com/

9.  http://whistlestopcrochet.blogspot.com/

10.http://www.slugsontherefrigerator.com/home/

11.http://dawndavis.blogspot.com/

12.http://www.planetjune.com/blog/

13.http://crochetcafe.blogspot.com/

14.http://allotmentheavencraftsandrecipes.blogspot.com/

15.http://kraftykathy1964.blogspot.com/

Thanks again for this Award Sue

Day #11 - what a busy, busy day!

Ok, I am going to blog about the day as the day went along as there is SO much to tell you from a crochet point of view of course!

Firstly I have to go back to last night - my hubby told me that our friends baby is arriving very soon - 3 weeks in fact, so I ran upstairs to see if I had any baby wools (3 or 4ply) as I hadn't noticed any in my stash audit the other day.  Well I didn't have any, but then I had an idea that I forgot to count some wool in my guest bedroom wardrobe, so I went to look in there and guess what - I found some White, Baby Blue, Baby Green, Baby Yellow & Baby Pink all in 4ply. So once I got settled for the evening I made a start on a Baby Blanket and produced 12 rows:

It's making up very slowly due to the fineness of the wool

More good news from last night is that I got a text message to confirm a Group of 2 class for this coming Friday - both beginners and both excited to get started - I can't wait!

Now to this morning, 9.30am in fact - I know that I have a 10am class this morning so I get my room nice and neat - not that its ever not neat, but I make sure that its all tip top and that the kettle is full!  These little bits are important you know!  So, whilst I am waiting for my pupil to arrive I start to crochet in extra chunky wool and a 6.5mm hook - can you guess what I am doing yet?

Yes, I going to make another tutorial - well 2 actually!!

However I only had time to set up a few shots when the doorbell rang.  My 10am Lady was standing there with a huge grin on her face and chatting all the way up the stairs.  I knew that she wanted to learn joining colours in a Granny Square, so we went through the next 2 hours doing exactly that!

Here's one of the squares she made

Now I have to admit that I cheated a little here, because the square that I was working on as the tutorial of my class, is the square that I am submitting as Granny A Day no. 11

In addition to finishing the 2 hour lesson and completing the No. 11 Granny square, I also managed to make 2 tutorials today - both free to whoever needs them, but as always donations will be gratefully appreciated.  

They are both called "The Basics" and they cover :  How to make a foundation chain, Double Crochet & Treble Crochet stitches.  The first Tutorial is for Right Handers and the Second - which I have put under a new TAB is for Left Handers.

More of my already completed Right Hand Tutorials will be converted to Left Hand versions as soon as I have some more time on my hands.

Oh and I nearly forgot, I have also learnt how to allow comments to be left on every page that is now available via the TABS so if  you want to leave a comment on a specific TAB subject then you can! (or at least I hope you can if it works!)

And to sum it all up - I was honoured by the Editor of Bloggers.com today who awarded me a "FEATURED BLOG" award on their site!  How cool is that!

MACs Crochet

Awarded the "Featured Bloggers" badge on 11.Jan.12