By Helen

crochet flower for July…

Gosh it is hot!  Here in the UK we are officially having a heat-wave.  I have to confess I am being a bit British about the whole thing; keeping cool and not doing more than I need to.  Maybe I am being sensible rather than British (though I have moaned that I am toooooo hot).  I do prefer cooler weather, I prefer months that end with ber (September, October, November and December), I prefer months that have r’s in them, if I am very honest I prefer the snow.   I do love seasons; how the weather, the garden and moods change through the year.  The weather made last week’s Yarnbomb very hot but very well attended.  Did you stop my contribution?  No, never mind, here’s a close up of one of the flowers that I crocheted…

I am writing up the pattern, and I’ll share that with you very soon.  For now it is back to doing very little and keeping cool.

Enjoy the sunshine…

yarnbomb York…

Remember that I mentioned that there was a yarnbomb in York?  Well it was last Saturday, at Rowntree Park, and it was even better than the last yarnbomb.  I thought that I’d share with you some of the memories…

Hope you like them? 

Ps – did you spot my contribution? 

yarnbomb York: next Saturday…

A very quick post to let you know that there will be a yarnbomb in York, next Saturday – 13^th July.  The yarnbomb will take place in Rowntree Park: as part of the park’s birthday celebrations.  People have been working hard to knit, crochet and stitch for the event…

You can bring along work to yarnbomb on Saturday, or there will be chance to sit in the park and make something there and then.  See you Saturday…

For more information have a look at Hippy Stitch's blog

July in an English city garden…

What a difference a week makes?  The sun has finally come out, and with last week’s rain the garden has really taken off.  It has been a long, long, while since I blogged about my garden, that I thought I’d share it with you today.  We still have the on-going issue with the neighbourhood cats, but it is getting better, a lot better, the garden is still full of Si’s CDs on sticks which work brilliantly!  Before we go on, I should explain, that when I say garden – technically it is a yard.  I live in a city terrace, so the yards were originally, functional: that hasn’t stopped us treating the yard as a garden. 

Looking out of our bedroom window, the view isn’t bad.  I love how the plants are taking over and the wall between us and next-door is beginning to blur…

Sweet Woodruff: one of my favourite plants. It grows everywhere, especially in shade, and has the prettiest star shaped flower…

Pots and posts full of flowers…

One of my pots is my herb-garden, perfect for picking of adding to summer suppers…

Bursts of colour everywhere…

Buds waiting to burst into flower…

Looking back towards the house, I am very very proud of my small space…