i need a hobby

yes, i really do need a hobby... i find myself getting a bored at home sometimes, when the housework is done, i'm waiting for the washing machine, and elliot is sleeping... like right now...

i've decided i'd really like to have a go a quilt making (or making a quilt (just one), and see how that goes)... my mum said that once i've made one i'll want to keep going because the first one probably won't be very good and i'll want to keep going to perfect it...

but the thing is, i have absolutely no idea how to make a quilt, i don't know what to do, how to do it or where to start, so my mum is organising for me to meet with a craft group in the small town where she lives, so they can give me a step in the right direction, which i'm pretty excited about...

i've also thought that i'd like to try knitting... i've recently discovered pinterest and found a beautiful hand knitted blanket out of the biggest wool you have ever seen, apparently you knit it with poly pipe instead of needles... my mum is a very experienced and awesome knitter (she knits all elliots cardigans, and the most fabulous hats), so maybe i'll leave the poly pipe blanket to her and try some fab knitted cushions that i also found on pinterest...

elliot in one of her many hand knitted hats from nanny

 

 

so i think a trip to the patchwork shop is in order to see what it's all about, and a trip to visit mum for knitting 101...

 

we'll see hiow i go...