Lunch out

This afternoon the sun was shinning the air was hot, and so a lazy afternoon beckoned,

Mr iLE AiYE and I headed off to a riverside pubhttp://thecrabtreew6.co.uk/ , just up the road from home, a relaxing bite to eat, followed by a sit down on the walk-way next to the river, the image of the river looks a little bleak, but after many weeks of dull wet weather in London, this was heaven for us today. Rounded off by a lay down in our local park, I think today was just what the doctor ordered, to re-charge our batteries.

Perhaps I have ocd

given I just can't get enough of this yarn, I've found two more shades in this lush Bamboo yarn, a dusky turquoise blue and a purple, deee-lish....

Discontinued yarns = ltd edition garments.

I'm so sad to report that this yarn has now been discontinued, :((((

I'll be spending some shiney pennies to stock up on a good amount of yarn, but how long this will last who knows,

Some new pictures

I happily stumbled upon some more of the ivory bamboo yarn this week, which not only allowed me to make some more fringe sweaters http://www.etsy.com/listing/74749683/ivory-bamboo-fringe-sweater but also meant I could knit a few bamboo shrugs in that shade to.

I'm also trying to update some old images, so here's the blue click-it with an updated look.

fascinating fascinators

http://www.etsy.com/shop/pookaqueen?ref=seller_info

I stumbled upon this store just now, so I thought I'd share, not only do I love her felt fascinators, I also love the style of her store, just like the felt head pieces, it's a warm and interesting vibe.

building up some stock

Finally I've begun, to build up on some stock, which means.. yes I'm using up my yarn stash, this is number one, (don't laugh), of thousand of balls in my stash. Slowly slowly, I might get there.

The WeMake Pop up shop

This past week my lovely friend Mary who runs the wemake brand, http://wemakelondon.blogspot.com/p/summer-boutique-designers.html opened up her first pop up shop in Hamsptead, I took a little trip there on Saturday afternoon, to have a peep at all the wonderful handmade goodies. and of course to show some support to Mary.

Wow I was impressed, down a little alley in Hampstead heath, was this stunning looking shop, inside was a cavern of wonderful handmade goodies from British artist.

I was truly impressed with Marys efforts, whilst holding down a full time job, she's managed to organise over 50 artists, setup and run a shop for 8 days, keep a blog, make her jewellery and bring the world of handmade to the label loving mothers of Hampstead Heath,

The shop did a storm, and the cafe next door was thrilled with their extra business due to having wemake in town. Hats of to Mary XO

I treated myself to a little chain bracelet, which sits tight on my wrist almost like a cuff. http://uncommonlybeautifulrecycledaccessories.bigcartel.com/