The year is starting to fly by again. Only a couple of weeks until we change the clocks and it will really start to seem like spring. Well the sun is shing today, in fact it is a beautiful day, if a bit chilly, but I don't mind that. Good to get windows open and watch washing blow in the breeze. Shoots of green are appearing all round the garden and the tulips are showing signs of imminent flowering as the daffodils start to fade. We are being visited by lots of goldfinches this year and they are enjoying the sunflower hearts I put out for them.
There are often three or four on the feeders at once.
My stitch journal continues.
and I have been hooking away at my granny squares at every opportunity. I have now completed seven of the eight sets of eight that I need before I can start to put the cardigan together. So hopefully some joining pictures next week. I bought a blocking board and have been blocking a batch of eight at a time. It does make a huge difference to their appearance.
Have a great week.
Our daffodils are just starting to bud & bloom so we're a bit behind you. So happy to catch that you're working on the granny squares for the cardigan. I'm looking forward to seeing its completion and you modeling it! The colors of your squares are so pretty!!!
ReplyDeleteWe have goldfinch here too, I love to see them in the garden. Your blocks look very pretty. You are racing along with this project.
ReplyDeleteThe birds are so lovely when they visit Lin - I agree. I am pleased to read you are seeing signs of spring now. Your crochet squares look wonderful & I look forward to seeing the cardigan. My friend had a tunic style jumper she wanted to lengthen & she made & sewed granny squares to the bottom of it - it looked wonderful. xx
ReplyDeleteJapan doesn’t have daylight savings time changes and I don’t miss it!
ReplyDeleteYour cardigan squares are beautiful!
I love watching the birds come in.
ReplyDeleteCrochet squares are very pretty colours.
It must be nice to be a bit warmer and lighter. We are starting to get the occasional gold finch here too. Not an introduced species you used to see here.
ReplyDeleteVery nice to have the birds coming for a visit, we had the rainbow lorikeets come in on the weekend and eat most of the peaches on the tree! I am not impressed. Your crochet squares are lovely as is your stitch journal. Nice to hear spring is on the way for you.
ReplyDeleteThey are pretty colours. I would like to see your blocking board
ReplyDeleteI love how Britain and Canada have the same name for entirely different birds. Robins and goldfinches, both signs of spring and totally different on either side of the Atlantic. I can imagine my ancestors looking at a bird and saying " You know what that kind of looks like?"
ReplyDeleteHi Lin, what lovely stitching you are doing in your stitch journal, and creative too. How pretty your crochet blocks are. I've never blocked them but I see that all the time now.
ReplyDeleteHubby is having a time keeping our bird feeders full. We change our clocks a couple of weekends ago, had lovely weather, and are now forecast for snow tomorrow. Ugh! The weekend is supposed to be nice so I'm hoping this is our last cold snap. I look forward to seeing your granny squares grow into the cardigan.
ReplyDeleteIt's always good to see progress being made, isn't it!
ReplyDeleteThose goldfinches are pretty little birds. great new stitcheries added and I love the crochet blocks.... you have done heaps of them
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As you are changing your clocks forward we will be changing them back and heading into autumn. It is lovely to be visited by the wildlife. A good idea to "block as you go".
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely blog you have! I had never heard of sunflower chips, but I Googled it and must buy some now. We bought "cheap" bird seed last time, and it is full of corn and lots of hulls. Our birds deserve better. ;) Your stitching journal is beautiful, and the Granny squares are too. What size are the squares?
ReplyDeleteLinda at rubymitch12@gmail.com
That's a lovely section for your stitch journal. We have magpies who visit daily for food - Hubby feeds them...and some butcher birds...and parrots visit often...then there is the water dragon in the back yard - we feed him apple!
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Lovely photos and your stitching is beautiful.
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