three big chicken pouffes for christmas!

and a happy new year to all blog readers, remember i am happy to exchane blog links with you ... its one of my favorate time wasters, hopping blog links

well all the girls enjoyed their chickens and louise carried hers all over the house to ensure comfort while playing small electronic games ...

daisy has got the hang of climbing on, but matty isnt so keen yet ...

i am very pleased with them and hope their cousin mia likes hers too ...

a happy christmas !

thanks to all my new friends in blog land and over on flickr, for your friendly support and encouragement over the past year .... hugs !

3 large chickens will be unwrapped by my girls today ....

a second cuttlefish puppet - finnished !

a second cuttlefish puppet
Originally uploaded by RaggyRat

finnished and delivered to make a young man very happy this christmas :-)

maus, the little fidget, 20 weeks ....

maus, chin on chest ....
Originally uploaded by RaggyRat

yippeeee, maus looked very healthy and lively, and the placenta is where i would like it to be, away from my CS scar and my cervix!

that's enough of the big words ... we had a fun day, seeing the baby on tv, getting some pics, and taking the toddlers to the hospital returant to eat nice food, daisy put away a lot of pasta salad and a few beans and i was very proud of them, they behaved very well, even waving goodbye to the empty scan room ....

the sonographer declaired maus a real fidget and i have to agree, they feel like a very lively baby. hope they stop lying transverse soon, must be because of my 'room for twins' womb !!!

hugs
cat xxxxx

WIP - another cuttlefish created ....

the belly and swimmers of a cuttlefish i am creating in fleece, which will make a lovely christmas present this year, and i am to deliver to shaftesbury when he is finnished ....

here are the markings to give a hint of that shimmer of changing colours, in rust thread and 2 kinds of shot fabrics ...

a familiar face apears next to me on the sofa, needing some more padding and giving me the evil eye!

we really need to buy some christmas cards - i have not written a single one!

ok, a belly pic ... not a very good one!

me and my trusty camera ....
Originally uploaded by RaggyRat

and baby maus inside of course - 19 weeks and very kicky :-)

busy working on a new cuttle fish puppet to be ready for christmas ...

more mice, for christmouse ....

i have a fair few friends who also have twins, and one of them asked me to make two very small mice for her girls, after having seen the one i gave away on my blog and caroline won ....

so i did, in slightly different shades off woolen fabric so they can each have thier own mouse. i used embroidery thread for whickers as nylon doesnt stand up to play very much, and i am quite pleased with them, made them last weekend at quiet times ....

remembering a special lady ...

mum, nannie, crafter, gardener and super neighbour ...

went to sybil's funeral yesterday, she had died on sunday, mine and steves wedding aniversary...

the service was lovely, lead by the 'sally army', and afterwoods it was nice to eat buffet food with lots of my dear neighbours making me feel very happy we live where we do ... nearly been here 2 years, and sybil and bill made us very welsome indeed...steve looked after the girls, and took them shopping, so i could go along.

we will all miss sybil.

this photos shows my girls wearing cardis that she knitted for them, and the blanket that i will also use for my next baby, the foetus known as maus, if all goes well .... one of the cardis had no buttons or button holes and sybil thought it wasnt any good, and i said dont be daft, and put 6 pairs of 'poppers' on it, and all is well ... these should fit for a while too :-)