My Sausage dog jumper pattern for Caboodle Magazine

 

Anyone who knows me from Instagram will know Frank and Albert our 2 mini(ish) Dachshunds, they even have their own account @the_sausageboys ! A while back I crocheted Frank a new jumper as he feels the cold more than his scruffy long haired Brother Albert. The lovely Kayti Feather of Caboodle Magazine saw it on IG and asked if I would like to write a pattern for the Spring edition of the magazine , naturally as the theme was to be an English country garden it just had to be a Bumble Bee jumper complete with curly antenna!

This is the first time I have written a pattern and it's the first time I've had anything published too,I'm so pleased to have been included in such an awesome magazine, it truly is beautiful, definitely one for the coffee table, to be savoured over so you can  appreciate its fab articles and stunning photography!
And although Frank and Albert were not particularly chuffed with their modelling debuts, they were more than happy with Kayti's lovely Sausage dog Frank's photo shoot !

Thank you Kayti and Amy x

Hello again !

Instagram has been a brilliant place to find friends, see cool stuff, show my makes, share pictures of silly Sausage dogs, keep abreast of current issues, spend lots of money !
But as with all things that are very popular the powers that be have decided they need to change it ! primarily I think to make money from those of us who have become a little addicted ! So I think now is a good time for me to re-visit blogging, I must admit I've missed my blog, although some say blogging is a thing of the past I think the imminent change on IG may see a new interest in blogs as an alternative way to keep in touch with Igers you no longer see as regularly, all their news in one place chronologically, no interference, no Ads, no money involved !

Things have changed here a lot since my last journey into the blogosphere, not locality...still here in the long thin house ! but with my crafting and ventures into vintage, but I am going to use this space to chronicle my makes, my home, my vintage finds and of course my sausage dogs !

So this is it ! clean slate time !

Hello and welcome, thank you for sparing the time to visit my blog, I hope you find something that makes you smile!

Happiness is......

                                    ...learning to knit socks with double pointed needles.........

                                 It's not perfect, but at least I've mastered holding the scary needles !................


                                                                                                    ...................... Homemade cookies using just 3 ingredients Chocolate spread, flour and an egg.....

.....These taste amazing, slightly gooey with crispy edges, Perfect with fresh coffee ......


                             

                                                                                                                              CUSHIONS !
                                                                                                                                                                       These small squares (any shape really) of fabric have the ability to make me very Happy.................

It's one of my favourite things to run up a few cushion covers in my sewing room....I really need to make more !

.............................................and Lastly, although I could find lots more Happy things, 
                     
                      this makes me Happy......

.......Just a snapchatted photo of My Daughter and My Grand-daughter wearing matching headbands made by me, I don't get to see them often as they live a quite a way from here so these quickly taken snaps of little things keep me in touch as she is growing so fast !


                            What is making you 

                                                                                  *** HAPPY ***

                                Speak soon,
                                   Mim x

It's been a while....

There have been lots of changes here at the long thin house. The main one being that for now we are staying put. I won't bore you with the whys and wherefores, but rather I shall start My blogging career anew, with snippets of life in the long thin house, My crafty ways, and tales of My new

dventure, Mim's Vintage Home, a place where nostalgia lives and decorates with vintage foibles and fripperies, I do hope you will visit , there is always fresh Tea in the pot and homemade cake..............

there is always cake.................

Happy days........

Speak soon...

Mim x

Thrifty temptations

Having lived in the long thin house for almost 14 years, and having amassed a few bits and bobs along the way I thought it prudent to start packing said bobs sooner rather than later in anticipation of the aforementioned house move , and as they are non essentials it would leave me more time to pack up the day to day items when we get the green light to go.

Very wise I hear you say, How organised I hear  you mutter..... but I am not good at empty spaces...........

they taunt me with their emptiness...................

and mock me with their space.............

and so......................

this happens......



and this....



this....



Oh dear !!



It seems it is as I suspected........





Resistance is futile !

Speak soon,

Mim xx

Come into the garden....

Our first few days of sunshine have made me start thinking of how much I like my garden



Of how it looked when we arrived



and how it looks now



All the fun We have shared with friends



and Family





and of course the myriad of furry and feathered friends that have made it such a nice place to be















it's ever changing flora and fauna















and how much

I shall miss it....................



Speak soon,

Mim xx

Caution Works in Progress !

With the rather chilly start to our British summer and our house move taking longer than we hoped My current WIPS  have a far better chance of being finished than if the sun was shinning and we were busy moving in to a new house !

My most recent project, which was started before finishing the project before..and the one before that....  is this



It is a rather old and battered Ikea rattan footstool which needed cheering up, this is the before shot



I used a pattern by the super talented Inverleith , you can find her blog at  http://inverleith.blogspot.co.uk/ , I found her pattern on Ravelry and tweaked it to fit this particular footstool.

Now it is finished I am returning to Chillis' Emo blanket, thus named for its sombre colours, and the particular Teenage phase that is flavour of the month in the long thin house !



My other WIPS are exactly that and shall remain so until the Emo blanket is finished as I am determined to finish one thing at a time and not start anything else !





Although The Baby does need more granny sandals...

where's my white wool ............

Speak soon,

Mim xx