Pretty daisies

I think I like the second picture down the most. What do you think? 

I would love to make a bunch of these and make a scarf or headband.

 Wouldn't that just be so cute?!

Crocheting is awesome.. so are school holidays and my family!

I have discovered that what I thought was knitting's plain little sister, is in fact, freaking awesome!

These last couple of weeks have been (surprisingly) really nice! The idea of the kids being on school holidays was making me feel extremely tired. I would go as far as saying I had anxiety just thinking about it... But around the holidays rolled and, to my surprise, we have had a delightful time!

It's been a gorgeous feeling closing my eyes at night without the inevitable "Oh crap! Better set the alarm!" and just as lovely faffing about in my pyjamas for an extra hour or so in the morning. There has been an abundance of tea brewed, chocolate and hot cross buns eaten, a few lovely/frustrating family gatherings, and a whole lot of crafting going on!  Despite a few stressful things happening  for some members of our family, we have drawn together over the last couple of weeks and I can really feel the love right now. I love how we draw near to each other in a crisis.

Richie has started walking and is loving exploring his little world from a new perspective. He is going through some pretty full on separation anxiety so parting is sweet sorrow (sweet for me and sorrow for him... did I just say that!?) but apparently he is fine as soon as I leave. I start a new job in mid May so I will be needing to leave him with my mum weekly.. that will be an interesting experiment. I will be working a total of 4 days per week as I am keeping my weekend job too. I haven't ever worked this much before so we shall see how it goes. I'm sure it will be fine and we will be able to juggle things to make it all work. I hope!!

My crocheting is coming along in leaps and bounds and I have discovered that what I thought was knitting's plain little sister, is in fact, freaking awesome and quickly becoming my craft of choice! I have spent quite a few nights wishing that sleep was optional so I could just keep crocheting all night. I am making a blanket, some socks and granny squares for Pip's Granny a day project (see a few posts down for info on that).

Well this post is getting too long and I am looking at it thinking I should do about four different posts for all the different things I am writing about... but I can't be bothered so I'm going to click publish now.

Granny number 1.. Floral sweetness!

Meet Me At Mikes- A Granny A Day!!

Meet Me at Mikes

I am participating in

  Pip Lincoln's A Granny A Day project! 

Ooh! I'm so excited!!! Anyone want to join me?? 

I am going to take the opportunity to learn new crochet techniques and get a little bit fancy! How exciting!!

Here are some great granny square links brought to you by The Striped Deck Chair

Click HERE

And HERE is one for cute cute cute crochet flowers!!

Easy crochet Easter eggs..

Check out these cute Easter eggs! I'm going to whip up a few more of these over the next week and add them to the Easter egg hunt!

The pattern is available here: Petals to Picots- Crocheted Easter Eggs

Granny Square Slippers!

You want them right? 

I would if I were you.

They belong to my dear friend Philippa aka Skinny Latte and I made them for her in two evenings!

The pattern came from Purl Bee and is extremely easy to follow.

If you are not a crocheter I would be happy to make you some. Message me or email me at gomumma@gmail.com if you would like to purchase a pair.

Zig zag crochet with video tutorial... so easy!

If you are a beginner crocheter like me you might like to try this lovely (super easy) project!

Here is my latest effort:

It's the beginning of a rainbow blanket. I could leave it like this as it is long enough to be a scarf however I aim to make it large enough to fit Molly's bed. 

I taught myself to crochet by watching youtube tutorials so I thought I'd share the fantastic videos I used to learn chevron (zigzag). I totally love this guy!