Saturday, 10 March 2012

:: TEN ::

I thank you for your patience, I have been waffling for days about nothing much in particular.. going off on tangents here and there... and at last you are to be rewarded with something to look at.

Let's face it I need to do something to relieve you from my incessant and incomprehensible nattering

This is the dress yoke I'm working on for dd8, it's almost finished... it just needs a couple of straps and a bit of a scalloped edge and we'll all done inshallah.

I love yellow... I mean I LOVE yellow.. it makes me so ridiculously happy it's not normal


My secret shame is the object you see below... it's been finished for the best part of a YEAR, and has been sat all sad and neglected in my work basket just waiting for the fabric skirt to be sewn onto it... I told you I'm terrible at finishing things.


During December and January we had no internet, electricity in only the downstairs of our house.. flooded bedrooms and were quite literally freezing... it quite clearly sent me doolally because this baby was the result of being shut in one room for two months with my seven children and dh....


It's not that I don't love doilies, but really.... sometimes there has to be a bit more to life


And if you were harbouring any illusions that as a mother of 7 I need to be organised and in control... here's the space I work in...
Pretty isn't it... Currently on this table.. apart from the PC are ...


  • 13 pieces of material waiting to be made into dresses
  • 1 dress already cut and half sewn for ME
  • half a dress yoke with skirt pinned to it
  • an almost finished piece of the same yoke with no skirt even remotely ready to be pinned to it
  • a baking tray with half a cinnamon loaf sitting in it...
  • several of my 2 year olds pyjama tops
  • my pattern notebook
  • a pile of a'level study books
  • pincushion
  • pencil case
  • last weeks discarded menu plan
  • 3 baguette
  • purse
  • 2 empty mugs
  • mobile phone
  • 2 pairs of circular needles
  • and a vest that dd20 just finished knitting for someone
  • oh and a teeny tiny milk jug normally used to keep pens and crochet hooks in



The table isn't actually that big and it needs some tactical use of the elbows to navigate it sometimes...
So there you are... 
I'm off now to make some Shepherds Pie for dinner, hang the laundry and clear some of the junk highly useful stuff to other, less cluttered parts of the house




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13 comments:

  1. Anonymous10 March 2012 at 18:41

    That's one hell of a strong table!

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    1. Unknown10 March 2012 at 19:40

      it needs to be with the way we abuse it!!!
      xxx

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  2. Anonymous10 March 2012 at 18:41

    why did I think you sat on a rocking chair with perfectly organized baskest and boxes by your side? ....lol....the good weather is on it's way and you may get the energy to do some spring cleaning...xxxx

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  3. Unknown10 March 2012 at 19:44

    ah I wish Ines...but can you imagine what my tribe would do with a rocking chair!!!

    Spring cleaning is happening this week.. good weather or not... kids break up for two weeks on Thursday and I wanna be freeeeeeee inshallah
    xxx

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  4. Um Dayo10 March 2012 at 20:38

    HA HA HA! I swear, I have the chest cold from hell right now and nearly died laughing because of a major misunderstanding I had while reading this post.
    See, when you talked about the "baby" you produced while being cramped in one room with your 7 kids and husband....yeah...I thought you meant "baby" is a more...literal sense. I thought, "A: Wow! That is creative avoidance of children in a small space at night!" and "B: Why in God's name would all of you be sleeping in one room?!"
    (I'm sleep deprived and ill. Forgive me! ha ha)

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    1. Unknown10 March 2012 at 20:50

      Oh my god that's too funny... dh is wondering why i'm laughing out loud at the PC... that's the best thing I've heard all day

      BTW labas tahore inshallah.... xxx

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  5. Unknown11 March 2012 at 04:53

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  6. Unknown11 March 2012 at 05:33

    Salam sister, it's amazing that with 7 children to look after you still manage to crochet etc...AND blog everyday at the same time! How on earth do you manage your time?

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    1. Unknown11 March 2012 at 11:45

      Salam...

      To be honest I'm not sure I do always manage my time that well.. but if the family is fed on time, the laundry pile isn't overflowing and the house is reasonably clean and dust free... then I count that as a positive. I also stay up far later than I should some nights.. just for a bit of "alone" time.
      i guess I just give myself a break and I've become less stressed if things aren't perfect... that we're all happy and fairly well adjusted is the main goal now. :)

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  7. Anonymous11 March 2012 at 09:14

    salamu aleykum,

    mashAllah to see your bright yellow chrochet made me happy too Allah barek!
    very, very beautyfull mashAllah!
    Could you post the link for the tuto of the yoke if there is any?
    If you don't have the time, don't worry at all, no problem.

    yusra,

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    1. Unknown11 March 2012 at 12:06

      salam Yusra...

      mashallah that's so kind of you.. I'm glad the yellow is making someone else happy too.. you can find the pattern on Ravelry

      http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/nell-4

      If you're not a member already do think about it... there are some gorgeous patterns mashallah.
      You can find me there as seekingtaqwa....

      Now off to finish that yoke inshallah
      xxx

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  8. Anonymous11 March 2012 at 21:30

    salamu aleykum,

    jazakiLlah ukhty!

    Yusra

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  9. Unknown11 March 2012 at 21:50

    You're very welcome yusra
    xxx

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