The Cottage Smallholder

thank ye kindly.

I can't help wondering why only the bear in the middle is wearing wellies though...

I mean the rabbit has gone as far as getting a lovely turquoise rain coat and a slightlydodgy pink umbrella, so what's with the no shoes?

And the poor little ted at the back... he has no brolly AND no wellies, and he's being hit on the head by a big drop of rain!

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finished!

And now on with the next one,a sampler for my aunt

You're entirely right about the rest of the world disappearing Danuta, it's ace. Akin to reading a good book. The only down side is that when I'm finsihed the world reasserts itself forcefully :s Crochet is similarly relaxing. And making jewellery. It's very consuming.

I don't know about patience though. In many other aspects of life I definitely lack that. And when I find that ten rows previosuly I made a mistake that has now thrown everything else out I curse like a squaddie and generally have to put it down and go do somethign else instead.

As for the time... Well i donlt have children or any friends that live anywhere near me. evenings chez nous generally consist of Sam looking for bit and bobs for the cars on the interwebs or sitting on the floor fiddling with something or other while I sit on the sofa and stitch or do something else crafty (or spend ages reading and writing on here). The dark evenings are particularly good for this as he can't be out tinkering with the main bits of the cars and I can't be in the garden.

The bear thing has turned out brilliantly, if I say so myself, and I'm very proud of it. Seeing it sat on the coffee table makes me a feel a little warm glow. then I remember that it still has to be mounted, and the glow fades.

On the other hand, if something doesn't turn out as well as I wanted it to I have to hide it away somewhere because when I see it all I can think about is how it's not quite good enough. You win some, you lose some I guess.

I've gone a bit off plan with the colours for this sampler for my aunt, what do you think?