A Day At The Beach

On Saturday we took a trip to the beach.  It was a cold, rainy day but thankfully it wasn't too windy.  It was Scoobie's first trip to the beach and he absolutely loved it, exploring all the new scents and sights and having lots of doggy fun!

Here he is helping our eldest daughter dig a hole in the sand...

 Exploring the rock pools...

And just enjoying trotting across the wet sand!

Me, well I just took loads of pictures and pushed the buggy with our little daughter all snug inside. We had a lovely time and look forward to going again soon.

New Family Member!

He came to live with us just over two weeks ago so I thought it was about time I announced him to blogland.

This is our new puppy Scoobie.  He's a Lhasa Apso breed.  He's the first dog I've ever owned but my fella has had dogs in the past.  Its a big learning curve and just like having a toddler in the house as he's in to everything! Well in the kitchen and dining room anyway.  We don't yet trust him to go into the carpeted areas of our home...

Just a few things...

Here are just a few things I've been working on lately.  This cardigan was made for my 1 year old daughter.  I used a Lion Brand free pattern then added a border at the bottom to lengthen it.

This is the hat I designed myself but I still haven't got around to writing up the pattern.  Its on my to do list (the very long to do list!!).

I knit this Sackboy for my 5 year old daughter for Christmas.  The pattern is by Alan Dart and can be found on The Sun newspaper website (sorry too lazy to go searching for the link!).

And finally this is Herman the Monster, knit for my fella to guard his Man Cave (aka his work room).  The pattern is in the Christmas edition of Let's Knit magazine and he was a great stash buster and I was so glad to find a use for some of the eyelash yarn hiding at the bottom of my stash.