Bag Review: Kipling Wonderland Baby Bag Packing and Review Video

My new favourite bag!! I love all things Kipling anyway but this bag is fab. As I said in the video it's quite large for a day to day changing bag so there may be a smaller one on the way ;) Hope you enjoy my review!!

Kelly x

A Thursday Book Review!

I haven't been able to get much reading or listening done this week so thought I would share one of my older book reviews with you :)  Until my reading picks up again I'd like to share some of my Goodreads reviews or just some BookBug happenings each Thursday with you so Thursdays will be all about the book love <3 Hope you enjoy!!

Kelly x

 



The Blackhouse by Peter May
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I couldn't not read this coming from the island could i??! This was really enjoyable and of course I did enjoy the references to home. But that wasn't the reason I enjoyed it as even though I am normally a science fiction type of girl I found the twists and turns of this crime novel kept me totally engrossed till the end.

Peter May was a screenwriter on the Gaelic TV series 'Machair' (don't worry if you haven't heard of it!!) and so spent quite a bit of time filming in the Islands. I don't know if he was only here in the winter but he certainly captured the bleakness and desolation that can be felt in certain conditions there. Not only that, he also captured the community aspects of the area. I know the area the book is set in very well and the author had no problem communicating the secrecy that can occur in small communities as well as the protectiveness they have for their own.

The main characters' feelings on his return to the Island from his new mainland life are something that many of us who now reside away can relate to and I loved the description of the plane coming in. Almost made me feel homesick ;)

Generally, a good read that will have you wanting to continue with the second and third in the trilogy, but also nice and easy and quick to get through.

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WIP Wednesday: Ummmm.... more like no progress :(

Yep, it's time for another WIP Wednesday and yet again it's all about the grey cardigan for son3.  Unfortunately it's yet another unexciting read for you guys as there isn't much progress :(  Well, there is some but it doesn't feel like much as I'm still on the hood.

The hood has to be knitted for x number of cm's and it's quite a lot so what little knitting I got to do this week hasn't really made much of a dent as you can see:

I have to keep going till the top of the tape measure so there's still a fair distance.  It means that although I was determined to finish this before son3 grows out of it, I've decided to put it aside for 1 week and work on something else when I get the chance so I can feel a bit more productive come next Wednesday!!  I will obviously still finish this but I have accepted that it may go to one of the other smaller babies at parent and baby group instead which is okay :) I'm sure son3 won't be too fussed about it lol.

In other knitting news, I had a lovely evening at knitting group yesterday evening but got very little done.  To be honest we were all too busy chatting, looking at projects online and generally having a good laugh which is what I really needed after a tough few days.  And I had a little happy sigh when I saw that my lovely postman had delivered this months edition of Simply Knitting magazine today :)

Time for a sit down with a cuppa, biscuit and my favourite knitting porn!! Have a good day all.

Kelly x

What's In My Purse: Kipling Uki Video Post

I thought I'd do a 'What's in my purse' video of my Kipling Uki as it has my entire life in it and I love it!!  It's such a shame that this style has now been discontinued and I would totally buy it again.  
Hope you enjoy :)

Kelly x

Bag Review: PacaPod Feeder Pod as a baby essentials bag

As I'm a massive over packer it's sometimes a real pain to take the changing bag out with me so instead I have my PacaPod Feeder Pod packed as a 'grab and go' bag.  This means that even though son3 has been fed and changed and may well be asleep, I still have all the essentials with me just in case but in a small convenient package. 

I've done a video review of this and here it is for your viewing pleasure ;)

Hope you enjoy and please check back in the near future for more bag/baby/family stuff reviews as well as what's on my needles and hook!

Kelly x

WIP Wednesday: A Duffel Coat Update!

Surprisingly I have actually got some progress to show you :). I managed to get out to my local knitting group last night which afforded me a couple of hours of quality knitting time along with chatting with some of my favourite people.... Knitters (& crocheters obviously!!).  In addition to this time, I was also a passenger in a car journey that took a couple of hours today so perfect for some nice garter stitch.

I've now completed the back (as you saw last week) as well as the two fronts and have started on the hood:

To knit the hood you knit across one front, cast on back of neck stitches and then knit across other front.  I then have to knit garter stitch for so many cm.  

I used a backwards loop cast on which I really don't like using as it's always really untidy when I do it but as the back piece will be joined to it, I think it will be okay.  I really like the construction of this little cardy and really hope he'll still fit into it by the time I eventually finish it.  

I do still enjoy working with this yarn, but I also have my eye on some rather nice blue in my stash that I'm hopefully going to do the next size up in if this one works out :)

Obviously, I still have the bee, helicopter, my socks and son3's socks all still on the needles and hooks but I'll get round to them eventually ;)

Kelly x

What's In My Changing Bag Video: Bababing Daytripper Lite Review

My first Vlog post :)  I decided to do a What's In My Changing Bag video as:
1) I'm addicted to watching them
and
2) I'm addicted to bags (all bags, any kind, all of them)
Enjoy!!

Kelly x