Goodbye January, Hello February!

Well can you believe it? The first month of 2016 had been and gone! It flew by didn't it?

So what have you all been up to? January has been a pretty busy one for me. Firstly I started this blogging adventure, so far I think it's been a success and I hope this will continue over the year too.
Not only has the blog been gaining interest so has my Instagram account. I've now reached over 1000 followers, which really does amaze me. I can't believe that that many people all over the world not only want to, but like to see what I get up to in my crafty life! Thanks so much!
I've also set up a Twitter account which is steadily gaining interest and my Facebook page continues to be supported! What a social butterfly I seem to be!
Remember if you want to follow any of my social media feeds you can find links to them all on the blog home page.

Well it's been a very crafty month!
 I've started a year long project with my Mood Hexagon Blanket. It's not a full months worth (because I started late!). I've made the motifs but still not quite decided on how to join them together?

What next? I crocheted my first piece of clothing, a Granny stripe jumper for my sister Cara's birthday. She was pretty pleased!

Oh, I discovered my Super Dooper Crochet Project Bible! It's keeping me super organised with all my crochet projects. Plus being a stationery geek I have so much fun using all my different pens and pencils to fill it in!

Then I received a very exciting delivery! My first Little Box of Crochet which introduced me to two new loves, Scheepjies Stone Wash yarn and the Bobble stitch.

There's also been plenty of amigurumi, including my beautiful mermaid,

three peas in a pod, the prize for my 1000 followers giveaway on Instagram,

and Sarah and Duck, well two ducks actually. These have to be a particular favourite of mine. I made these for my nephew Sebby, he LOVES Sarah and Duck! I also made an extra Duck after someone saw him on my Facebook page and commissioned one for her daughter.

I also had a little experiment at  my own amigurimi, this cute Kawaii pencil.

But it hasn't just been crochet, no, no, I've been enjoying some other crafts this month too.

Cara and I had our first attempt at needle felting, another of her birthday pressies. Not the most ambitious project, but not too bad for a first go (hopefully you'll agree?)

Adult Colouring books? You've heard of them right? If not, where have you been? I've been using the book Doodle Invasion, which I bought after seeing it all over Instagram.
I've been using Spectrum Noir pens and pencils to colour in a couple of pages.

Last off I've been developing my Folk It! painting skills. This month I have been learning the comma stroke and have been painting beautiful daisies.

If you like the look of these then keep an eye out. I'm hoping to write a post soon all about Folk It! in the meantime you can look them up here, http://www.folkit.co/

So, that was January, said it was a busy one didn't I? I hope your start to 2016 has been as much fun as mine.
Remember keep looking to find out what I'm up to next!

Thanks Everyone xx