Of ticks and cars

We had a great week-end over at my parents with a lot of my family on my dad’s side. There was 23 of us, ranging from 1 month to 95…! Not all of us, we’re a large family, but already quite a bit.
It was really cool to spend time with them. Plus my mum babysat the girls to let me do a short walk with everybody else, which I sooo appreciated. Usually I stay at home while the others have fun.. ;-P
Here’s one pic I like. Usually I’m the one taking photos, so I love when I’m on the pics too.. 😉

Now the only downfall of that week-end is the little “souvenir” we brought back : a tick on prune’s hip. Oops. And I hate those little guys! So we went to the doctor yesterday and had it removed… Only to discover that I also got THREE of them right afterwards during the mini-walk in the woods we made with my friend Pascale and her family. (she’s such an awesome friend, and I love her aussie husband !)

…Morality of the story: I hate ticks. And I’m not going walking in the woods any time soon !!!

Craftwise, I’ve been (slowly) working on those baby gifts: crocheted cars. I’m still in the prototype stage, but here’s the one for baby Nikita, nearly finished. Still needs a windshield. & I may change the wheels a bit on the next ones. Like the kitty rattle, it’s got a wee sleigh bell inside. Prune has already placed an order for one… 😉

Edit : Have you checked out Knottie’s Pattern database yet ? Still in the early stages, but that should be such a great ressource ! Read about the project here, look for patterns here, add a new pattern here, and finally give some feedback here.