Zero to Hero

Gotta love things found on the side of the road!

This poor chair was found dying in the middle of the road in my old ends, Forest Fields in Nottingham.



I removed the old covering and cut a pattern from it. Meanwhile I sprayed the wood work using a Montana 94 spray can in fuschia pink with a fat cap from http://montanashopnottingham.com/ (but I went into the store to get it, lucky me living so close!!)

Then I stapled down my new covering and added a pearl edging to make this sexy hero, MEeeeeeoooooOOOW!!!


The structure of the chair is still damaged and I need to do a bit of repair work underneath but in the meantime he is a beautiful addition to our home and the kitties love to snuggle up together on him.

Love Lola x

Mitten Scarf

Seems a weird time of the year to be blogging about this but he is one of my projects and deserves a place up here!



I used super chunky wool from John Lewis (or Jessops as I still call it much to the annoyance of Mr T) and size 15 needles.



Its knitted as one long piece starting with knit one pearl one for about 6 rows, then basket knit until my hands ached and, once folded over, I could fit my hands in the pocket. Then I did knit a row pearl a row for the whole length of the scarf until I got to the other end, then I just did the same as the start but in reverse (This probably makes no sense, I'm very sorry!!! I'm new to this so feel free to shout me out for my bad descriptions)

I then folded over the hand bit, sewed the sides and voila! Scarf with mittens! What I have been meaning to do and will do before this winter is line the mittens with fleece to keep my hands extra warm.


Snug as a bug in a rug

Love Lola x