Time...

Happy New Year! Where did 2016 go?  It kind of flew past and now we are just a few days away to the end of the year.  I feel that I might have just slept through 2016 and I now need to take a moment to take stock.

It has been a good year for Knitaboo.  We were honoured when we were approached by a South African brand to sell our items in their store.  I was nervous at first but with the help of the Manager, Storm, I have noticed my sales go from strength to strength each month.

The store is called Kids Emporium and is located in Guildford.

Some lovely photos below...Do pop in, the staff are lovely and the shop has the most amazing baby items but there are some great stuff for mums too!

Yellow = Sunshine

I have currently got some amazing sunshine streaming through my office window.  It is making the building look just fabalous!

RIBA on 66 Portland Place (My work!)

I also decided to create this cute Treasury for Treasury Tuesday.  The link for the treasury is here.

Here is just a little sample of what the wonderful Etsy Folk had to offer...

Beautiful foot print design by PrettyLittlePrints

Are these bows not the cutest from LiliesLondon

This would look so lovely in my lounge.  This one is from BlueBoxStudio

January Highlights

I have been meaning to write this post and taking into account that we are already nearly half way through February, all I can say is oops.

The start to the year has been mixed with good and bad but my goal this year is to be more focuses and think positively so each month at the end(hopefully!) I will highlight five or ten things that made this month so awesome. Wouldn't it be great to look back at the end and remember all the fun and good things? Let me know below what made your January great! 

  

                               

       

            

            

            

           

Toy Box Tales

Today at work I had a few minutes spare and decided to keep one of my promises to myself for 2016.I wanted to network more via Etsy and Facebook and I know that a treasury is a good way to start.  It's been a while since I had done one and I kept thinking about the little rabbit I made my little girl (not so little anymore!) So I thought of all the amazing handmade toys you can find on Etsy.  Here they are!

Firstly you need a box to store these amazing toys!  Here are 2 that really appealed to me.

Made by Happy Little Folk Shop

Made by Warm Grey Company

And then we start filling with toys...

Made by Ginny Penny

To see more of what is in the list follow this link just here

What is your favourite toy?  What have made you for your little one that they still play with?  Leave comments and pictures below as I would love to see!

Merry Christmas...Love Knitaboo xoxo

Hope you all are having a great time getting ready for the festive season.  After an interesting year here at Knitaboo we are winding down for Christmas...what is your plans over the festive season?

Welcome to the new Knitaboo!

Hello all,

Hope you are all doing well and surviving the winter half term.  Well as mentioned before I told you about a change that is happening here at Knitaboo.  Yes you guessed!  It's new branding.  Isn't it lovely?

This is just a short post to say Hello New Knitaboo and a big thank you to The Design Boat for working so patiently with me and making my dream come to and help me take that next step.

More about the New and Improved Knitaboo to follow where I will go into more detail about the journey for the last 3 months and how we got here but do let me know what you think!

Over the next couple of weeks you will see some more changes coming through....

Knitaboo: Change, Evolve, Grow

What an exciting time here at Knitaboo.  Knitaboo is going through a change of season, growing and evolving...keep an eye out on our Facebook, Instagram and Blog!

Christmas is coming...

Hard to believe but the other day someone turned around and said we are only 3 months away from Christmas.  I have noticed that in the shops more knitted and crochet decorations appearing so I thought I would add some to Knitaboo.  You will find this in my Etsy shop and All by Mama by Thursday, 1st October.

Summer has come and gone

Wow...just wow...it has been so very long since my last blog post and so much has happened.  Here is just a snap shot...hope you like!

Special Delivery!

I always get excited when I find a little red card in my post box and this time was no different.  I ordered some wool from Wool Warehouse as they had a sale and these are the beauties I ordered.  I love Drops yarn and there colours are amazing.  They are not too bad to work with either!

Do you get just as excited about a yarn delivery?

 

Blankets

I know I always post pictures of blanket projects that I have started and so far I have only posted of one that I have completed.

Below are some colours of blankets I am working on for Knitaboo.  One is done and I just need to finish off the edging.

My hats go off to all my fellow bloggers that have so much patience to finish these long projects.  What do you think of the colours?

Cute Star booties available at Etsy and All by Mama

These booties are currently  available in my Etsy shop and will be available at All by Mama before the month is out.

Are they not adorable?  I think some grey ones would be lovely too so I will get knitting!

New House....New Space

Okay this post is probably way overdue but it has been a crazy few months (okay crazy 7 months!)

We moved to a new place towards the end of January and we now have a lovely big study which can be split between me and my husband which is great and we now each have our own individual space.

I was also treated to a new desk!  It has moved on a little from the photos below and I plan to really work on it over the next few months to to turn it into a great space to work/be creative.

If you have any suggestions do let me know!

Father's Day via Etsy and All by Mama

With Father's Day coming up I have been going through Etsy and All by Mama to see what wonderful handmade gifts they had to offer and what would be a great gift idea for my wonderful husband.

What do you think of this little collection?  What are your plans for Father's Day?

To view more information on these gifts click the name of the shop below and it will take you directly to the website.

Something for new dads from Madison Design Shop 

Stunning leather wallet from JooJoobs

Cards from Snappy Crocodile

Lovely little box by fromLucy

Made to order Dad Shaving Bowl by B Robertson Pottery