Shout out for a bit of help as I am not getting much from blogger

Hello to All

I'll be brief blogger is doing its best to irritate me greatly or MUCHO....it seems some of you cannot see my recent post titled "thanks and on its way"or my icon on your blog posts list on your sidebars

you know like this one:

I've been fiddling around all morning looking here and there on google to get some help because the blogger help doesn't help much except to suggest the blog list should be updated frequently and to do so by logging out and logging in. I've done that and it still doesn't appear on some bloggers blog post lists although they have added it to their blog list.  Right well I've done this and that not really sure what but I think I've fixed it but I need you to check it out for me.

Could I ask you all pretty please when you have time to check you can see my icon on your blog posts list and if it is my latest post which is this one titled Shout out for a bit of help ect....

Just a yes I can see it  or no I can't comment here would be greatly appreciated.

Amanda :-)

PS: oh yes and  if you haven't ever added my blog to your posts list thats ok this doesn't mean you have to I'm just trying to get this glitch sorted.

thanks and on its way

BYE BYE BB  safe journey back to the UK

my part of this blanket has been completed!

off you go now to MummyHen.

At present the bloggers participating in this bloggy blanket chain are as follow:

• Kate at Granny taught me to crochet
• Arwedd at Stepping Out in Faith
• Amanda at Crafty in the Med
• MummyHen at Thrifty Mummy Hen
•    ?????????????   this could be you

 If anyone would like to help keep this chain going and crochet a square for a good cause (it need only be one) please pop into Mum's Simple Living blog here.

Thank you so much you lovely lovely bloggers; Mrs Thrifty, Sue and MummyHen who have nominated me for the One Lovely Blog award. 
If you haven't visited their blogs before, do pop in and say hello.

The rules for the One Lovely Blog award are as follows:

Thank the person/persons who nominated you

Share 7 things about yourself

Nominate some blogs that you admire.

so...here we go....

1. I am too outspoken for my own good. 

2. I must have music in my life.

3. I dream of buying a summer cottage back home in Somerset.

4. I have been blessed or cursed with the most vivid imagination.

5. I would like to learn Japanese. 

6. I studied classical ballet for five years.  

7. My favourite dessert is my  mother's steamed chocolate pudding topped with Devonshire clotted cream!

Ass for nominating several blogs for this award.... I see that most of you already have this award and I also feel I cannot individualize as I think all the blogs I follow are scrumptious,fantastic and and and.........
therefore
I'm going to echo what Emma at The Log Cabin has said on her latest post ,which I feel is more than appropriate:
I'd like to  point you in the direction of the blogs I love to follow. They're all listed in my sidebar and some are crafty blogs and some aren't but they're all great reads so please pop over for a visit. I've made some lovely friends from that list.
and I'll second that Emma!!!!

Have a great day!!!

Amanda :-)

Promise kept with Dory

Promises and pie crusts are made to be broken.  ~Jonathan Swift

Now are they Mr Swift???    A promise is a promise and I don't agree with Jonathan Swift mine are not made to be broken otherwise I don't promise.
I'd philosophically add and advise that you shouldn't make a promise lightly and then you won't break it!

My promise is about reaching its completion but had to undergo a bit of blocking before I send it off to the other side of the world...to a place called Toowoomba. Sure some of you know where that is :-)

How did this all come about well I sent my sister a bronze wrap for her birthday and my neice wanted one. I of course promised I would get around to making one for her.

Bronze Wrap made in April 2012

Its very rare I do the same pattern twice as I enjoy trying out new designs much more then repetitive crochet,so I wasn't really sure what sort of shawl I wanted to make for my neice. I thought possibly something light,airy,young looking and browsing through Lynne at Pieceful  blog I found just what I was looking for. I found the Dory shawlette  and the pattern can be purchased here on Ravely. I used
Freedom spirit,Twilleys of Stamford 100% wool.
It was a real dawdle to make not at all difficult.   Nearly nearly finished too!
At present it is laid out on the spare bed undergoing the blocking process.
I had done blocking before but on much smaller items such as doileys and lace crochet dipped in starch but never anything so big. Luckily Lynne also gave me some tips about that too so I have managed to improvise,that and reading the tutorial on MarrieB at Purals and Pleats .

Step 1. Soak garment in lukewarm water with a dash of wool wash and leave for approx 30 mins.
Step 2. Do not wring at all,lightly squeeze and lay out on a towel

Step 3. Roll up in the towel

Step 4.

STAND ON IT

Step 5.

and walk across it!!!!

Step 6.
Now here is where Lynne's advice came to the fore.
Spread it on a towel across the bed. I didn't use a towel I used an old impermeable sheet I had from when Cookie baby was a little girl.
 By using this sheet I was able to cover all the bed and it therefore helped to keep the shawl taunt.

so this is before I started blocking the shawl.

Step 6. I had no T pins (blocking pins) so again I had to make do with what I had and those were normal pins.

open the windows and leave it for 24 hours approx to dry.

I had to shut the bedroom door in case Willie Shakespeare decided to have a nose. He may be yonks old but he hasn't lost his need to know everything that is going on in the house. He is so nosey!!!. I could just see him coming out of the bedroom his nose and paws covered in pins!!!

There you have it folks not at all complicated and later this afternoon it should be dry and ready to send off to OZ.

Amanda :-)