Monday morning started off bad. Dreary and grey and icy cold. I could barely see the forest trees from the windows. Then came the Monday morning eight year old grumps and the four year old tears. Surprisingly the pre-teen remained pleasant. And then I broke two glasses and fell over into a blackberry bush. Ouch!

By the time I had gotten them all to school, run into some more problems and my morning chores, I felt as grey as the day.

I announced to my farmer boy that I was writing the day off and was going to have a shower and wash my hair. I kinda like the shower cry. Its soothing and cleansing. All that warm water.

But he didn't let me. He told me I should go and sew instead.

I know he knows me best so I listened and I did.

I gathered some op shop cord that was grey as the day.

And I cut and sewed.


I used a 2.5mm hook and some fine cotton.
Pattern details Ravelled here.

And when I ended up with a dress I was glad that I had.

Miss Indi said it looks exactly like me. She said she could even see herself wearing a dress like this when she is old. Miss Jazzy asked me to make her one the same. Miss Pepper said she loved it and loves me. And my farmer boy was pretty happy that I was smiling again. He said I might have finally fixed the looking pregnant in dresses I make issue. And he said he loved it.

I'm really happy with it. It's comfortable and tough. Perfect for a farmer girl.

And I love it with my OK OK tights.



And speaking of tights, without further ado, the winners of the OK OK tights are  Jules, Frances, Tricia and Ellie.

Congratulations girlies. Email me your postal deets and I'll get them in the post asap.
Thanks so much Emina for the awesome giveaway and tights. I adore mine. xx
And thanks Farmer Bren for humouring me with the photos on the stump in the middle of a chook move. xx

I hope you have a wonderful week.
I hope your sun shines.
I hope you have a nice dress to wear and some fun things to do.
I hope you know how to turn your grey days into blue.
What works for you?

OK, I'm off to squeeze some juice with my smallest.
And then maybe I'll hook up another collar, I'm a bit addicted now.

Big love. xx