Something for Everyone

So am I really organised for next Christmas or just a little disorganised for last Christmas?
Well the wool was purchased before but some of the items not bought until after Christmas!

Anyway here is the a snowman tea cosy - I love him. And alongside him some Christmas cake - only decorated a week or two ago but I think this is reasonable - deocroated when all the other Christmas goodies have gone and it has had more time for feeding right? And ahead of schedule compared to one year when I decorated the cake in February!

"The Sofa is so last year" - or maybe not!

Earlier this week a dear friend said to me "The sofa is so last year" - puzzled I thought it must be the latest in home stlye - you know like open plan living (yuck!) and hence the sofa was out and armchairs or something worse was in! Anyway puzzled I had to ask, only to find out he was referring to my blog - cheeky! :-( I should have known - he isn't a friend I often have conversations with about home decor! Ok so I apologise for the lack of posts - I never intended to fall by the wayside so soon but the run up to Christmas was even more hectic last year and other things have had to (or should have) taken priority for myself and a number of friends since New Year, but here I am with the first post of this year, so a rather belated but Happy New Year to you all.

I had hoped to show you a finshed article today but that has clearly not happened. I have numerous articles nearing completion and I am sure someone is going to get me to finish a few of them off! It was so tempting the other night to start a new project at craft evening as there would have been no-one to stop me and I had an excuse of having  been a little fed-up of the year so far, but no I resisted, well not exactly - I couldn't find the equipment to start said new project!

Enough waffle and on to the photo above - can you tell what it is yet? This is a scissor keeper from a kit by Sue Hawkins - her patterns are a pleasure to follow - so clearly explained and use colour. I bought this a number of years ago at a craft show - Birmingham at a guess - and since then I have bought and finished a second scissor keeper - a post for another day perhaps. Well my intentions are good and I plan to finish the above in the not too distant future - note, not promising it for next week.

Well that is all for now - I have projects to finish and many more exciting ones to start.

Fingerless Gloves

Here is the second of the gloves from the wool and pattern in the first post. I made good progress up to ths point, but it seems to have stalled for a variety of reasons - so much so I cannot even remember the last time I did any knitting :-( But hopefully that will change this week with the knitting group, or at least knitting with friends. And with any luck they will be finished by Christmas - unlike the list of other things that seems to be growing on a daily basis.

Hello and Welcome

Hello and welcome to my first blog post.

I have been thinking about blogging sometime but never seem to find the time, anyway here goes with the first and hopefully not the last post.

Last week I went to the Knitting and Stitching Show in Harrogate with some old and new friends. 7 of us spent a most enjoyable day browsing and purchasing many lovely items in amongst tea and cake breaks.

I was very good this year and resisted the temptation to indulge my addiction to cross-stitch - helped by a voice in my ear saying "You don't need any sewing kits" - thank you to one of my friends :-)

Well the hours were ticking by and I didn't have long left before we were all heading off for a meal, and one project was not going to keep me going. Some friends had already purcashed from the Woolie Batt but we couldn't find them anywhere on the information, but we did happen to stumble across a very lovely man who does their spinning I think, and he kindly took us all the way through the halls to find them - displayed as The Black Bat above their stand I believe - no wonder we couldn't find them. After browsing and chatting about their wools I eventually settled on the yarn and pattern shown in the picture - some New Maybeck Manx Loaghtan and Yorkshire Alpaca Blend to knit some fingerless long gloves.

So far I have knitted one glove and I am well on the way with the second - maybe I need to get a move on as it is forecast to be quite cold by the end of the week.

Well that is all for now, will be back with progress on the second glove soon.