Shopping!!

Here is one of the purchases from the Knitting and Stitching Show in Harrogate last November. Still got to learn to crochet well enough to do it justice though :-(
Also made another purchase but I don't seem to have a photograph of it - probably because it had to be posted on to me.
Seem to be showing more posts of items purchased than actual projects in progress or completed - so off to continue knitting so that I can have something completed soon.

2015 Resolution Update

Well it is that time of year to check how I got on with last year's resolutions:-

 

 1.To complete a project each month.

 Well I made a good start but then fell by the wayside. I completed:-

1. Jan - the house for Age UK;
2. Feb - Advent socks and mitts;
3. Mar - Slippers;
4. June - Vintage 'Scarf;'
5. Dec - Christmas Bauble.

2. To learn to crochet

 I did make a start on crochet and managed to do 3 rather dodgy squares.

 

3. To be able to crochet well enough to use the beautiful wool for that which it is intended.

Nothing done on this resolution as my progress with crochet is nowhere near good enough to make a good job with the beautiful wool :-(

Back later this week with this year's resolutions! :-)

Finished Christmas Project - well half

This project has been on the go for some years now and actually it was not that difficult - the tricky bit was getting the hole through the centre. It is one a two bauble kit I bought some years ago when I first went to a needlework show at the Harrogate Showground.  Well I finished this on New Year's Eve - what you do obviously when you get to a certain age and don't go to parties anymore!

The other one it says is easier as the fabric is thinner, well thinner than the velvet, but the section are curved so I need to sit down and read the instructions of how to get the shape correct - I am hoping this is actually scarier than doing the craft itself.

Remember This

Time to finish some projects. Started the sleeve of the jumper after some confusion over the needles. The pattern says to do it on 3.5mm whereas the back and front are on 4mm. For starters we don't have 3.5mm. Anyway going with the same as the back so that it doesn't look different.
It has been unpicked several times already to try and sort the pattern and the increases :-(So must get back to it so it looks like I have made some progress this weekend.

Yet More Purchases

Here is one of my purchases from the Bakewell Wool Gathering last weekend. For beginner to intermediate crochet skills - I think the lady was too kind - I can't imagine that I am anywhere near intermediate, but we'll see.
So far I have resisted the temptation to start them as I am going to practice first.The picture is a bit small but it is Owl Bunting - quite cute. The plan is to hang them underneath my map of 100 Aker Wood - yes really.
It seems ages ago since I finished a project so I'll keep this post short so that I can continue with a project - the other purchase from last week which I did not resist from starting.

Crochet Progress

Ok so I got a little bored just going backwards and forwards with double and treble crochet so I decided to tackle a Granny Square - after all there seems to be so many things to do with them. 

A few weeks ago when I was down in my home town I just happened to wander into the wool shop, as you do, and decided to buy some bright coloured wool - and here it is. Just 3 balls  - the photograph does not do the brightness justice but it has been dull most of the weekend and I left it a little late to get the camera out.

So here are the 3 squares I have managed to complete so far  in order starting top left, then right and bottom. I thought the first attempt was ok - following the book, then second, well not too good - maybe I should have followed the book more although it is simple once you get going but I think I have mis-counted and just been too lazy to go back and correct it hence the wonky shape And finally the third one which I think is reasonable and probably makes the first one look a little poor.

This weekend I have been to the Bakewell Wool Gathering with a friend and made a couple of purchases -one to do more crochet - more of that another day.

Hardly a new Skill!

Well some time ago I decided I would like to learn to crochet, which is a brave decision considered my mother described my previous attempts as hopeless :-(
Also a friend bought me the beautiful "Knitting and Crochet Bible" along with wool and crochet hook to make a lovely rabbit, so if ever there was inspiration that is it!
So here is my latest attempt to learn this new skill - it might be unrecognisable but the above consists of double and I think treble crochet - I have certainly done some trebles but can't tell whether this photo includes the trebles - that's how bad I am. On the positive side, it looks like I have mastered the art of shaping although this might not be a plus when I was just trying to a straight piece for practice.
I have got a little bored just going backwards and forwards so I have moved onto to something else but more of that another time.
Today I have been cleaning out the physical "corner-by-the-sofa" - not sure it looks a great deal better but at least it has been vacuumed and the projects I am not currently working on - yes there are some, honest! - have been moved to a room upstairs - probably the are now trying to create their own projects corner-by-the-bed!