Harrogate - Post 2

I found this lovely little book late in the day. After thinking about it whilst exploring the rest of the hall, I went back to purchase it only to  find it was the last copy with no more due to be delivered until next February. Phew - would have been upset to miss out.
I fell in love with the penguin on the front - think it is the jumper that sells it. There are nativity characters and a herd of reindeer to make plus a turkey! There is something really quirky about the turkey and I feel the urge to knit one but not really sure why and what I will do with it. Meanwhile all these cute knits will have to wait until I have finished some other projects.

Harrogate 2017 - Post 1

This year I was quite restrained with my purchases at Harrogate - owing to the vast number of projects from previous visits and various other shopping expeditions that remain incomplete :-(
The above shows the knitting project I purchased - interesting pattern name - the Star Wars Shawl so named as it was knitted during a marathon event where the designer was watching all the Star Wars films! Perhaps I could do that to knit this too :-)

Summer Progress

Here is the second third of the temperature blanket. The above shows all but one day in May, then June, July and August. Note the really deep red  in June - the really hot days - we happened to be camping just prior to this! Still need to sew most of the ends in on this section - such a tedious task that I need to do it in the company of good friends, so I need more knitting and stitching get togethers.
Purchases from the Harrogate Knitting and Stitching Show coming up next.

Rudolph Progress

 A little bit of progress with the reindeer. I have had to unpick some as I managed to cross the stitches in the wrong direction - it seemed natural to turn the work around and stitch the names left to right rather than up and down and this is where the problem started. Soon spotted and all sorted (I think). Alas it won't be done this year, but something to look forward to next year.

Summer

Here is a little bit of spring/summer on what has been the coldest weekend this end of the year - some of us woke up to snow yesterday morning. The above squares are for May and June with a little bit of July - the really dark reds are around the time I was camping and boy was it hot out there.
I have promised myself that I will get this blog up to date and keep posting - lots to post in the near future.

A new Christmas Project

Time to start a new project and it seems the right time of year to do something Christmassy. Already had to unpick the left-hand reindeer's saddle as it was in the wrong place :-( Good progress being made but think there are not enough weeks left to get it done for this year.

Rudolph and Friends

A purchase from the Harrogate K&S Show last year. It's that time of year when you can start Christmas projects surely.