** Crochet - knitting and a walk in the Park **

Hello there - There have been quite a lot of homely things going on around here as I am on nursing duties.  Great, I don't really need an excuse to stay in the warm and leave the horrible weather outside and just crochet and knit, so that is exactly what I have been doing.  We had a knit n natter get together a couple of weeks ago and the boys came along and joined in with a bit of crochet

 

10 year old Holly came along to learn how to make baubles for our

 forthcoming Christmas tree project

 

 

This was the first time Dawn came along too

 

 

Baubles all over the place

 

 

 

Baubles

 

 

Stars

 

 

Snowflakes

 

Our charity fund raising tree is going to look fabulous and I can't wait to share it with you

later in the month

 

 

Charlotte and Abigail came along too - they are making pom poms

 

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Hubby is going on nicely after his recent operation, so we went on a

walk around the park the other afternoon

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

We had a lovely stroll around the park and looking out to sea which continually

changes with each passing season

 

And in the meantime going on indoors

 

I have put these two blankets together

 

A lady of 89 years old has knitted these squares and sent them along to us

for our refugee blanket appeal

 

 

 

This has been finished

 

 

Road trip scarf has been finished

 

 

This can only mean some socks are going to be knitted

 

 

This has been unpicked and wound round the upturned legs of a chair

 

 

The unpicked skein has been steamed over the kettle and is now ready

 

Off I go then to make a start on it

 

Thanks for popping by

Xx Joy Xx

 

PS

 

Today is the 1st December so that means it is that time of year

with Christmas just around the corner

 

 

There are ducks

 

 

There are beards and hats

 

 

There are ducks with beards

 

 

There are ducks with beards and hats

 

 

Oh and a few more!!!

 

The 1st December is also advent calendar day

 

 

 

Last year I bought this tree and the above birds, animals, fruit and fungi and

every day from 1st to 24th December one of them gets put on the tree until it is full

 

 

Today a pear went right on the top of the tree

 

 

There are owls

 

 

There are birds

 

 

There are squirrels

 

 

There are toadstools

 

 

There is a racoon and a hedgehog

 

 

Whoops - I didn't keep what order you should put them on your advent tree

SO

I have popped them in a bag and will just randomly pick one every day to pop on!!

 

December also means silver and gold chocolate money time

 

 

Just look at this lovely colourful lot

 

 

One - Up

 

 

Two - Middle

 

 

Three - Down

New blind in my new craft room

Love, love, love it!!

 

ttfn xxx