Catching up

Hi there - well that time of year is approaching fast and before we know it the holiday festivities will be upon us.  Here are a couple of walks and a bit of crafting that have been going on around here

 

 

Since the last time I was here - we had Halloween

 

 

 

 

Sue one of our knit n natter ladies is a volunteer gardener at the local Hospice

and she asked us to make some poppies for her to do a drift display for Remembrance Day -

The poppies looked stunning

 

 

Here are some I made and sold with the money going to the

Royal British Legion

 

 

This is the start of a pretty edging which you can put on to

tea towels or pillow cases or anything that takes your fancy.

Start with double strands of 4ply cotton and do a row of blanket stitch.

 

 

Once you have done a row of blanket stitch you then start

a row of double crochet with a single strand of 4ply cotton

 

 

and a second row of double crochet

 

 

All finished with a pretty scalloped edge of treble stitches -

full instructions on how to do this can be found here

Things can be prettied up for Christmas gifts!!

 

 

This pile of ends can only mean one thing - a spot of crocheting

 

 

hey presto - this ring has been covered ready to decorate for a Christmas gift

 

 

You may wonder what this is!!

A friend's children had written to Father Christmas requesting

a reindeer hat for their tortoise for Christmas morning.

Well - it had to be done as Father Christmas grants all children's

(and tortoises) wishes!!

 

 

With a glut of cooking apples around this year - I made this

 

 

 

Autumn Apple Cake

It is delicious served warm (equally as nice cold)

 and

the recipe can be found here - enjoy!!

 

 

A day trip to the mainland starts with a walk down the pier

 

 

 

 

HMS Warrior in Portsmouth Harbour was a 40-gun steam powered

armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1859-61. 

She was the name ship of the Warrior-class ironclads.

 

 

This carving was in the shopping precinct in Havant

 

 

Hubby had his birthday, so off we went for cream tea at

Albert Cottage (part of the Osborne House estate)

 

 

 

What a beautiful corridor inside

 

 

 

 

Can you spot the heron that landed?

 

 

 

 

 

A Sunday afternoon stroll before adjourning to the local

pub for lunch

 

 

profiteroles with salted caramel ice cream filling with all the trimmings

 

B E F O R E

 

and

 

A F T E R

 

Thanks for popping by

 

Xx Joy xX



A spot of crochet and knitting

Hi there - I have been a bit of a home bird for the last couple of weeks as the weather has taken a turn for the worse, no more sunny warm days, no rain but there is definitely a chill in the air, so let's stay in and catch up on some long overdue projects.  Here are a couple of things that I have managed to get done and finished.  The festive season is fast approaching and there are lots of things buzzing around in my head that I would like to get made, so can crack on with those without too much old stuff hanging around.

I finished the second one of these, so now have a pair!

These had been hanging around forever in my wip (work in progress) basket

now all done

 

 

Blanket finished

 

 

Grandson H did his 200th parkrun, so I filled a little jar with sweets and

knitted a hat in his favourites football team colours for him to celebrate

 

Scanner cosies for a girl who is going off to New Zealand and travelling round, 

hoping to visit 15 different parkruns - she asked for 15 sets to take

with her - 8 sets done - 7 to go

 

A couple of these as gifts

 

 

This was lurking in the bottom of my wip basket and needed finishing

 

 

Some of these to do as there was yet another half finished project lurking

 

 

and a few more

 

 

all sewn together, the border done, blanket finished

 

Mug hug birthday present

 

 

Coaster for mug to stand on

 

 

coasters and key rings in Macmillan colours - supporting a

coffee morning

 

 

baby cardigan - finished

 

 

squares sent off for a barely born blanket project appeal

 

 

I was asked by a German friend to pattern test and check her English translation

of a pattern - can you guess what this is?

 

 

It's LuilLion - isn't he adorable?

 

Then test another and check the English grammar

 

 

 

Here she is - LuiBunny - adorable!

 

 

 

and a little CoolLuipoldMini too

 

 

I had a little project in mind so I contacted my friend Steve and ran

the idea by him - of course he put his own stamp on it and you may wonder

what this piece of wood is.  Well he cut, sawed, planed, stuck and finally varnished

and I have a blocking wood board for my crochet.  He designed the holes as you see them

noticing that the top right corner there is a small square.  By moving the bbq skewers to the

size I want I can then block my crochet squares.  Stretch them to the size and leave them

and hey presto - no spraying or pressing needed at all

Thanks Steve you are a star!!

 

 

One at a time

 

 

or a pile at a time

 

 

Joining said squares for a blanket - off now to do some more.

 

Thanks for popping by

 

Xx Joy xX