Now the party’s over…

Back to normal…

I was back at work yesterday and have a night shift tonight so only mocktails for me tonight 🍸

The Christmas break was pretty frenzied – all that cooking and washing up, visiting family and friends. I feel I am going back to work for a rest!!

I haven’t done any crafting over the festive season but have had a couple of crafty presents. Vouchers to put towards a course working with pewter – jolly exciting.

And a Moomin craft book.

I love Moomin and there are loads of things to make from toys to slippers, hot water bottle covers to draught excluders – all very exciting!

New year, new projects.

Happy New Year everyone,

Love Jane xx

SELF-HELP #19

Carols and mince pies 👼👼👼

It was St Barnabas carols and mince pie night this evening (having just seen the time it was yesterday!!). The annual fundraiser to get a few quid to keep Percy, the organ going. Yes the church organ is called Percy???

So I stuffed a stocking with Christmas goodies to offer as a raffle prize.

*Should have taken a pic of it unstuffed! !!*

Quite well off for raffle prizes this year. Lots of carols, singing (even when you are as bad as myself) is supposed to be good for you and I certainly enjoy a carol concert.

The church looked really pretty with little angels hung all around.

*Angels made by local school children were hung all around the church.*

A lovely evening with mulled wine and mince pies served to keep the cold out.

Christmas really is just around the corner!!!

🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

ANOTHER RANDOM POST

Places your knitting turns up…

Just spotted one of my snowmen lurking on Higgy88’s post “First Day of Advent”

www.ladybookdragon.com

Obviously on the look out for mince pies ⛄⛄⛄

SELF-HELP #18

Happy Blog Day 🎂

Happy Blog Day to me, happy blog day dear Jane 🍷

My little blog is 6 months old. Said blog was actually opened on 4 June with the natty little post that WordPress gave me. But my first post “A fresh start” was on the seventh.

I have been wearing that sweater quite a lot recently. Nice and warm and comfy. Not sure colour is really me but design is great. Might make myself another one in a more flattering colour. Why did I make myself a sweater in a colour that wasn’t really me, well I had the yarn knocking around and didn’t want it to go to waste!!!

Anyway back to my Blog Day. The last six months have been fab. I have loved reading everyone’s posts. You are all so talented ♡♡♡

And having to put posts together has kept me on task because let’s face it we have to have something to post about. I have wanted to do a Christmas stall for a long time and thanks to blogging I did one.

It has been a fun six months, here’s to the next six 🍾🍾🍾

RANDOM POST #1

SCON or SCONE???

So Jackie B posted about this yummy scone that she had. I am still slavering over the yummy picture that Jackie took of a scone.

See Jackie B at stitches by the sea

stitchesbythesea.water.blog

However, the big question is do you say:

Scon

Scone

?????

SELF-HELP #17

Secret Santa 🎅

My partner needs a Secret Santa gift for work.

Costing a fiver.

For a lady non-drinker.

He is at a loss….

I have put the following together for him. I hope she likes it?

If it’s handmade it doesn’t count towards the fiver…….

Yo ho ho!!!

STASH-BUSTING #14

Christmas fair 🎄🎄🎄

Today was the day of the Christmas fair, so I packed my bags and set off to make my fortune…

*How many woolly things can you pack in a hamper?*

I laid out my stall and waited for the punters to come…

It went much better than I expected. I always get a thrill when someone wants to buy something that I have made.

Even after paying for my table I had money to take away. My hobby has paid for itself – how wonderful is that and I have money and space for more wool 🤔

Some hats to make for Christmas and a stocking for Carols and Mince Pies 👼👼👼

Wishing you all a woolly weekend.

STASH-BUSTING #13

Unlucky for some…

I have been making bits and pieces to sell on a craft stall at St Barnabas Christmas fair tomorrow. Here are some of my efforts:

*This highlights the fact that I cannot take a photo with one hand as well as my hand is looking pretty shabby…*

Will post my fully laden craft table tomorrow.

Wish me luck ♡♡♡

STASH-BUSTING #12

Woolly or Frosty ….

I have a bag full of mittens, hats and wristwarmers that need sewing up. I have never been a fan of pegging out and sewing in ends.

I still have a scarf and the Christmas stocking for my sister’s carols and mince pie evening on my needles.

I am half way through a jumper for myself.

All those projects and I have been pulling my hair out making a snow man…

*Frosty sat on the scarf that I should have finished by now !!!*

This is mark one. I am going to have another go as not completely happy with the hat. I don’t know why? It has driven me mad making him but hey ho!!

Don’t you love the run up to Christmas ⛄⛄⛄

SELF-HELP #16

Not even nice weather for ducks…

Hoping the weather is better with you all. It is absolutely dreadful here. All I want to do is stay in the warm and dry and do my knitting – no change there then!!! 😆

Thursday I had the school run and it took forever to get home so many roads were closed due to flooding 🌨🌨🌨

School quiz night last night so the Xmas stocking was duly stuffed with Christmas tat and offered as a raffle prize. I have started knitting one for my sister to use for her carols and mince pie evening. The people in my team were quite clever (luckily for me) but we fell on our face in the “Fun with Flags” round. I hadn’t even heard of half the countries let alone know what their flags looked like!!🤔

So the river is rising again but not in the garden yet, although the flood defences are up in town. Surely there can’t be any more rain up there???

Back to my knitting I think ♡♡♡