egg-cellent greetings…
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
HAPPY EASTER
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KNIT AND NATTER 3
25 March 2024
Claude is a trauma bear 🐻 My offering today as well as half a dozen little hugs bears. The lady only wants the knitted pieces for the hugs’ bears, so just a pile of stockinette with dangling ends. I must make one up myself just so that I can see a final outcome!
A dreary Monday made better by the click clack of needles, friendly chatter, tea and cake 😄
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
BABY KNITTING
We have a new neighbour ❤️
On hearing there was going to be a new arrival a few doors down, I rather rashly bought a subscription book before Christmas. Being me, I didn’t start knitting until the baby was due.
Now I bought the kit from knit in a box, I have bought things from them before but always after the reveal, I bought this before the reveal. I avoid variegated yarn as a rule! Loved the pattern (King Cole) but got into a pickle with the colour changing. Sewing up was a nightmare! I completed the button band side without incident, but the other side, oh my goodness!!! Firstly, I caught myself trying to sew the sleeve in upside down and, then, when I finally put it in the right way up, I had sewn the sleeve in inside out 😱
Sadly I didn’t realise this until it was all sewn up, after lots of frogging 🐸🐸🐸 I put it to one side for a couple of days – I really wanted to throw it away! Anyway, I came back to it and sewed it all up as it should be.
Variegated yarn never again, my eyes just aren’t up to it 🤔
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
KNIT AND NATTER 2
11 March 2024
Trotted along to knit and natter today, I’m on a late shift today. Lots of ladies with needles clattering. We have been asked to make some tiny little bears for Hugs, a charity supporting mums who have suffered miscarriage or still birth. So I have taken the pattern and will have a go this week.
You’ll be pleased to know that there was plenty of tea and cake, and much of the chat revolved around the up and coming craft fair where there will be a cake stall 😊
Not such a big haul as last time but only 2 weeks between visits, and I’m knitting a gift for a newborn a few doors down (which is a tale for another day).
A pretty grim and overcast day here, but spring flowers are out, so hopefully, spring is just around the corner 🪻🌷⚘️
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
KNIT AND NATTER
26 Feb 24
My new year’s resolution was to attend knit and natter at the local church as often as work would allow. I attended the first 2 Mondays in January and then what do you know I was rota’d to work every other Monday 😩 but I wasn’t idle I put my needles to good use so that I had something to take in when I finally got there.
I had a lovely couple of hours drinking tea, eating cake and, of course, knitting with the lovely ladies at All Saints Church this morning. I’m finding that focusing on my needles is helping me not to dwell on sadder thoughts. However, there is a limit to how many things you can knit for personal use, so I’ve made trauma bears, little cardies and tiny hats for preemie babies. Counting the rows and stitches focuses the mind and with such small items there is almost instant gratification at having completed something. And then rewarded with tea and cake 😊
Apologies for my absence and hoping everyone well.
Woolly Wishes
Jane ♡♡♡
IT’S BEEN A WHILE….
A quick update!
My last post was in February, so from St Valentine to Halloween 🎃
A lot has happened over these last months. Focusing on my creativity has helped me through.
I’ve spent September making pumpkins, which has been very therapeutic 🎃
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
BOTTLE TOP
Experimenting….
I’ve always fancied the idea of wearing a beret but have never managed to pull it off😪
I found this yarn
Now this yarn says it’s made from recycled ♻️ bottles so I thought I would see what I could do with it. It seemed quite bulky for dk so I took time on working out my tension and then had a go at making a beret. After lots of knitting and lots of frogging and then more knitting I came up with this:
My tension was done in stocking stitch, I probably should have done a swatch in rib as well as it is a bit loose or my head isn’t as big as I thought it was🤣
I have quite enjoyed working on something from scratch and I am gearing up to work on the rib to improve the fit. I’m intrigued to know how all those water and pop bottles were turned into yarn though 🤔 I would hope it would keep your head dry as its all plastic☔️
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
WHO”S BEEN A NAUGHTY BOY?
Mmmmmmh🤔 I wonder…
Yarn from the stash was found on the stairs this morning!
The pom pom on my hat has been attacked!
Surely he can’t be the culprit?
Off to attempt trimming my pom pom to even it up or if worse comes to worse see if I’ve something in the stash that will match to make a new one!!!
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
Eau de vie ..
Water of life .
This is currently the water of my life!!! Don’t think there will be many walkers on the other side of the fence today! But yeah it has been worse!
Can’t complain it has been up to the top of the fence but it still makes a mess!
The cat is distraught, he really does not like our new water feature 😢
But Spring is around the corner 🌷🌱🌷
Back to the knitting me thinks 🤔
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
SO LUCKY 😊
A birthday gift from a very talented sister…
I had a rather big birthday at the beginning of the week and my lovely sister Tora gave me a handmade gift.
A beautiful throw. I did try draping it over the bed but the cat thought it was for him, what’s a few cat hairs between friends? I have put it away for fear he might start clawing it when my back is turned😢 So I’m looking for somewhere safe to display it.
The cat is a sneaky little devil, when my back was turned he had his nose in the tuna I was draining for my lunch. I thought he was outside, I swear he hides so he can sneak out on me when least expected🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
WOOLLY WEDNESDAY 