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 ♡♡♡
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 ♡♡♡
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 ♡♡♡
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 ♡♡♡
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 ♡♡♡
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 ♡♡♡
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 ♡♡♡
It’s been a while….
My last post was in October when I had dug out a few WIPs to finish off. I’m sorry to say my little blog fell by the wayside but I had a lovely email from Pam enquiring after my wellbeing, this community is so kind.
I have cut down on my screen time over the last month or two, for 2 reasons. Firstly I find screens are quite tough on my poor old eyes and secondly there is so much bad or unkind stuff out there😢
The knitting has carried on although I haven’t done a big project for a while. I did a couple of Christmas stalls and sold a few hats and mittens, I always get a buzz when people buy something that I have made❤️
It’s very wet over here in Blighty at the moment, the river is rising and Bewdley has its flood defences up in an attempt to prevent flooding. So expect some pictures of flood water soon🐟🐟🐟
Thank you for bearing with me.
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
Having a tidy up 🕸🕸🕸
For the last few weeks I have been rummaging in corners and making piles for recycling, charity and to keep. I’m sure the lady at the local hospice donation centre thinks oh no not her again! It’s difficult to judge, after all one man’s rubbish can be another man’s treasure 🤔
I have also dug up a whole host of unfinished projects🤪 Me being me the knitting part is complete but no attempt has been made to start finishing and sewing up😥
I have sewn the following up, all found in a Christmas bag 😇
Quite a sense of achievement but sadly I think I will find more…
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
On the road to recovery!
We were all set to spend the weekend at Stone Valley festival. Our camper was all loaded up. I had wine and knitting to last the weekend and we set off.
We got half an hour up the road and broke down on a busy roundabout.
Our first rescuer moved us to a safe place. And then after some time it was taken to the garage where she sadly waits.
I am using the unexpected time at home to have a sort through my crafting clutter, I’d forgotten I had half of it 😉
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
WOOLLY WEDNESDAY 