The Other Side of Christmas...

Well the madness of Christmas has well and truly passed.  I know this by the layer of pine needles that is covering the living floor from removing a now naked tree (note to self - try putting the tree a little closer to the exit next year!).


With all the excitement of preparing for Christmas and then the actual 'doing' of Christmas (which in our house involves eating and drinking far more than is good for you) I haven't had the chance to share some finished projects.

First up is the first bit of knitting I did with my new Knit Pro's ....

Next is Geraldine's Thankyou Citron....

Geraldine very kindly gave me a super Winter Coat and a rather lovely Jacket so this is my thankyou gift, I hope she likes it, made with some lovely blended fibres from Picperfic .

And I even managed to bang out another Cloud Bolero....

I also completed a big fluffy jumper for a friend but I don't have a decent pic of that.  With all these big projects on the needles I decided to end 2010 and start 2011 with an old friend....

The Leftover's Blanket!  It might be finished by the time I reach my 90's!

I do have an exciting project on the boil for this year, which involves rather a lot of silk, but I shall leave that for another post.

So, I shall end by wishing you all the very best for 2011, lets hope its a Crafty One :-)

Got there at last!

I don't know about you but I generally have a number of ideas floating around my head for blog posts and for every post that makes it there are quite a few that don't.

February is a bit of a crazy month with a host of birthdays that need celebrating. I also have a massive amount of work to do for my PGCE. My usual trick of balancing books on the arm of the sofa thinking that just by being close to them I might absorb them just isn't working either. Turns out I have to actually read them (and yes I have tried reading and knitting but it is a bit tricky!!)

With all this going on my crafting activities have taken a bit of a hit :-(


I desperately want to do something with my crazy batt yarn but I'm very undecided on what to do so that's simmering on the back burner. I'm a little bored with socks and gloves so it was with some surprise that I have resurected this.......The Mitred Blanket

and it now looks like this.....


A few more squares added. I started this nearly a year ago, I expect I'll still be adding bits to it when I'm 80!!

I have also had the opportunity to deliver a series of wool related activities to the Alzheimers Support Group through the PAWS scheme

and we made this

This is a combination of handmade felt, woven squares and knitting, all peiced together to make a really colourful and textured wall hanging. It was really interesting working with a different age group and we had a great time talking about how important all these skills once were to everyday life.

This is just a snippet of what's going on in the World of Woollycraft, but now I really must do some study and NOT trawl through knitting patterns.

TTFN x