Bags, Balls and Biscuits

Sorry for the lack of posts recently…my lovely other half has cheekily reclaimed his camera so I haven’t been able to snap any of the bits I’ve been working on…so that’ll have to wait (until I can sneak the camera back again!- sshh don’t tell him!) So instead, here are a few pictures of pressies I made and received at Christmas.

A knitting bag for my mum - now she has no excuse for leaving her balls of wool rolling around the living room floor!

These little houses are actually coasters! They're from Zakka Sewing -

  your cup goes on the window and the door is where the biscuit(s) are stashed!

This scarf was for my lovely other half, Karl. I used Pampas Chunky wool and by knitting one row and purling the next it curled in at the edges, which made a lovely tube scarf! I think it's lovely!!

I made everyone a stocking this year - these were pretty easy to make, so I made myself one too!

Just before Christmas Karl treated himself to a new pair of boots - last of the big spenders! And so I felt his precious new boots needed a special boot bag in which to live...voila!!

Crafty Christmas...Part 2

You may remember that this year Christmas in my household had gone handmade! I would definitely recommend it…gifts were much more meaningful and clearly made with love and a great big handful of patience! Over the next week or so I’ll show some of the gifts I gave and received, including a pair of giant knitting needles, garden kneelers and magic cushions! For now, I’ll leave you with a picture of my nephew in his new woodland elf hat…perfect for foraging in the woods!!

Crafty Weekend

Well it's been a very busy weekend, but for once it was full of fabric fun! I've been super lucky and have spent the whole weekend in my little craft room, sat with my fingers firmly hovering over the sewing machine. I managed to start many little projects, and one big project (most of which aren't finished yet as I'm not the quickest of stitchers!)

I recently spent a few days with my favourite Auntie whom kindly donated lots and lots of lovely fabric to my stash. She had wanted to make a patchwork blanket with it some years ago, but had never gotten round to it. So as a Christmas present, I thought I would attempt my first piece of patchwork and make the blanket myself! As you can see it's a simple pattern of rectangles, but it's been great practice for using my rotary cutter and ruler.

I've finished the patchwork part, and so all thats left to do is to attach it to some wadding and backing fabric...a job for another weekend!!

I've also made a new cover for a wheat bag I bought. It came with a blue fleece cover which wasn't particularly pretty, so I've used my newfound patchwork skills to make a colourful new one. Don't you think it looks lovely?! :o)