I got one comment on Ravelry on how to make the photo smaller which actually put me in the direction of how to do it and is much appreciated. I did however get a few comments about the photo of me being rather stern looking, serious face and that I should have a photo of me smiling. I actually think it is a good photo of me because it is hiding what you do not see, a double chin, grey hair and a gap in my teeth. So I shall keep it there for now.
I have spent the past 4 days at home and only going out to walk the dog the past 2 days due a bug going around so I have spent a fare few hours watching podcasts, knitting, crochet and jewellery making. Here are my latest projects.
In the front of the photo and on the needles is a hat that my partner wants and it is called Full of Mini's Hat by Barbara Nalewko, the pattern is on Ravelry. She has a podcast called KnittingILove and is a Polish lady living in Ireland with her husband.
I was drawn to the pattern because I wanted something that I could do that was different to other hat designs and to also use up some of my sock yarn. It is really thick in texture, very tactile and will be very warm once finished. I will have to block it when it is finished because it is snug on the head around the brim part and Frank said that it was ok but I think it needs a soak and perhaps next time use a slightly bigger needle for the brim.
On the top of the Hat is a crochet purse that I have had a go at making, I am in the process of making another at the moment using up some yarn that I got from Frank one year at Christmas. I am hoping to make a few of them and have just ordered some zips and some plain fabric from my favourite on line store Woolwarehouse.co.uk.
Behind the crochet purse is a crochet bag that I did about a week ago and my intention was to have a bag in the summer to either use as a handbag or as a little shopping bag that I can use if I just need to go to the shops at the end of my road to get a few bits. I have lined it with some fabric left over from making the pillows for my Grand children and I intend to get a couple of handles, possibly leather to attach. I thoroughly enjoyed the lining process and the little bit of hand stitching inside and brought back memories of when I use to do patchwork and quilting.
I have ordered some Iron on Interfacing from Woolwarehouse too so that on my next bag project it gives a bit more stability of the fabric.
I have also been looking at a few books and I do like to grab a couple of my books and leave on my coffee table to just browse over every now and then. The Knitting Masterclass and Jewellery for Dummies has been my choice for my coffee table. They are both from my local library and what caught my interest in the Knitting Masterclass is quite a lot of detail about short row shaping and I loved the bolster cushion pattern that is in there so I have that in my head to maybe do one day. The other book called 400 Knitting Stitches was my treat a few weeks ago from Hobbycraft.
So as you can see I have been rather busy, I did make a bread pudding the other day and it has come out the best one so far but I cannot see it lasting for very long in this house. Frank has taken some to work and we had a piece each last night for our tea.
I am now going to have a bit of breakfast with another cuppa and then am going to Asda to see if I can get some more photo's printed in their store and maybe have a browse around for a while. The weather forecast is not good today, in fact it is dark, gloomy and raining and is only 9am whilst I am writing this.
I will leave you with a close up of the Full of Mini's Hat and want to say thank you to everyone who has taken the time to have a look at my little blog.
Bye for now xx
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