WOYWW 669 Puffs and boobs

Hi all, this week I’ve been very boob- focussed. Ooh er, missus🤣

Our local hospital put out an appeal for knitted or crocheted boobs for the maternity unit, to help new mothers breastfeeding. 

I thought I could use my puffs as nipples, as per the blue one above. I only received the pattern this week - they want the nipples done as the pink one but to me that’s not so defined. I’ve sent the organiser an email. 

The pattern is here. 

I also went wrong using up scraps as they want a pair of each! Not sure what I can do with the odd ones. I’ve asked if they’re any use to them.  Oh well!

We have a nice lot of blossom on our apricot trees at the moment. I hope this week’s cold weather won’t affect them. It’s quite rare that we get a crop. 

Bella enjoyed the warm weather as well. 

Gracie goes out but is most happy in the bedroom. There was a rare moment of peaceful sharing this week. They both send purrs to your cats. 

And finally 

Take care and happy crafting!

Hugs

Lynnecrafts 

WOYWW 668 Puffs, spirals

Hi all, I’m back for our weekly blog hop. I’ve not done a lot of crafting this week, apart from bits of crazy crochet. I’m finding making crochet puffs a satisfying pastime while watching TV. Some have been incorporated into spirals. I used them for the centres of the sunflowers, too. 

Others, I don’t know. Any suggestions? 

The puffs are easy to make. Here’s a link: Crochet puffs

I had to smile this week at a photo of the great Kaffe Fassett. Lots of crazy crochet patterns in the background!

This week, my novel has gone out for a test reading and I’ve arranged a professional edit for after Easter. Soon I’ll have to tackle all the hustle and bustle of trying to sell it. I’m not looking forward to that but it’s a necessary strpp to getting published. 

Gracie and Bella send purrs to your cats. 

And finally…

Take care all and happy crafting!

Hugs

Lynnecrafts x

WOYWW 667 Sunflowers and crazy crochet

Hi again, back for our weekly blog hop via Julia of the Stamping Ground. 

Sorry I didn’t get round many of the blogs last week; I spent the week taking lots of codeine for my toe and was a bit dopey. 

I had a last minute idea of how to support our village coffee morning for Ukraine and made sunflower brooches. 

I’ve done a bit more crazy crochet, too. 

Thanks for your kind comments about my toe, (which is a bit better) and on my map, which I really enjoyed creating. 

My fruit and almond tea bread is now officially Welsh bara brith since B said it was even better  than his Mum’s 💕💕

The cats seem to have called a truce again 🤞🏻. 

Lots of hard sleeping, with a bit of charging around madly now and again. 

And finally…

Take care and happy crafting 

Hugs

Lynnecrafts x

WOYWW 666 Maps, crazy crochet

Hi all, I’m back for our weekly blog hop care of Julia at The Stamping Ground. Isn’t it incredible, that Julia has hosted this for 666 weeks?

First of all Happy International Womens Day for yesterday! 

I’ve done a bit more crazy crochet, which will eventually become a cardigan. So far I’m sticking to my resolution only to use wool from my stash. 

Thanks 

I’ve spent a lot of time doing what Brian calls ‘Hard colouring in’ this week. It was a guilty pleasure to create PowerPoint images when I was working; I’d forgotten how much I enjoyed it. 

I’ve created a map of Ellyn’s Paris for my novel. I drew the Eiffel Tower by hand as I didn’t want to use potentially copyrighted images. I haven’t labelled Paris landmarks like the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe but I hope they’re evident. Given that the novel is mainly located in Paris, away from touristy areas, I thought it might help the reader. 

I thought I’d finished my first edit, so I transferred it as a private document to my Kindle. It did give me a thrill, seeing it there, but, reading it on that, I’ve so far found 47 errors to correct. 🙆. Oh well, more editing before I send it out to my test readers!

Last week we had a very nice walk onto the harbour arm, a bit misty but a good stretch. Last night I broke my little toe stubbing it against the base of the magazine rack in the bathroom, so walking is off the agenda apart from indoors hobbling as far as I can manage. Osteoporosis, grrr! I do have to go for my 4th covid jab on Thursday so I’ll have to hobble there. 

Gracie and Bella were fighting again yesterday evening so I was threatening them with pumpkin hats again. Looking at their photos, you’d never believe they could be naughty!

And finally…

Stay safe and happy crafting 

Hugs

Lynnecrafts x

WOYWW 665

First of all, sending BIG HUGS to our Julia. I don’t know what will happen with the bloghop tomorrow, but my thoughts are with her and her family.💕

I’ve had a few goes  at mixing blues and rusts this week. At first it felt a bit flat, till I found a stitch (linen stitch)  that mixed up the rows. 

I’ve also done a couple more Dorset Buttons as I have a new green and cream jacket that didn’t come with any. 

Ukraine is very much in our thoughts at present, such terrible suffering. I haven’t seen any local initiatives, but at least there’s the UNHCR appeal to help the refugees. 

I’ve felt quite frustrated by the stupid government policy that pretends covid is now no more than a cold for anyone. No free testing and no requirement to self-isolate means I scarcely dare go out now. John Toshack is in ICU with severe pneumonia after catching covid. Given I spent a week in hospital in July with pneumonia, I daren’t gamble I’d be in the ‘cold’ category. 

I contacted my GP and I’m having a 4th covid jab next week. 

But the surprisingly effective therapy has been to take up baking. This is an Irish Barmbrack. 

Brian also requested walnut and coffee chocolates this week. They were a bit of an experiment-I’m not keen on this mould as it’s too deep - and 1Tbs of coffee isn’t enough but they were ok. Since they have very little sugar, they’re not too naughty, though the barmbrack had lots of dried fruit. 

Our cat flap died in the recent storms so we had the had the entertainment of putting together a new one today. As it works off their microchips it was a bit complicated.  We kept telling them it would keep the ginger tom away but they were “nonpussed”. 

 

And finally…

Stay safe,all and happy crafting 

Hugs

Lynnecrafts