WOYWW 671 S big bag of boobs

Hi all,

It’s still boob central here. Kent & Canterbury hospital has come back and said that single boobs are fine, so I’ll deliver a big bag of them tomorrow. They’re for midwife training as well as for helping new Mums. 

My better half has started volunteering at the nearby Elham valley railway museum, and spends weekend afternoons waving green flags for the little train rides and mending the model of the Channel Tunnel. I dropped him off on Sunday and then went up the hill to look at a train set ‘wot I made’. Any ideas?

I had a walk along the Leas at Folkestone as well. 

The harbour arm cafés have opened but that area was rammed, with people queuing to park. It will be nice to visit after Easter when it’s calmed down a bit. Folkestone is reinventing itself as a foodie destination so it’s getting very interesting. 

In the meantime, I’m improving my bara brith. 

I’m now using a pizza stone under my loaf tins to avoid soggy bottoms, which means they cook through better without burning the top. 

Bella and Gracie send a purr to all your cats. 

And finally…

And for Jan…

I’m off to join in with WOYWW now. 

Take care and happy crafting 

Hugs

Lynnecrafts x

WOYWW 670 Boob central and Turkish research

Hi again! I'm back for a weekly peek at what each of us has been up to, courtesy of Miss Julia at the Stamping Ground.

Here it's been boob central, as I make more for our local maternity unit. They're for training on breastfeeding, and they like to have one of each pair with a sticking-out nipple, and the other with a flat nipple. No idea why. I don’t yet know if they can take single ones as my contact is on leave. 

I've also been doing some very satisfying research on Istanbul, for my new novel, where Ellyn and Rafiq go searching for trafficked silver in Istanbul, as part of Rafiq's research into Iraqi war crimes.

I can't go there yet, but it's a great excuse for travel research. I've been reading Elif Shafak as well, a beautiful Turkish novelist. 

My first novel, A Sense for Silver, has now gone for editing. It's scary, as I don't know how many changes will be recommended. I'll then have to update it and start hustling for an agent and a publisher. Not looking forward to that!

On Sunday, we went looking for a tall ship, that the internetty webby thing said would dock in Folkestone at 13:00. Well, I think it got blown in faster. We could see it on the horizon but it was going away, not coming closer. 

Here’s where it had gone!

We heard a good jazz busker though, and at least this seagull didn't crap on the roof of our car!

I’ve finally found a mould of the right size for my chocolates, from Lakeland.  I made walnut, coffee and prune chocolates this time, with a few almond ones as well. 

Bella and Gracie send purrs to all your cats. 

And finally 

Take care and happy crafting!

Hugs

Lynne x

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