WOYWW 692 Tizzy pockets & Bara brith

Hi all, 

Here’s my ‘desk’ for this week:

It’s my Welsh flag knitting bag kindly made for me by LLJ. It’s square so it sits very nicely on the arm of my chair. 

Sorry Neet, I’m still crocheting Tizzy. It’s 4-ply so slow. 

Bella and Gracie have been helping me make the sleeves:

This is one of the pockets. I felt like adding some whimsical detail…

I’m feeling less wobbly so I also made some bara brith. I’ve changed the way I lay out the almonds so it’s easier to cut. It still has to have loads of them on top though ( plus ground and flaked almonds in the mix)!

I still use Felicity Cloake’s Barmbrack recipe as a base but use mixed fruit which includes mixed peel, only 100g sugar, replacing the cherries with chopped dried apricots, 50g of the flour with ground almonds, and 1 Tbs kefir. 

Apart from that, I’m enjoying the tennis (US open on Amazon prime) even though all the Brits and Rafa are now out. 

And finally…

A message for our politicians:

Take care and happy crafting!

Hugs

Lynnecrafts x

WOYWW 691 Tizzy progress

Hi I’m back for our weekly blog hop care of Julia at the Stamping Ground

Here’s the left front of my Tizzy cardigan 

I’ve still to do the sleeves and pockets then I can sew it together,  do the borders and add buttons. 

It’s a random pattern but since the ribs go the same way, I hope the join doesn’t look messy. I use the one where you take the loop off the hook and feed it under and through the 2nd piece. 

Sorry I missed last week. I felt rotten, achy and exhausted like when I had covid. I didn’t and they’re doing tests to see what caused it, as it seems to be happening after I’ve had any chest infection. 

I have an appointment this morning so I’ll do most of my commenting later. 

Bella and Gracie don’t mind me sitting down a lot 😻😻

They’re pulling out all their advanced cuteness training as they compete for my lap. 😻😻

And finally…

Remember 2001?

Take care and enjoy your crafting!

Hugs

Lynnecrafts x

WOYWW 689 Tizzy home

Hi all, back from my travels now. I’ll try and do more visits this week. 

My Tizzy cardigan is growing. Here are the main parts for a front. I need to sew it up, add borders and a pocket. 

Jan was very happy with the silk and has kept some for making mastectomy drain bags for the hospital, as well as brilliantly finding a school that wants the rest for GCSE projects. 

Les Smith of https://roleswoodcraft.weebly.com/ makes very nice Nostepinnes for me. Hand-turned, but they disappear into black holes in our house. He offered me a laburnum one today which I avoid because of risk to cats. If you’re interested, contact him: email: roleswoodcraft@hotmail.com. They’re £15 inc UK P&P. He’s making an apple one for me now. 

There’s a video showing how to use one here: Using a Nostepinne. Though of course you could always use it to wave at the telly (sorry Jan 🤣)

The cats were very glad to see us back. Gracie even curled  up with me on the chair, which she hadn’t done for a while. I didn’t like to move and thought I might even have to sleep there!

Bella’s always glad of a cuddle. 

And finally…

Someone asked where I get them from. I follow a few pages with them on Facebook. 

Take care and enjoy your crafting 

Hugs

Lynnecrafts 

WOYWW 688 Tizzy in Wales

Hi all, 

We’re back in Wales again rather quicker than we expected as we’re down for the funeral of one of Brian’s cousins, David Evans. He was a wonderful watercolour artist. Here’s a picture we bought as a christening present for Jan’s youngest, many years ago. We always looked forward to his Christmas cards - always featuring one of his paintings. 

We’re staying with Jan and Gordon while we’re here. It’s so lovely to see them again. 

My Tizzy is growing; here’s a square in progress for the front, with the knitting bag Jan made me. 

We brought the silk with us as well as Jan has ideas and contacts aplenty to use it up. 

Bella and Gracie are being looked after by their Aunty Liz. 

And finally…

Take care and happy crafting 

Hugs

Lynnecrafts 

WOYWW 687 Tizzy and campaigning

Hi all, I’m back again for our Wednesday blog hop. Above is the triangle I’ve done for the first v neck front of my cardigan.

Sorry I’ve not commented much; with another engineer I’ve written a report on non disruptive options for the works and the risks to the community the developer and Kent County Council should have considered instead of trying for a 6 week closure of our road. We sent it off to them yesterday and we expect them to demonstrate the option they choose against our report. 

Gracie and Bella are very pleased when I take the black thing off my lap. They send purrs to you all. 

And finally…

Take care and happy crafting!

Hugs

Lynnecrafts 

WOYWW 686: Tizzy, silk and campaigning

Hi all, 

Back again for our Wednesday bloghop via The Stamping ground. Why not have a look and join in?

Here's my completed big Tizzy square. Now I'm on smaller ones for the fronts and sleeves.

As I write this, I'm surrounded by bags and boxes of silk samples, which were given to me for free, by Hayley, who's in our Community Action Group. She used to be a fabric designer but has left that industry - she says it's too 'Throwaway', and was looking for someone to take all these samples to save them going to the tip. One friend runs a quilting group, and has taken a big bag, a box is on its way to Jan and another to Annie. A bag is going to a new school teacher who wanted fabric to decorate her school room. There were tigers and gymnasts, space and cars, tropics and fruits that will be great for them.

And there's still lots left! The only stipulation is that it's not used commercially. If you'd like some, let me know! They're all about the size of the blue one below, mixed patterns, silk and crepe de chine, all jumbled up. Email me at Lmcollis@iclouddotcom with your address. I'll charge you postage and apart from that you can make a donation to our Community Action Group. [See below].

I don't sew much but I've saved a bit for myself. I might even make Bella and Gracie silk cushions. 😀The reason I've not done much commenting this week, is that I've been part of a group fighting the closure for SIX WEEKS of the road through our village. 

The developer had done no assessment of the risks to the community, presented no analysis of alternative option. Ambulances and fire engines were going to have to use a single track road with passing places and the old and handicapped were faced with a mile walk uphill to the bus.

Kent Messenger reported the story here: How will ambulances get through? On Sunday night, I really thought we'd lost. They put the closure signs up on Monday morning, but then had a meeting and took them down at 1pm. They then put up this sign.

Our statement was as follows

We collected over a 1000 signatures for our petition in 4 days, sent legal letters, wrote to councillors and our MP. We put the case that the closure should not go ahead without alternatives being considered and the risks to villagers being properly assessed and managed.

We are delighted that Pentland Homes have had to listen to us.

We've won a battle, not the war but we're now in a better position to fight them. I just love this banner for our Community Action Group - Lyminge and surrounding areas. Hayley photoshopped it for us.

Bella and Gracie send purrs to you all. They want to know why I have this black thing on my lap, I'm tapping my fingers on, instead of them, and why I've taken no new photos of them.

And finally....

Take care and happy crafting,

hugs

Lynnecrafts x

WOYWW 685: Tizzy, travels and travails

Hi all, I’m back for our weekly blog hop c/o Julia at the Stamping-Ground. 

I’ve not done a lot of crafting this week, partly because of the heat and also because we’ve been travelling!

Tizzy first: 

My first square is nearly finished.  That will make the main part of the back, then I’ll do smaller squares for the front and sleeves. 

Last week we had a lovely trip to south and west Wales: Penarth, Burry Port, Llanboidy, Pontyberem and Swansea. 

We saw LLJ and family. Biggest hugs after so long! I had sorted out some wool for Jan’s blankets. She never can resist doing this, even though I miss it the first time and have to get her to do it again for the camera 🤣

We stayed in the White House as well. 

It’s the original one, built by the Adams family before John Adams, who became 2nd USA President, built THE White House. 

Check out Jabajak Vineyard - it’s a lovely place to stay. 

As well as Jan and family, we saw Brian’s sister, his cousin and some other old friends. 

It was great to see them all after so long. 💕

Bella and Gracie are relaxing in the shade since we got home. 

We feed them Sheba fish soup in this weather. 

We have a fight on our hands at home. Pentland homes are building new houses at the entrance to the village and want to close the only twin track road between here and Folkestone or Ashford (A&E) for 6 weeks.  They’ve done no risk assessment of the effect on the community and seem to think it ok for emergency services to have to go via single track roads along with the whole village, combine harvesters etc. Grrrr! I’m reporting them to the HSE tomorrow. 

Anyway, onto my ‘and finally…’

Take care, stay cool and happy crafting!

Hugs

Lynnecrafts x