WOYWW 604 Christmas and ammonites

Hi all,

Here we are again for our Wednesday blog hop kindly hosted by Julia at The Stamping Ground. 

I hope you’ve all had a good Christmas? 

I’ve not done a huge amount but am making B some of the ammonite gloves I mentioned last time. 

The pattern is here for anyone interested. 

Ammonite hand warmers pattern

Here they are in progress. It’s tricky to get the size right so I’ve redone one more tightly. B has got quite used to holding out his hand. 😏

  I hope you had lots of nice things for Christmas too. I had a beautiful magic carpet needle case from Shoshi, as you know. I’ve watched her make them over many weeks but it’s not till you hold one that you realise how fine the stitching is. Exquisite!

Many thanks, Shoshi!

I also had a present that fascinates me. 

It’s a tiny pot from Vietnam. Can you guess how old it is? 

Thea has been helping with my crocheting. 

...Or lying on my arm, when I can’t crochet at all, but she looks so cute!

Most of the 6000+ lorry drivers that were trapped nearby had a very poor Christmas. They have mostly gone home now, apart from about 60 who tested positive for Covid. I don’t know what’s happened to them. 

The Sikh volunteer teams that organised meals for them were very impressive.  Not the Christmas any of us would have hoped for, for them though. 

And finally....

Just how I feel! (Though I’d never invite one of those spies into my house)

I wish you all a very happy and healthy new year

Hugs Lynne, Lynnecrafts 

WOYWW 603 Ammonites and earrings

Hi all and wishing you all compliments of the season. Here we are again blog hopping via The Stamping Ground. 

This week I’ve done more beanies.  

I also tried the spiral gloves again but there was too much counting to do. It doesn’t suit my crocheting while watching the TV, so I’ve tried another pattern, Ammonite fingerless gloves, which work better. 

This is the pattern:

Ammonite gloves

Sorry I didn’t get to visit many blogs last week; I had my osteoporosis jab and it knocked me for six. I know it works though; before July 2018 if I fell just on the level I broke a bone. I then had my first jab. Dec 2018 I fell down 3 steps at the London Bridge hospital and only broke my kindle.  

Anyway, before the the jab we had my works Christmas quiz, which they kindly invited me to zoom in for. I learned last minute there were points for Christmas attire. Having just ogot out the Christmas decorations, LLJ’s Christmas puds came in very useful. 😀

 

This is a tree I bought in Nicaragua in 1986. 

Our normal tree is full of memories: the fairy on the top that’s as old as me, the angel I bought in St Paul’s when I got them to let us use their special lift to take my Mum to the whispering gallery. Our friend Paula’s cracker, Jan’s Christmas puds, Natalie’s potters heart, the Persian looking decos from Paris, apples and bells from my Mum’s tree, globes from TCR and an icicle from Clara Vale.

Thea still loves my crochet cushion but also has a new friend....

 

It’s rained a lot but there was a nice sky on the way back from Margate, and yesterday we had a bit of a walk round the village, past St. Ethelburga’s well 

And finally.....

I wish you all a happy Christmas and a much improved 2021. Take care and happy WOYWW 

Hugs

Lynne 

WOYWW 602 Beanies- no pom-poms

Hi all, back for another Wednesday sharing of out workspaces via the blog hop at Https:\\the Stamping-ground.blogspot.com

I’ve diverted this week into making beanie hats, using up extra yarn I bought for the vineyard shawl. The shawl was delivered, and much appreciated by my goddaughter and her partner, who models his beanie. 

B has kindly modelled one being made for a godson. 

I dislike pom-pond so I’ve made a little wool button to sit on top. 

Thea is happy on my crocheting cushion; the only way to persuade her to get down is to take her photo!

And sometimes not even then!

I’m waiting for the Christmas spirit to strike, but I have had one present, a very nicely wrapped magic carpet from Shoshi, thanks so much!

 I usually have to go out to get holly first but haven’t been going out. We’re in Tier 3 but covid rates are still just going up really fast here. 

They say there’s a new variant of the virus. Super scary. 

Our neighbour has a lot of exterior lights, all year round. It makes it hard to see the stars but there are supposed to be good meteor showers this week. There’s also a Jupiter/Saturn planet conjunction on 21 Dec, that may make an amazing Christmas star. https://earthsky.org/human-world/was-the-christmas-star-real

And finally....

Take care. stay safe and happy WOYWW 

Hugs

Lynnecrafts 

WOYWW 601 Post crop crochet

Hi all, welcome to my workspace this Wednesday, part of the What’s on your workspace Wednesday bloghop organised by Julia at The Stamping Ground . 

Wasn’t it good to chat together on Saturday? It was lovely to see those of you who could make it. Here are a few: 

I’m returning to an older WIP, a shawl I started a while ago. 

I’m trying to add a bit of an Art Deco top border. 

It has three colours together, dark green, malachite green and copper.  

but I ran out of the copper. 

It’s Sod’s law that the more expensive yarn is, the more likely it is that it arrives in hanks rather than balls. This is where I need Brian to stand with his arms out for me to wind it into a ball. 

 When he nearly lost part of it he said I looked like this   - it’s very difficult to untangle. Still we ended up with a nice ball.

Thea is alternating between cuddling up to me and to the radiator as it’s very cold here. 

I’ve had some back problems and am using a V pillow to support my crochet, so I’m not bending over it. I have to be careful as I’ve osteoporosis.  Thea thinks it’s there for her to stretch out on, of course! 

I’ve moved her tepee to next to the hall radiator - cat heaven! 

And finally, I swear there is a special black hole that eats crochet hooks in my house...

WOYWW 600 Yay!

Hi, and big congratulations to Julia and to us all for sustaining our blog circle at the The Stamping Ground to 600 weeks! 

My vineyard scarf is now finished. 

I added a grape-bobble border to the ends but have kept the side borders plain, as bobbles could catch in earrings. 

 Since then I’ve been struggling with chiral logic. I fancied these figure of eight gloves, but the pattern is only written for right handed crochet, and my spirals, in the first example, were going wrong. I still don’t have it right, but it’s an interesting little problem. 

The pattern is here: 

http://knitting-and-so-on.blogspot.com/2015/11/octavo.html

Thanks to all for your good wishes last week; B’s 2nd cataract op seems to have gone ok. He says he’s wasting a lot of time looking for glasses he doesn’t need, like when he wakes and reaches for them out of habit. He’ll still need reading glasses, which also get lost. In a few weeks he can get a definitive prescription. 

Thea is still very cuddly; hibernating is also a key occupation 😻

And finally...

Looking forward to seeing you all at the crop on Saturday 

Hugs

Lynne

WOYWW 599 When will I stop?

Hi all, This will be posted early as B has his 2nd cataract op tomorrow. 

This post is part of the wonderful world of Wednesday crafting, celebrated by sharing our workspaces via The Stamping Ground , hosted by Julia. 

I think I'm coming to the end of the vineyard scarf. B has kindly modelled it for me - how much longer do you think it should be? My goddaughter is about the same height as B but with longer legs and a slightly shorter torso.

 

I'm planning for the border; orange and purple, I think? I was carefully calculating how much wool I'd need by crocheting 20cm, measuring the yardage used then working out how much I'd need for the whole border. So many places are out of stock, due to the pandemic, but I surprisingly need less than I thought.

Some burnt orange is on the way from a small family yarn shop, woolfull.com, that is offering free postage with no minimum order.  It must be a loss leader. I found myself buying extra just so my purchase would be more than the postage. That's my excuse anyway. ;-)

Thea and I have been having lots of cuddles. She's off B at present, sadly for him,  but that will change in time.

Good new! Our case of Beaujolais nouveau has just arrived! North and South wines in London are now stocking it, and since we can’t go to France, we pay English (horrible!) prices!

As we’re self-isolating prior to B’s op, here’s a wonderful photo taken by my friend, Chris Farrell. This one, taken off the Folkestone area, was so impressive I had to include it, with her kind permission. 

And finally...

I’m looking forward to seeing you at our virtual crop. 

Take care, stay safe and happy WOYWW 

Hugs

Lynnecrafts x