WOYWW 705

 Sorry to have been absent, we've had a lot to do with moles these past two weeks. Not this sort:

But having a new water pipe fitted, which involved moling machines under our drive, getting up at dawn to get done before the water goes off etc.The physical works are now done, but I've still to battle the water company about our bill, once we take the 2nd reading next week. I’ve had lots of headaches and haven’t felt like blogging and commenting. 

In the meantime I've made a vineyard scarf for our goddaughter's partner and a pair of gloves to go with her vineyard shawl for herself (with a bracelet tucked into the glove).

See we

I hope they’re not too rough for the Parisian pair! 

Bella and Gracie are much appreciating the warmth now we are using the log burner again.

We're not sending Christmas cards this year and are making a donation to the cat shelter they came from instead. I wrote a review of my favourite Italian food hall, Macknades, for the Guardian, and they’ve said I should go in and collect a free panettone as a reward! I’ll be going this morning so I’ll comment later. I’m well chuffed! 

And finally

I’m not sure if I ve posted this one before but I love it!😻

Happy WOYWW and happy crafting 

Hugs 

Lynnecrafts x

WOYWW 702 More vineyards

Hi all,

Here are the gloves I was working on last week

I’m now working on a scarf for her partner. I’m adding a few grapes and leaves but fewer than in the shawl I showed you last week, to make it a bit more ‘masculine’. 

Principally, this week, we’ve been dealing with the water company, who reported a 1000L leak per day from our water supply. They finally dug on Monday and decided the leak was ‘our side of the boundary’ and therefore our responsibility. I nearly came to blows with one of them who suggested I get my husband to come and take a photo - he thought I was being rude by saying that was sexist.  He redeemed himself when he ran his cat scanner up the side of the house for us, to locate the pipe we have to replace. It’s going to cost about £2000 and our house insurance has said it’s not covered.

It’s incredible to think you can have a large leak and it’s not visible. It’s just pouring into the ground, and Affinity Water didn’t  notice till they came to read the meter. If you see a cheap insurance for your mains water, it’s worth considering!

Bella and Gracie send purrs to you all. No new photos this week. 

And finally…

I’m off to join in the blog hop at The Stamping Ground Take care and happy WOYWW!

Hugs Lynnecrafts x

WOYWW 701 Vineyard gloves

Hi all, I hope to visit more WOYWW desks this week as I’m feeling better after a few days of nasty headaches. 

I’ve diverted from the Tizzy- coloured slipover to fingerless gloves this week. I thought I’d make some for my goddaughter to go with the scarf I made a couple of years ago. 

Here are the gloves in progress:

Here’s the scarf. 

We had another Stitch and Bitch meeting last night. I dropped some larger sized needles and thicker wool off for one of the beginners last week, and was rewarded with a photo of well knitted rows. 😀

The weather has been horribly rainy so we’ve mainly stayed home and cuddled up with the cats. Of course, Bella and Gracie hate that but they put up with it for us.😻😼. They send purrs to you all. 

And finally…

Take care and happy WOYWW!

Hugs Lynnecrafts x

WOYWW 700!

Wow, 700 weekly blog hops of The Stamping Ground isn’t that just brilliant! Well done Julia and Jan! 🥳🍾🍸🍸

I’ve started a wavy sleeveless jumper for Brian. It’s crocheted in the round and uses the same yarn as my Tizzy ( I won’t want him to wear it at the same time 😀).

I braved our local pub last night for the first of a series of Stitch and Bitch sessions, raising money for Alzheimer’s UK. I was wearing my Tizzy cardigan. One of the knitters saw me crocheting the slipover and thought I was adding to my Tizzy cardigan while wearing it!

We had 3 beginners and 3 experienced knitters / crocheters. The 3 beginners were from the family who run the pub and they were keen to learn knitting. 

I promised to look out some of my Mum’s old knitting needles as I don’t use them now. (I got used to circular ones when knitting while commuting). She must have done lots of hard knitting- look how bent these needles are!

Gracie and Bella send purrs to your all

And finally…

Take care and happy 700th WOYWW!

Hugs

Lynnecrafts x

WOYWW 699 Et Voilà!

Et voilà!Here’s my Tizzy cardigan! Since someone just asked me online, I can tell you that it comprises 11.5 Tizzy squares. I feel like I’ve been doing it forever!

I’m pleased with how it swirls across the back and I’m so glad I added in the white. 

The sleeves add to the swirly effect;

I think I might reset the pockets, though. 

The length was driven by my design choice of using 1 full Tizzy square plus a triangular half square for each front. This was a mistake which meant the front was too narrow at the shoulder and I had to do a lot of infill, plus it made the front so long I had to lengthen the back. 

Does it seem daft to say I’m missing the pattern already? I’m really tempted to do another, shorter one, with a wide square and a smaller one at the front. I 2

You know when something’s right, yes? Even small things can be so satisfying. When I put this petrol blue border around the edge it felt so much more finished. 

Bella and Gracie haven’t been keen on the final parts of my Tizzy work as I keep them away when I’m using a needle. Much compensatory cuddling needed😻😻

On Sunday, we had the first Lyminge Farmers and Artisan market. 

The weather didn’t play nice but it was a good start. I was sad the wool stall didn’t turn up but there were: 

Kimchi and pumpkins (Very tasty kimchi)

Various card and jewellery stalls, a blacksmith, 

a ‘Less travelled lamb and pork’ butcher, a bit of fruit and veg and Gatehouse Farm who do good pies and baked goods. We were too late for their sourdough or scones but bought  a tasty steak and kidney pie. 

I hope they all find it worthwhile to come again! 

And finally…

I’m off to join in visiting desks now c/o Julia at the Stamping Ground

Take care and happy WOYWW!

Hugs

Lynnecrafts x

WOYWW 698 Buttons and borders

Hi all, I’m back for our Wednesday blog hop care of Miss Julia at the Stamping Ground. Amazing to think we’ll be at 700 weeks in a fortnight!

This week’s activity has a ‘B’ theme:

- Buttons

- Borders 

- Beans

I bought these buttons online but am not sure about them - are they too dark green? They’re supposed to be blue and green. 

I go round and round on my border and collar, with Gracie and Bella supervising. I think they like my warm cardigan. 

We shop at farmer’s markets where we can. There’s a greengrocer at Folkestone West station on a Saturday morning that has very keen prices. Even after giving a bagful to our next door neighbour, I had this many to top and tail. The whole box of beans cost £1.50..

There’s a farmers market in Hythe every fortnight with a French cheese stall (great St. Marcellin, Bleu des Causses and fromage blanc) and this Sunday we’ll also have the first monthly Farmers and Artisan market in our village. I do like a good market!

And finally…