WOYWW 711 The Green man

Hi all, I’m back again for our weekly bloghop c/o  The stamping-ground

My desk is much as last week except for the extra leaves. 

I’ve woven the ends in but I think the slipover needs a few more leaves near the bottom and on the shoulders. When I said it at first Brian said it would turn him into the green man but agreed after I showed him this photo. 

Bella is helping by modelling the leaves. 

I had a nice day out on Saturday. I joined Ethelburga Quilters making about 150 heart shaped cushions for breast cancer patients in East Kent hospitals. I was on the stuffing and sew up squad.

Bella and Gracie send purrs to you all. 

And finally…

I’m sure I’ve posted this one before but it always gets me

Take care all and happy WOYWW 

Hugs

Lynnecrafts xx

WOYWW 710 Crochet organiser

Hi all,

I made my crochet hook organiser quickly, without the instructions as I mislaid them till I’d finished. 

It has transformed my desk from this:

To this:

I’m very pleased with it, and have ordered some little tins to better organise the pins and jump rings on the shelf. 

Bella and Gracie much appreciate that Dreamies are still part of the organised desk!

I’ve just got to weave the ends in on B’s slipover so that will be ready to show you next week. 

I’ve become interested in a new yarn, Louisa Harding’s Pittura in the shade Frida Kahlo. It’s sadly discontinued but I’ve found some on eBay. 

It’s better in herringbone stitch (upper half) rather than half trebles. 

And finally…

Take care and happy WOYWW 

Hugs

Lynnecrafts x

WOYWW 709 Happy new year!

Hi all, 

Back for our first blog hop via Julia’s Stamping Ground of the new year. I hope you’ve all had a good break and wish you all the best for the new year. 

We had a quiet time with Bella and Gracie. 

I’ve made some progress with B’s birthday present. I’ve sewn on the leaves

I have to do the rib for the armholes- it takes ages and I tend to tense up and end up with a bad shoulder. 

I’m experimenting with a yarn guide ring. I think it’s helping but who knows?

This is it. 

I’m taking the Xmas decorations down today so I’ll then be able to show you my new desk with the crochet hook organiser, I hope!

Gracie and Bella send purrs to you all and especially to your cats. 

And finally …

Take care and happy WOYWW 

Hugs

Lynnecrafts x

WOYWW 708 Happy New Year

I hope you and yours have had a lovely Christmas. I’ve not been crafting this week but have just added my blog to our last desk hop of the year to wish you all a happy and healthy new year. 

Bella and Gracie have been much enjoying their catnip fish and send you new year’s purrs. 

Among my presents was an organiser for my crochet hooks. We can’t put it up till the Xmas tree comes down but hopefully I can start using it after twelfth night. This is the seller’s photo on EBay. 

I took issue with one seller who said ‘a man could put it up in 10 minutes’ and we bought from another seller without such sexist sales talk, reporting the first one for discrimination since his only replies to my polite suggestion that he might be putting off some buyers were rude. 

Anyway, it should be better than the overflowing tin mug I currently keep my hooks in. 

And finally….

Take care and happy WOYWW 

Hugs

Lynnecrafts x

WOYWW 707 Happy Christmas!

Hello my blog friends and happy Christmas to you all!

Something I really enjoy about Christmas is rediscovering decorations from friends and family. The Christmas pudding above was made for me by Jan a few years ago and it’s one of my favourites. 

Here’s my crafting for this week - I’m crocheting rib for B’s birthday slipover. Bella’s helping😻

The fairy on the top of my tree is as old as I am. 

The angel below her is much younger. For my Mum’s 85th birthday we had a weekend in London with her. When we took her to St Paul’s, she told me how she’d been up in the Whispering Gallery with my father 65 years before. I persuaded an official to let us use the evacuation lift so we could go up there. We went to the Tower of London as well and this is my favourite photo of her

I think of her a lot at Christmas. 

Anyway, Bella and Gracie send purrs to you all. They’re VERY interested in their Christmas pressies (big catnip fish). 

And finally…

B mentioned a Welsh cartoon that said Lionel Messi gets bara brith sent to him every week, but as always on Facebook, it disappears as soon as you look for it…

Happy WOYWW and happy Christmas to you all

Hugs Lynnecrafts x

 

WOYWW 706 Keeping warm with vines

Hi all, I hope you’re keeping warm in this chilly weather! I’ve resorted to merino base layers. 

The eagle-eyed among you, mentioning no names, Jan, spotted that last week Gracie was on my lap next to a new piece of crochet. It was the start of this. Brian has always secretly liked the embroidered suit Gram Parsons wore do I’m making him a vineyard slipover for his birthday in January. It will later have leaves sewn on like my recent scarf. I ordered the wool online and it’s a bit lighter in weight than I thought. Brian likes it but I may do a double layer of it. I’ll see. I do like the way the grapes stick up with the puff stitches!

The leaves are fun to crochet when I’m bored with to and fro crochet or when I’m in the car. 

There’s been much vying for my lap this week- I suppose I’m a useful heat source😻😻

I’ve taken more photos of our water meter this week than anything else. 

We have to take the second meter reading for our water on Thursday, and then we’ll see how Affinity Water makes amends. I’m still disgusted by how they refuse to invest in water meters with leak alarms (unlike Thames) while exhorting us all to save water. 

And finally…

I’m off to blog hop at Julia’s Stamping Ground

Take care and enjoy your crafting!

Hugs

Lynnecrafts x

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