WOYWW 832 Happy anniversary!

Hi all and happy 16th anniversary to us all, many thanks to Julia, Jan and now Sarah for keeping it going and to you all for contributing. 

Here’s my digital ATC, and I’ll happily forward it to whoever’s after me on the list if you send me your address to lmcollis(at)iCloud.com. 

It’s quite a simple watercolour, using a wet in wet technique for painting grapes that I learned at art class last week. 

Here’s my desk, where I’m still working on my weathered window. 

With Bella’s supervision (she sends you all purrs), I’ve finished the little cardigan, which I’ll be posting to Stoke with my goddaughter’s circle cardigan. 

My bad knee has come back with a vengeance.  It’s frustrating but I’m seeing a consultant on Thursday for it.

And finally…

A French cartoon I liked:

It’s a girl!

Happy WOYWW anniversary !. I look forward to seeing 

your digital ATCs when I get back from the last art class of this term. 

Hugs Lynnecrafts xx

WOYWW 831 Cardigans and old doors.

Hi everyone, I’m back for our weekly bloghop courtesy of Sarah’s Craft Shed

Brian thought I’d take a better picture of my goddaughter’s circle cardigan so that left him to model it.😹 

I’m now working on her daughter’s cardigan, then I’ll send them both together. 

Bella’s supervising me on this. She sends you all purrs. I need one more measurement to finish the sleeves, and to do the gold embroidery and buttons. 

At art class we’ve been working on the surroundings to the windows. Mine’s in its ugly phase at present, I’ve been using salt, and printing with corrugated cardboard for bricks but it didn’t work well. I want to add strokes of flat brush for the brick on the lower left. The next phase is the window and shutters. I am finding the newspaper collage tricky to cover, but our tutor says we can glue more tissue over it. I’ve added the photo I’m working from to the middle do you can see what I’m trying for. I have a lovely new Winsor & Newton watercolour paint called ultramarine ash for the light blue. 

And finally…

I’ll be round to visit after class. Your comments are very welcome as long as they’re signed.

Happy WOYWW,

Hugs

Lynnecrafts xx

WOYWW Crochet, watercolour and glue.

Hi all, I’m back for our weekly bloghop care of Sarah’s craft shed. 

I’m going to watercolour class (wearing a mask) so I’ve had some catching up to do. 

I’ve finished my spring flowers:

The masking fluid text could have come out better but I’ve improved my painting of jars and flowers. 

And I’ve started my old window collage. Not much to see yet. 

The instruction was to paste tissue snd newspaper randomly. I’ll find out more tomorrow. 

I’ve also been asked by my Handmade for Dementia group to share how I make my rabbit twiddle. I’ve not written a pattern before, (and as a lefty a video might be confusing). I wonder if any of you might try it and let me know any glitches, please? Thanks so much. 

I’ve nearly finished my goddaughter’s cardigan, and Bella’s working hard at supervising me as I alternate front post and back post trebles for the rib. She sends you all purrs. 

And finally…

Since Monty Python and the Holy Grail is 50 years old: 

We used to have the French insults on the uni newspaper answering machine: ‘ I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries. I wave my private parts at your aunties ‘

We thought it was so cool 😎😹

I’ll be round to visit after my art class. Please don’t post anonymously as I’m not comfortable publishing them. 

Happy WOYWW 

hugs

Lynnecrafts xx

Crochet rabbit pattern

Crochet rabbit twiddle pattern 

I used double knitting yarn, in white for the tail and a contrasting colour for the rabbit’s body with a 3.75mm hook. 

  

Abbreviations 

Ch: chain

DC: double crochet

HTC: half treble crochet

Sk: Skip

SL slip stitch 

St stitch

UK crochet terms 

Body
Row 1. Make a magic ring then make 11 DCs into the ring. Pull the circle tight and slip stitch to 1st DC. 

Row 2. Ch 1, DC 1, then make 2 DCs into each stitch. SL to 1st ch

Head

Row 3. Make 3 HT, turn. 

Row 4 ch2 Make 2 HT into 1st St, HT, Make 2 HTs into last st, turn. 

Row 5 ch 2, sk1, 3 HT, turn. 

 

Ears 

ch6, *SL into top ch then 5 DC back down the ear. DC1 to secure ear to middle of head. *

DC1, ch 6. Repeat from * to *. 

Fasten off. 

Rabbit’s tail

Make a puff button either with magic circle or ch4 circle then DC at least 12 through circle, until the centre is filled. SL to first DC, and pull centre thread through to flat side.  

There’s a video here (in US terms so read DC for SC).The video uses CH4 instead of a magic ring. Either will do. 

 Puff button

Sew the tail onto the rabbit. 

WOYWW 829 Crochet and watercolour

Hi all, I’m back for our weekly bloghop courtesy of Sarah’s Craftshed. 

I’ve finished my steroids and just have to regain natural energy and resistance to infection.  I’m not going back to my watercolour class tomorrow, as I’ve zero resistance to infection at the mo’. I can carry on with my daffodil jar for now  

Next I think we’re doing old window collages. 

Or this

Bella has kindly modelled my goddaughter’s circular cardi and sends you all purrs. It’s not far off complete! 

I’m also collecting material to crochet this baby book for my cousins’ and goddaughter’s babies. 

And finally…

I’ll be round to visit tomorrow. Just a reminder, please, to sign any comment. I’m not comfortable with publishing totally anonymous ones. 

Take care and happy WOYWW

Hugs

Lynnecrafts xx

WOYWW 828 Crochet

Hi all, 

I’m back for our weekly bloghop courtesy of Sarah’s Craftshed. Thanks for all your good wishes. 

Still a slow road to recovery but at least I avoided a hospital stay this time. 

 No energy for watercolour or sketching yet (the respiratory steroids really knock me out) but my crochet hand still works. 

I’ve made a twiddle lap blanket for my aunt:

There are peonies which my grandfather used to grow, a cheeky dog on the left, a cat on the right and the teddy she bought me for my first Xmas in the middle. 

I’m sending some cannula sleeves to the hospice as well. 

I’m also working on my  goddaughter's round cardigan. 

All under Bella’s expert supervision, of course. 

She was looking especially cute this morning:

And finally,

I love this one, and my arms automatically go to and fro like the Wooden Tops…

Take care all and happy WOYWW 

hugs

Lynnecrafts xx

WOYWW 827 Crochet

Hi all, I’m back for our weekly blog hop care of Sarahscraftshed   Thanks for your good wishes last week.  My lungs are improving but I’m now in the doldrums that reducing respiratory steroids dumps me in. Hey ho! It’s been 2 years since I had one and at least I avoided hospital this time. 

I’ve two crochet projects on the go, a circle cardigan for my goddaughter and another pink and gold cardi for her elder daughter, supervised closely by Bella, who sends you all purrs. 

I started doing this one with random colour changes but it was too messy. This shows the pattern, which is literally a big circle. 

V. really loved the little waistcoat with a gold pattern on the pocket so I’ll add similar extras to this long sleeved cardi. . 

And finally…..

Take care all, and happy WOYWW,

Hugs

Lynnecrafts xx