New project,,,

I decided to start a new redwork project,,, a small wall hanging. It's about time I made something from 'my library'.

 Had to prepare the fabric on the floor,, it was a little too big for my window.

 Progress so far,,,

And this is the book I am using,,,, some lovely projects in here.
I am still knitting,,,my Heartfelt shawl,

Loving the way this yarn is working out. And I bought some 'special' yarn for a scarf that I am hoping to wear to my Twin #1 son's wedding in June.

Not sure whether to knit it in the Laceweight, (blue) or the 4 ply,,,,, and I haven't even found an outfit yet...

I would like to say thank you to all my readers/followers that take the time to read this and to those that leave comments.
                                                        THANK YOU.

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Finally,,,,

I have finished my Redwork quilt,,, spurred on by a comment left on my last post.

I quilted it in the ditch and put binding on it,,,,

                                          and I am glad it is finished.

I am knitting yet another shawl, using King Cole Country Tweed DK,,,

I love the way this is knitting up,, the colour change in the yarn is fantastic!!!

Yesterday was a gloriously sunny day,, so DH and I went to Burnham On Sea. I had never been there before,,,

 Not a cloud in the sky,,,, so quiet,,,, and this was at 11.30 am.

And here are my latest blocks for the BOM,,,

Here's hoping the weather stays 'nice' for a while!!
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Busy Bee,,,

that's me!!!
I have finished my Hitch Mitts,,

Took me a while to get these knitted but spent most of Sunday finishing them off! Not bad looking.

I have finished my Hitch 3,,

And this is a picture of all 3 Hitchhikers together. The mitts match the middle scarf!

I have finished my house block for my BOM,,

And I decided that my interchangeable circular needles needed a case,,, so,,, using the tutorial on this blog I made this,,

I did the zippy pocket 'my way', and it only took 3 hours or so,, from deciding which fabric to use, to the button!!

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No Title,,

I know blog posts don't always need titles,, but it is a little difficult to think of one sometimes!
Remember this,,,

He is no longer on the plinth at Salisbury Cathedral,,, but Maggi kindly sent me an email with this link , and , this one too. Interesting reading!!!

We had new sofas delivered recently,, and I decided to make arm covers for them.

 DH has a pocket for the remotes and his glasses,, he keeps losing them!

And I made a couple of cushion covers for mine!!!

I won a giveaway on Kerstins blog at the end of December,,

Gorgeous fabric,, can't wait to use it.

I wanted to have a little hand sewing project to get on with in the evenings,, and tried a 6.5 inch wonky star block,, but it was a bit fiddly. So I am making them on the sewing machine instead.

I have only made four at the moment,, but I like them. I am calling the quilt, when it is finished, Swonky Stars!
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This and That

 I was looking through my sewing room the other day,, having a bit of a clear out and came across this little thing I made a while back.

Can't remember blogging about it, anyway. It was a simple pattern, which is lost, but I should be able to make another if I so wished!!

Don't know about you, but my smaller rulers were always 'dumped' any where, on bookshelves normally. So I decided to make a holder for them,,, no pattern,, just a quick browse on the 'net to get a few ideas,,,

 and then off I went, and Ta-Dah!!

I am following a BOM on Beth's blog , I haven't done a quilt in a while, and this looks like fun!

 It is a Christmas quilt,, but I don't do Christmas quilts,, so this is the start. I am, hopefully, going to use just stash and scrap fabrics,,,

 apart from some white on white that I just 'had' to buy.The background it going to be white, but different designs.

If you click on the above photo you can just see the patterns.

I am knitting a third Hitchhiker scarf,,,but using

my favourite colour!!! I love wearing this one,, lovely and warm. I will wear the next one a lot. too!! Picture of the third one next time,, it is too grey and dreary here this afternoon.

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Christmas Eve,,,

and DH is working,, so what am I to do,,, update my blog of course!!
I went for a walk this morning, into the village. And after the stormy weather yesterday,, the river has flooded again. No pictures as my camera battery died as I switched the thing on!! It was the worst I have seen it in the 5 years I have been here!

A few days ago I spotted one of the dear close to the little car park at the back of us,,

that is the closest he/she has been to civilization. You can just see my little car in the bottom right of the photo.

I have made a little pouch to keep my spare DMC threads in. I made a half Dresden plate pattern and wanted to do something with it other than just a block,,,

The orange fabric is a little brighter than in the photo.

 The small tub of Hotel Chocolat choccies were from my Big Boss Lady at work,,,,mmmmm!
And the progress on my Sisters stitchery,,, just the leaves and flowers on the right to do!

Just one more thing to say,,,,,
                                               Merry Christmas!!!

                                                                 
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Meet Lily!!

I bought myself a magazine as a treat,,, and made the little giveaway gift,,,

 Meet Lily,,,  the magazine called her Matilda,,, but I think she looks like a Lily!!

She was getting in to everything,, even into my knitting bag!!

I have started a stitchery by Red Brolly,,, 'Sisters, featuring Brutus The Cat',,

I managed to get a photo of a clothes shop in Bath,,,, that has a lot of sewing machines in their window,,,

I must ask them one day about the history of the machines!!

Here is a better photo, colour wise, of my 2nd Hitch,

And this photo is for Margaret,,,,

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