BUNTING

A few years ago I made some knitted Bunting which went as a birth gift with a blanket to little Jake next door.

I sort of forgot about it for a while, but have now made some more for my stall at my next Fair.  I'm really pleased with the result and feel the urge to do some more.

What do you think?

HAND-CRAFTED HOME FAIR - APRIL - REVIEW

Hi Everyone,

I have been a little slack with my blogging of late - life got a bit in the way, but here I am once again with a slightly belated round-up of my last Hand-Crafted Home Fair held at Stanwick Lakes last Saturday 13 April.

For once, the sun shone, and although it was muddy under foot on the reserve as seen by the number of VERY MUDDY, but happy children coming into the Visitor Centre, we felt that AT LAST Spring seemed to be in the air.

A lovely mix of new crafters and old friends, and a happy, buzzing atmosphere, and so here are the pics:

Xiao - Origami and Paper and Fabric Flowers

Sandie - Hand-Made Scented Candles

Sally - Hand-Knits of All Sorts

Rob and Trudi - Hand-Made Wooden Plaques

Pauline - Hand-Made Childrens' Clothes

Paula and Marsha - Hand-Made Jewellery and Greetings Cards

Lesley - Hand-Made Greetings Cards and Soft Toys

Jamie - Hand-Made Jewellery

Claire - Patchwork Bags, Throws and Cushions

Becky - Hand-Made Jewellery

and Me with my Hand-Knits!

A huge thank you to all of our customers who are so interested in what we do and especially from me to those who bought my hand-knitted necklaces, and tea-cosy - and the lady who asked if I took orders for Baby Blankets - and YES - I so do!

Come and see us again at Stanwick Lakes on Saturday 11 May from 10.30 to 4.30.

PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL PRODUCERS

TWIRLING!

It has taken me a little while, but after my last post, I have been making my twirl necklaces.  Unfortunately, my photography here is not good, for which I apologise - I think my camera is ageing a bit - like me!  and so I'm not sure which of us is to blame!

However, I am really pleased with my necklaces - the colours are deeper and richer in life and my favourite is this one which is in rich blues and lemon with bright green vintage beads in between.

This is the Blossom which is for those who like gentler hues!

And this is the Rose - again the colours are much richer.

More good news is that I have, this morning, sold the last of my stalls for my next Hand-Crafted Home Fair on Saturday 13 April, and so all we need now is some GOOD WEATHER  !!

WARMER WEATHER KNITTING - WE HOPE !!

Thinking what sort of things to knit for my Fairs in the Spring and Summer is always something of a challenge.

So many people associate knitting just with autumn and winter and of course, you can go overboard with hats, scarves, mits, socks etc.

But there is so much more to knitting than that -

I do like my tea cosies, and another one is on the way - Lemon Curd  !

But some time ago I made some knitted twirl necklaces and they proved very popular and so some more are on the way.

Here are some I made earlier!

Apple 

Holly

Rosebud - (Holly and Rosebud look very alike here, but Rosebud was definitely more pink than red).

So I'm off now to make some more twirls  !!

SATURDAY'S FAIR

The weather forecast was for a deluge, but we were lucky as although it was very cold and wet underfoot (everyone coming in from their walks for coffee, lunch and tea were VERY muddy!) it stayed fine and we were quite nicely busy!

Old friends were present - Lesley, Pauline, James and Jamie and our new arrivals were Anna, Helen, Jungyi, Hayley, Belinda and Carla/Rebecca.

All of the stalls looked really great - thank you everyone for all your efforts - and thank you Stanwick Lakes too for your ongoing support.

Here are the pics:

Belynda

Anna

Carla and Rebecca

Hayley

Helen

James

Jamie

Jungyi

Lesley

Pauline

Me

I have only 2 stalls still available for the next Hand-Crafted Home Fair on Saturday 13 April and no jewellery stalls I'm afraid and so if you would like to book don't delay in getting in touch!

HAND-CRAFTED HOME FAIR - Saturday 9 March

My next Hand-Crafted Home Fair is getting very close again.

Find us, as usual, at Stanwick Lakes from 10.40 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. this Saturday 9th March - JUST NICELY IN TIME FOR MOTHERING SUNDAY  !!

We will have new crafters bringing their original work to show you all, as well as old friends including:

Jamie with his super jewellery,
Carla with her flower arrangements
Pauline and just beautiful children's clothes
Cynthia - natural skin care products
Anna - beaded clay and silver jewellery
Jungyi - cake-pops and biscuits
James - animal and human pencil portraits
Hayley - fimo clay and resin food jewellery
Helen - artwork on board
Lesley - incredible greetings cards
and me with my knits, of course!

If you are in the area - drop in and see us - you never know what you will find - and everything hand made by us - what more could you want?!

PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL PRODUCERS

TIME FOR TEA ?

The Knitting Pattern below which was in my Mum's huge stock of patterns, looks very unpromising, and in fact slumbered away in a file for years until RETRO came back  !!!

I think we can really understand why two of the patterns have never been revived! but the third one called in the instructions the 'Batchelor' tea-cosy is the one that we are learning to love again - with various toppings - some people favour a pompom, I've seen flowers, but I like the rings as shown.

Interesting to note too that this pattern cost 4d. - that's old money - not pence!

And so, my work in progress at the moment is my Battenburg Cosy - doesn't it look good enough to eat?

And here is one I made earlier - and this is in the colours suggested in the pattern - sorry it is not actually shown on a teapot, but too late now as it was sold quite a long time ago!

I have also made a scarlet and cream version which graces my son and daughter-in-laws kitchen, where I'm told it gets of lot of admiration - hence my Spring Revival!