Furtling in October - Way Behind

 It’s November- quite a way into November.

I took this photo about 3 weeks ago as the leaves changed colour and the sky was a vivid blue.  Recently the weather has been grey and wet, so wet you wonder if there’s any more in the sky!

So last month I have been concentrating on getting Christmas handmades done so I can’t share much here.  I have finished a cardigan for Cecily.

I’ve bought buttons now, so it’ll be properly finished.  I also finished off a pair of gloves for Flo which I make from leftover sock yarn (Stylecraft Head Over Heels, with I-cord ‘string’ to thread through her coat.

I was passed on some cotton yarn, Drops Paris, which has gone on to make 4 dishcloths, 3 of which are shown below

They are knitted corner to corner, starting with 1 stitch and increasing at the beginning of each row until I reach about 43 - 45 stitches (the yarn is Aran weight using 4.5mm needles) then I decrease knitting the second and third stitches of each row together until 2 stitches remain, then knit them together. 

The local TG group had a charity sale at the meeting with craft stalls, Tombola, cake sales to raise money for the selected charity this year which is Dementia UK.  I made some Christmas coasters which sold well last year.

And I had oddments of pelmet Vilene and with some scraps made bookmarks, they went well too.

Doesn’t make any dent in the fabrics though.  I have gained a little bit more fabric as my Mum is no longer making quilts.  Most of her fabric will be going to local Project Linus group with a donation from my friend so the group which can go towards the cost of fleece fabric for the backs. 

There has been a bit of card making, though I wouldn’t get involved much with this, but that stash is growing a bit. I’m still endeavouring to keep it contained within the 3 boxes.  But I ran out of Get Well cards, that are sent to the ladies in the TG group and I have some ‘toppers’, which are cut outs that decorate the fronts of cards.

And of course my ATC swap card for this month

Would you believe this is made from serviettes, when separated they make a fine tissue that can be glued and layered onto card.  The bird was on a separate piece of card and mounted on top with the flower on top of that. I got very stuck up with that one, but it turned out well.

And at Hotchpotch craft group we made pencil pots.

That also involved some gluing, so got stuck up again.But they turned out well.

So onto November and more Christmas crafting, so there may not be as much to show, but see how things go.

So linking up with Mini Archie’s Furtle Around the Blogosphere for October.