June! And Goodbye to May

 

Well May went quickly and it’s now 1st June, so about time I had a round up of what I’ve done in May, which won’t take long as I’ve only got a little bit of a finish and a big bit of progress.

This week I have been suffering with leg pain which turned out to be bursitis. The Bursa is a sac of fluid behind the joint, in my case the left knee, which has become inflamed. My leg became swollen and feels like a tree trunk! It was made worse by half term holiday trips out to Wimborne Model Town and another to The Tank Museum. Although I took opportunities to sit down there was a fair bit of walking. So now rest, Paracetamol and Ibuprofen for the next few days.  And I guess reading, knitting, watching You Tubes and a bit of sewing might get done. 

Anyway the finishes last month are a pair of socks and fingerless gloves for me.  The Cuddlebums yarn, called Happy Ending, which I purchased at Yarndale the year before last had its time,  I took the socks with me on holiday to the Netherlands in April so it’s been well travelled. The patterns I’ve used were the Hobbity socks as reference for the heels and toes by Kay Jones and is a patron pattern.  The gloves were the Fingerless or Not by Snapper Knits, which I’ve used several times before.

A second item in progress, which I hope to have finished, but half term and now the poorly knee had put paid to that for a little while is my purple quilt. Below is the front sewn together

It’s shown pinned at the back but all the pieces have been sewn together now, so just the binding to do.

There’s more about he quilt on my previous post.

With the TG (Townswomen’s Guild) online group I made a card . Some how I cut a couple of pieces short and got a bookmark too.

ATC for this month is about TG so I cut a newsletter up as background and added he bold type for the activities that my local group does,

And At Hotchpotch craft group I had a go at macrame feathers, which was quite enjoyable.

Another start was this bag of flowers (which will be made into a pouch eventually.  I haven’t sewn any more of the flowers.

This is a sample of what of the finished article.

So May has been busier than I thought. See what June brings.