And the beginning of February. So here’s a round up of what I’ve done in January.
Above is a photo of the snowdrops and cyclamen at Kingston Lacy, near Wimborne over a weekend ago.
I have two finishes this month, both knitted. Some sewing and a lot of drawing.
First off, started and finished in just a few days is this beanie hat with pom-poms. I was looking for a child’s beanie hat for my granddaughter and found a pattern in the current issue of Simply Knitting (on Readly) which is actually a dinosaur hat but I omitted the spikes. Nice and easy so I will write the pattern out to keep for reference. This is to go with some mittens that I finished in November.
Second finish to a bit longer and was just finding last night and it is a cardigan in James C Brett Aurora in what I would call unicorn colours. This is knitted for another granddaughter as it’s the sort of colours she wears. I decided I would sew on different coloured buttons to finish. The pattern is Stylecraft 9707 and I did the V neck version but the sleeves are knitted plain stocking stitch instead of the lace pattern.
A bit bright, isn’t it. Enough to brighten these grey days.
As for sewing I finished off two quilts for West Dorset Peoject Linus. One was my own fabric pack and another was my friend’s quilt as she found it too much to make. They were both the same patterns with small squares and larger ones and the fabric was Flower Fairies.
I’ve got another pack to complete for this month and the same layout, so I’ve already make the top and I’ve just got to layer and quilt ready to take to February’ s meeting.
I used a wet day to sort out some orphan blocks and make them into cushion covers and small table toppers as shared in my last post.
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I also sewed a new project bag. I used the lining for the size of the bag as this was cut out a couple of years ago and never used. There was even a pocket in it. I then cut out out fabrics for the outer and drawstring casings. Because of the lighting on that day the colour of the drawstring is blue to go with the blues in the fabrics. That was a quick make one dull Saturday morning.
With Dorset Creative Embroiderers I made. Start on this hydrangea flower inspired by the book of Embroidered Landscapes and Flowers by Katrina Witten of
Rowan dean Embroidery. (Google decided to split the name up). This is mine so far
I’ve made an ATC this month for the TG ATC group based on winter weather. I used the front of a Christmas card for this, a bit of a cheat. I added torn white card to the bottom front, brush on some Stickles fine glitter glue and lightly brushed a Distress ink pad in light blue around the edges.
With the same online craft group I also made a couple of cards
If you looked at my recent posts or follow me on Instagram (@suewilduk) I have been trying to keep up with #sketchbookchallenge for 2025. This is run by Susan Yeates and artist who runs courses. I didn’t register ad I only wanted the prompts and do my own thing. There were a few days I missed out and I will go back to those pages and try to get finished by beginning of this month. I’ve quite enjoyed drawing and some paining too and I will share another post next week with more pictures of my sketchbook.
Looking back January was a packed month! In February I hope to make progress on a new knitted jumper and also make progress on my Yorkshire Blanket, which hasn’t been touched in a while. I won’t get lured into new challenges and try to clear some clutter (see how that one goes!).
Happy February - the days are getting longer at least!
