Sue W Sews: End of May

07 June 2025

End of May

It’s been quite a month to get things cleared before our holiday in the latter part of May (only came back on Tuesday). There’s been knitting and sewing done and a bit more crochet progress too. Still keeping busy!!

Anyway, during April and into the beginning of May was the mystery Gnome knit along, Professor Fungi, by Sarah Schira of Imagined Landscapes. I’ve taken part in gnome knit alongs previously and really enjoyed making these, so much so that I’ve now succumbed to buying her book, The Gnomes of Grimblewood from World of Books.

There’s always some new techniques to learn from these little gnomes so they are a clever make.

I also knitted a pair of socks, the original Sockalong from Winwick Mum, who recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of this pattern. Finished but still not washed are these blue socks. A slightly crinkly appearance as I knitted them with previously knitted yarn.

I started on 4 and finished on 15 May and has to be the quickest pair of socks made!! The yarn is hand dyed but seconds so it has no name but contains speckles of purple, yellow, green.

While away on holiday I took some small knitting with me, a pair of fingerless gloves for David in a West Yorkshire Spinners yarn made for Yarndale, which I bought last year. It’s a pattern I’ve used a lot of times before, called Fingerless or Not. I’m on the second glove but found an error with the first (which was not quite completed so no much to take back and rectify.

As for sewing I managed to finish off a cushion cover (the appliqué and border fabric was already on) with the quilting and backing.

Took a quilt top and quilted and backed that for Project Linus. These were odd blocks in mainly blues and the fish themed backing fabric was just the right size.