End of September

 A month of finishes and almost finished.  

For the finishes - I finished of my ‘Crème Egg’ socks, so called because the yarn colours looked like the colours of the Crème Egg wrapper. Plain vanilla socks, didn’t need to be fancy. The yarn is by King Cole, a Zigzag colour that is no longer available.

I also started and finished a pair of fingerless gloves. I bought the pattern from The Southern Wool Show last month and it’s by The Wool Barn, called Lewes. It’s a great pattern for small amounts of yarn. (But lots of ends to sew in!).They’ve been washed and blocked so they’ll soon be ready to wear.  There might be more pairs of these.

A knitting nearly finished is my cardigan with just the front bands and sewing up the side and sleeve seams.  I hope to get this done before the end of the week.

A crochet finish this month are these two blankets. They’re lap sized versions of the Canalboat blanket design by Lucy of Attic 24.  She is changing websites so there are no patterns available currently.  These blankets hibernated before I got cracking on finishing the borders.

I have been busy sewing too as I’ve been working on some quilting squares to make into pouches.  Some have got as far as having the zips inserted and others are awaiting sew in. 

This is what they will eventually become. Ready for charity sales next month.

I made a vinyl pouch for my sister’s birthday, along with a little felted dog, similar in colour to one of her dogs. The felted dog was a small kit by Corinne Lapierre

And I also made a square bag for taking away with us as not so much is supplied at Premier Inns so we can take extra mugs, tea, coffee etc.  It is basically a bottle bag, the pattern from a book by Susan Briscoe.

As a change from the knitting and sewing I have made a card, a demonstration on a Zoom call.  This is a tower cards

I also made an ATC the subject being Hobbies.  I didn’t send it in time, so I’ve kept this.  David’s hobbies, volunteering on the local heritage railway and model railway making.

So that’s September.  For October I’m taking part in a Halloween themed knit along mystery gnome.  There are two options -pumpkin coloured Gnumpkin ( or the more witchy Gnettle). My needles and yarns are ready