December and New Discoveries

 

It’s December it’ll be a busy month leading up to Christmas.  My monthly marker this month is a book folded Christmas tree that I made at my local Townswomen’s Guild Hotchpotch craft group. That was a really good morning of chatter while folding pages (over 120-ish of them) before decorating and adding a string of tiny lights.

Anyway as for new discoveries this week I have a pair of AirPods. Nothing new there, they’ve been around for some time but it’s a first for me.  After the heaviness of David’s wireless headphones to listen to podcasts while sewing then the frustration of wearing cheap ear pods that kept running out of power, bit the bullet and got these in a Black Friday sale. These are brilliant and wished I bought sooner. Recognised my phone straight away, the sound is clear and the charge lasts for a long time. Using while machine sewing the volume adjusts itself too. They aren’t noise cancelling so I still need to be aware of what’s around me, but they are just the job for listening to podcasts and maybe listening to music.

Another discovery I found are books on Readly.  I have subscribed to Readly for a number of years and it has UK as well as some other countries magazines, newspapers and this discovery is of Search Books, who publish craft and art books and they have a small selection of their books.  The advantage is that being on iPad the articles can be read by expanding out the page making the type easier to read. A couple of the books featured is Carolyn Forster’s Quilt as You Go.  I have the printed book but the type in the book is grey rather than black which can make it difficult to read, so I’m pleased it’s on Readly. There’s also a crocheted wreaths book by Anna Nikipirowicz which is good for crochet ideas for small items amongst others. There is another page with art books too. I hope there may be a few textile/embroidery books.No affiliation as I pay a subscription.

It shows you’re never too old to find new discoveries. Everyday is a school day.