Mini Felt Garden.

Teeny tiny, fuzzy, fluffy.

 threads and stitches.

 embroider and embellish.

write a greeting and post to someone you love.

Fi x

There and back on Mothers Day.

Yesterday was Mothers Day here in the UK. I hope all you Mums out there had a special day with your loved ones.

This is my little home made gift to my lovely Mum, a scissor keeper covered in silk ribbon embroidery and French knots.

All wrapped up in a little matching handmade box.

(She loved it)

I had a super day with wonderful man and my beautiful daughter, unfortunately there was one person missing, my son who is away at university.

 We popped out for lunch and I happily snapped away along the journey for you. This is the famous Ribblehead Viaduct. 

 We're driving through the Yorkshire Dales on our way to Kirkby Lonsdale just over the border in Lancashire.

 Little flurries of snow threatened us all day but luckily only settled on the hill tops.

 Not much in the way of traffic!

Lunch! Yummy. I can't share our bimble through the village as I was far too busy window shopping to take photos, sorry. And there are some seriously lovely shops in Kirkby Londsdale. 

The sun came out for our journey home, glorious!

 Back past the viaduct again.

I love this little house at the side of the road, every year a little more of it falls down.

not far now, the whole journey only takes about 45 minutes.

And today...

from the attic window, snow...

snow...

snow.

Yep it's snowed all day on and off, but I don't mind. I've just taken delivery of MY mothers day gift....15 balls of wool, WHOOHOO!

Thank you to my beautiful family, I had a wonderful day. x

Fi x

It started with a .....

CUSHION

No that's wrong...

It actually started with lots of little squares.

 and many itty bitty seams.

 Which magically became 2 cushions, as is often the case.

Closely followed by OOing and AAHing and the request for a quilt.

More squares and stitching.

Indeed, lots of stitching.

and hey presto...

A matching single bed, size quilt was made.

SNUGGLE-UMPTIOUS!

But our tale has a sad ending, sniff, sniff.

One little cushion was left behind and all alone in the world. (Oh NO!)

So in true 'Bagpuss' tradition Fi gathered it up and took it to her shop.

Just in case someone should come along one day and be in need of pretty patchwork cushion.

The End

x

Radiance Shawl.

 This was my New Years knitting project.

A delicate, lightweight shawl for myself. 

I've never knitted a shawl before but then I've never had need of a shawl before. 

In fact the last time I wore a shawl was when I was 13 years old and a bridesmaid for my auntie. My dress was jade green which I was none too keen on and I had a white woolly shawl (which I'd forgotten about until now) as it was a March wedding. I was going to post a photo of me a la bridesmaid but unfortunately I only have old fashioned paper photos and they're up in the loft somewhere and I'm sat in front of the fire two floors below. I could heave myself off the comfy sofa and away from the cosy fire and go and search them out for your perusal but...we both know that's not gonna happen. 

Anyway I digress. Now being the wrong side of 40 I feel a chill sometimes and thoughts of woolly Cranford-esk shawls are starting to appeal mightily.

I have to say, I did enjoy making this one. The pattern is from Ravelry and is called Radiance Shawl by Helen Stewart. I'd bought the yarn (merino and silk) at the Knit and Stitch Show in Harrogate last year. All the details of the yarn and pattern can be found here. It was very straight forward and the pattern is written so that you can tick off each row as you do it and it also tells you how much you have completed as you go along. 
Easy-peasy.

How about a bit of patchwork next time?
Gosh! Listen to me...woolly shawls, patchwork quilts, you'd think I was getting ready to hibernate!

Till next time
love Fi x

Goodbye Gilbert, from snow to sunshine.

 Goodbye Gilbert...safe journey my little cheeky chap.

 My little felted gnome has been cut up, stitched up and wrapped up...  

and is now on his way to Australia.

I wonder what he'll see at the other end of his journey? I guess it won't be snow though!

Fi x