'Woollen Woods' project

The 'Knit and Natter' group that I now go along to get involved in all sorts of events. The latest is making woodland creatures for a festival at Kirklinton Hall near Carlisle. Over the past month or so our group has been making lots of creatures - below are the ones I have been busy making…..

Then early in May, a few of us from the knitting group, went to help set up our contribution along a woodland walk in the grounds of Kirklinton Hall. It was just amazing to see how they all looked in the woodland setting, and below are just a few photos

We even had a few of our creatures in the local paper!

 It was fun making the knitted creatures, something I would never have thought of making before. The patterns I used are here for the hedgehog and here for the owl, and the caterpillar was passed on by the K&N group.

The creatures will be in the woods until the end of June, so if you are in the area and fancy a more unusual walk in the woods now is the time to visit!

'Little knitter'

I've been going through the hundreds of photographs we have accumulated. Some are from my parents and grandparents and some from J's, but we have never really taken them in hand….. now we are in a smaller home and short on storage I may well scan quite a few and store them that way and pass some on to other family members.

However, this is one I must share with you! 

This is me, I must have been about 3 or 4 years old, sitting in the garden knitting, see the ball of wool by my chair (and those Clarks sandals, or were they Startrite? do you remember  wearing them?)!! I don't remember seeing this photograph before, but it was tucked in with a lot of others from my childhood. 

I was obviously a crafter from a very early age. I just love this photo, and is one I will keep.

Knitting again….

We are still working hard on the house, but I have managed to unpack some of my craft goodies and have started to knit a new pair of socks. I saw this pattern on Pinterest and found the pattern on Ravelry. It just appealed to me.

I'm still knitting the first sock, but have turned the heel so it feels as if I'm on the home straight now (for the first sock anyway)

I have had to revert to my small pins, as I can't find where I packed my lovely circular sock needles. I'm managing ok, but I can't help getting a line down the sock where I change pins.

It is a very simple pattern, just a broken seed stitch. The pattern is more like a recipe really, as you need a basic sock pattern to follow as well. I'm really enjoying getting back to some knitting!

I have joined a local 'Knit and Natter' group who are lovely, so am meeting a few new people - and this week I went back to my old group where I used to live  -  that was a real treat meeting up again and catching up on all the news.

Snowy weekend

It was just starting to snow when we went to bed on Saturday night - and we woke up to a delightful snowy scene the next day.

We made the most of the snow and had a lovely walk in the afternoon. Looks a bit bleak, but the light was fading a little by this time. Then back home to sit by the log fire with a cup of tea - bliss!