Meet Lil’Melly

 Hi,

Meet Lil’Melly unfortunately I did not enjoy knitting Lil’Melly that’s the name of the pattern by Amanda Berry Toy Collection.  It might be me but it seem to take me ages to do the pattern,   Usually I love knitting toys and I wanted to try this pattern mainly because it was an elephant,  I love elephants and as you know  I do knit a lot of them in various ways,  from football  elephants  to pretty girls with  girly outfits,  but this elephant and me did not hit it off. I did add a piece over the top of the head to make it look more Indian with some gold stitching,  but in the photo below the stitching is not showing up,  there’s also another photo showing a side view 

This is one pattern that just won’t be done again.  I am glad it was a free pattern 

Its very cold here and over the week we have had a fair amount of snow,  hope you are staying warm and safe in this cold snap

Margaret 

2024 TTAl - temperature tat along part 15

 Hi,

From a very snowy Somerset,  it’s very cold and it’s been minus temperatures at night for nearly a week,

At last I have finished November,  we had some very low temperatures in November,  it’s definitely been moving into colder colours as the month  of November progressed.  I have 31 more squares to do to finish the year,  to finish a line and make it more square I might have to do a few extra into January,  I will see how the 31 square pan out.

Stay safe and warm 

Margaret 

CD Sunday challenge - anything goes #149

 Hi,

This is the first challenge of the year,  we hope you had a lovely Christmas and New year and ready to join in CD Sunday challenges,  as usual it’s anything goes,  the host this fortnight is Jocelyn 

For my card I used the Romance Art Deco CD by Debbi Moore,  I used the image and matching background paper, I matted the image on gold Miri card by Hunkydory,  I added a red ribbon bow,  and a spray of red roses,  feathers and some red feathers,

CD Sunday Plus challenge has a Facebook page for those who would like to enter the challenge and do not have a blog,   here is a link to the page the challenge and do not have a blog,    

I hope you will visit the CD Sunday Plus Challenge site, and remember if you want to enter the challenge you must use something from a CD, USB or digital material no matter how small and let us know where and what you used the material from,   and that it is a card or a project.    Here is a link to CD Sunday Plus Challenge blog  we would be pleased to see you.

Enjoy your weekend,

Margaret 

Happy New Year 2025

I wish all my friends and family 

A

Very 

Happy New Year 

 

Christmas decorations with snowflake and bird,

 Hi,

Today it’s foggy damp and horrible as I write this schedule post,   We had a quite Christmas,  unfortunately Vernon was not able to get the ladder down to get into the loft his shoulder is not strong enough to reach up on bring the ladder down so no Christmas decorations,  I had this heart shape wreath so I made a door wreath out of it,  I had some Christmas ribbon to made a bow,  my tatted Christmas bells  I kept separate from the door wreath in the roof,  so I put them in the middle,  I made a white flower  and some green leaves from pipe cleaners something I have started making and to show you.  I filled them in with some red feather.  A door wreath with a difference.

Over Christmas I finished a snowflake called Alba by Joelle Paulson,  lovely pattern thank you Joelle for designing this snowflake,  I used Lizbeth thread no 20 in white.

I also made a bird from a pattern designed by Namiart I love this bird pattern I intend to make more but I am going to add I piece of thread so they can hang up from a tree.

I hope you had a lovely Christmas 

Margaret 

Merry Christmas

I wish all my friends and followers

A 

Very Merry Christmas 

 

Happy Christmas Vernon

 Hi,

This is my last Christmas card of this year,  of course it’s for my husband 

This year I used a free download from craftsuprint.com   I loved it so I had to use for him

Margaret