Handmade Monday

Knitted in natural undyed wool then felted and blanket stitched. 

Finished with a bone button. 

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Spunday

No spinning today, but I found a previously spun and crocheted square of Swaledale ready to go into my blanket.  I also found some Suffolk which is spun and ready to crochet, which was a bonus, because I thought I'd run out. This is the grey wool used to make every other square in the pattern, and to crochet all the squares together, so lots is needed. I also plan to crochet a border around the whole lot when it's finished.

Swaledale

Things I'm loving...

Robin sent me these gorgeous sheepish buttons as a RAK. Love them to bits. They make me smile lots.

Pop over to Paisley Jade to see what everyone else is loving. Thankyou for popping in. Your comments are always appreciated. 

FO Friday

At last! Again. 

I knitted this a year ago and abandoned it at the sewing up stage. 

But tonight I finished it off. 

It all started with the buttons. Gorgeous pewter with turquoise stone centres.

The pattern was from Creative Knitting mag. 

Alluring Lace by Nazanin S. Fard 

Knitted in King Cole Bamboo. 

Well, I think I've done everything this week: Handmade Monday, Tuesday's Tallies, WIP Wednesday and FO Friday. If you have suggestions for the missing days (these need not include housework) please let me know. 

Thankyou for popping in and commenting, I'll make a fresh batch of cupcakes and put the kettle on. 

Pop over to Tami's Amis to see more FOs from more people. 

Bianca's first egg

Bianca is 23 weeks old and joined us, and our other 6 chickens, 5 weeks ago along with her friend Imogen.

Today, Bianca laid her very first egg. It was easy to tell that it was hers, because it was tiny, and bright white. We knew she would lay a white egg because she is a White Star chicken.

There it is, along with her friends' eggs. Not Imogen's, we're still waiting for her first egg.
Strange thing was, when I went into the run this afternoon, Bianca, who is normally very shy and runs away as soon as you go anywhere near her, hunched up her shoulders and sat waiting for a cuddle. So she got lots of fuss and cuddles. Obviously very proud of herself. Clever girl.

And it was delicious. Thankyou, Bianca. 

WIP Wednesday

It had to be this, today.

This is what I've been mostly knitting for a couple of weeks now.

This is the back, and I have completed the 2 fronts.
With any luck, it will look like this when it's finished:

This is the wool I'm using. 

You can buy it here New Lanark Shop

Thankyou for popping in. Have you checked on the chickens? They like getting visitors too ;o)

Tuesday's Tallies

My first Tuesday's Tallies too. 

Apart from last week, when I gatecrashed, because I wasn't really sure of what to do. Now though, I've found the Ravelry group, signed up and sorted my project.

My project has been going on for a couple of years, for as long as I've been spinning. I'm making a poncho/blanket from handspun British sheep wool. Every square must be handspun by me, then crocheted into a square, then labelled with the sheepy breed, then crocheted to the blanket. I won't be doing one a day, I'll aim for one a week. It would be nice to get this finished. It currently has 36 squares in the blanket, I have 12 left to do.

I will try to get a square of rare Soay wool made this week. The fleece is raw so I'm starting at sheep level.
This is what it looks like at the moment.

Thankyou for visiting. I'm enjoying looking at all of your beautiful creations too.