A Year of Projects Update - week 32

 Slowly making my way through January!  It's been quite busy as always!  We're doing various exams at school and it was my eldest's 18th birthday this last week.  I've still managed to do a few bits!  

I finished my latest pair of Stephen West socks - the Windschief socks.

I knit these with some West Yorkshire  Spinners Christmas yarn from years ago!  They are lovely and sparkly.

I also bought yarn and cast on a small hood having seen one of my coworkers with one earlier in the week.  The yarn is Malabrigo. 

I'm nearly done so I'm really hoping I have enough yarn!!

I have managed to get out into the garden a bit over the past few weeks,  just tidying at the moment as most things die back,  except the brambles that I have been tackling.

We have been watching the Traitors and I am becoming obsessed with Claudia's wardrobe!  So that might determine some of the things I will make now.

I'm hoping to finish the hood today,  so then will spend time on my other projects.

I hope everyone has a great week. 😊

A Year of Projects Update - week 30

 I hope everyone has has a lovely and hopeful new year.

I have had a quiet new year with a fair bit of relaxing and crafting.

Firstly I finished Hitchenbrook.

Hitchenbrook is the brown fabric item!  It is a shawl/poncho and I think it will be amazing in early spring as it gets too cold to go out without a coat but slightly too warm to wear a big winter coat.

Also in the picture are my Windschief socks by Stephen West - and I'm making good progress down the leg.  I'm using a Yorkshire spinners Christmas colourway from several years ago.

I have also been reading.  The book that has taken my attention right now is Wilding by Isabella Tree and is the story of how her and her husband started the process of returning an area of land in Sussex to the wild.  Thd area is actually about 20 minutes from here, so when I've read it I want to visit the Knepp estate to see it today.

I have a few other plans which I will reveal as I get to them!  Firstly,  I need to find a paintbrush!

Well I hope everyone has a good week 😊

A Year of Projects Update - week 28

 I hope everyone had a lovely week. I had a really relaxing week and I've managed to get on with a few projects.

I finished my Stephen West socks.

I love them and can't believe it took so long to finish them!

I have cast on a further pair of Stephen West socks as a Christmas and New year project.

I have been continuing with Hitchenbrook and am now at 40 inches - just 23 to go!

I have also picked up mums last ptoject.  I salvaged it from her seat on the sofa months ago and have just felt able to start finishing it for her.

Here it is as I found it.

She had some squares she had done, so I have sewn those in and have started to knit more squares to finish it off.

And so that is that for this week - I hope everyone has a lovely new year and so will catch up again in  January  ✨️