The Alphabet...

One of the books that arrived the other day, had letters of the Alphabet patterns in it.  As I have a friends birthday coming up this week, I thought I would make her a name banner & I am pleased with the way its turned out.  

As you can see they are being "blocked" at the moment but I will join the K, E, R, R, I to the lavender band later in the week.

The A, L, I & C were practice letters - not too sure what I will do with them yet.

Finally......

This is Derek at the allotment trying out his new Beanie Hat that I made for him last week

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He said that it kept his head really warm and toasty, which is good as it was a particularly cold day yesterday

OH! Which book do I drool over first???

Arrived today - all at the same time - spoilt for choice!!

Latest Projects....

A Beanie Hat in a thick Aran Wool using a 6.5mm hook - this took one evening to make!

Here's the pattern to follow - thanks Crochet Geek

Take a Cotton Buds tub....

Double tape the inside to secure the edge of the work....

Add an old pot that  you get posh puddings in and you have a lovely crocheted pot that can hold business cards or paper clips etc!

I liked making the Beanie Hat so much that I wanted to make another for a friend at the allotment that helped me no end the other day!  I didn't have any more thick wool, so I put 2 balls of DK together (e.g. using 2 strands from 2 balls) and made this hat!

More Bears!!

Yes, I have made another bear in White

With blue button eyes & a nose

And a little blue bow at his neck

I also finished Lemon off with a pink head bow

& 

in between all that I made a cow.....

who is now in transit to a very happy cow fanatic!

Take a pesto jar.......

Yes, this is a bog standard pesto jar that would have gone in the recycling bin

However I needed it to store all my crochet needles in

And I thought it looked really boring

So I crocheted a little jacket for it and now it looks FAB!

Lemon Teddy Bear

Worked in Lemon Wool DK with glitter pink buttons

My latest works

As you can see I have been busy!  I crocheted (state the obvious ha ha) a Tibetan hat from a pattern that I found on the internet.  I used a very chunky wool and and 8mm hook so I had to adapt the pattern as I went. I found the best thing to do was to keep on putting the hat on my head as I went along.  I then added the tassle to my own design as I didn't fancy a pom pom.

I then decided to make some mittens, but as you can see I have run out of wool!

That is the thumb to the left of the picture.

Ah, now I didn't do these today, I just finished them off today!  Snowflakes (again stating the obvious I know-sorry)  They have been on the blocking board for a while now.  I just need to starch them when the iron next goes on and I might even glue & glitter them, if I can find some glitter!