Saturday morning, 16-11-24

Morning, everyone.  Late again and it's the usual excuse.  I'm obviously getting old!  🤣

Anyway, here I am, Saturday morning and I have time to ramble on.

Yesterday's Hobbycraft workshop was as expected - except that I was the only one there (apart from the instructor, of course).  There's another one in a couple of weeks at the beginning of December (eeeek) and it's pretty full so I guess I just got lucky.

The instructor (can't remember her name) was lovely, a very interesting lady with lots of crafting interests including making amigurumi and watercolour paintings.  She showed me some photos of her work and the landscapes were just lovely.  I do love a watercolour landscape and, in the past, wished that Beth's artistic talent showed in that way.  But no - she did very modern, expressionist type stuff.

I'm rambling.
The pattern was not difficult although I started by making the rookie error of not re-counting the trebles into the magic ring and doing too many.  Ooops.
It was a really nice time - we chatted as we worked and occasionally she modelled something to me to clarify.  She said she might be doing on on reading crochet patterns as so many people found it hard and I suggested that she could do a 'Beginning amigurumi' workshop - I'd go like a shot.  I love amigurumi but what would I do with the finished products?  There's no little children in the family and I'm certainly not aiming to sell.
Maybe I could make just one or two . . . 

I came home with 

a nearly finished bauble (I just have to add the ribbon)

a cotton bag with all the materials in

three 100g balls of yarn - red, green and white

a bag of jungle bells so now I can finish my wrist warmers

two good sized darning needles

a size 4 crochet hook - not needed, I have loads, but another never went amiss

a thingy of red ribbon (can't remember the name - roll?  Like sellotape, anyway)

some stuffing

the pattern

and a really nice, warm, fuzzy feeling inside.

Big apologies for lack of photos.  I will take some, promise and they'll probably be in Sunday's post.

I'm not short of projects for the rest of this month now.  Beth's cardigan, some knitting, baubles to make . . . plus another project that can wait, if needs be.  Then in December I have that lovely (and challenging) Persian Tiles blanket.  I'm looking forward to starting that.

Hobbycraft had some new yarn in.  Oh, I was so, so tempted . . . but the halo is still intact.  I did get a wee cross stitch kit (reduced to £1.50) for my Twelve Days of Christmas box and now I have just one more to get.  I have my eye on a recipe book but will think about it as it's more than this sort of thing warrants really.

Goodness, how I have rambled!  But it was so nice to just sit and craft and chat and now I am so looking forward to going to the Knit and Natter group next Wednesday (it's definitely next Wednesday - I checked).

Thinking of today though, we're having what might be the last Golden Oldies SW Walks this morning and we're having lunch together afterwards.  I am really looking forward to that.  WHen I get home, I have a pile of ironing to do so that's my day, more or less.  Then there's Strictly this evening, of course - that will be nice too.

Such a lovely couple of days!

Well, better stop waffling.  Have a great day, everyone, and stay warm as it gets colder.  xx