Back in the armchair now

Boiled Wool bag

My mermaid at Ilfracombe Harbour











Our sandcastle on Aberdovey beach.










Emily Joyce wearing one
of her own creations
and working away at the
next. I interviewed her
for my article. This was
taken in Canvas & Cream
in Forest Hill.

Well, where did the summer go, eh?

What have I been doing? 



Broomstick stole

Urban Granny

A student of mine at the Sydenham
Gardens Mental Health Resource Centre

Apart from quite a bit of teaching and some writing, I've been trying to FINISH some projects for most of it actually. The WIPs were taking over my home (Works in Progress). 

 

So to that end I completed some felted bags I'd been harbouring for long months - but actually they all need lining now. 

Kids crocheting in my summer holiday
sessions at a youth club in Downham.

I also started (sorry I couldn't help myself) a broomstick lace Stole in duck egg blue aran weight cotton (dribble dribble), oh and I also started (no, I really am sorry but I just HAD to) a ruck sack style bag for myself, made out of granny squares but with a kind of 'urban' colour scheme. It's looking good but it, too, will need lining. I'm still creating a flap that will attach to some buckle straps. No what did I do with those buckles I bought?

A happy student of
mine at the Flower
in Two hours
session at Alhambra
Homes and Gardens

In the mean time I've made a lot of sandcastles and sculptures and eaten rather too much cake. So, much of September's attention has been taken by my focus on Weight Watchers online. ( I've lost a stone so that can't be bad).

But for me, the biggest and BEST piece of news is that I have had an article published in a crochet magazine. Inside Crochet - October 2012. I am really, REALLY chuffed, and am starting to think about what else I could scribble about in the same vein, now I've reached that milestone.