Cold and Cold

When will this infernal weather stop? I am soooo tired of the cold, the rain, the snow, the sleet and the grey skies.

Been draped over the sofa or snuggled up to the radiator by the PC for the past few days with a cold. So no pictures of all the finished projects yet, especially as it's raining today, so not enough natural light to take some pictures.

However, I have finished:

• my Green Blossom scarf
• my Black and Teal Flapper hat.

My beautiful Thorny Rose bag is still a little damp and needs a little TLC after the rough felting in the machine, however, it's looking good and I can't wait to show everyone.

I've also started a pair of dark red lace fingerless gloves. Maybe not a brilliant idea with a stuffy head and a cold as the pattern is quite fiddly, especially the increases for the thumb. However, the first one just needs the side seam sewing up and hiding all the lose threads. And, if I feel a bit better later I might start the second one.

Hopefully, I'll have some pictures in the next couple of days.....

New Banners

With three projects almost finished I needed to do something else. LOL Odd that. Sometimes it's hard to let go off a project and I find myself extending the time it takes to actually finish it by starting something else.

• I've got a wonderful green scarf that just needs blocking and some ribbon adding.
• Then there's the black hat that just needs a couple of leaves and all the roses and leaves sewing on.
• Finally, there's the gorgeous Thorny Rose handbag which needs a little blocking, sewing, felting and then that will be finished.

Oh, and there are the pictures I will need to take of all the stuff that IS finished....

Instead... I've been updating my Etsy Shop banner and my blog banner.

Comments appreciated. :-)

Snow

Finally, 'proper' snow for once. It's been snowing all last night and most of this morning. The schools are closed (to my son's eternal pleasure) and rather than doing fun stuff like finishing my handbag I'll be making cookies and possibly muffins... Oh well...

A view out of my backdoor:

Mahonia covered in snow - the bush is currently in flower. I love the contrast of the thick fluffy snow against the spiky Mahonia and its yellow flowers.


Here's my bay leaf - it looks almost like it's covered in icing!



And here's the view over my back garden.