Day 43 : Saturday 20th August
I made up for the crafty inactivity of our journey home last Friday by cracking open my watercolour paints. I’d intended to take them on holiday with me but forgot to pack them! I missed them… I also managed to finish a very small rainbow scarf for Littlest Postcard too.
Day 44 : Sunday 21st August
Another day, another new project… This one’s for Middle Postcard (apologies little man I can’t think of a better pseudonym for you). He chose the yarn and asked for a winter hat. Having failed to find a suitable pattern online I’m making it up as I go along… Let’s see how this turns out 😉
Day 45 : Monday 22nd August
It’s beginning to look less like a big blue & green boob and more like a hat. Hurrah for that! 😉
Day 46 : Tuesday 23rd August
It’s finished! One completed bobble hat = one happy Little Postcard.
I’ve had loads of fun working on this – can you guess what it is?
Introducing Llanita the Gibraltar Yarndale sheep. Llanita will soon be jetting off to the yarn festival in Skipton, North Yorkshire, known as Yarndale. Along with hundreds of other handmade sheep, she will be auctioned off to raise much needed funds for Martin House Hospice.
Baa!
Day 47 : Wednesday 24th August
A day at the beach in Sandy Bay meant portable crochet was required. A few circles were hooked up on the sand.
Day 48 : Thursday 25th August
If sewing name tapes into school uniform counts as craft, then here’s what I was doing yesterday. So far, with three new sets of school uniform for three Little Postcards all going to new schools, I have sewn in 13, just a gazillion left to do!
Day 49 : Friday 26th August
Back on Day 12 of this challenge I tried, and failed, to have a go at free-motion machine embroidery. After posting my failed attempt on Instagram the lovely Karen at Wakeymakes, Shiela at Sewchet and Laura at Holly’s Kitchen came forward with great advice.
I am now the proud owner of a special presser foot for the job and know how to drop the feed dog on my machine to it doesn’t chew everything up. What has now become evident is the fact it’s not as easy as it looks…. Practice, practice, practice is required. I’ll keep you posted, but it could be some time before I produce anything worth showing so please bear with me.
Another Dino
Do you remember the little Dino I made back in Part 2? Well the little baby boy he was made for arrived safely and this little chap has moved in with him so I can show him to you now (his Nana reads this blog so I had to keep him under wraps).
That’s it for this latest week of my craft challenge and it’s the penultimate one for me as the school gates reopen in Gibraltar on 1st September. Thanks for joining me on my crafty journey through the school summer holidays.
Oh how lovely, your watercolour looks delightful and your crochet is inspirational. I am working on a crochet flower garland inspired by you! Can’t believe the holidays are nearly over! where has August gone?
I’m thrilled to hear that I’ve actually inspired you – thank you for that! I look forward to seeing the finished garland 🙂 I’m off to my first ever crochet class tonight so hopefully I’ll be able to feature a new technique soon.
The holidays have gone so quickly! They seem so long when they stretch out in front of you and all of a sudden the end of August is approaching!
You have been very busy! Love all the projects!
Thank you! 🙂
I love how beautiful and neat your crochet is. And I’m so pleased my kid are way too old to need name tags sewing into school uniform – how I hated that! Hope they’re all done soon.
Oh thank you so much. That’s high praise from such a yarny connoisseur. Hmmm name tags -still too many still to stitch!!!
Thank you 🙂 However, while I may have been knitting for more years than I care to remember, my crochet days total far fewer. Good luck with the tags!
🙂