Farewell to some Friends

Claire and Colin - the most frequent holders of the Dingbat award!

Colin and Chris

Simon and Atilla

In November, our team at work was cut back from 7 to 4 - new contract from the customer - which meant that Colin, Claire and Atilla were off to pastures new. We had a bit of a last supper together in Brios at the end of the road - it was a nice little send off.

Still sorry to see them all go though. Noone to have intelligent (or otherwise!) conversations with in the office.

Apologies for the break in transmission!

Wow, I've not blogged since September 27th - phew, I think that's the longest gap in the history of this blog. I sort of have an excuse - I've been crafting like mad for Christmas (is that a poem or a song title??) and therefore have been unable to blog about any of the creations which have been flying from the ends of my needles!

For whatever reason, the inability to blog about that has actually stopped me blogging at all - that and the fact that I've been crafting like crazy (another song title?) has meant I've had less time to blog.

Anyway, here I am, back on the wagon and thought I'd start by telling you I've created a 'Cyber Stitch and Bitch' Facebook group! It's a sort of  all crafting together and sharing the results online. There are other real life groups which actually meet (like this one) - where often cake or wine is involved - but as we are geographically dispersed, it makes sense to have a virtual group.

The remit of the group is to share stories, big each other up when we complete (or struggle to complete) projects, ask and answer questions, and generally be a supportive, creative crew. There have already been some interesting discussions, and we have had our 1st piece of crochet from a novice crocheter so it's all very inspiring.

It's a closed group, invite only, so If any readers of this blog would like to join then as long as you are on Facebook, just send me an email and I'll invite you in.

Craft-wise then, what have I been up to??

Well it was both Janey's & Michelle's (Dan's mum's) birthday in October and I was a little bit crafty there - I made them both this super duper cowl/scarf thing...

As you can see from the link to the pattern...http://www.cocoknits.com/knit/garments/accessories/fear-of-commitment-cowl.html it can be worn in multiple ways and there is no button needed - hence 'Fear of Commitment' ie you don't have to commit to putting in a button hole!!!!

So, I made Janey and Michelle one of these each. Michelle's in green (pictured) and Janey's in purple to match her new coat.

 The stitch, which produces the MASSIVE rib, is called a seeded purl (v easy once you get the hang of it!) and with the super chunky yarn and size 10 needles, makes it very quick to finish, and I did each one in 2 evenings!

Not so some of the other things I have had on the go (or still on the go!) but more about those soon.