Bibs and bandanas

I have a rather large box, full of fat quarters,  and whilst thinking about what I could make with them, I decided to have a go at making a few bibs and bandanas.
These are the fat quarters i decided to use.

First of all I cut out some bandanas and make a rookie mistake and cut them out upside down😧

So I started again this time taking time to get it right 💪

And I think they can out rather well 

New patterns

Every Saturday whilst out shopping I always make a point to visit the charity shops looking for bargains, I always try to buy my patterns from the shops as they are so expenses to buy new so I normally pay between 40p and 60p per pattern and I get great enjoyment from knitting these patterns for family and friends.

This is one of the latest patterns and I know just the little person to make it for 

Christmas craft fair

This is our stall at our favourite craft fair at The Old Chapel in Upminster.

This year I added 2 strings of fairy lights to brighten up the table and it really made it stand out,  there were lots of familiar faces there, and some new one to.   As usual we were raising funds for the local neonatal special care unit, for which they are always grateful.




This yr I'm determined to do more craft fairs so I've booked 8 so far, we are doing a new one at Great Garnetts farmers market which has been recommended by 2 friends, its the 2nd Saturday of each month except August and December so I'm hoping to quite a few of them.

Dementia lap cover and knitted twiddle mitt

Just before Christmas a work colleague asked if I could make a warm lap cover for his mum Hilda, 

 So I found some white quilted material in the local charity shop and started to sew, and I'm very glad to announce Hilda really loves her lap cover which keeps her warm whilst watching the TV in the evening

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 I also made one to show the local dementia society and they were very interested and asked if I could make a few over the next few months.

 This is one of the dementia mitts I've made for the local dementia charity so far I've donated 12 all decorated with buttons, beads and ribbons that I've brought from the local charity shops.