A Make a Month - March

Ok ok, I know. It's late. but here is my Make a Month for March.

I figured that if I really was going to achieve a Make  a Month then I had to try some smaller projects.

I'm not sure if I ever posted about it, but about a year ago I received a rather bizarre anonymous parcel in the post. The envelope had been opened in the post (by accident I think) and the put into a plastic postage bag and sent on by Royal Mail. It was just a plain envelope with a book inside it.

This book in fact:




Obviously it was lovely to receive a present thro the post but it was really bizarre because there was no note in the envelope (it had fallen out when the envelope opened) and it was sent to my mum's house. I hadnt lived there for about 5 years by this point. So that narrowed it down to someone who knew I knitted but didn't have my new address and therefore wasn't one of the people who had sent me any birthday or Christmas cards. (A key bit of info believe it or not)

The other useful clue was that the envelope had been reused. It had a sticker over the name on the front and if you held it up to the light it said 'Colin'.

Luckily there is only one Colin we know - my uncle. You might think it a little strange that my aunt (my mum's sister) hadnt sent me any birthday or Christmas cards but she's a Jehovah's Witness so actually, it made sense that she would only have my mum's address.

So mum gave her a call and explained the mysterious package and the dishevelled state it had arrived it and guess what........ Hurrah! It was from her!!!

But I've never actually made any of the cakes from the book.

Until now!!!


One of the lovely ladies I worked with at my last school moved to Wiltshire a few years ago and has set up her own business making cupcakes. She was always an amazing baker when she lived nearer and it was a highlight of popping over to see her and her gorgeous boys. But now she's too far away to share her baked goodness with me anymore. :(

Have a look at her facebook page and like it. She's amazing. The designs she comes up with are pretty cool.

https://www.facebook.com/LoveCupCakesCalne

So guess what. I thought I'd knit her some cupcakes. I looked through to book and the cupcakes pattern called for some size 13 needles (2.25mm) and some size 10 dpns (3.25mm) but I didnt have any.

So I popped down to the Work Aid store (I'll have to post about that another day) and got the exact needles I needed for £1.50!!!!! yes, the exact needles i needed, a pair and a set of 4 dpns for £1.50!!!

Have a look here:
http://www.workaid.org/index.html


These are the beauties:

And here they are in action:

Can you guess what it is yet?? (hehehehe)

And here is the finished product:

I'm making another yellow one too but it's too dark to photograph it now.

Have a look at the other Make a Months over here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1830468@N20/

Button it

I was feeling a bit sorry for myself on Saturday - I have to pop in to hospital on Tuesday, nothing serious but I'm still not looking forward to it - so I went shopping. I'd ordered some stuff online that I had to take back (WHEN will I learn that internet shopping is a false economy of time?!?!) and I needed to find something to wear to my BEAUTIFUL God daughter's Christening next weekend. (you know, those easy criteria to fill, not too slutty, smart, but still quite fashionable:(  )

So I returned £50 worth of clothes but ended up walking away having spent a further £80!!! And I still needed to buy a Christening gift.

I opted for a safe present. I often think it's harder buying presents for people you know really well than those you dont.

Anyway, I stopped into Stanley's Store on the way home. You may remember me raving about this little shop in this post about bracelets or this post about my wedding cakes. Sarah has been selling some button bracelets I made. As always she greeted me with 'Alright my love?' But then went on to tell me that she's amost out of my bracelets and wants some more as it's nearly Mother's day.

I treated myself to one of her FAB glittery cookies. (glitter, on a cookie! What a fantastic idea!)

So here are my Monday Makes, But also my A Make a Month for February.


I used these:

And these: 

And these: 

To make this:



And this:

And this:

I love them

I'm linking up with Sarahndipities Make something Monday and the Make a Month Flickr group

A Make a Month - January

I stumbled across the Felt Fairy's blog from Mimi and Tilly and found that they are hosting a Make a Month group. A moment of madness overcame me and I signed up for it. It means posting photos of your creations on Flickr but it means committing to making at least one creation a month. I'm determined to make it to the end of the year tho!

Here's my January Make.

It's a bit of a late Christmas present for someone I'd hoped to see over the Christmas holidays but it soon became obvious that we just wouldnt be able to get together so I relaxed with the present finishing. (what a RUBBISH friend I am)

If you've been reading my posts for a while you may remember that I was challenged with a rather hideous project back in the summer in this post.

My friend Dr Lucy bought me a ball of this yarn:

And issued 2 of us with the challenge to make something out of it. Now this photo doesnt really do justice to the truely horrible colours lurking within this ball of cheap horrible scratchy double knit.

But I threw myself into the challenge (I'm not a good loser)

And what better to make from really 80's style luminous wool than some really 80's style wrist warmers????

So I made myself these:

(They are the same length, its just a bad photo. )

I wear them to work. The kids at school love them. I often get told 'Cool gloves Miss.'

But I used less than half the ball of wool. What could I possibly do with half a ball of this delight?????

I made another pair of wrist warmers....... For Dr Lucy!!!!! Mainly for Christmas but also as punishment for introducing the hideous stuff into my life.

(I complain about the yarn but I LOVE the gloves really and often get compliments about them)

and here they are:

The pattern shows better in Lucy's. I'm not sure why, I used the same needles and number of stitches. Maybe it was my tension.

I love them.

They are in the post winging their way to Lucy. I just hope that they arrive before she sees this.

I think that if you go here you'll be able to see the fab pictures of all the wonderful things people have been making.

I wonder what I'll make for February......