Sorry for not posting anything recently. Being stuck in doesn’t really give you much to talk/write about.

So what feels like 6 months ago not much has changed. I’m a bit further along with my cardigan. All I have to do with it now is do some borders and sew it all up.

I’ve finally finished the sleeves. They felt like they took forever. The rest seemed to be done quite quickly but the sleeves were something else. But they’re done now and It’s time for the next bit of the pattern. At the moment it’s all being held together with fold back clips. That’s just so I could line it up and figure out what goes where. When it’s finished I’ll put up some pictures.

What else have I been doing?

Well I’ve had a go at making hand cream. I found some recipes online and got the bits. So mixture of different oils like avocado, jojoba and sweet almond. Bit of bees wax, some Shea butter and some glycerin. All made in different combinations and with different things done to them. It’s actually a lot easier that you’d think. There have been a mix of different essential oils added to them aswell. This time I’ve gone for ones to help heal skin and moisturise it.

Not that you’re bothered but here is a recipe for one of the hand creams I’ve done:

20grams Shea butter

10grams jojoba oil

10 grams avacado oil

5 grams bees wax

5 grams vegetable glycerin

5 drops sandal wood oil

3 drops myrrh essential oil

3 drops Frankincense essential oil

3 drops ceaderwood atlas essential oil

And for the other one I’ve done:

40 grams Shea Butter

20ml avocado oil

20ml jojoba oil

2 drops each of, myrrh, frankincense, benzoin, cedar wood atlas, hyssop essential oils.

The second one was the bits melted and then whisked up as it started to set. So it became white.

I have plans of making some lip balm at some point but not sure when that will be.

I can’t remember if last time I said I’d won a book about making dolls. Well if I didn’t mention it I won one. I’ve also bought a kit so I can join some sew along sessions in YouTube. My sewing is crap but fingers crossed I’ll manage to get something from it.

I’ve also been doing a bit of jewellery making. Well making stitch markers for knitting. Not that hard really but it’s something else to do.

So looking at that lot I’ve had quite a few things to do. So maybe things aren’t that bad.

The biggest and most important thing though is that, please make sure you stay safe and healthy.

Love and light.