So, Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat. Well Christmas is on its way, I have started making Christmas cards. I have done 2 so far. Busy busy busy. Only like 1 million to go. Here is a picture of the ones I’ve done
I used a cute little stamp of a blue nose bear. Coloured it in, cut them out and built the cards.
I’ve done a few more bits for some cards but they aren’t finished yet so I’m not sharing pictures.
I’ve also made a couple of birthday cards
Sticking with cards for a bit on mums orders I now have a stamp to put on the back of the cards I make you can just see it on the picture above. Here is a picture where you can see it properly
I’ve been doing some tangling as normal. Here are the tiles I’ve done
I’ve also done some work on some larger pieces. For this one I used the Beyond The Secret Key Hole stencil set:
I got to play with the Day of the Dead (Dia De Los Muertos) stencil set too.
It might sound morbid but it’s about celebrating life. Sugar skulls look brilliant and are just ripe for tangling on. The stencil set is awesome.
At weekend mum and Harvey went in the east lancs ghost train. They went dressed up and I ended up doing mum’s makeup.
Think the purple lipstick just finishes off the look. (I have been know to wear it at times too).but I did the eye makeup.I also did something for Harvey, I gave him a moustache.
I’ve also started sewing some Christmas present that mum and dad want to give to their friends. I’m making some pot holder over cloth things. I’ve made 3 so far. They are all the same fabric so have the same look.
I think that’s about it this week. Back to the Christmas card grindstone.
Over the last couple of weeks anxiety has raised it oddly shaped head again. My anxiety seems to start when I’m sat in the front of the car and gets a hell of a lot worse on motorways. Especially if there is lots of traffic around. I’ve got to the point where I can no longer look round at what’s going on. I’m now spending my time focusing on my phone looking through Facebook or something like that.
I feel really anxious and worried but my brain starts trying to focus on everything that’s going on. When I say everything I really mean it. The song that’s playing in the radio. The speed of the car. The other conversations that are happening in the car. What ever other car round me is doing. The motorway signs. What the cars up ahead are doing. The blinds spot warning lights. What’s happening on Facebook (if that’s what I’m looking at). What the other people in the Sanntangle Facebook group are doing. What they’re posting and if they’ve read the pinned posts and what they think of me, do they like me or do they hate me? Have I done something to upset a friend? Do they find me annoying and when they see a message from me do they look at their phone and say “him again” ( maybe with a few swear words in their too). And while that’s all happening I’m jumping from thing to thing getting confused and can’t keep up and panic a bit more if a car goes past or if someone changes lane.
I try to distract myself with my phone but you can guess that it doesn’t always work and my brain is still hopping round and the anxiety keeps building.
It’s just as bad when the car is parking. Those reverse distance beep things make me cringe and worry we’re going to hit something. I feel better being in the back of a car but those beeps still make me cringe.
I need to ask that you send love light and healing to some friends. I’ve been sending it and they’ve been put in healing books but the more people that send healing the better.
Linda Taylor – A close friend from knitting had a stroke last week and is in hospital at the moment.
Angie Young a tangling friend and her dad Ken Rhodes. Ken’s been poorly recently and Angie has been running round trying to sort things out. So both need healing and a boost.
As per usual there has been some tangling. Some card making and some knitting. I told you last time I found a pattern. So I’ve been following that. I’m working on the back at the moment and it’s coming along nicely.
So tangling. Here are the things I’ve been working on over the last couple of week’s:
I received my tile swap from Lesley Wild. Here it is:
Lovely little tile with some great shading and inking of the tile.
So now I should share the tile I did. Here’s a picture of my tile and the letter that went with it:
I’ve done a larger tangle piece too. I made it using the Nonagon Frame Stencil.
I’ve also done a tile that’s been sent to Sandra for the Tangle wall at Hobby Maker:
At this point I would like to present to the world my new Tangle Board.
It’s quite personal because it represents the 4 elements. Air on the right, fire at the bottom, water on the left and earth at the top. Each of the the things on the board represents myself. It is a tangle version of a medicine wheel I made years ago.
Here is the medicine where I made that my tangle board is based on.
I’ve made a couple of cards too:
The card with the rose outside has parchment inside
Had my hair done again yesterday and I’m embracing the curls.
Someone has asked me a couple of times now if I’ve had a perm. Well I haven’t it’s naturally curly. It can be a little unmanageable at times and goes in my face but I’m liking it. It has got really long though. It’s about shoulder length now but the curls make it look shorter. This might give you a bit of an idea of the length:
And just to finish off a couple of random photos. This is how Zoe sleeps in her bed:
On her back with legs in the air. It makes me chuckle and smile when I see her doing it.
And to finish things off. A nice little winged heart. I die cut the wings playing with ideas for the condolence card and the heart was something random that was floating about on the table. It looks a lot like a mixed media version of Sanntangle Tile 100.
I’d like to dedicate this post to an amazing little lady that has spent the last couple of months staying with us.
Sadly in the early hours of this morning she took her trip over that rainbow bridge. She is now with Bob and I’m sure she is tormenting by running away and giving him that stare she had to say she wanted something.
It’s sad but my thoughts are with Dawn. Big love and hugs Dawn. And of course
To Tilly
I know it’s been a couple of weeks since my last post. I kept thinking I need to do it but nothing came up. I know it isn’t the nicest thing to start a post with but I felt I had to get it down and let people know what happened.
Of course there has been the usual things I’ve been doing. I finally finished the crocheted blanket I’ve been working on.
I started a new project yesterday too. I’m going to do a knitted Hoodie with a cable pattern on it. I’m doing it in a grey colour. I got the yarn and pattern and as far as casting on the back but that’s about it. So I have to make the first stitch. I thought about making a start last night but as you might have guessed I didn’t really feel like it.
I finished another block of the wall hanging. This one was purple:
One more block to go. Then to put it all together. With that bit I’m not sure if it’s a hand thing or a machine one. I’ll find out when I get there.
Sticking with sewing for a little while. Yesterday I made a needle book
Now on to tangling. Here are the tiles I’ve done over the last few weeks
Over the weekend Sandra being the awesome person she is did a free workshop in Kent. And some of the sessions she streamed live on Facebook. It was supposed to be a craft show but something went wrong for the organisers so they had to call it off. Because Sandra had organised a sitter for her dogs and paid for a hotel room she decided to go and run some workshops.
She really is awesome.
But these are the pieces I did following along with the streamed workshops on Facebook:
Isn’t it strange how the world can change in the blink of an eye.
Just over a week ago the Queen passed away. She was 96 and in the last couple of months she celebrated her platinum jubilee. 70 years on the throne is one hell of an achievement. On the platinum Jubilee Day the Attic Project was given The Queens Award for Voluntary Service. One of the last award that was given out. On Thursday night I was given a present.
This little badge represents the part I’ve played volunteering for the attic project. I feel truly honoured and humbled to be included. I can now say I have received the Queen’s Award For Voluntary Service.
I have mixed emotions. It’s brilliant to be included but sad to think that it is one of the last awards given out. The emotion that is flowing round the country at the moment is almost unbearable. The Queen has been a constant of my life so far and it’s the same for a lot of other people. She has always been there.
I have never met her, but there have been some close encounters. Well, close ish. 1 was dancing in the closing ceremony of the commonwealth games in Manchester in 2002. She went past me in her car at the end of the ceremony.
Another time was when I was about 14. I was a Sea Cadet and we had a trip down to London. We got to stand in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace while the Queen took the final salute of the Trooping of the Colour.
I’m sure the Queen will have a special place in peoples hearts. I know that tomorrow it will be a very strange day. The day of her funeral. A lot of things will be closed I know the pain of losing a loved one and my heart goes out to the royal family. Dealing with loss and grief is hard enough but to do that while the world watches every move you make and every little thing you do must be insanely hard. I think tomorrow is going to be a difficult day for a lot of people. I know tomorrow I will be spending a lot of time on my shielding and trying to avoid any rampant emotional energy that’s floating about.
I know tomorrow I’ll be wearing my new badge with pride and a heart full of love.
I’ve been up to the usual other things and I worked a really good service with Pam too. There has been some card making, of course tangling some sewing and probably a few other things to.
So here are the tiles I’ve done
I received the tile swap 20 the other day.
That tile I received from Lesley. The magical elf in the world of Sanntangle.
Here is the tile that I sent away
And of course a letter went with it too. But I don’t have a copy of it that I can share here.
Sticking with tangling and going with a bit of parchment work I made a card for my aunty and uncles wedding anniversary.
I also worked on a sample for Sandra
I’ve done some sewing too. I’ve made a cushion and a couple of pouches. 1 for mums puffers and 1 as a knitting project bag.
I’ll leave it there for this post and send love and light to all that are affected by the loss of a loved one. It’s hard at times, but just know that they are only a thought away and the will always have a special place in your heart.
I started writing this the other day and I wasn’t having a good time. I thought I’d still include it even though I don’t feel that way any more.
Do you ever just hate yourself?
Do you ever just hate yourself and the way you react to things?
It was something minor, and I know the way I acted and dealt with it was stupid. But, I just couldn’t help it.
It’s been a bit of a rubbish few days. It started Thursday night at church. The medium that was booked got stuck in traffic behind a bad accident. So me and Pam ended up taking the service. I went in to it feeling great. The first message I gave went really really badly. I picked up on someone as normal started giving information. That where things went wrong.
While I was giving the information I knew it wasn’t right and didn’t fit. But I just kept on going. And kept being given No’s. It felt like I was taking forever and it turns out I was taking quite a bit of time. It got to the point where I had to hand off to Pam I then sat down to try and sort it out. Before I did that though I asked if anyone else could take the message but I got no answers..
Pam took over and started giving a message while I sat down making notes to try sort things out and get things straight. While I was making note and Pam was giving a message I was partly listening. Turns out everything that she was giving I was writing down. I passed my notes to Vanessa to see what she thought and she agreed. Pam finished her message and asked if I got things sorted so said that she just gave the information I got. The message Pam gave was to the people drain directly behind the person I was talking to.
So with that happening it gave me a major hit to my confidence. And you all know my confidence isn’t the best most of the time anyway. The next message I gave the people said was bang of and everything was correct. Bug one good message still does t cancel out the bad one, maybe that’s just me. I think a million brilliant messages would t cancel out the bad one. So with that happen ring I didn’t take it very well. So I was a little off but after talking to Tracy I felt a little better.
Then on Sunday. Me, mum and Linda went to knitting. That in its self was pretty un eventful. The blanket is coming along now. At the point of putting it all together.
So after knitting we went to drop Linda off at the cricket club. And this is where things went tits up. So drop Linda off and while trying to get off the car park we were in a little accident. Just a scratch nothing major no one was hurt. But me being me the panic started. I was in the back of the car and started freaking out. For some reason I just can cope with anything slightly stressful I just get panicy and start freaking out. Because I was in the back of the car and didn’t want to get out I just pulled out my phone and started playing a game. Stupid I know. I just wish I could have been logical, not panicked or started freaking out. I wanted to be there and helped mum sort things out but I just couldn’t cope with it.
So for the rest of the day, then Monday I just felt bad and panicked. The adrenaline starts flowing and it makes me feel awful.
That is why I hate being me and the way I react to things.
So that’s where I got up to. Monday night I went to bed with some crystals and had healing and everything else following overnight and on Tuesday I woke up feeling loads better.
That’s really the major things that happened.
I had an eye test and I’m getting some new glasses. I heard back from my healing tutor and I’m on for a very good pass with the things I’ve sent in so far so that’s good.
These are the glasses I’m getting.
So here are the tiles from the last couple of weeks
Zoe’s picture has been in TV
I made a card using one of the Tangling stencil sets as a base.
The card was for some new neighbours t hat moved in to a house across the street.
I’ve been doing a bite more parchment work:
I’m planning on using that butterfly on a card for Dad’s aunty and uncle’s 63 wedding anniversary later in the month. But knowing me it will probably change.
I’ve done little bits of sewing and made some doggy bandanas. One for Tilly and one for Zoe.
Zoe’s lasted about 24 hours before it was take off. Zoe wore it when she went swimming so it was taken off to dry and just hasn’t gone back on.
Zoe has been on TV. Sewing streethad a competition and asked for pictures of your dog to go on a quilt so I sent in a picture of her. 
This is the picture I took of Zoe on TV
That’s enough waffling for me so stay safe be kind.
So mum and dad are back from holiday and Mason is back too. It’s gone from unbelievably quiet to loud and busy.
Quite a bit has happened in the last few weeks. The usual crafty bits, a bit of psychic work, a bit of new craftyness more Haribo to stupid amounts of hot weather and some healing too.
I have been really struggling to get started working on things recently. I’ve sat down to do something then found any excuse I can think of to do something else. I’ve sat down to write this post a few times but then rather than opening the app to write I’ve played a game or searched Facebook. It’s like all focus is gone.I’d rather find something else to do than to actually work on the task I’ve sat down for. I’m not sure if it’s because I have too much to work on or not enough?
I think of writing lists of the things I need to do. but when I sit down I can’t be arsed, or I’m hungry or something else. I’m starting to annoy myself now. But when I force myself to sit down and start working the can’t be arsed feeling is ten times worse and it’s even harder to get anything done.
The other day I sat down to do a bit more on my healing course work. Again I struggled to get anything done. I think I wrote about 3 sentences before I gave up. I know it’s n excuse but the day I was going to some work it was stupidly hot. Excuse yes but I’m sticking with it. It doesn’t quite work on a day like today though. I really should get on and do some more.
So at some point over the last few weeks Katie wanted to take Harvey to take Harvey to a Haribo shop. So of course I volunteered to help show him round. So we took a trip. This time we went to the store in Cheshire Oaks. If you don’t know it’s an outdoor shopping centre. So loads of different shops in a small complex. A designer outlet is probably a better way to describe it. So stocked up on golden bears and giant strawberries. Did a bit of other shopping while we were there too. They have all sorts of different shops there not just the most important Haribo but shops from converse and Cadburys to Yankee candles. If there is something you want then there’s more than likely a shop there that sells it.
Here is a picture of a little bit of my Haribo stash, just to make you a little jealous.
So after shopping Harvey and I were hungry so we went to McDonald’s. Because it was insanely busy we went back to the car. That is where this happened.
Harvey sat in the footwell of the car eating his lunch. There does seem to be something with him sitting in odd places. While he was here while katie was working I found him in the porch sat in a washing basket playing a game on his phone. I think he is a little bit tapped in the head. So that’s why he fits in so well with the rest in the family.
The other day I actually did my first real SNU healing session it was only a practice one but last night It was a real session During the healing service. It was on the same person as the practice but beggars can’t be choosers. I filled in the form and everything.
I seem to be really tired all the time at the moment. And I think that isn’t helping much with the can’t be arsed feeling. I’ve been getting up in the morning feeding tilly. Getting washed and dressed ready to start the day and then by mid morning I have to go back to bed for a lie down and sleep for a couple of hours. I started typing this post this morning and had to go to a nap so I’m now carrying on at 3:40. So let’s carry on and try to get the rest done on one sitting with out stopping.
So craft wise. Sewing, Crochet, Tunisian Crochet. Tangling, Parchment Work and card making.
So here are some picture of the cards I’ve done:
I made two of the thank you cards. I seem to be on a bit of a classy type card stream at the moment.
Sew (do you like what I did there) let’s talk about what I’ve been doing with fabric. I’ve done 2 blocks of my wall hanging and I’ve cut out the pieces for the a 3rd.
Blocks 1 and 2
And sticking with sewing but a slight crossover between that and Sanntangle. On the Sanntangle take over t day on hobby maker Sandra launched a sewing project that could be tangled on. It was a bag. So I got my hands on the pattern and made the bag.
Bright green on the outside with an orange lining
That’s the outside of the bagand here is a picture of the bag tangled
With a couple of gems on there too
So I made a mistake while following the pattern. The buttons you see on that picture are actually supposed to be on the sides of the bag. But it’s a happy mistake because with them being there they show off the contrast of the lining when the taps are on there.
So happy mistake because it looks great
So the tangle bag is being used to store the bits of wall hanging project. All the cut up fabric, and the finished blocks. Just a nice place to keep everything together.
On the take over day Sandra also launched parchment work. It took a bit but I actually started a piece this morning.
It’s supposed to have photo corners to cover the glue dots but I didn’t know where the ones I have are and didn’t want to dig out my dies too make some so it can stay like that.
I got a tile swap since the last updateZ this one is really different but amazing all at the same time.
Like I said different but brilliant at the same time.
And here is a picture of what was in the letter.
The most recent tile swap started on Monday. I have absolutely no idea what I’m going to do for it. I think I’ll just have to sit down with some scrap paper and see what happens to get an idea what I’m going to do.
But the tiles that I’ve done over the last few weeks:
I can’t think of anything else to talk about. It has taken the best part of 24 hours to come up with what I’ve written so it might be better to just leave it there. Now time to consider doing some of my course work or maybe the tile swap, or maybe go to bed again for a bit or something else. Let’s see what happens.
Mum and dad have gone away so it’s just me and the dogs at home. For the past 12 months I’ve been getting up earlier than I used to. Before the holiday last year I was getting up about 10 am. But for the past 12 months I’ve been generally getting up between 7 and 8. At the moment my alarm is set for 7. So it’s only been a slight change to my sleeping pattern.
The first morning was the hardest because it wasn’t just my sleeping pattern that changed. I had to change Zoe’s too. So first morning Zoe woke me up at 5. But it just needs a firm No! She still tried getting me up to feed her but she soon got the hint that I wasn’t moving before my alarm went off. Since then she’s tried once or twice but nothing a no hasn’t fixed. Now if she tries and gets a no she just lies down waiting. But then when my alarm goes off she isn’t very quick to get moving. Because her and Tilly are on the bed I’m more or less stuck until they Zoe gets out the way. Tilly fair enough, she can’t get on and off the bed on her own but Zoe doesn’t need any help for that.
Anyway here is a picture of the 2 ladies I’m sharing my bed with
Right now though Zoe is in her favourite place. Sleeping on mums chair.
Now I can share some of the cards I couldn’t show last time but I’ve also made another as well.
These are birthday cards that I made for mum and dad. And from each of them to the other.
I’ve also made a card for a friend of the family that ended up in hospital after a fall. And unfortunately broke her hip. Here’s the card
I still have a couple of thank you cards to make but they shouldn’t be a problem once I have decided to get up and do them, then I’ll have to decide what I’m doing and I don’t do decisions for my self very well. I can make suggestions and decisions for other people no issue but really really struggle doing it for myself.
So last time I made some oven gloves, since then I made a pot holder to go with them:
Sticking with sewing I made a start on one of my holiday projects.
So before I cut into the official fabric for the project I decided to do a mock up of one star to figure out what’s I was doing . I just used some of the fat quarters. So here is the mock up:
I think it looks pretty cool with the marvel fabric. And even better with the fact it’s all hand sewn. So when I’ve finish the official project i might be tempted to go back and make a full marvel version. With the official fabric I haven’t really done much, I’ve finished the centre square and one of the quart square triangles. I’m getting through it slowly.I’m not rushing with it.
The other thing I’m doing at the moment is learning Tunisian Crochet. I’m only learning the basic stitches at moment and doing a couple of rows of each stitch but this what I’ve come up with
It doesn’t look to great but like I said I’m only learning.
On to tangling and tiles:
Also I’ve been involved in an art swap with Mitch from the Sanntangle Creative Team. The only instruction we had was it has to be for pride and include a rainbow. She live in Cornwall in what could well be a fully functional city but I’m not sure if she’s received my artwork yet. So I’m sharing the picture of my piece until I know she has definitely received it.
When you’re given someone’s address (before checking it on Google maps) do you get a picture in your head of the sort of house and location it’s for? Like I said it’s probably a fully functioning city or large town but the picture in my head is that she lives in a little cottage in a tiny village that now has an old abandoned mine. You know I have an odd overactive imagination. But here is the piece I received from Mitch
The first time I looked at the piece I was really moved and felt brilliant that someone had taken the time to come up with a piece of art like that. I’m actually really impressed with myself with the piece I’ve done. Even if I say so myself I thing it’s great. So I’ll share the picture on the next post.
Thursday night at church I did the service again. After the last service I got some feedback from Tracy about some of the things I was doing. After this service Tracy said all of the things she mentioned last time have been worked on and improved. So overall she was impressed and thought I did really well. When I’m working like that I don’t have much involvement. All I do is pass on the information I’m given. It isn’t for me to make sense of it.
Other thing that’s happened is I had my hair done. It was done before mum and dad went away. I’ll just share a couple of picture of the process
So now I have bright blue hair. It looks great ignore the styling in these picture bug here is my with bright blue hair
Also I’d like to introduce you to my niece
That’s about it for now, so I’ll leave it there.
Love and light.
P.S. You knew it was going to happen that Mitch received the work only a few minutes after me hitting the live button but here is the piece I sent to Mitch
Sorry I’ve not posted, I was going to do it last Sunday but I was dog rough. I had my covid booster on Saturday and then Sunday I was poorly. I felt like I had lost all strength in my core. So it took real effort to stand up and even sit upright. Getting off the bed was hellishly difficult.
As per usual, my alarm went off at 7:30. So woke up and felt a bit woozy. Got off the bed which took some effort and made my way. More like stumbled, part fell, wobbled the closest thing to walking was that one foot after another moved forwards. When I eventually got there, a grand total of about 3 feet from one room to the next. I managed to say I wasn’t well and wouldn’t be going to knitting in the afternoon. Got to the bathroom brushed my teeth, during that I had to sit on the stool, standing and staying upright was too hard. I brushed my teeth and then went back to bed. Slept a bit, watched TV a bit, slept a bit more took my pills then decided I needed a drink and attempted a trip downstairs.
That was pretty scary, not knowing if I’d make it safely to the bottom of if I’d go arse over tit on the way down. Anyway got down stairs and got a drink faffed about a bit did some crafty bits. But generally spent the day feeling shit and sorry for myself.
I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again I’d rather feel shitty for a day or two than end up in an ICU bed. I know some people who have said they’re thinking about not having there boosters when the time comes. I can sort of understand not wanting to feel poorly but missing the booster I think is a bit silly especially as numbers are on the rise again. Anyway if you’re reading this please keep your friends and loved ones safe by having the boost when you’re invited.
Other things that are happening, the heat! The house is starting to feel like I live on the surface of the sun and it’s supposed to be even worse tomorrow. The weather people are predicting that it could hit 40 degrees C. I decided to go with degrees C because I wasn’t sure if I should use Centigrade or Celsius. I tried looking up which one should be use but just ended up more so fused so gave up and decided I should let you pick which you want to use. So tomorrow I can safely say that I am not looking forward to it in the slightest. Stay safe, stay cool and stay hydrated.
Last time I talked about the Sanntangle weekend and showed a picture of my broken mug and my mouse keyhole piece. Well thanks to Sandra and her awesomeness I got a replacement mug and here it is
You can just see the remain of the broken one in the background.
I also re did the mouse keyhole piece:
There is it with some shading and some colour. I’ve done the tiles that have come up of the last few weeks too:
I’ve the last few weeks I’ve also received tile Swap 18. The I got was from a lady called Yvonne Newboult.
It great, so detailed and I’m a little convinced that she may be a Spirograph in disguise. And to top it off there is a gem too. So here is the tile I sent in:
And as per usual there was a letter included:
The next tile swap starts tomorrow. I wonder what tangle Sandra will get us to use this time?
I’ve not just been tangling over the last few weeks there has been some sewing and card making too.sewing wise I’ve made 2 quilted oven gloves:
Here are some of the cards I’ve made:
I can’t share the others because they are birthday cards for people that might see them here so need to keep them hidden.
The other day I was getting my hooves fixed and I saw this sign:
I just found it really funny and thought I have to share it.
I’ve nearly finished the crochet blanket I’ve been working on. I’m on to making the last shapes which are just squares. When they’re all made I’ll have to start putting it all together and weaving in all the ends. That could be a long job or it could be a short one. I’m not sure I’ll have to see how long it takes when I get there.
I received a gift from a friend recently.
I received my own hand fan. With the weather being so warm over the next few days I think it will come in handy. No pun intended.
I’ve also started working on a larger piece of artwork that I’m swapping with a friend. I’m not sharing any picture just in case she sees it but even if I say so myself it’s looking brilliant. I have been getting some help/support from another friend but it’s coming along nicely and I can’t wait to share it when it’s finished. It’s looking good now and it’s nowhere near finished so when it’s completed it should look amazing.
2 new sewing projects arrived yesterday. I’m planning on working on those while mum and dad are away. 1 is a wall hanging. It’s actually a hand sewing project, I saw it and ordered it before I knew it was hand sewn but I’m looking forward to working on it
The other is a lap quilt. That’s done by machine and should be a fun project. the picture doesn’t show the colours I’ve picked but it’s the pattern I’ll be following.
On that note it’s time to retreat to my nice cold air conditioned room and fingers crossed get a good nights sleep.
When you get home from a weekend away is it normal to shave a jumper?
In fact is shaving jumpers a normal thing?
I suppose I should explain. I’ve got a couple of new gadgets. One is an electric stitch remover and the other is a bobble or lint remover/shaver. I ordered them last week and they arrived over the weekend. So here is the bobble remover I was using to shave a jumper:
It’s quite a cool gadget as it removes or shaves off the bobbles on items of clothing. The jumper I was shaving is a hoodie I’ve not worn for a while because it was covers in bobbles. The bobbles made it look old and a bit tattered. After shaving it looks better. Not brand new but still looks loads better and less tattered.
The other gadget is the electric stitch remover:
This makes undoing stitches a million times easier. All you need to do is run it down the stitching line and the the section just come a part with no issues.
So the weekend away……
It started off about lunchtime on Friday when me and mum set off for our tangly weekend away.
So we did plan one stop on the way and that was in Pontefract. We stopped at a very special shop. In January I took a picture of a certain factory and this shop in Pontefract is the factory shop.
The out side looks brilliant but inside it’s even better:
Inside I was like a kid in a sweet shop. I had no idea where to look or what to choose. I wanted some of this, some of that, a couple of these and a bag of those. They had big 3kg bags, smaller bags, normal size bags, 1kg tubs 2kg bags and tubs. The had bags of individual sweets or bags of mixed sweets. I was in heaven. I felt like running around singing the Verruca Salt song from The original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
We spent the best part of an hour looking round and choosing what we wanted. Then we left with our haul:
After leaving the shop we went to a cafe for some lunch then carried on with our journey.
About 4 ish in the afternoon we arrived at our destination. Sunny Scunthorpe. The home of Sanntangle HQ. We were there for a weekend of workshops run by Sandra. Over the weekend I got to meet some of the people on the design team. I got to meet Sheila, Margarida, Angie and Rhianon. All great people that come up with some absolutely amazing art work.
Wine did 3 projects on Saturday and 2 on Sunday. The first on Saturday was a little butterfly bookmark. It was cute and quite easy a great way to start of the weekend. The next project was to tangle on a mug using a sharpie. I had an accident with mine though yesterday. I knocked it off the side, it hit the floor and smashed. I was gutted, I know it’s only a mug but it made me feel really bad and really upset. And I’m feeling like that again now because I’ve just looked at it. These are the bits that are left over:
Saturday afternoons project was, as in Sanntangle fashion, a larger piece. Or a mouse at a key hole into a fantasy world.
I’m not entirely happy with how this came out so, and we didn’t get to the shading part but I think I’m going to do this one again.
On Sunday we did 2 more projects. Something I did learn on Sunday morning was that I have major difficulty with intense concentration over a few hours. I started off the project fine but towards the end I had real issues concentrating. All my eyes wanted to do was close and go to sleep. By this point my lines just became really scratchy and the piece became a bit messy. Because of that I haven’t taken a picture because it is something that I will be doing again.
Sunday afternoon’s project was some flowers. I found this one great because I like drawing flowers. So here is a picture of my work from Sunday afternoon
I like it and I think it looks good. On the way home I had a thought
Would that picture be classed as cannibalism?
But here are some other pictures from the weekend. Some are mine and some are other peoples:
Me Angie and Sheila
Me, Margarida, Lesley, Sandra, Dobby, Rhianon and Tommy
Margarida, Sheila, Rhianon and Debby
Lesley Joining in one of the sessions
The class in full swing
There are some amazing people in those pictures.
So overall it was a brilliant weekend and an amazing birthday present from mum and dad. I finally got to meet up with people I’ve only spoke to on messenger. Here are some picture of the work from the weekend. These are Sandra’s, that’s why they look so good:
Sticking with tangling here is the tiles I’ve done over the past few weeks:
I’ve done some other bits of tangling too:
The box is the storage for my mini tiles. I got a box at the weekend for the Macro Tiles but it’s still bear at the moment with no tangling.
Also for Father’s Day I made dad a card with some tangling on it
I also did another card for a friends birthday:
I’ve done some sewing over the last few weeks too. I’ve repaired the eyelets in one of dad’s aprons. Doing eyelets is quite fun, line up the bits and a swift whack with a hammer then you have a hole then do it all again with the eyelet pieces and you have a metal lined eyelet.
Here are the eyelets I used:
And here is my repair:
I decided to go round the hole a few times to make sure the patch on the front and back held together.
Last week my journey with SNU Healing Mediumship officially started. All the paperwork came through and I got my healing card.
I’m excited about where this journey will take me and all the amazing things I’ll learn.
I think that’s about it from me. I’m off to catch up with the sewing bee from last week.
Let’s start off with Monday. On Monday I was a knob. Most of the afternoon I wasn’t feeling right and I was feeling a bit panicy. There was quite a bit going on last night, a friend had gone back into hospital so I was worried about that. I was worried about not being able to help out at churchon Tuesday because it was the MS Social night. And a few other things.
You name it Monday evening I was worrying about it. I’m not sure what made me check but it turns out that some knob head forgot to take most of his meds for the day. I’d had my morning meds and then missed the rest. So I found out that I’d missed them at about 8:30pm. So decided to have my evening pills brush my teeth and go to bed. So Monday wasn’t really a good day.
Last Thursday night I did the service again with Tracy so a bit more medium type things then and it was development group night on Friday so there was a bit more there too.
Last week my crowning achievement was making myself a new knitting bag, I followed the instructions for the knit and crochet project bag in Stuart Hillard’s book Bags for Life. It’s the second bag I’ve made from the book. The instructions a quite straight forward and easy to understand. So here is my bag.
It’s got loads of pockets and it’s quite big inside. My current crochet project fits in with room to spare so when it comes to putting it together taking everything somewhere shouldn’t be an issue. I go the fabric from Abakhan. I used rainbow fabric for the lining and Van Gogh starry night fabrics for the rest. I think they work really really well together.
This is a picture of what the bag looks like in the book.
I’ve been doing a fair bit of tangling over the past few weeks and I’ve really enjoyed it. Sandra launched a new flower stencil set and I’ve been having a play with that and these are the flowers I’ve done:
The picture with lots of flowers on it didn’t go to well. I had the image in my head of this beautifully water coloured garden scene with some fantasy flowers. So drew out the flowers got the water colours out and started to colour/paint them. When they were coloured I thought they looked absolutely rubbish so decide to leave it there and consign it to unknown. I’ve been tangling along with the Facebook live tiles too:
I’ve had to make one of those not so nice cards too. Unfortunately one of our neighbours passed away so here is the card I made for the relatives
There are some other things I should talk about. It was the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. At first I was thinking about just staying at home and chilling out for the day. Then I thought about it and realised that I wouldn’t see another one and it is cause fora celebration. Mum and dad were invited to the official mayor’s event starting with a church service and then on to a dinner. I was invited to the attic street party so decided to go there. Unfortunately the Sunday of the event the weather wasn’t great and it was raining on and off so rather than a street party they decided to have the event inside. It turned out to be a really enjoyable day. And to top it off the attic got an award too. The Attic Project received the Queens Award for Voluntary Service. It was announced by The Deputy lieutenant of Greater Manchester. It’s a brilliant award for an amazing group.
They other thing is about my friend that has gone into hospital. She is a brilliant person but she has 2 dogs. As she’s in hospital she isn’t able to look after them. So we have a new lodger.
She’s called Tilly and she’s staying with us until her mum gets better. She’s quite a timid dog. She’s taken to standing at the back door and whimpering as if she can get in. Then we you go to help she either runs away or just hops through the door with no issue. Anyway she’s staying for a bit and she’s cute.
Thats about it. someone is at the back door whimpering again.
