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With the rapid approach of the next Aldborough Creative Show I thought I'd better do an inventory of what I had made.
I laid it all out on the table - except the eight hats. Took one look and had a panic attack.
I've finished off the four necklaces that needed their fasteners and I'm just about to give the hares their hanging chains but I'm not sure it's enough. Help!
Arrgh.......
I've gone mad on making felted hats. I'm now on number seven! If nobody buys them I'll have one for every day of the week!
Over the weekend I'll try and take some pictures of them to show you.
Meanwhile here I am rubbing away on the first one today. My hands are sore now and look strangely deformed in the picture. I think two hats a day is plenty. I can't fit any more in the airing cupboard anyway.
I'll have to finish off some of my necklaces soon and see if I've got enough stuff for the next Aldborough Creative. Not long to go.
Note the cat is not helping me. He doesn't seem so keen on suds!
Sometimes I get some help when I'm making jewellery. He does tend to sit on the tools though.
And I'm not altogether sure he approves of the design this time.
Here's another felt hat I've made. This one is made from Shetland fleece with some Gottland curls and trapped fabric.
I'm aiming to make six by the next Aldborough Creative Show in mid-November - but we'll see. There is one more drying in the airing cupboard and I have plans to do another tomorrow.
Tonight I saw a little muntjac deer in the apple orchard I mentioned in my Blog Action Day Food post. No camera with me of course. He was enjoying the windfalls and trotted off happily as I approached. Let's hope he tells his friends about the rich pickings to be had there!
Today is Blog Action Day and I registered to take part so I really must do something. This year's topic is food. The idea of the day is for bloggers to highlight global issues about food. The way some parts of the world are starving while other parts throw perfectly good food away.
I was going show the criminal waste of food in our local apple orchard where I walk the dog every day. Usually they pick the apples for juice but this year the apples seem to have been left on the trees to rot. I don't know why. It seems strange as only recently the company, Groveland Apples, had a big spread in the Eastern Daily Press about what a wonderful job they were doing making juice from the orchard.
However I didn't get up there today to take a photo so instead here is a slow worm eating an earthworm.
Well the topic is food!
At last I have finished the stripy blanket I started last autumn. Here's the link to where I blogged about beginning the stripy madness.
And here it is draped over the back of the sofa. To be honest I don't know what else to put it. Somewhere along the line I got a bit catatonic with the crocheting and it measures some 63 x 64 inches.
Now - what do I do with the left over wool? And please don't say another blanket!
On Sunday I went across to Leicester to a Hat Workshop run by Maria over on Creative Bumble Bee. I love her workshops, this must be about the fourth I've been to, she also make very good cakes for us all to eat.
It was great fun and I managed to make my first hat out of Blue Faced Leicester wool.
Here's a picture of us all in our hats. I'm bottom left. I can't believe how I made a hat to match my outfit.
If we all look a bit strange it's because the hats were still wet and dripping cold water down the back of our necks!
Tomorrow afternoon I'm going to attempt another one - watch this space.
This is why ....
Look - here's the culprit. Caught in the act. Her snout is buried deep within the bush picking out the best ones.
She keeps eating the tomatoes as soon as they start getting ripe.
