A Mugful Of Crochet

     Hello👋😀      It's the end of January 2026 already! I can't believe how quickly the month has flown by! It's been a weird couple of months since I last posted, and although I can't say that they have been chocked full of yarny🧶 goodness, I am still crocheting, but in a relaxed way, no specific projects or deadlines, just stitching because I want to. I do have one small plan on the go... but first, let me catch you up on what's been happening since we last spoke.      You may remember that I was working on an Autumnal Cushion Cover🍁🍂. Since completing the front panel I have made some leaves to decorate it with, using a pattern from Attic24 . But that is as far as I have got. I did start the back panel, having determined what I wanted to do for it, but the yarn I had chosen was not cooperating! I couldn't even get past the foundation chain before the seasonal roughness of my fingers was stripping the yarn of fibres. It was just so sof...

     Hello👋😀 Well, we've, had some winter warmers,    And lots of autumn leaves,    We've had some summer flowers, So here's something for the spring,    We've rocked a drum stool cover,   And a Pansy on the green, Started half a cushion,  And found time for some shopping,   And now Blogtober's over I've got nothing else to say, Except for "Lets get cracking, on makes for Christmas Day!" Toodles👋😄 

     Hello👋😄      And so here we are! The last day of Blogtober 2025! We got there in the end, although there were moments when I wondered if we would!😳      It seems like most of these October days have been on the grey and wet side of things and today was no exception, apart from a brief sunnier interlude in the early afternoon.      I got a better shot of those Rowan leaves🍂:      And we had even more of the Acer🍁 leaves down on the patio too:      And, because it was there and I had camera in hand, I took a photo of the Blue Sky:        We were going to have a chippy at lunchtime but plans were changed, which was a bit of a shame as I quite looking forward to a Battered Sausage or two! Mmmmm, Battered Sausage!😋      I'm seriously thinking about ordering some yarn from ebay , even if it does work out quite expensive, as it doesn't seem like I shall be goi...

       Hello👋😃      I thought we'd have a photo📸 day today!      🌳The Rowan Tree hasn't really performed well this year but the colours of its leaves at the moment is just brilliant!             🍄Finally we have some Toadstools that look as they did last year! The others we've had have all been much paler, almost sickly, and after the drenching they got on the 18th/19th of October they all went black!           🍁🍂My Mother and I were only saying yesterday that we hadn't seen many of next door's Acer Tree leaves, and then today - loads of 'em on the patio! Well done wind!      🌺Despite the season and the weather many of the Fuchsias Plants have beautifully waxy buds and the flowers are still opening!        🎨Art. Sometimes nature knows exactly what it's doing! See you tomorrow👋😃 

     Hello👋🥶      Over the last 24hours it has suddenly become quite cold here. Cold enough, I decided, to put another crochet blanket on the bed. That brings the total up to three. At least one stays on the bed all year, with another added when Autumn starts. And the blanket chosen for this sudden chill? My version of Attic24 's Hydrangea Blanket ! Hydrangea Blanket      I made this a few years ago - it took me a couple to make it too - and it has been a feature of my Autumn/Winter bedding ever since! It's quite heavy and there is quite a lot of yarn here all taken from the household stash. It was supposed to be as per the pattern but I think I went wrong on the stitch count, because it very obviously got too wide. So I decided to work into the other side of the starting chain, meaning that my stripes go up the bed, rather than across it, and I decided to mirror the colours I'd already done on the other side. Mirrored Stripes    ...

     Hello👋😃      How's your week going? Have any of you had any meaningful sunshine? We nearly did, but it didn't last. Despite that, it did seem a bit brighter in the afternoon so I took a few photos of my current project.      Now, I know what you're thinking, but this is not the finished project. This is just the first stage. I'm making an 🍂Autumnal Cushion Cover🍂 with a ball🧶 of variegated yarn from Poundstretcher, bought years ago. This is the front and it's taken the whole ball! It's about 18" across and it was originally going to be a square cushion, but when the square was complete I decided that there really wasn't enough of the yarn left to use elsewhere in any useful way, so I opted to continue stitching and make a rectangle.      Interestingly I had no idea that it would end up striped! The ball band was mislaid some time ago but I don't remember anything about it being self-striping, but I think it has worked...

     Hello👋😀      Have you seen the new film version of " Red Sonja "? We watched it for the first time this evening - yet more football to ignore - and I reckon it's pretty good! Yes, there are faults with it, but I think you can say that about a lot of films these days. It would have been nice if the actress chosen to play Red Sonja had a more commanding presence and a voice you could take notice of, but that may improve in the next film if they make one. And there's a small hint at the end that there might be. Personally I think that they should because not enough " Sword and Sorcery " films are made these days, which I find odd given the computer graphics available now.      Anyway, it's worth a watch if you fancy it.      Despite a bit of brightness and a patch of blue sky this morning, today was another grey and dull one - not at all inspiring - so here's a few autumnal pics from the last couple of years to lighten th...