A Mugful Of Crochet

     Hello👋😀      So many people seem to be saying that February has flown by really quickly, so I'm not going to bother. They are right though! It's a bit strange when you consider that although it is the shortest month, it's not actually that much shorter than the others. Perhaps it has something to do with which day of the week it started on? I don't know...      I thought I would catch you up on some of my newest squares for my Sample Squares Lap Blanket. If you have read my last post you will know that this is a slow on-going project, that I'm not in too much of a hurry to finish, but which I have made my focus for the time being.      I haven't knitted for ages (years) so all the new squares are crocheted and although I haven't totalled up yet, I would say that most of the squares in the blanket will be crochet ones.      I'll start with this one:      This was an interesting one to make a...

     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👋😀      How is everyone feeling now that Blogtober is over and November is here? I've got to say, I have not been missing trying to post a blog everyday - it's exhausting!🫩      Something I mentioned in some of last month's posts was a project I was trying to get finished for a specific weekend and in the end didn't. Well, it has now been finished and the person it was meant for has received it and so now I can tell you about it!      I wanted to make my Sister something for her Birthday and I had the perfect thing in mind, and I had the yarn to do it with, and I started making in plenty of time to get it finished. But, we weren't going to be seeing her until a week or so after her Birthday, so I sort of put off working on it for a while. Too long a while as it turned out and I only managed to get half the present made in time, and there was no way I was going to rush it and give her something substandard.  ...

     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👋😀      Today started so weirdly. I somehow made it to the kitchen for breakfast to find that the light was wrong. I looked out the window at the grey and cloudy sky and noticed that the light was actually coming from the wrong direction! So, instead of the light coming from behind me or to my left, it was in-front and to the right! It really was quite eerie looking.      Coupled with that was the almost complete lack of traffic. The road is usually quite busy in both directions at that time of day, but this morning it was as if no-one was bothering to go anywhere. And that carried on more much of the day. Most odd!😕      The cloud cover lasted all day and we did get some rain, but by 7pm when my Father and I were putting the bins out, the sky was mostly clear, with lots of stars and a bright bit of moon! A chilly night me thinks!?      We watched an old Audie Murphy western🤠 in the evening - " Dru...