Every Cloud ....

Being reduced to ye olde dial-up internet connection (which doesn't work during the evening!!) has at least meant that I've had a bit of spare time.  Who knew I spent quite so much time each day surfing the net!!  The extra time available has meant I've actually got on with some crafting for a change. 

I finally sewed up the two bags which I'd cut out sometime in January.

This one was using the same thrifted John Lewis material as the bag I gave to Mum for Mother's Day.

And the second was made using some very nice vintage Laura Ashley upholstery material which Mum gave me.

Both bags are lined in thrifted sheeting and I'm quite pleased with how they've turned out.

I also got a bit of knitting done too.  There was a black headband for P's Mum which she was very pleased with apparently, another organic cotton facecloth, and two strawberry cupcake tea cosies.

 

These were made using some very thick cream wool which I picked up in a charity shop last year and had already knitted into an all cream-colour tea cosy.  That tea cosy was way too big for my teapot and the idea of unpicking it had been knocking around my brain for ages.  Finally, sans internet, I got going and unpicked it.  The red wool was thrifted a few weeks ago and is a really nice pure wool.  I only had two 50g balls of that and as I had to use it double to match up with the cream base I wasn't sure I'd have enough to finish two tea cosies.  Luckily, it was just enough - I had about a foot of wool left at the end of the second one.  The 'cream piping' on the top is made from pure wool roving and which I hand felted.  These have turned out better than I expected and when I finally get my ebay account sorted out again (hijacked by some joker who was selling digital cameras apparently), then they'll be up for sale.

Comments

[Claire]

Lovely things you;ve made - hope that your eBay stuff gets sorted soon x

[Gill]

What's going on Elizabeth, no internet and someone hijacking your Ebay account? You poor thing, you must be fed up with it all. Still at least you've done some crafting, the trouble with blogging is it stops you doing other things. The bags are lovely as is the tea cosy.