January round up and February plans.

Some sewing has happened over the last week, but not a lot. I was so close to a finish with my green jumper that I put most other projects on hold. Finally, on Wednesday evening I finished stitching it together and sewed on the button on the collar. I celebrated with a well earned cup of tea. I am so pleased with this jumper, it is so warm and cosy. Perfect for the currant weather. Today, John and I went for a walk around the local cemetery for our morning exercise and John took this photo. I started knitting this jumper during May 2024.

The morning was quite cold but the jumper kept me snug and warm. On our walk we found that the snowdrops were already blooming. They are so pretty and delicate looking but very hardy in the cold weather.

Because I had been concentrating on finishing my knitting I hadn't got as far as I wanted with my January project for the Chookshed challenge 2025.

The project number for January was 6. This was my Red Manor House quilt and my plan was to make the next round. The quilt in the photo below was made by Brenda Otter and Lynda Edmunton from Abergele UK. and it was on display at the Festival of quilts. The row I'm working on is the one in from the flying geese. 

The pieces for the pieced butterfly blocks are cut and ready to sew. The other blocks are applique and again all pieces are cut and ready to go. I have four finished large flowers.

I will work on the other blocks over February. I also need to decide what colour I'll use for the sashing on this round and the narrow border that will enclose it. I'm trying to use fabric from my stash but I'm not sure I've got anything that will do the job.

February's Challenge is number 10. My project for this number is knitting. Here is the pattern I will be knitting and the yarn I'm using. The yarn comes in skeins and I've already wound two into balls.

The yarn looks slightly brighter than the actual colour. I am in no rush for this as I want it to wear in the summer with my summer dresses. Right at the moment I'm just dreaming of that as it's cold here in London. I haven't read through the instructions yet but it looks straight forward enough and there aren't any buttonholes. 

Earlier today we had Katy and our grandson visit. We have some cars and a small brio train set for him to play with when he visits. He enjoyed playing and kept us amused with his conversation. He does love to chat. Once they had left I had some chores to do as I've worked everyday this week and so have got a little behind . With help from John everything got done so we have space to chill this evening. I won't be starting the knitting today as I want to put a few stitches in the Star Trek cross stitch. I haven't done anything on this since before Christmas.

Take care

Lyndsey