Silly Summer Woolly Works

Fairly brief blog post today, just long enough to hint at silly summer crochet/ fun collaborative projects that are on the go. Above, Sootica, (the crazier of the two moggies with ears reminiscent of weird old cartoon 'Bat Fink') helpfully models my new stuffed crochet arrow. It's destiny awaits as a promo/ marketing tool for the next Caernarfon craft fair (Galeri, Sat 6th July) along with other colourful woolly things made by Little Miss Jones. Watch out for these! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Crefft-Cyfoes-Caernarfon The pattern was made up as I went along and I was quite surprised & most pleased that it worked out so well. Think it might make amusing little cushions so may make a few although there's a very real danger of getting very side tracked. It was so enjoyable to be sitting outside in the sun crocheting, a real novelty that I got instantly hooked on (pun slightly intended).

Also this week, I went along to a knitting group in 'The Heights' pub in Llanberis to practise my dodgy fledgling Welsh, meet lovely new crafty people and start working on their quirky group project. There's a July deadline so there's a sense of purpose to it but not yet a sense of extreme urgency! I'm glad I made the effort to try this as I've never been to a knitting/stitch/craft group, only to various one-off workshops. I thought I was most restrained at only having a coke to drink although the thought of a gin & tonic while crafting does sound exceedingly civilised. Hope you're intrigued, will reveal more details in due course... If you knit (or crochet, I've infiltrated the group as a crocheter as my knitting is pretty lame, hopefully at some point someone there will help me master the pointy sticks) and want to get involved, its fortnightly and new members seem to be very welcome (I was). That's me in the photo managing to co-ordinate perfectly with the accidental theme of turquoise wool. I'm not sure how the bunting etc graphics were applied to this pic but will endeavour to find out as it's fab.

Next time, I'll show you the splendid things I've been buying from some of my favourite local crafters/artists. Little pieces of loveliness...

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