October Favourites

 Hard to believe another month is over - but I can hear all the Halloween fireworks going off as I type, and we've had a handful of trick-or-treaters call to the door.

A few cards and a couple of crafty projects...

The Chinese Lanterns card will go to my aunt-in-law. My aunt who died in the summer always brought Mary Chinese Lanterns, because they won't grow for Mary. This I find almost impossible to believe, because I have always found them incredibly invasive. Anyway, I brought Mary a bunch in September and thought I'd make a coordinating Christmas card.

The hat was knit with leftovers from the sweater I shared last month, for C to bring as a present for his friend in Maine.  I added an extra colour in for the zigzag which did leave me with four colours in each row on occasion, but it was mostly straightforward. 

I was tidying fabric scraps so as to give away what I wouldn't use. I made place mats for my sister and myself from the cat fabric a couple of Christmases ago, and used what was left to make a tote-bag for a cat-loving friend.

The only photos I have from last November appear to be from Wild Lights at the zoo, so that's my header, This year's theme isn't one that appeals to me, so I think we will be giving it a miss. Last year's was biodiversity, and I would have gone twice if I'd been able to get more tickets.

September Favourites / Hot Off the Needles

 Still working on clearing out my aunt's house so creative time and energy is at a minimum, not many cards to share.  I did finally get to use two birthday gifts - thank you Lorraine and Margot. 

Looking at Ravelry  I started this sweater some time in July as a project to use a lot of assorted colours of Irish wool bought on offer. For a while I was able to bring it in to work but once the body got to a certain point it was too bulky. I had to knit in sections to make sure I didn't run out of any colours, so darvon the body, then the two sleeves to match ..

We went to the Botanic Gardens two weeks ago when we woke up on Saturday and it was sunny and mild. I wasn't feeling great and spent the rest of the weekend in bed, so I haven't edited any photos yet but will add a link to the album. I just uploaded the whole shooting gallery to Google photos so that we could look at them on the laptop in bed - normally we look on the big monitor upstairs:  https://photos.app.goo.gl/mj3hMi3VdZWuF3Uh8

The header this month is Warrenpoint up in Northern Ireland, one of the few photos I took last October when C was getting his dental implants.