Tunisian Crochet

 

These are Tunisian crochet mats/cloths. Fun to make, very easy and very absorbent.

Managed to go down with pneumonia this time - as my daughter said pneumonia in June is ridiculous.
 



The garden in June

 

I am pretty much stuck in bed most of the time at the moment so my husband videoed the garden to show me. (He got the year wrong and meant lilac not wisteria.)



Split ring tatting

 

This is based on a pattern in a French book. I did get rather bored doing all the central section - lots of split rings, but I like geometric patterns so I am happy with the result.

Sorry, I am going down with another chest infection on top of the existing one so may disappear again.
 



Exibition Calligraphy

 

Sorry I disappeared again - chest infection this time!

 

This is this year's exhibition piece of Japanese calligraphy my husband just finished.

 

Sunny

 

This quite ordinary-seeming part of the hall carpet is Sunny's favourite spot for a nap.



Fingerless Mitts

 

A very pretty pair of fingerless mitts that I made for myself in cashmere yarn.



Last autumn's petunias

 

The weather is miserable this week - wet, cold and windy - more like late October than mid-June, and the garden is over a month behind normal. I didn't get to show you these last year - and this year's baskets are not yet flowering.



Tunisian crochet

 

This is just a cotton mopping up cloth, but being done in Tunisian crochet simple stitch makes it thick and absorbent.



Crochet Doily

 

It is decades since I have made a crochet doily so I wasn't sure if I would still have the knack of it. But as you can see it soon came back to me.



Tigger

 

 

Here is Tigger. Hasn't he got massive whiskers!



And the garden today

After the relentless bad weather of the winter I was afraid the garden would really have suffered, but my husband took this photo of it this morning - with Ginger in attendance, of course!



A Snowy Winter

 

This winter was one when we had much more snow than usual. Every time we thought it was over it started up again.

 



Cardigan

 

This is my latest knitted cardigan. Pure cashmere and a lovely textured pattern. So comfortable!



Green Shawl

 

I love this green shawl that I knitted in silk/cashmere yarn. It is very fine and light but surprisingly warm.

 

Last autumn

 

 

This is the view from my window. I love watching the lime trees as they change through the seasons. This was October.



I am back!

 Sorry I disappeared for so long. I have been ill but am now convalescent again.