Restocking

 

The puppets were commented on at the market on Saturday, but I didn't sell any.  I did sell socks and gloves though. The weather was chilly and windy; knitwear was attractive! I've started knitting replacement gloves, using the pattern Spragues by Galt House of Yarn. I had spun up four balls of wool for the market, but didn't sell them, so I was able to start knitting straight away. 

Green

 

I've been making puppets for Saturday's market. I was glad to be able to buy bright lime green towels last week. I buy the towels from a factory shop and they don't always have the colours I'm looking for. 

I hope the basket is now bright enough to catch the eye of passers by. 

Variegated Yarn, Plain Knitting

 

I usually knit socks with some kind of ribbed pattern, I think that makes them fit well, but I thought that stocking stitch would show this yarn off better. I dyed it when I did the orange/red dye mix. 

I'm working on jewelry bags again. I had to do an emergency batch last week, but the regular 30 at the end of the month is needed as well. 

Seeing Red

 

Or coral perhaps? I liked the colour that emerged when I overdyed orange yarn, so I thought I'd try to dye it in one move. I mixed orange and red dyes. It came out pretty well, I reckon. I finished knitting the solid colour socks yesterday evening:

Bottle Flowers

 

I think I've said before, I hate working with paint and glue! But last week's project for a craft group in a retirement home involved glue and this week's needs paint. So be it; it probably does me good to do things I'm uncomfortable with. We're making flowers out of plastic bottles. There are a lot of posts on Pinterest showing ways of doing it.  I like that we'll be able to get two flowers from each bottle. 

Spring Doily Resumed

 

I've gone back to work on the 2025 Spring Doily, done one repeat on round 17. There was a bit of thread left on the ball I've been using, but I decided it would be better to use the different thread for the whole round, rather than changing mid way. I don't think it's going to be noticeable that I'm using a different brand. 

I'm also working on the rest of the soap bag order. I hope to finish today.

Story Puppets

 

I didn't sell any puppets at the market, but I did get an order from a traiinee teacher for four puppets to illustrate the Gruffalo story. I did the mouse but put the project on hold to knit leg warmers that were needed urgently. I promised to finish the puppets over the weekend. And did.