Crafting in December

Well, obviously December is a VERY busy month but it's a good time for craft projects. Things have been a little manic here but I seem to have got quite
a lot done.

First, knitting - lots more pics on

Ravelry - find me as Home on the Hill

I've finished the drop stitch scarf on the right.

Keith's waistcoat is

coming on well but it's full of very boring knitting - which is just

what I need right now:

I also made a Christmas dress for Erin and a stocking (inspired by Kirsty Allsop on the tele)

Other crafting was at my herb group

meeting where we made natural wreaths - more on this at Home on the Hill

One thing I try and do at this time of the year is make a list of projects I'd like to complete for the following year. I haven't done that yet as I've been too busy. Hopefully, now I've started thinking about it, I'll be able to compile a list later this evening (got to go and organise our evening meal in a few minutes). When I have a new list, I'll come back and edit this post.

Right, now to get that Moroccan lamb stew on the table.

Craft List for 2010

The list isn't everything I plan to make in 2010 - just some stuff that needs finishing and things that I want to do in the coming year, that can't really but put off for long (like making Erin a rag doll).

• Autumn equinox wall hanging (wip)
• Summer solstice wall hanging
• Winter solstice wall hanging
• Rag doll for Erin
• KT's waistcoat (wip)
• Lace scarf for me (wip)
• Cushion covers for dining chairs (wip)
• Boy quilt (wip)
• Girl quilt
• Dressmaking - clothes for me
• Knit cardigan or jacket for me

That's it for the list. I also would like to knit me a small shawl or triangular scarf - but it's not on the list because it's not a 'must do'. Other plans include knitting a bowl and fulling it because I like the look of them and I've had the yarn for ages - but it might turn into a Monmouth cap instead. I want to make a summer dress or two for Erin and hopefully make some Christmas gifts for next year as I didn't do any this year. More knitted dishcloths (for us) would be nice. And I just might buy a spinning wheel!

Not sure if it should be listed here or on my gardening list, but I want to make some willow plant supports before Spring.

So that's it. Let's see how much I actually do in 2010.

November 2009 - a new beginning for End of the Bumpy Road

It's been ages since I posted here and it's been a busy year. But I have been working on my business and gardening blog over at Home on the Hill and have decided that this is the place to post about my crafting activities. This isn't really intended fr public consumption - although it's not private - but is more a place for me to keep track of what I make and to act as a diary or journal for me.

Since I last posted I've probably completed quite a few projects, but I can't remember what go finished when. So I thought I'd start with a quick round up of things in progress. My plan is to update this every month, like the other blog, but realistically, more crafting gets done in the winter, and more gardening in the summer so we'll see how things pan out.

I've been working on a new cot quilt for a baby boy. Al and Lucy had Erin back in May, and I made a cot quilt in pink for her. This is a matching blue one to be put in the Hope Box. The idea is to then make another pink one (different pattern) so that whatever flavour baby gets born next, I have a cot quilt ready. The design is a rail fence one that's very simple but effective. Here's some piccies:

I've also got a couple of knitting projects on my needles - a scarf for me that is almost finished, and a waistcoat for Keith that is destined to take ages and ages.

That's all for November. Hopefully I'll post some more progress around Christmas time.

New focus for this blog and a new quilt

I have now started a gardening blog at Home on the Hill so this blog is now for crafty, home-type stuff only. I post on the gardening one at least every month, but I'll only post here when I have something new to say.

So what's new now? Well, Al's wife is expecting a baby in about 5 weeks and I have just finished a cot quilt for them. I actually planned to make a blue one too, but won't have time before the baby is born. They are 70% sure it's a girl. If not, he'll have to wait for his cot quilt until after my RHS exam in July!

Anyway, here's some pics.