A New Month

 Hello all you lovely people and a big thank you for all the get well wishes I do hate to go on about my health but this awful chest infection is still with me and I'm now feeling congested with a blocked nose and sinus's so I'm just really popping in to say hi to let you know I'm still around even if I am feeling decidedly yucky.  I'm thinking positive it's now been 21 days so things have got to take a turn for the better pretty soon. 

I thought that because it's the start of February I would do a quick round up of what I produced in January just to reassure myself really that even though  I was ill for half of it, it hasn't been a complete waste of time. 

Memory Blanket Squares 

I have made lots of these in the past but now we are asked to make four twelve inch squares and sew them together, then that large 24 inch square will be sewn to others to make a bigger 48 x 72 inch blanket. These will be sent to critical care units for end of life patients and then to be passed onto the patients families.

This is the first four I have made and sewn together simple c2c squares using yarn from my stash.

I have just started the next four, again c2c, it's the first time I have used a graph for c2c and it's quite fiddly with all the changing of colours but I am determined to succeed and all will be revealed later.

My January

1. Throw, completed for sitting room
2. New houseplants bought to cheer myself up.
3. New Lamp
4. January birth flower snowdrops embroidery.
5. Memory squares (see above)
6. Brothers wheelchair cushion cover yet to be fitted to cushion.
7. Hexagons (explanation to come later )
8. I'm ill please don't judge 😏

Thoughts for February

• Complete embroidery project (not yet revealed and won't ever be if it doesn't turn out right😂)
• Complete another four memory squares
• Crochet elephants (explanation later)
• Embroider February birth flower
• Patchwork baskets (explanation later)
• Needle felting. 
• Punch needle embroidery.

The last two are things I would like to try but haven't as yet, have any of you? I have to remember that February is a short month and it's already nearly one week in, so my targets are probably unrealistic but I like to have a few things to think about even if they don't go much further than thought. What are your plans for February?

Take care until next time. 😘😘