October Stash Link Party and your August Favourites.

Welcome to the October Link Party and a big thank you for linking your lovely September creations.

These were your August favorites...

1. SSPat from LH
2. Libby from LH
3. Blanket made by Macy from30yPunto 
4. Doilies made by Ljubinka from "A" made by Ljubinka
5. Flowers for memories made by Pat from sunshine and a sewing asket


Congratulations ladies and thank you for linking.

October Stash-Buster Party

Rules

• Please grab the stash-buster link party button.
• Everyone is welcome to join in but Stash-buster projects only please.
• All crafts are welcome either complete or works in progress.
• Link the picture from your actual post and not your blog address.
• Be polite and click on at least 2 links and leave some nice comments.

Keep visiting your September link party projects too because I will be showing the most clicked links on the 1st November. 

Happy linking! 

An InLinkz Link-up

Any LH pictures are projects made by ladies who are members of Loving Hands, clicking on the picture will show you an enlarged version, if you would like any information about any of the projects shown please just ask in the comments section. 

Come Visit Yarndale 2015

I had a great time visiting Yarndale on Saturday all the hustle and bustle it was absolutely teeming with visitors and because there were so many people there it was rather difficult to get any decent photo's you had to sort of jump in and snap while you could so some of them are a little blurry but I hope that you enjoy looking at them anyway.......

Some of last years  Mandalas

Lots of felty goodness this year

So much yummy yarn

This one is for Meredith. :) 

The 2013 Bunting still looks amazing

This years flowers for memories can you spot yours? read about them here

This is a rather blurry picture of Winwick Mums sock line, displaying socks that have been made by members of the sockalong, these are all going to be sent to charity, I too had a pair to hang on the line but silly me forgot to take them with me so I will have to send them on instead.  It was lovely to meet with Christine and have a quick chat with her on Saturday in the knit and natter lounge.

Inside the big red double decker bus that shuttles passengers to and from the station it was lovely to see the mandalas hung at the windows and the flowers at the side of the seats

So what did I buy? I was so good even though I was surrounded by temptation all I bought was this yarn.... 

with socks in mind.

Conclusion ..
Yarndale is noisy, crowded, and expensive, for example this simple scarf below would set you back £40. BUT the atmosphere is amazing, everyone is so friendly and ready



to chat about all things crafty. Even if like me you can't afford to buy much, where else could you get so close up and personal with so much delicious yarn not to mention all the other craft related goodies, role on next year. :) 

Visit Yarndale 2013 here

Catching Up

I'm still way behind with the Moogly Cal but here are three more, two of which I managed to complete last weekend....

Block 15 
Cupcake Celebration Square by Jenny Thomas 

A lovely fun square, it was easy enough to make but that cherry on the top was a bit of a nightmare, if I make it again I will just use a French knot. It's also turned out just a bit short of 12 inches so I think I will add another round of sc.

Block 16
Lilies on the Water by  Deborah Ziegler

This one was easy too and is a very pretty square, but is wasn't very pretty before I blocked it I would say that it was a bit of a twisted mess so if you do attempt it don't worry it will look fine after blocking, again this one turned out a tiny bit on the small side I'm hoping that it won't matter too much when I sew it into the blanket.

Block 17
Esme's Winter Cottage by Dedri Uys

Well I think this one is beautiful but boy did it have me tearing my hair out, it needed maximum concentration and still I made mistakes but to be fair the same can be said for most of them it does take a while for the penny to drop, I do get there in the end even though the end result is nowhere as neat and perfect as it should be.  

Two more to go before I'm all caught up do you think I can do it before Thursday 1st October? thats when block 20 will be announced just five more to go I can't believe it. 

You can see all the others I have made here or by clicking on the Moogly Afghan tab at the top of the page.  To go to any of the patterns just click on the name of the square.

I hope that you are all having a great week :)