Deep (TARDIS) blue knitting

2 dishes of fried Japanese dumplings in dishes of orange dipping sauce

Plate of edamame beans, plate of sashimi (shrimp, tuna, sea bass, sea bream, salmon)

Vegan millionaire slice on the left and vegan carrot cake on the right

Day 28 #Craftuary with @cosycraftclub

Back to working on my cardigan
Glorious BFL from @bluebellyarns
I've missed it
Ripped sleeve back 8 coz forgot to reduce!
Went for lunch with my pal to celebrate her new job to @goto_japanese_exeter.official
Really delicious food & lovely service 😉 🍣

Close up of the heel turn and gusset of my Ankle Biter sock made in deep green 4ply wool

the heel turn and gusset of my Ankle Biter sock made in deep green 4ply wool

Day 27 #Craftuary with @cosycraftclub
Finished!
I am ridiculously proud of these socks

I don't think I made any mistakes on the second one & I even remembered to make notes 🤣
I can't recommend the #AnkleBiter by @ladybuglaboratory enough
I do need to increase the needle size for the ribbing..1/2

Flute of Prosecco, sock (nearly finished) with dpns and Vengeance Most Fowl initial titles on the telly

Put away my #Craftuary with @cosycraftclub this evening to finally watch @aardmananimations.bsky.social #wallaceandgromitvengancemostfowl
We've been saving it for special
Cheeeeeese for supper: next up is Christmas Doctor
Perfect day

& @makeitwithkim We had a special cheer at the initial credits

Deep but bright green sock knitting

Photos of our lunch Top left scallops Top right hake with mussels Bottom right pork with tempura black pudding Bottom left green beans and broccoli with boiled spuds

Top butters (marmite and salted) with sourdough Bottom left banana parfait Bottom right roasted pineapple and coconut cream

Day 25 #Craftuary with @cosycraftclub

Progress on the #AnkleBiter sock by @ladybuglaboratory

Thanks to her fab tutorials I have the hang of twin stitches and because of her spreadsheet the first sock fitted MrGand his hobbit feet perfectly.
1/2

Really enjoying the Facebook group Rachel set up for this challenge - so many different crafts going on within it, and it's not too late to join in ( Cosy Craft Club
Day 20 #Craftuary (and day 19!) with www.cosycraftclub.co.uk

TV has a classic view of a Dalek mid exterminating, I'm holding bright deep green yarn, knitting with skinny needles over crochet blanket. Chain row counter also visible

I'm holding bright deep green yarn, knitting a sock having just completed the toe, with skinny needles over crochet blanket. Chain row counter also visible as is K9 in the background

Day 20+19 #Craftuary

Another day off
Another classic movie I'd not seen (Dalek Invasion 2150) & some progress with MrGs sock
Using handdyed 4 ply gifted by a customer - feels like nonsuperwash wool; I'm beginning the gusset.

#CraftuaryChallenge
#sockuary

Day 17 and 18 #Craftuary with @cosycraftclub Sock
learned I don't need to make the sock a larger size, but use bigger needle for ribbing & larger again for bind off
Yesterday I made shinies for orders completed sock 1 today it's been more marmalade & sock2
#DGDInTheWild #sockuary

Bugsy Malone on the tv, the sock In front, but now using larger dpns

My bench pin with a rubber block on top, upon which are 13 silver tubes of varying diameters

My bench. There's a file lying across the peg, with a ring inner (a tube of silver) atop.

Day 16 #Craftuary with @cosycraftclub

Second sock still too tight to get over my heel, so I've ripped back the first and am redoing the ribbing a full needles size larger

Any tips welcome!

In other news, spent the morning updating my website with the spinner rings I'd completed ...

Slightly out of focus sock knitting with a red puzzle and it's box 'One Tough Puzzle' behind, on a green table runner

Close up of the jigsaw puzzle. He thinks by laying the pieces over the mismatched holes he can pretend it all fits

Day 15 #Craftuary @cosycraftclub

Wednesdays are a day we're trying to treat as 'day off' - no #hamlinlaneallotments for him; no shinies for me

Instead we are sposed to be spending it together

This is a jigsaw given by our neighbours for Xmas

MrG thinks he's done it 🤣
#sockuary

Close up of a sock gusset (I'm proud) being knitted

2 Anticlastic (curved in multiple planes)bangles on my hand . Black arrows drawn to instruct Assay office where to punch hallmark

Collage of anticlastic bangle after it's been hallmarked and I've beaten in the DGD wibble

Pair of sterling bangles with interesting texture reminiscent of rock, created through the reticulation process

Day 14 #Craftuary with @cosycraftclub
Isn't that a beautiful gusset 😂😂😂
Not something I'd have expected to say before this year!

If you want to see what the things I was making on the 11th turned into, then swipe.

These are all commissioned pieces that will now need to go ...

Collage of photos Top left - pile of Seville oranges in fruit bowl, top right shows marmalade prep - quartered, juiced, pithed and chopping into the preserving pan, bottom right boiling, bottom left finished yummy jar of marmalade

My sock progress (yarn is mostly blues and purples) TV has Ruth Jones in 'Hattie'

Day 12 #craftuary

Sundays are usually bench days, but today I converted 1/2 these fabulous #Sevilles into 12 jars of marmalade (i add 150ml Tullibardine single malt, cinnamon sticks and star anise to channel my nana)....

Photos show sock toe, then a piece of Star Trek stud earring mid filing, how I measure up a hefty bangle for size prior to sawing n soldering, and said bangle being filed)

Day11 #Craftuary

Mostly spent at the bench filing + polishing I'm now covered in compound so after my shower I'll be back on the second sock - that's what I accomplished yesterday, now it's short rows with twin stitches

#benchpegselfie #ShopSmall #sockuary #CraftuaryChallenge

First 5 rows of AnkleBiter sock on my needles, Star Trek TOS on telly and woodburner burning behind

Day 10 #Craftuary with @cosycraftclub
2nd sock

1st cuff's a bit too snug, so I've adjusted my measurements + am having a 2nd go (I'll frog & redo the first once I've perfected the maths 😉)

Yarn is still @kosy_kitchen_fibre merino/yak/nylon sock and proper lush

#LoveLocal #ShopIndie #SockKnitter

Large crochet shawl, in lilac, purple and green handspun yarn, on sofa back (colourful project bag in front)

The back of me, in the garden, some sun showing the colours of the shawl

Sock gusset begins! Black and white African bone and sterling stirchmarkers, blanket over my knees, DrWho on the TV in front

Day 9 #Craftuary
Forgot to update yesterday - me knitting my first sock gusset

Today completed the #HarbourLights shawl previously mentioned

Perfect timing as the Spindernella yarn is beautifully toasty & it's only 12 degrees in our house 🤣

#CraftuaryChallenge #crochet #Handspun #ShopIndie

Pile of wibbly edged tags, deckle scissors on festive table cloths. V messy.

Day 5 @cosycraftclub #Craftuary

Today we took down our decorations so I spent 20 mins using these deckle scissors (bought for bezel strip thanks to a #TopTip by Make It With Kim) to trim gift tags from our Christmas cards

#ScrapHappy
#CraftuaryChallenge
#ReuseIsBetterThanRecycle

My hands, Continental style knitting a sock, with a tablet showing (blurred) YouTube

Day 5 #Craftuary @cosycraftclub

Making #AnkleBiter socks by @ladybuglaboratory using her (fab, possibly my new favourite tutorials) YouTube demo for Twin Stitch

Most of today's been spent crafting at my proper job (back to work today), playing with fire & GOLD
#LoveYourDayJob
#Handmade

Two cakes of yarn - Pansy (lilacs and greens) and a forest green in our garden

Day4 #Craftuary by @cosycraftclub
I'm back to the bench tomorrow, so today I've prepped a skein of Kosy Kitchen Fibre (pansy) and another handdyed given by a customer (the green) in readiness for two pairs of socks I'll be casting on later

#ShopSmall #ShopIndie #MakeYourOwn

Knitting dark midnight blue wool, in front of TV and K9

First day of @cosycraftclub #craftuary
Knitting the #Flaptastic hat by @camideco using lovely 4ply by @thecraftybird22 that I bought at @stitchfestsw
(Yes that's K9)

Happy New Year!