Eerrrmmm! .......99c .....

I Know... I am pushing my luck... but I wanted to show you what I sent Tintocktap for the Cosy Crochet Swap... and as she has received her parcel now I thought I would show you some of the stuff I have been making recently... and I need to make something from this again to be in my give away so let me know what you like most....

I made a coaster, a beaded bag, a covered notebook, a pin cushion with a Scottish Thistle, a heart badge, a beaded star bookmark, a bag with decorative straps and a cloche hat...

The hat was from an American Crochet magazine... and I really enjoyed making it, I used some really nice Big wool and I think I might be making some of these for Christmas presents...

I made this pincushion from a pattern I found on the Lion Brand Yarn website, the pattern was for a teacup with a tea bag tag hanging out, so I left off the tag and the teabag and added the thistle that I made from my 100 flowers book, I also made a Heart badge that I have pinned to the other side but you can't quite see it in this photo..

I made up a cover for this little notebook and threaded some ribbon through to add a little something, the beaded star bookmark was from the American Crochet magazine that Mr P brought back from the states... mind you the lady at our village shop is ordering it for me now so I get a copy every other month...

This little coaster was from a cosy crochet book I bought ages ago... and even though I used a thicker wool and it rippled up a little I think it came out OK...

All in all I really enjoyed doing this swap.... in fact I wanted to do many more bits but ran out of time... ;D

Here's wishing you a fab weekend, I am off on a course at our village hall tomorrow to learn how to make a mohair teddy bear.... if it works out OK I will show you a picture... I suppose that will have to be 99d.... :)

I will make a concerted effort to get the giveaway goodies finished this week

take care
Alex
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