January | 2019 | The Contented Crafter

I’m just going to squeeze in another post for January…….. Even so, I can’t be accused of being a prolific blogger 🙂

I haven’t achieved much in the art room, but did settle for a bit to play with some inks, pens and a little stamp. Clearly early morning walks by the ocean are having an effect

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these first two are blurry thanks to my inability to keep the phone still……

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It’s basically playing with colour and shapes and doodling.. Like everything I do these days I tend to make two or three at the same time and then turn them into cards. So…

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And just to change it up a bit I did two of these, but one has gone away already

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I love the colours of them all – inks are so much fun – the watercolours and acrylics are still languishing…..

How has your January going, going, gone? It’s either overly warm here or it’s – not. It’s hard to make plans for a picnic that’s for sure. Siddy and I continue to pursue our daily goal of leaving random people happier for having met us on our walks – he has such an assortment of fans it’s quite delightful.

This is him at the window, greeting his two favourite special people –

Thanks for coming by today, I’m so happy that you did.

Greetings friends from a warm and sunny city in the far southern reaches of the globe.

I know a few of you are waiting to see the secret handwork projects that I was beavering away on in the months before Christmas. So here they are

Oh no, that’s just Siddy showing off his sparkly festive outfit – and can you see the piles of parcels? That’s how the King girls roll when we get to spend a bit of time together alone at Christmas………..

Oops, no – that’s just me and Siddy taking our very early morning Christmas Day walk on the beach……….. 7 am on a perfect morning. Bliss!

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Ah, here we are. A Persian Tiles Blanket for my ED, Joanna, in her favourite colours

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And a detail shot if you are interested. I went for a 3-D look on the leaves by keeping the hook size the same and adding an extra double-treble…….. And I really like how it turned out

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And Orlando on pressing duty

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Now, for YD, Danella, this is ‘Winnie’s Wonderland’ from Emily Littlefair’s book ‘ Round and Round the Crochet Hook’ adapted from a square throw to an elongated bed end throw. This is the centre – loads of texture and interest, I really enjoyed making this one

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Here ’tis as it grew bigger

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and here it is in-situ – the green is matched in her headboard which you can’t really see

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Finally a pair of baskets, one each for the daughters, made from tee-shirt yarn to hold work in progress and containing all kinds of goodies that are essential for handworking

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And the boys got presents too – it was a good day, loads of fun and everyone was quite worn out by early evening ………

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The year is off to a grand start. I’m on a get healthy – stay healthy kick and with a new pair of headphones I’m well into meditating with Dr Joe Dispenza. And there will be watercolour paintings this year! How’s it going for you so far?

Thanks for coming by today, I’m happy that you did!