Ice

Ice and stone

Today I am listening to an audiobook

Moominland Midwinter

by Tove Jansson

"Believe me: there's nothing more dangerous in life

than to become and indoor sitter"

#ten

My very first wirework piece,

a little bookmark 

from 1.5mm black wire

The tiny tools are so cute

Today I have been listening to

The Beatles 1967-1970 album

#nine

Number nine is a "double make".

I grew the hyacinth from a bulb in an aluminium pot

and crocheted the colour-matched

cover with a wrap of string to add detail

The Fool on the Hill

When cleaning this space

between the kitchen cupboard and the boiler

I thought it would make a lovely little shelf for something fun.

So, I got one of my teeny tiny people and placed him there

and straight away I started singing The Fool on the Hill by The Beatles.

#eight

A crocheted case 

for my new camera

make number eight

Mini skirts forever!

I saw this on Twitter today

It is fabulous and so sixties, my favourite decade!

Burns Night

Burns night

25th January

Oh my love is like a red, red rose

That's newly spring in June

My love is like a melody 

That's sweetly played in tune.......

I had to learn that poem at school 

and can still recite it almost word-perfect

Enjoy your neeps and tatties!

#seven

Make number seven is a

hot water bottle cover

Perfect for snuggling up with

a good book 

on a cold January afternoon

Knitted from a pattern by

Hunting Hall Farm

at Beal in Northumberland.

They have a lovely range of

organic wool and patterns

http://www.northumbrianorganicwool.co.uk/

I haven't knitted for many months

and it seemed very strange to have two needles

instead of one hook!

#six

A Poncho
a gift made with love

#five

Just a mini-make for number five.
I used one of the photographs I took
of the trees outside my house
to make this notecard.

Today I have been watching
a programme I recorded on BBC 4
Tales of Winter
The Art of Snow and Ice

Snowy

Am sitting reading this article

from Elle Decoration January 2013

while big snowflakes are fluttering down outside

My dream home!

The pencil is mightier than the sword!

There can never be too many pencils!

Today I am listening to 

Robert Plant's latest album,

I love

A Stolen Kiss

On my doorstep

I'm not counting these as part of my 

100 makes for 2015

but thought I would include them

as they show the beauty of nature 

on your own doorstep

#four

Mittens

A pair of simple crocheted wrist warmers

with ribbon and button detail

#three

Flower for the Wellmaking Garden

I bought a little kit to make this flower

from the Craftivist Collective

You can find out more about 

the group here

http://craftivist-collective.com/about/

#one

My first make of 2015

A little lavender bag

made from oddments of cotton

I had in the house.

The back is plain,

the front is a square for a blanket

from a crochet magazine pattern

Made while listening to Radio 4's

10 hour adaptation of

War and Peace.

I am sort of following it!

Happy New Year!

Happy new year 2015!

My challenge to myself is to make

100 things this year.

I will be trying all different crafts,

some old favourites, some new

and some I haven't done for a long time,

I will be recording them all here.

I'm not just going to show the things

I think are great, if some turn out to be a disaster

then I will share them too!

May your next year be

happy, healthy and full of love and peace x