Summer's still here?

This was the afternoon, but the morning was fantastic

This is a front border we've been working on for 3 years, getting there, still needs a bit of tweaking

Christmas has come early!

I'd got an email from 1 of the knitting or crochet websites I sign up to about getting ready for Christmas & it got me thinking about some patterns I'd looked out last year but never got around to doing. I absolutely adore these crochet robins & christmas pudding. Think the robin works better in the lighter colour.

They've even got little tails!

Some snowflakes....

Thankfully no 2 snowflakes are the same in nature or my crocheting!

Must now concentrate on knitting something for Wool Week at the beginning of September, we're planning on decorating the car park outside The Woolclip shop in Caldbeck. So far some of the members have knitted sheep, balloons, covers for the tree trunks, a spiders web, I've got to come up with something too, had tried a spiders web but it came up too tight, someone said it looked like one of those webs the spiders on LSD or acid make!

LTA President's visit

If we weren't busy enough on Wednesday, we also had the LTA President visiting our little lawn tennis club in the village here to present us with a Clubmark award, which my husband has been working on for the last year. There was a jnuior tournament organised with about 14 turning up to play, as well as lotd of older members. As you can see we put on a good spread!

About 200 sandwiches got eaten!
This is my husband presenting a thank you pressie to Jo Cunliffe of the LTA who helped him with all the Clubmark paperwork.

& this is the LTA President, Jo & my husband

Cumbria Life Photographer

In deep discussion as to which is the best shot!
shawls & scarves laid out artily across the coffee table!

Oh dear, builders bottom!

& because I'm "Beside the Beck", it had to be didn't it, me knitting surrounded by cones of wool with feet in the beck, I can't tell you how cold that water was...........

Garden Trail & Scarecrows!

We've had a Garden Trail around the village today oraganised by the wonderful Maud Viskers, who's in her 80's & has more energy than I've ever had! She also got the village making scarecrows for people to spot as they were walking around. This was a kind way of telling us people who's gardens weren't good enough to be included in the garden trail that we could still be involved!
As we live in an Old Police House, it only seemed appropriate that we had "Burglar Bill" escaping, you'll notice below our highly trained police dog trying to apprehend the said burglar!!!

Ouch!!

One of my favs, a School Master at The Old School House, who looks uncannyily like the owner!! Mr Chips 2011....

A Mer-made....

The Smithy at Smithy Fold, naturally.....

Cumbria Life

Phew! I've just been interviewed by Cumbria Life!!! For the Spetember issue. By a wonderful lady Mary Ingham, who was so easy to talk to, knowing me most probably too easy to talk to, as I do tend to babble when I get nervous! Anyway, fingers crossed she can make sense of my rubbish & hopefully an interesting article will come out of it.

The photographer is coming next Wednesday, so luckily I'm in the shop on Tuesday so can pick up lots of nice shawls & things to bring back to the house.

Jan Hicks, who's a member of The Wool Clip has a nice feature in this month's issue, so we're on Wool Clip overload!

Curtains

I'm making some curtains for the spare bedroom I use as my craft room. I absolutely love this room, it has 2 windows & the views are spectacular, as they are from all our rooms; we are very lucky to live a beautiful part of the country.

Anyway, I've wanted to make some curtains from the Laura Ashley toile de jouey fabric for ages, finally got around to ordering it from the internet & it's been discontinued - aaaghhh!

Luckily, I spoke to a really lovely girl in the Workington shop, which is our closest, who rang around & found me some in the Kendal shop, so am busy making them in case I need anymore fabric.

So, today I've cut fabric, interlining & lining & have attached the interlining & fabric together, won't have time to do more tomorrow as I'm in The Woolclip, & then Sunday we've friends for lunch, so will work on them some more on Monday. If I have enough fabric left over I'd like to make a bedspread, so will have to see how they work out.