Things you have made...

[Lizzie]

Hello everyone,

Last Friday we held out latest EN social online meetup and the theme of discussion was to talk (and show) about things we've made ourselves. We were all in for a treat as the range of things shared were fantastic, from wonderful weaving to homemade biscuits, jewellery to knitted cats and a massive shout out to Lawrene for creating face masks for keyworkers in her local area (this made me slightly emotional). Thank you for all the effort.

It was such an enjoyable couple of hours and once again just really nice to have a chat with great people from around the world. What a fantastic way to end the week! 

I've seen a couple of asks from those of you who were unable to attend  to see the handmade things we talked about and so I thought as I'm sure there are lots of us who might like to share something and give each of us ideas to fill the time, why not start a discussion for us all to share and add to. 

@Cathie19, @Lawrene0, @Robin4, @Clara116, @Christine615, @Ann72, @Kimberly29, @Stephanie, @Quincy, @Helen350, @Marissa107, @Kemi9, Fran(sorry unsure of your number), @Jessica-and-Henry0, @Roberta2, @Gordon0,  @Melodie-And-John0,  @Sandra126, @Kath9, @Mike-And-Helen0, @Helen3, 

I'll get us started, I've been learning to knit for the past few  weeks (I find it's quite a relaxing thing to do before I go to bed) and so I showed my first knitting piece to the group (you will be pleased to hear I managed to sort out the knot!)...it was going to be a scarf, but I've now turned it into a snood (a neck warmer!). I know a grand total of two types of stitches, so if anyone else can teach me a thing or two I would love to hear from you. I ran out of the purple wool, but I quite like the pink. I'm presently wearing this as I type, so I'm pretty pleased. : )

What about you have you made anything? Such as a craft or even redecorated your kitchen or a baked something delicious perhaps?

Thank you,

Lizzie

[Lizzie]

Thank you so much for these useful tips @Cathie19, I'm going to think a bit about this and try and get my head around it. I usually knit before I go to bed as I find it weirdly relaxing and good for clearing the brain–but I'm not always the most spritely, so I might have to think about this at the weekend! hehe 

I hope the blanket went down well with your daughter. 🙂 

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. 

Lizzie

[Sandra126]

@Lizzie , send me link please, will try to join in tonight. W h at theme did you decide on?

[Lizzie]

Hey @Sandra126,

It's so great to hear from you, I was going to message you this morning to check how you are doing as we haven't spoke for a while. I hope the past few weeks have been ok–you did mention you have been rather busy, so I hope you are not working too hard. 🙂

I've seen you've already registered for later, so you probably don't need this, but for anyone else wanting to join our CC social later, take a look at this post. 

Hope to speak with you later, otherwise, keep well. 

Thanks,
Lizzie

[Sandra126]

@Lizzie , fell asleep on sofa, woke at midnight and dragged myself off to bed. Sorry sorry. 

[Helen427]

@Sandra126 

You must have needed a good sleep after all your kindness to others, including non stop visitors in your home.

Sometimes it's not until we are either forced to stop our ways, in life through injury, illness or in this case other forces that we realise how much we have pushed ourselves.

Take Care & enjoy the quiet "Sandra" time whilst you can.

Maybe you have been making the most of "Sandra creative talents time" & burning the candle at both ends whilst you can ... have you??

[Sandra126]

Definitely burning candle! Have a lot on. Had flu shot, knocked me down a bit. @Helen427 

[Melodie-And-John0]

@Lizzie , I never knew what a Snood was!   I always though  it was a little critter in this old online video game I use to play.  Its awesome and will definitely keep the neck warm, good going, whats Next?  A sweater?   JR

[Stephanie]

I have to ask... what game was that @Melodie-And-John0 ? (I'm a massive video gamer 😛 )

[Melodie-And-John0]

@Lizzie , it was called Snood, their mantra was "Forget Life, Play Snood", it was rather addictive for such a simple game.   http://www.snood.com/