The Easter Dummy

I was disappointed that our April market was cancelled.

I was looking forward to making some Easter stock.

We did a lovely little garden fete a couple of weeks ago,

the sun shone all day but it was too early for any eggcitement.

I missed my Easter crafting so I decided to make something else.

I'll give you a clue...

I was in the sewing room with Mrs White and the candlestick.

Can you guess? 

Please say 'hello' to

The Easter Dummy!

She is slightly slimmer than a bunny.

 I tried to make her a 'fuller' friend with the other candlestick...

but she just looked wider.

Never mind...

I'll leave them here as a gentle warning to waistlines everywhere...

BEWARE THE EASTER BUNNY...

HE WILL MAKE YOU EAT CHOCOLATE.

HAPPY EASTER

Crafty ways may keep you trim.

EE xx

Hooky Feet?

I seem to have caught the crochet bug,

not with the usual blanket symptoms,

more a sort of footwear fever.

It all started with a hot pink toe cap...

which rapidly spread...

to a full blown boot...

after some tweaking the whole family were infected...

even big foot.

It's left me dizzy with ideas...cotton sneakers for summer,

chenille pumps for evening wear, mohair, alpaca, angora ...

 and perhaps a chamois leather sole for grip.

There are plenty of patterns out there if you want to get hooked

but fit-as-you-go on triple yarn worked best for me.

Just start with a 3 chain loop, 8 dc, increase to 16 then 24

(24 fitted me) continue in tube mode to instep

then back and forth on 20 sts to a heel seam. Ankle cuff optional.

I love my new affliction but it needs a name...

 Hooky Feet...Woolly Soles...Crocheted Clogs...Yarn Boots...

or Fabulous Freestyle Footwear for Thrifty Folk?

I just wish they'd go clip-clippety-clop on the stairs,

Oh yeah.

Crafty ways make slippery days.

EE xx

PS: Broken hip slowly mending...a bit weak and wobbly

but occasionally crutch-less! Hurrah!!

Lets play shops...

There is a little shop,

Over the virtual hill.

It's up in cyber space

But I don't think it's real.

The shelves don't get dusty,

The floor's always clean.

It's all very strange, 

Do you know what I mean?

So if you want to see

'Something More Exciting'

Hit the magic button,

I hope it's inviting...

MAGIC BUTTON

Crafty ways make magic

EE xx

Old Mrs Elderly

Old Mrs Elderly

Wanted to stay.

I wasn't quite ready,

I didn't want to play.

Old Mrs Elderly

Made such a fuss.

So I told her to leave,

I hope she caught the bus.

Dear Mrs Elderly

Took a shine to me.

I think she might come back

So I've hidden her key.

Crafty ways keep you going.

EE xx

Springtime...that's an order!

They said it started last Thursday.

Our little bandwagon will be appearing at the Arundel garden fete next Saturday.

It will be outside, under the sky and in the fresh air...

so it must be spring?

I have been messing about with some spring ingredients...

a handful of spring lambs,

some toadstools ...

and a few eggs.

How do you like your eggs?

Hard?

Soft?

or Barbied?

with soldiers?

or maybe hatched?

I have a few empty cups waiting ...

but I guess it's too early for chocolate?

so it's spring then?

Perhaps I'll feel more bouncy once the clocks go forward

or perhaps I just need a little holiday

 and some chocolate?

Sending spring wishes...

and some dotty love.

Crafty days make wishful days.

EE xx

The Really Wild Flower Show

Here's an easy make...perhaps for Mothers Day or Easter?

I crossed a Kanzashi flower with a Suffolk Puff

and grew a happy hybrid.

Once the seed was sewn I couldn't stop.

My haberdashery was turning horticultural.

Nothing was safe...

I even pruned a shirt or two...

 some vintage curtains...

and an old skirt.

These two were cross polinated...

My scrappy grow bags are still growing...

but at least I now have some produce.

What do you do with your scraps?

Crafty ways make flowers grow.

EE xx

The Impatient Patcher

She cut the folded cloth

and patched with knotted thread.

She dreamed a giant quilt

but cushion grew instead.

And so she tried again, 

her fingers growing numb.

A cover for her bed...


or a seat for her bum ?

Crafty ways make impatient days. 

EE xx