Well what an unusual Christmas Day for us. Only 5 of us here. I got up early, put the turkey in the oven and went back to bed for a bit. I don't think I've ever done that before! The lads stayed in bed until it was present time and then disappeared shortly after, to re-emerge at lunch time. By request I added pigs in blankets and small sausages, cauliflower cheese to the meal. Far too much turkey; it will go into the freezer or perhaps I will turn it into a curry. The evening was spent collecting DS4 from his g/f's grandparents house and off we went to visit DS1 and his gorgeous but very tired, partner, who had had visitors all day and then had to put up with us. We didn't stay too long, though.
So, having visited my father a couple of days ago with GG and DS6, at the care home he is staying in for respite, we spent Boxing Day driving a circuitous route to avoid Hindhead and congested M25 to visit MIL in S London, whose birthday is Boxing Day and she is now 93. Various other members of the family arrived and it was nice to catch up with new little ones and also all the gossip. We managed to squeeze into one car. Tomorrow another visit to my father and hopefully Monday will be quiet - GG and his mum and dad are due back from Devon that day and we have the pleasure of his company for the rest of the working week. And that reminds me, I had better go round and feed the cat......
And to make this somewhat fabric related, because I have not been near a sewing machine, I received a voucher for Fabric Land from DS2 and his partner and some sample packs of wool and a book on spinning from my lovely friend, Bren. My Christmas present is a spinning wheel - a Babe (plastic, small and very light!) - which I bought from someone on Ravelry - https://www.ravelry.com/ introduced by Angie, who is currently hanging onto the wheel for collection hopefully this coming week. Angie runs this place http://www.vintagecraftstuff.co.uk/ and also write this blog periodically - http://recycledlifestyle.wordpress.com/ Dh is off work and will be looking after the GG so I can get a lesson in spinning that is more sober than the last one I recived at Glaramara on a feltmaking course a few years ago!
Saturday, 26 December 2009
Felted flower
This is about the only not-out-of-focus picture I have. We have been making these flowers. Janine brought one to show us which her cousin had made in Germany. Bren figured out how to do it and made some lovely roses for her friend Joan. They are quite interesting to make but my stems are too variable.
Purse closed
It could go lower, I suppose. Well, we'll see what Janine wants to do with it, if she has kept it. She's in East Germany at the moment, with her family. Maybe if she brings it back I can take a picture of it with the eye done...
A monster purse
This technique is fuelled by something I have seen on the web and Bren taught me how to make little sockets using a pebble. The top bit wasn't going anywhere so I snipped it a bit and then felted a bit more and it made these curled in spiky bits which was a vast improvement. The original looked like a fish and then a mermaid's tail and has improved since then. I hadn't figured out a closure, nor had I decided quite how far down I wanted the top to come but Christmas was coming so I needlefelted the eye and wrapped it up for Janine
Bren's spirals. Started off looking like a runner bean and when cut all these lovely spirals appeared
Bren's spirals. Started off looking like a runner bean and when cut all these lovely spirals appeared, originally uploaded by cazh.
Self explanatory, really. to make a necklace, or other jewellery or perhaps buttons for purses etc
Janine's new phone bag
A not very good picture. Janine had a new phone and made herself a little pouch for it
Sunday, 20 December 2009
Batala Portsmouth
Oh, and one last thing before I go off to bed. I play a small part in a reasonably local samba-reggae band. I wrote a small piece for the local paper who weren't interested as it was a busk. Here it is. Perhaps someone might read this and realise who they were watching!
Chilly late night shoppers enjoyed a rare treat last Thursday evening in Commercial Road, Portsmouth. The insistent sounds and pulsating rhythym of Brazilian samba-reggae attracted shoppers who came to see what was going on and stayed to watch, leaving with a smile on their faces and feet tapping.
An absolutely stonking set played by Portsmouth's Batala Samba group whose colours (scarlet, black and white) fitted the season nicely, but whose music is definitely redolent of warmer climes, the band played a
variety of songs, led by Musical Director James Frimpong, and included fantastic lifting by lead Fundo 1 player Darren Imison, along with a terrific front line of dobra players.
Batala Portsmouth rehearse at the Charter Academy, Portsmouth, and can be reached via this link http://www.batalaportsmouth.com/
Chilly late night shoppers enjoyed a rare treat last Thursday evening in Commercial Road, Portsmouth. The insistent sounds and pulsating rhythym of Brazilian samba-reggae attracted shoppers who came to see what was going on and stayed to watch, leaving with a smile on their faces and feet tapping.
An absolutely stonking set played by Portsmouth's Batala Samba group whose colours (scarlet, black and white) fitted the season nicely, but whose music is definitely redolent of warmer climes, the band played a
variety of songs, led by Musical Director James Frimpong, and included fantastic lifting by lead Fundo 1 player Darren Imison, along with a terrific front line of dobra players.
Batala Portsmouth rehearse at the Charter Academy, Portsmouth, and can be reached via this link http://www.batalaportsmouth.com/
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