Cross Stitch and Craft Cafe 2020

Coxy11

Whoohoo! We are’Discussion of the Week’ on the weekly email. Hi everyone 

nmm

oh wow, hi any newbies, welcome aboard  

Coxy, love the Christmas pots update. We did a virtual K&R yesterday was more natter though, was nice catching up with the ladies, set a challenge to complete 1 side of my jumper otherwise I owe them all cake when we return, haha.

chocolateteddy

Morning all
Found you from the weekly email. I love cross stitch but haven't done any since I had my littleun - he aint so little anymore though - he's 14 and taller than me. As I am now furloughed and stuck at home I am going to fish my cross stitch out this week. Time to finish off that project.

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Jazee

Hello Chocolateteddy, I'm currently alternating between making bunting for my garden and knitting squares for a charity project.

nmm

Welcome chocolateteddy, good luck with your WIP  
I've done 26 rows of my jumper and some more of The Junction this week, got some spare time to cross stitch this afternoon, so that's me sorted for the day, take care all.

Coxy11

Whoohoo hello everybody! Great to see some new faces  
I did some more stitching yesterday after finishing work - currently wfh at the kitchen table and boss told me to log off at 4pm so I did! Have nearly finished 'M' but will definitely run out of pot infill colour DMC 3046 when I get to 'A'. Need to double check I don't have another skein anywhere in my stash before biting the bullet and ordering, as lord knows when it will turn up. Crafting is essential for me but wouldn't want to assume the suppliers would be working as usual.... I also crocheted a rainbow for DDs window (to entertain the local children on their daily walks). It was a freebie pattern from kerryjaynedesigns which has been doing the rounds on social media. It came together really quickly too. I didn't do the pompoms though.
In other news, we picked our shed up and moved it today as the slabbed base has sunk - about 8 slabs need relaying. BIL (builder and all round good egg) will be only doing bits and pieces for work over the next few weeks, so we managed to find the solitary builders merchants willing to deliver sand and cement and BIL will come next week weather permitting. I hasten to add that the shed was emptied of all contents first (including spiders!!).
The weather has been glorious here today and due to be even better tomorrow. I just hope and pray that people stay home and don't go out and spread this awful virus.
Hope you are all well, and stay safe.
Coxy xx

nmm

I planted almost 100 hawthorn bushes last week when the weather was nice, just hoping they take as the garden was more  rubble than soil, I got sick of fixing the fence, haha. 

Coxy, i'll have a look in my stash for DMC 3046, happy to post it if I have some

freemurphy

I have learned to knit socks since lockdown, haven’t knit in years have enjoyed making them

nmm

The socks are brilliant freemurphy, what project have you got planned next?

Here are the 2 latest update photos for you, over half way on one side of the jumper and my progress on The Junction. No crafting done today our cat was PTS after having a seizure on sunday night, the vet believes it was antifreeze poisoning, she rarely goes far so we just don't understand it. I really miss my lap cat

Jazee

Sorry to hear about your cat nmm.

Still just knitting here.