Colourful Numbers!

Having recently updated my calendar I realise I will be sending quite a few of these cards this year and next!

The numbers are from Tamara's blog and so easy to follow and hook.

An 80 escaped being photographed in December!

The FAB wool was a Christmas present, I love the variegated colours and it is so versatile .

Whilst on the subject

This is my

Upside down 5!

th post!

To celebrate I am hoping to create granny pocket hearts totalling one tenth of the total number of posts, figuring 20 is more manageable than 200!
They will be sent to heartsease HQ where Ruth and Belinda will send them onto Kids Company.
The closing date is February 14th so there's still time if you would like to have a go - there are patterns here and here.

Happy Birthday to all our friends who celebrate a new decade soon!

A New Year!

Happy New Year! 

After a busy and fun Christmas, things are beginning to settle down a little here.

I'm looking forward to picking up my hooks, yarns, fibres and spindle again after the short break.

One of the highlights of 2013 was the Stashbuster challenge, 

an opportunity to creatively use the existing wool and yarn in my stock,
 meet lots of like-minded people around the world
 and share inspiration.

My total busted for the year was
 2035g!
Over 2 Kgs!

A huge thank you to Linda and Ana for hosting, encouraging and supporting everyone in our endeavours!

It taught me lots! 

I experimented with new designs, textures and sizes. 

I hooked 'on the edge' sometimes not knowing if I'd have enough to finish a project...I learned how to adapt!

It confirmed that I like to hang onto some of my favourite colours and textures, particularly if they are one offs or hard to come by ...so not all of a ball gets used!

Fully intending to continue using my existing woolly gems, I was really pleased to hear that Linda is this year hosting Stashbusting for Stashaholics -
so I will be able to keep on sharing in the link parties,
counting my gs,
finish the already started stashbusting projects,
 begin to unravel the ideas in my head
and have fun working out what to do with yummy colourful yarns packed in boxes and bags!

Even more exciting, Jacqui one of my bloggy friends is joining in too!

There's another exciting project idea germinating - and for Christmas I received a piece of kit that may develop my photo taking skills!

Hope you all have a happy, inspired and creative 2014 - looking forward to sharing the journey with you!

Poppy Penguin!

This little penguin has just popped in hoping you are all enjoying the Christmas holiday time!

With a modified crocheted cylindrical body and needlefelted features she is stuffed with short ends of projects gone by and a present for my niece with a penguin passion!

The beautiful curly locks are mohair...and she has needlefelted feet too! 

A little posterior needling gave her a tiny tail!

She would like to share my December stashbusting totals with you 

including her 10g ...

the total is  265g.......

........there may be some more if I get a couple of items finished over the holidays.....

Hope you are finding some time to relax and create!

x

Merry Christmas

Wishing everyone 

A

happy, 

healthy, 

and peaceful 

Christmas time

xx

A Round of Robins!

At last.... the big Christmas project is revealed!

It all began this time last year when I hooked this little chap...

followed by my Springtime birds.

Each Robin began as a circle of crochet...everyone different

 

Each has a yellow beak, sewn onto the back made from wet felt and a tail from offcuts of wet felt used in this Christmas project!...

....a customary needlefelted eye....

 and rosy red buttons

or a needlefelted red breast of Teeswater or Wensleydale curls.

Some are smaller than others...

...many are winging their way around the country...wrapped in stripey paper bags!

130g of browny wool busted on Christmas tweets!

Christmas Presents

Its really exciting to be able to show you a few of the presents that will be finding their way under some Christmas trees next week....

This chunky cowl has a mobius twist and is hooked in Sherlock stitch..with half trebles...

 ...another half treble Sherlock stitch strip ready for the twist and to be sewn into another chunky cowl.
This is the Artesano Aran yarn highlighted here.

A hanging ornament..based on a Tie Fighter for a Star Wars fan

 was restyled and adapted from a square washcloth pattern

with a dc border and some surface embellishments.

This doughnut began as a pincushion pattern 

to which a needlefelted frosting of chocolatey Teeswater curls was  added

and a filling of toy stuffing with short ends (from my big Christmassy project!) !

All the above were stash busting projects:
2 cowls - 90g
Tie Fighter - 8g
Doughnut a hefty 27g
Total 125g

As even more of a tease...(the 'trifle' of scarlet buttons  had you hooked)...
 I'll leave you with one of the Big Christmas projects all wrapped up!

 

Preparing!

Lots of things are in progress at Random Wooliness towers!

The latest project involves these...

Thought they looked so bright and cheerful!

I'll be back with some completed presents soon!

Hope you are enjoying your seasonal creating!