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 nother busy week has flown by and here we are again sharing our workspace for all to enjoy. Pop over to Sarah's Work shed if you too would like to join in and show us what you've been up to.

I thought you might like to see the ten twiddle muffs that will be going up to the hospital next week. I love all the bright colours.

After having made the mill worker's outfit for my friend's granddaughter, I had a last minute request for a maids outfit for her little friend. 

Luckily I had a Victorian style apron in my odds and ends of linen drawer. I had a black lined curtain which I cut up and made into a long dress, gathered at the waist. After searching again in my stash, I also found enough white linen and broiderie anglais to make a little mob cap. ( Forgot to take a picture)

I just hope it fits. It certainly looked the part.

They are participating in a school concert but I don't know what it is.

So that's me for this week. We are having a day out in Ludlow this week, so I hope the sun shines for us.

Have a good week.

x x Jo 🌈 

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 Good morning all.

We have been enjoying the warmer, drier weather and have had a few outings. On Sunday we met a school friend in Llangollen and visited Plas Newydd and had a lovely lunch and walk beside the canal.

My sewing room has seen a bit of crafty action. I made some ATCs for our anniversary swap and a little hang about bin for a raffle prize.

I will swap ATCs at the crop and pass one forward on Mr Linky next week. 

My latest twiddler is in its naked state here.....

And this is it now that it's finished.

I hope you have been making the most of the improved weather.

Have a great week.

x x Jo 

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 Welcome to Wonderful WOYWW!

I have caught up with all my admin and have a few minutes to myself.

So, it's Autumn and evenings are cool enough to enjoy a bit of twiddler knitting.

These were the colours in my bag when I picked up my chunky needles again.....

I am going to make it a bit sparkly and stitch on one of my little knitted fairies 😀

Last week was hectic. I helped Tilly Tea Dance to set up her exhibition at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre in Craven Arms  Luckily it will be there until after Christmas, including their Frost Fair. Hopefully her artwork will be sold and make all her hard work worthwhile.

Then, I fell foul of the cough and cold bug. I tested negative for COVID so it is just my usual winter cough but I have barking away and had lots of sleepless nights. I told Annie my desk would just have a bottle of cough medicine and a pack of panty liners today!

So that's it from me.

The sun is shining and I should be out with my school friends enjoying a walk and lunch but I didn't feel like barking my way through lunch or passing the bug on to them.

I hope you are all well and able to get out and about.

Have a good week.

x x Jo 

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 Last week just flew by and here we are on Wednesday, sharing our workspaces with all our WOYWW friends across the globe.

Firstly, I must apologize for not managing to visit any work desks last week. It was a strange week for all sorts of reasons, culminating with the loss of one of our elderly friends. I have a feeling this week may be similar.

I have managed a little bit of crafting. It is the best stress buster isn't it?

My friend asked if I could make some little coin purses for her to give to her grandchildren with some holiday pennies.

So, out came the recycled denim and my box of trimmings  

Strangely, even though each purse started out with a similar piece of denim, they all seem slightly different in sizes!! 

Here is my latest twiddler.

Under the sea...

Lastly, just look at this gorgeous rose. 

It began life climbing up my Godmother's summer house. Then progressed to my Dad's garage wall. My little sis took cuttings before they moved and we had one each. Mine has really flourished this year. Hopefully we can get it to climb up our wall too.

Well that's me for this week.

Have a great week everyone.

 x x Jo 

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 After a busy weekend of Nanny duties, this week should be a bit quieter. We had Ben so that Max could take part in a Welsh Ultra Marathon. Only just over 53 miles!!! She came through with just a few blisters and stiff legs and was very pleased to have accomplished the challenge.

So this week I am doing a few admin jobs for Tilly.

These are some tiny poppy landscapes that I have framed up for her. I love the detail and they sell well in our local stockists.

I have just finished my latest twiddlers to go to get hospital this week. I have been walking up there two or three times each week to visit my elderly friend and that's a 3 mile round trip - great exercise, if a bit warm at times!

I hope you are all well and have made the best of the sunshine. I am hoping it will keep fine for sports day today.

Have a great week.

x x Jo 

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 I hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend.

We had good weather for a couple of days so could get out and about into Shrewsbury and our garden.

We watched Max and Ben run the 10k in the park on Saturday, helping to raise funds for the local hospice. They ran together and managed it in under 54 minutes. Awesome!

We also managed a couple of lunches out - always a nice treat. We did think prices have risen quite a lot but that's the norm these days isn't it.

My latest twiddlers are all ready for the hospital.

I am now knitting two more cape pullovers as the first ones looked totally gorgeous on the the two little girls who received them.

This colourway is even brighter.

So that's my show and tell for this week

Have a good week everyone.

xx Jo

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Today my table is covered with prepared materials for Tilly's McFelty workshop at the end of the month. 

I packed wool "fluff" into individual bags so that each felter has all the colours they need. I also made mixed skeins of Mcfelty yarns and I dyed yarns and wool curls to match. So, I think Tilly should be all sorted for the event.

In my spare time I have made a few more denim items.....

And lastly, a seaside twiddler.

So, now I have a bag of twiddlers and a box of Friendship hearts to go to the hospital.

I hope the weather is being kind to you. We have had a few bright days so far this week. I hope we stay clear of snow.

Have a great week.

x x Jo 

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 Well this year is off to a fast start! How did we get to the end of January so quickly? Hubby celebrated his birthday this week and Ben drew him a brilliant portrait picture. He says he is going to be an artist - I think he is one already!......

My trusty machine has been in action this week and I made two little covers for Tilly's baskets. 

She takes them to her workshops- with her inspiration packs etc., for sale. I bring them back to re stock for her. So, to stop bits falling out in the boot, as I carry them home, I decided they needed little elasticated covers ...

Job done!

And here is a little rainbow for you...

Have a great week all.

I will look forward to a trip round the desks when I get back from lunch out with our friends.😀

x x Jo 

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Well it's been another chilly week and here we are again sharing our work desks for all to see.

I have sorted all the woolly yarn and fluff for Tilly's newest workshop. She has been asked to devise a "McFeltie" workshop so I will be making packs with all this lovely stuff.

The original McFeltie resides in Scotland and is about 70 x 50 cms.

Of course, the delegates on Tilly's worship will be making pictures about the size of the card in the photo. I might even sign up to the workshop myself. It would be a fun day, I think.

Below you can see the front and back of my Springtime twiddler. Lots of textures and colour, together with bits and bobs, inside and out, to twiddle.

And then I made another footie twiddler - one for the "reds" this time!

Have a good week all.

x x  Jo 

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Good morning to all the lovely WOYWW friends and anyone else who cares to pop in and see what I am busy with.

This week I have been mostly occupied with jobs for Till Tea Dance.

I reframed four of her lovely pictures for one of her customers who loves her work and needed them refreshing to go in her newly decorated room.

Then, I tackles the fibre packs  - all nicely colour coordinated and now ready to sell at her workshops.....

The said workshops need a pack of materials for each delegate so here is the "fluff" all ready to pack up for a "Hedgerows and Gardens" workshop.

And lastly, a Shrewsbury Town Football Club twiddler. I am sure there will be a fan out there who will love this and maybe it will bring back a few happy memories too.

Well that's it for now.

It's very chilly here this week.

Lots of windscreen scraping needed if we want to go anywhere!

Have a good week.

xx Jo

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 Good morning all!

Well here we are whizzing through January, thankfully all well and plenty to do to keep me busy.

Annie fancied a new Roman blind for her bathroom this week. Now, as you know, she is a wonderful needlewoman but blinds are my thing. So, she gave me the fabric and her old blind on Saturday, and by Monday morning she had a pretty seashell design blind all ready to hang up.

Along with the blind, I have made some birthday cards (forgot to snap them).

Also, there is a new bunch of twiddlers mounting up ready for the hospital. . . .

So, business as usual for 2023 then!

Have a great week all!

xx Jo

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 Good morning all.

Well, here we are in December, so I am busy with all kinds of crafty activity. I have just packed my latest Christmas twiddlers ready for the hospital. I hope they will bring a bit of cheer to the patients who need them. (No photo!)

This is my latest with all the bits and bobs ready for me to stitch on.

Last week I needed ribbon and was horrified by the tangle that greeted me in my ribbon box. So on rainy day, what better job than to sort through a rainbow of ribbons. This is what it looks like now...

And finally, this is one of the many wonderful trees at Attingham Park this year. 

They themed them all - so many I lost count. The theme was linked to trades used within the hall over the years. It really is worth booking in for a visit if you can. (Free to Nat. Trust members)

So that's it for this week. I must plod on with my cards. I think I will limit them to local recipients from now on as I very much doubt if the Royal Mail will deliver in time for Christmas this year. 

You lovely WOYWWers may just have to share the Christmas greeting that I post here in Christmas week. Let's hope the strikes get sorted for all soon.

Enjoy your crafting.

xxx Jo

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 Good morning all.

My sewing room has seen very little action for a week or two.

Last week we had a few days away with old school friends.

We visited Skipton Castle

 and East Riddlesden Hall NT

and The Bronte Parsonage at Haworth.

The weather was perfect and we had 3 lovely days.

This week I am helping Tilly with some admin. I have been putting together workshop packs and mounting some of her stunning, felted and  embroidered  mini landscapes.

Heather Hills - felted wool and embroidered landscape picture | t-dance-web-site (tillyteadance.co.uk)

My latest twelve twiddlers are all set for the hospital...

So that's it for this week.

I shall probably be enjoying the tennis for the next week or so!

Have a good week.

xx Jo

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Good morning all!

The last little ATC and card to arrive came from Susan in Australia. Thanks lots Susan - they are perfect and all so beautifully finished. 

Yesterday I was sorting out the wool boucle yarn ready to dye for Tilly Tea Dance. She has been very busy wet felting fibres to create background pieces for her pictures. If you are on Facebook you will be able to see some of her little videos here.

We bought this boring beige as a job lot at the Wonderwool event in Builth Wells before all the lockdowns. It will look much, much nicer when I have dyed it in a variety of greens. Max chops it up to use as foreground herbage in her pictures.

My latest twiddlers have been simple ones with lots of textures and shades.

These take a lot less thinking and planning time and are easy to do - just not quite as much fun for me but I am sure they will come in useful up at the hospital.

So that's it for this week.

I hope you enjoyed your Jubilee celebrations. It was lovely to watch all the events over the weekend but I think Paddington and Her Majesty stole the show!

xx Jo 

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Good morning all!

Just look at this lovely little work of art.

I know anyone who swapped ATCs with us received a print of this, but, Annie gave lucky old me the original! I love it and will be framing it to hang in my sewing room. She is such a talented, crafty person.

Below are the ATCs we have received so far....

Always such different ideas and clever ways to present the theme of "Connection".

I know Annie has one or two more so I will show and tell those next week when she has shared them with me. Thanks to everyone who swapped with us - we love to see them and I will display them in my sewing room.

Below is my "garden" themed twiddler.

I just hope the beetroot and carrots don't look to temptingly realistic!

That's it for this week - except for these lovely pictures of the gardens at Dudmaston Hall NT....

We had a glorious day there last week.

Let's hope we get a little more of that sunshine this week.

xx Jo