Finished on a Friday (but posted on a Saturday)

 Well I finished the tea cosy and I have to say I am quite pleased with him.
I can't take all the credit because Moo knitted him in the first place and then passed it to me to finish it.

So I sewed the body together adding wadding in between the two layers.

 But Small thought it would make a good hat!

Then I sewed the head together and stuffed it.  Sewed on a couple of buttons and sewed a mouth.  

Added his hair and sewed on his ears.

Sewed his head to his body.

I thought he might be too big for the tea pot but he fits just nicely.

His name is Baaaaarnaby

 ....and here he is sitting with us while we have our tea.  I know I shouldn't be surprised, but he actually really does keep the tea pot warm.. And I don't mean just a little bit.  The handle was so warm I had to use oven gloves to pour the tea and it's a pot one so it doesn't normally get hot!
He is lovely and we love him and he is staying with us.  Thanks Moo for knitting him.  now the kids want me to knit the egg cosies that go with him!!!  Ummmmmm we'll see.

woyww #137 (have I got the number right this week?)

Hi, can't believe it's Wednesday again already.  Where does the time go and I haven't done anything!!!!!!

Well this is my workspace.  A bit more organised.  Some shelving, some storage boxes - I'm getting there.  I can't wait for it to be all plaster boarded, painted and proper shelves up - but that's in the future.

My bag handles that I won from The Felt Fairy and which I now have to make a bag.  I have a few ideas.  Thank you Annie for sending them to me.  I promise I will make something soon.  I entered the Monthly Make for 2012 and also have to enter something for that.

My Sheep Tea Cosy which Moo started and I am finishing.  I have the wadding now and all the pieces to sew together.  Will try and get this done this week.    

A Knitting Pattern for the cardi I started nearly a year ago.  Now unpicked and re knitted (not the whole thing just a rib bit), this is all that is left of the cardi now as Moo has taken it home to the UK with her.  I am hoping she sew it up and wear it, take a photo and then send it to me so I can show you.  Hopefully she won't leave it in her suitcase and bring with her in the summer!!  (I hope you are reading this MOO).

My jeans, which I need to repair.  I think I ate too much over Christmas and bent down and they split - ooo er!!  Also a small wash bag that Moo got on her flight and some felt.  I thought I would embellish the bag for Small for a small overnight bag.

And that's it.  Well it's enouigh to keep me going.  Moo left yesterday and it is the first time I have been in the house on my own since moving here.  The kids are at school, Huffle is at work.  TIME TO GET CREATING.

See what everyone else is up to today here.

Oooh - one last thing.  I won another giveaway before Christmas from Annaboo's House and I now have to host my own giveaway here. 

Please do come back and enter for your chance to win something handmade from me. 

 COMING SOON.............

Woyww #135

Pretty much the same as last week except I tidied it a little to make room for the things that need to be done first.

The material is a curtain that Moo and I are making for Smallest's bedroom.  We have made one already but we ran out of Witchery Stitchery ( I know that's cheating but I am still trying to persuade Huffle I need to have a sewing machine).
Next to the material (on my table) is a sheep tea cosy which only needs wadding (on my shopping list), and a tail, then lots of boring sewing up and he will be finished.  May be a little big for my teapot but I will love him all the same.
The other side of the curtain is a bag of knitting.  Now I started this woyww many many months ago and the reason I started it was to shame me into finishing a piece of knitting I started last winter.  A year has gone by and the damned thing is still sitting there waiting for Moo to undo a bit so I can carry on knitting it, sew it up and give it back to her to wear!!  She is over visiting us and only has seven days left.  If she doesn't leave with it as a fully wearable cardi then I will send it to her in the post as it is.  There!  Hopefully that will shame us both into doing something with it!
There is also a box on there with a Pom Pom sticking out of it.  This is box of things to send for the DotDot family.  I finished sewing the hat.  I better send it soon else BabyDotdot will be at school before he gets it.

I know the pompon is as big as the hat but LizzieDotDot didn't mind and anyway it's more fun like that!

That's it this week.  Pop along to http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com to find out where all this started and see a huge long list of other blogs who take part in this week after week.  Lots of lovely talented people out there with much to show.