well been helping santa and being a little elf knitting and sewing for the big day,nearly done now and will then start in the kitchen —I love Christmas it is great I love it all the occasion the big jugs of holly ,christmas cake, turkey, trifle, mince pies, friends, presents ,log fires and maybe snow if I am lucky .

Christmas Cables

Hi well just enough time to knit a new Christmas  top to keep you warm,pattern coming up on Ravelry

wow incredible 144 downloads in less than 24hours –thank you everybody.

new neck scarf

Hi here is the new neck scarf complete with lovely buttons obtained from my favourite knitting store  in Threads in Keyworth sure she will do mail order as well,pattern in ravelry very soon

Sole Style New ‘on the edge’sock patterns

socks knitted from sole to sole not toe to ankle not ankle to toe just sole style –a view of the patterns for sale on Ravelry later today

such fun to knit and always a perfect fit.

new hat

my new hat knit and modeled on Lady Esmeralda,this is a gift for my friend Kath to keep her warm at the moment –she loves blue and this yarn was fabulous to work with –nice to wear not itchy but still cozy

New Necker

My new necker and experimenting with undulating rolls and restraining channels and not knitting short rows to get the effect, it is alot easier this new way.

The yarn is a cone yarn from Texers a boucle acrylic twist which holds the design very well ,did sample this up in merino and it just does not look good ,the trilby on my glass smodel is anew felt design soon to be released.

been busy

Sorry have not blogged for about a fortnight now life has been hectic.Recovering from surgery .

Caught sight of my DH niping out the other evening just as the evening chill was coming and now Autumn is really here and he does need a new sweater,so must make this my next mission and I think I am goiing to knit a Tod Gocken pattern I saw on Ravelry ages ago and really liked  –so watch this space .Need a really beautiflul Aran weight yarn. 

New kits are out and doing well if you are  having a problem getting one email me and I will sort it out –seems to be small footed men in the south and large in the North .

Neede some steady mindless knitting whilst I recovered so decided to finish my new clapotis knit in Eva colourAmulet by Posh Yarn –I LOVE this yarn and these colours wish it was long enough to wear whilst I knit it. hahaha 

Disappearing now for a while to my chapel in the hills play with my knitting machine and plant some trees.

Parisienne Romance New lace shawl in UK Magazine

Parisienne Romance

Lovely to see my lace shawl in the magazine seems ages since I did this one but that is how it all goes .Nice to see I made it onto the cover as well –sure this will be available via Ravelry soon.I love using Filatura and the colour was superb.The deseign is from the Paris sketchbook and reminds me of the Eiffel Tower on a blustry May morning.

phew !

Well the wedding is over and bride and groom are still away on honeymoon,so much for 2 weeks qiuet and peace and time to gain order in my brain,no not to be! I have to move house in the next 2 weeks and pack up my beloved studio.I am not messy but have a very busy work space and I have just learnt where everything is from moving 6 years ago.
I taught in York on Tuesday and we had greta fun at Viking Loom and many thanks to those who came and especially the ladies who travelled from Ireland to take part –reminded me how much fun I had the last time I was in Ireland apart from Dublin Airport–remember! they took my needles from my lace knitting,how could anyone do that beats understanding.
I am pleased to announce that very soon the 1st Chrissie Day Wire Jewelry kits will be launched and produced and distributed by Viking Loom, this is a new venture and both Viking Loom and myself are excited by the prospect of working together on this project.Watch this sace for the launch.
I have the dates for my craft cruise now and will be sailing away in July next year to Scandinavia and Russia sharing the teaching with Chris Bylisma another exciting venture.
The next news is the launch of templates to buy for felting and also felting kits, again watch here for dates and lists of suppliers.
Wire classes happening again in York on 5th October and the 1st felting workshop on the 9th November where we will do a fabnulous bag contact Viking Loom for details .
Well back to my packing and sifting and sorting it is all so exciting and the village I am moving to is so lovely and has I have been told a good pub with great food.Leave for Oslo soon as well so must get going or I may be left behind .Trying very hard to find myself a good agent who can help me with life as a craft author

I know

I do watch ‘Britain has got talent ‘ and after today I know what Simon Cowell feels like when he sees real talent. Today I have been priveleged to spend the day with a group of very dedicated talented creative ladies who take yarn and fibre craft to better heights and make me really want to stay in this world even when I get disillusioned. Where was I ? I was a guest of Janet over at the Threshing Barn http:www.threshingbarn.com and we had fun and learnt new things .

What did I learn ?–I learnt an important lesson that outside of the world of publishers and magazine editors the crafter is there ,the honest crafter who just wants to share and learn  and grow, they inspired me with the skills they had and the passion for fibre.

The whole shop is a wonder world of products for your chosen craft, samples galore to inspire you to try them, and a book selection better than Waterstones craft section.  

Janet is passionate, hard working and so generous with knowledge that if you live in England and do not go there at least once a year you are missing out big time .

I hope I go back, it will be a privelege to teach there again, I will be back to shop and buy some of the fibres and silks that Janet dyes, the yarn she cards and spins, and maybe I will get to see a 1 minute old chick again  which was awesome .

So I was so happy coming home and Lent is over so went to Ikea and bought some Dime bars which I love, along with a host of other bits I obviously feel I cannot live without including the best peeler in the world .

My darling husband cooked my dinner for me and rounded off a perfect day which started with me seeing my daughter and son in law to be before I left home and ended with a good meal and my blog —’Goodnight crafters wherever you are, ‘Threshing Barn Ladies thank you.