Ashley's Cushion.....

Come in friends...
 the tearoom door is always open!

Pull up your chair while I show you.. 
'Ashley's Folk Cushion'

I do hope you like it....

As you probably know, if you are a regular visitor to the tearoom,
Ashley has now started her course at university
and I wanted to make her something
that she could take with her...

I am really pleased how her cushion turned out,

 as I only had a few days to design and knit it
(a sudden spark of inspiration!) 

I love the rustic feel of the felted tweed wool, which is a lovely Winter yarn
and this project turned out to be a very relaxing and enjoyable knit on the circular needles,
which I could carry around in my bag and knit wherever I may be
(no increases or decreases, only knitting round and round
and adding lovely colours!)
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I used Ashley's room for inspiration...

and as you can see she loves hearts and there are a lot of Swedish influences..

This painting, by Ashley, is the city centre at night.
It is painted on a large canvas which hangs in her room...

...and I LOVE it!

 

Wishing you a lovely, creative weekend...

An MJT Celebration!

Welcome, to all you lovely friends out there!

Come in, sit down and take a break

with a pot of tea and cupcakes while we announce the

MJT Giveaway Winner!

Drawn out by Leah

our winner is...

ikkinlala
Congratulations!    

If you could contact me here

with your address details

and your magazine and yarn will be wrapped

 and in the post tomorrow.

On another note, I have been really enjoying 

my baking days recently......

....the cupcakes above come

straight from

The best of Mrs.Beeton's Cakes and Baking.....

....lots of lovely recipes...

 and of course her very sensible words of advice...

...I am trying my best, but often fail dismally!

P.S Lots more MJT Giveaways in the future!

Wishing you a lovely weekend

MJT 'Happy Crafting' Giveaway!....

Have you noticed how crafters are...
 such happy, contented people?

 Creativity certainly feeds the soul!

Well, I think we should have another fun giveaway to celebrate
this wonderfully creative world which we inhabit!

This one includes the latest issue of

The Knitter

which is one of my favourite knitting magazines.

This magazine is new and unread (RRP. £5.99)
There are 13 beautiful patterns from world-class designers

and new and interesting skills to learn.

Also included in the giveaway are 2 x 50g balls of the beautiful
RYC Cashsoft DK in Bloom

(RYC Cashsoft DK yarn in a pretty shade of pink)

You can click here  for more details about the yarn.
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All you have to do to be entered into the giveaway is....

In the comment box below just add that you

'would like to be entered into the draw'

(I always enter followers' names twice as an extra thank you and

so if you are a follower just add 'follower' next to your comment)
Postage will be FREE wherever you may be!

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The winning name will be drawn out of a hat by my trusty helper, 
youngest daughter, Leah

on
Friday 15th October 2010
2pm

by the Tearoom clock

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I would also like to mention that next week is
Wool Week
11th - 17th October 2010
You can find out more about
The Campaign For Wool
here
which aims to support the struggling sheep farming industry
and the international textile community.

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Good luck in the draw and happy crafting!

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Candy's Collage and more Etsy Treasures!

 I have created a collage of

'Candy Bear's'

photographs for anyone who is considering purchasing the knitting pattern.

The collage will be added to the CANDY label to view in the future.

Also, thank you to everyone who has already purchased the pattern.

I am very happy to say that she has become a very popular little bear!

'Candy Bear'

can be purchased in my
 ETSY shop here in pdf format or in my

EBAY shop as a printed copy here!

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Also thank you to Natalia of  'lovedolls'

for including 'DAISY' in this lovely  ETSY treasury
'Summer Meets Winter'

handmade KEY HOOK v... OldNewAgain $22.00	Green Triangular Ha... Pavalu $80.00	Grey Satin Flower DesignedByKris... $9.50
New Beginnings - 20... CharlensAbstra... $125.00	Loving Robot Couple... licoricewits $40.00	Kereru bibliographica $25.00
Simple Spiral Alumi... nicholasandfel... $	DAISY RABBIT / BUNN... maryjanestearo... $4.90	Whiskey Cup - Juice... dbabcock $22.00
Primitive Apothecar... redroosterbab $149.99	Midnight - Handmade... AlchemicMuse $6.00	Enigmatic - A4 Land... SimpleSoulfulA... $30.00
Leaves in Abstract ... BEADsideThePoi... $19.99	METALLICA - Cuff B... arosha $90.00	A Game of Cat and M... cedarpocket $52.00

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Thank you, Natalia!

As always you can click on the photographs to take you to

the individual crafters' shops, where you can view more lovely items.

Hope you have a lovely weekend!