Wind down...

...knitting by fairy light...

...Fair Isle Bunnies who are joining the party 

on the craft room tree...

...another finished project...a lovely crochet blanket...

Pattern 'A Spicier life' by Cherry Heart ...

in collaboration with Black Sheep Wools 

New hand dyed yarn for the Holidays 

(beautiful Lichen and Lace)

...view from our lodge in the Lake District...

...lovely festive lunch in a cosy tearoom in 

pretty Grasmere village...

🌟

A little catch up of the last two weeks

I'll be back on Christmas Eve everyone with a

discount code which will be available over the festive season

(so for anyone planning on purchasing a pattern please hold on!)

Back very soon

Happy festive weekend

✨✨🌟✨✨

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Autumn....

Autumn knitting and a crochet catch up...

Can you see those little stitches around the edges of the sleeves up there?

It could be the work of a little elf....or simply sock yarn working its magic...

either way this is a little bear whose definitely feeling much cosier ♥

My new bedroom cushion is made from leftover Rooster Almerino Aran

which is a long time favourite yarn and I'm so happy that it hasn't been wasted

I used the ever popular Sunburst Granny Square 

on both the front and back which can be found here

(using just the first 4 rounds)

...loving these autumn evenings...♥

..lots of knitting in progress at the moment...

and I'm going to search my yarn stash to make a new crochet cushion

..hopefully something in autumn shades...

Fingers crossed I should be posting a little more often from now on

I've missed not being here over recent weeks

I appreciate the slow, peaceful pace of blogging ever more these days :-)

x ♥ x

Hope you've had a good start to your autumn projects

and are enjoying a happy, crafty week everyone

Back soon

Take care

x x x ♥ x x x

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A crafty week...

...hello...

have you had a good week? 

I'm enjoying a lovely, quiet afternoon here and so it seems the perfect time
for a little update of my making over the last few days

1. Knitting tiny bear and doll dresses (and cardigans) with more favourite sock yarns
(I love knitting these little dresses 'top down' with no sewing)

2. Indexing all my colourful new yarns (oh yes...I'm very strict with myself these days)...

3. Crocheting a new cushion using all those yarn oddments 
Rooster yarn is definitely too good to waste and it feels like I'm getting something lovely for free?..
(although I'll inevitably give it away once complete!)
Above is the front and the back will be a single Sunburst in a large granny square.
(currently half complete)

4. Also, I've been making a few more pastel granny squares for my blanket 
...which after a little break I'm now feeling inspired to finish...
(progress pic next time ;-) )

..and in between...doing my best to tidy my workroom 
(now that's the difficult one because there will always be something else I'd rather do..
....I think it will always remain a work in progress :D  )

...off to pick up my needles...

Wishing you happy crafty week


Back soon 

x♥x

P.S This week I'm also going to try to make friends with my super high tech and slightly scary new laptop... 
can't help feeling out of my comfort zone....but onwards and forwards and hopefully all will be well....xx

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Snapshots of January....

...on the worktable...

 ...reorganising my favourite place...

...jackets waiting for buttons...

...he likes this one...

...adding my favourite mini wooden buttons to jackets...

(and lovely Alison of Craftwood Creations now has a Facebook page here )

...she likes this cosy one with the pretty pink speckles...

A few snapshots of January making

Wishing you a creative new week everyone

and a happy start to the new month!

(can you believe we are almost in February?!?!)

Back soon

xx ♥ xx

P.S In between posts you can find me here on Instagram ♥

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Merry and bright.....

Merry Christmas

from

~ The Tearoom ~

Thank you to all lovely friends out there who have visited the blog

this year...for your ever kind words and support...

and for making this a place where I will always love to be...yes...always!

Wishing you a wonderful Xmas time

and a Happy New Year with your loved ones

I'm looking forward to lots of new adventures in 2017

...including all kinds of yarny loveliness...

..will you join me?...

See you in 2017!

~♥~ 

P.S ...look out for the hug...it's on the way...right now...xxx

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Yarny things and winners!

...this week ...

I've been knitting more little sock yarn bear jackets

(I love that I'm never quite sure how they will turn out...

each one unique using the self patterning yarns and they are a really quick knit) 

and pretty crochet squares for what will hopefully 

be my pastel coloured granny square blanket 

using Paintbox Cotton DK yarn

(I try to crochet at least one square at the start of each day!)

♥ 

...also..

here are the winning tickets for the

Tearoom Christmas Bear Making Kits

(* if you think it could be you just click on the name to confirm *)

♥ Carin ♥

♥ Helen ♥

♥ Mariaeb ♥

♥ Julie ♥

♥ Christie ♥

♥ Carole ♥

Congratulations to the winners!!

I'll be in touch later or if you could contact me with the address to which

you would like to receive your parcel and copy of the Tearoom Bears PDF knitting pattern  x

(look out for your snowflake parcel in the post ;-)  )

A huge thank you to everyone who entered

♥

It would be lovely to have more kit Giveaways 

every now and again if everyone enjoys them 

(and it's good to be able to have quite a few winners too x)

Back soon

Happy December

x x ♥ x x

P.S  ...and for those requesting a Tearoom Doll kit

there's now a batch of all the designs available here ! x

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A Giveaway!

...Giveaway...
includes
5 x 50g skeins of beautiful
Quince and Co. 
'Chickadee' 
(if you read the last post I used this yarn for my cowl and it's now 
definitely on my 'favourites' list for both knitting and crochet)

♥ ♥ ♥
Loop 
Handmade Wooden Butterfly Needle Gauge Keyring
Needle sizes are etched on the reverse....(it's lovely and now I need one too ;-) )
and 'Bambi' shell buttons x 4
(white...green...mint...pink...very pretty...and perfect for Xmas makes)

All posted in a LOOP craft bag

♥ ♥ ♥

To enter...

...just add your comment below this blog post...

(click on 'comments' directly under the 'Pinterest' box at the end of post)
You're very welcome to add a second entry if you are also a follower here on the blog...
...or anywhere else online...but please do this in 2 separate comments so that you are entered twice into the draw...
(and if you have any problems just send me a quick message and I'll add your entry myself)

♥ ♥ ♥
Giveaway is open to all
...wherever you may be...

...Closing date...
Friday
October 28th 2016 
(midnight GMT)

Winning number will be drawn using the
Random Number Generator
and posted here on the blog
as soon as possible after the above closing date

♥ 
'Thank you' 
to each and everyone who ever visits my ETsy shop or any of 
my crafty corners online...it's always lovely to see you ♥

Back soon
Good Luck Everyone!

Happy Crafting

x X ♥ X x
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Giveaway Winner!

......when I'm not knitting........

Thank you so much to everyone who took part in the Giveaway 

and especially for taking the time to leave such lovely comments too

...I've really enjoyed reading each and every one! x...

The winning ticket is...

♥ Elaine (V) ♥ 

...and little chocolate bunny sitting patiently up there has decided 

he will be coming to visit you too Elaine along with your other treats...

I should add he did well to survive while I took this pic... just too tempting by far looking at him through my lens...haha!

and hopefully he'll have a safe journey to his new home too once tucked up amongst the yarn balls x

I'll be in touch shortly!

...there will definitely be another Giveaway soon everyone

...as I really enjoy them...

and

I'll be back soon to share some more of my yarny days 

...will you join me? x

Until then

happy crafting

xx♥xx

P.S  At long last we have a beautiful blue sky here today...hope it's the same in your corner x

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The lights are on.....

These are dark winter days in our corner
(it really has been impossible to work without a light in the last week)
...but it's lovely indeed to be finally back in my favourite place...
(have I mentioned how much I love being here? ;-) )
~ ♥ ~

I don't tend to think I've been anywhere near as productive as I
had planned hoped to be until I look back on a year through my photographs
...above are a just a few of my favourites...

 I've also really enjoyed working with my lovely friend Nancy through 2015
on the Dutch translations of my patterns which have proved to be very popular 
(the next available pattern on the list will hopefully be Little Yarn Dolls : Method 2 )

Putting together the doll kits was another highlight of the last year
(they travelled safely to all corners of the globe!)
and for those who have inquired, there will hopefully be a few batches 
available here during the year in between working on new patterns

...and so... 
I'm really looking forward to everything 2016 may bring
with lots of projects on the go to share with you here on the blog
(although I'm thinking I really need to show some restraint right now 
and not buy any more yarn...at least just for the moment...it's not easy though, is it? ;-) )
...and I've knitted at least 2/3 of the front of my aran jumper amongst other things
...finally...wahooo!!


...I'm also hoping to open the doors here more often...

...back...very....soon...

 ...happy...new...week...

~ ♥ ~

 P.S...are you on instagram?... 
...I just may see you there soon ;-)...

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