WOYWW 858

 HOLIDAY....CELEBRATE....

Well, that was a packed few days! Making last minute items for tomorrow's craft fair (think of me and the gals 5-9pm!) but also we managed to get away for a couple of days, of which more later.

I sent a few Christmas bits and bobs to an old friend, she'd asked if I could make her a snowman toy. I found an old Jean Greenhow pattern and had a go - I've never actually knitted one before. After making all the chocolate orange/FR covers, it was just on a larger scale really!

I used sparkly yarn for his boots, mittens and hat and it came out really nicely, he looks a friendly chap!

I knitted a few things whilst away and finished them off yesterday:

The pink yarn is sparkly too, so pretty. I'd run out of little bows so found a peasy YouTube tutorial using ribbon and a fork, it worked ever so well...

Cute huh?

It's not just me that's been making for the stall, other ladies have been busily crafting and my mate Sue made these fun felt pigs in blankets:

They're fab and made me smile!

That's it for crafting as we were away for four days. We went to St Davids in Pembrokeshire as it's been years since we were last there. A nice little cottage in the centre meant we could leave the car and walk everywhere. We even managed a stretch of the Welsh coastal path:

The old RNLI lifeboat station at St Justinian's with Ramsey Island behind - boat trips leave from there in the summer which is a fun thing to do.

St David's Cathedral is small but perfectly formed, I'd forgotten how beautiful it is.

There are some amazing ceilings...

and some brilliant and bonkers misericords. This dragon definitely ate all the pies lol!! There were green men galore, the medieval wood carvers had obviously enjoyed themselves!

My son Rhys is 6'3 and we have a series of photos of him standing in small doors/castle fireplaces etc, we've done it for years:

It just makes us laugh, he's a good sport and willingly does this. It takes very little to entertain my simple mind!!

And of course, my yarn/fabric shop senses didn't let me down:

Well, it would have been rude not to!!  I may have bought some Yarnsmiths DK....

I heard from Neet yesterday, she's Covid and Pneumonia free and the oedema is going down. I think she's going to be kept in for another couple of weeks just to make sure but that's great news to hear she's better. Hugs to you Neet, we're all thinking about you xxxxx

Hope you have a great week! xxxx