Thurs 8.01.26 and we have a snow warning

 I'm always a little excited by snow warnings as we don't normally get much where we live and over the last couple of years or so we've see more snow when visiting the coast or north of the border than we have here in Nottingham.

Still , I popped out for a walk and made it back whilst it's still light although the temperature has dropped to around freezing.

I have an appointment at 9.30 tomorrow which I may or may not be able to attend depending on the state of thing in the morning.

Today I've stitched a bit more of the hem and I'm working on one of the items on my craft list, knitting the hat using hand spun Jacob and ryeland.

later .......

it might be snowing, will update you tomorrow as to whether it hung around overnight.

crafting list for 2026

 I'm slowly tidying up and destashing again and I'm finding projects that really need to be finished.

So, I've made a list of 10 things that need working on and will not be touching anything else in the category until I've finished one of the outstanding ones ( this doesn't mean that these are the only  half finished projects)

Lets see how long this approach works for haha.

Knitting         Gansey sampler ( see previous posts )

                       Hat ( only cast on yesterday so no pic yet)

Cross stitch    Sheep ( see end 2025 post for progress )

                       Fox and Rabbit SAL 2026

                       Fox and Rabbit sampler 2023

This has become a favourite for stitching in the van as I now work from the PDF on my phone.

Spinning                          Argo     one jacob bobbin complete

                                         Nano    one polworth bobbin complete

 Both need the other bobbin spinning and plying, these will probably be cafe spins over the next couple of weeks.

Embroidery             Small flower pic.

Bobbin lace                  Finish Buck Point Sampler, this is ongoing as my Wednesday class project

                                    

                                      Add one project, to be determined but probably something easy for when out                                               and about.

Once I've finished a project, I'll add another. Will this work or will I abandon it half way through the first month? What do you think ?

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Simple list version to copy and paste going forward, I will cross out and date as I complete things

knitting       hat

                    gansey sampler

cross stitch  sheep

                    Fox and Rabbit 26

                    Fox and Rabbit 23

lace              Bucks sampler

                    another, to be decided

Spinning      Argo  Jacob

                    Nano  Polworth

embroidery  small flower