October is behind us. I loved documenting the fall changes in the trees  in my backyard.  Vlogtober on my Stitches and Slapdashery channel made me notice more sunrises, sunsets and autumn colours, and appreciate the simple pleasures of everyday life.

A big part of my creative time went into this puffy flower bag.

When I started making the flowers, I didn’t know how I was going to use them. I just wanted to make one out of every colour of the Scheepjes Softfun that I had. Then I decided that they needed to go on a bag so I made that. And then made a quilted lining. And then figured out the handles.

I’m really pleased with it. It took 25 days in all though I wasn’t project-exclusive!!

I also sewed a bunch of cute Halloween pouches which I seem to have forgotten to photograph. I made enough little snap pouches for all the staff at the fabric store where I worked, and each one had a couple of mini granola bars and a teabag inside.

One of the ideas I had was to film a crochet beanie tutorial and I finally got it done. It’s a tutorial on how to make a beanie with any yarn and any hook, any size.

I’m hoping to do more in future.

I have a crochet FO too.

This is the Leaping Crochet Baby Hoodie by Tamara Kelly of Moogly. My Ravelry project page is here https://www.ravelry.com/projects/NicolaKnits/leaping-crochet-baby-hoodie

I used Järbo Cookie yarn from Hobbii. Such pretty yarn.

Once I was up to date on all my projects, I cast on two more.

I am half done with the Atlantic Wristers. https://www.ravelry.com/projects/NicolaKnits/atlantic-wristers

I’m using Scheepjes Truly Scrumptious Aran in Honeycomb Crunch.

And the other new project is the Festoon Shawl by DoraDoes.

https://www.ravelry.com/projects/NicolaKnits/festoon-shawl

The yarn is Berrocco Comfort Sock and I’ve only done 5 rows so far! This is going to be a longer term project with skinny yarn!

So that’s it for now. Today I’m having a PJ day as I’ve had a painful neck and head for three days and last night I had a sore throat. This morning I woke up congested. I tested negative for covid. I’m taking a “personal day ” with lots of extra vitamins and tea!

Thanks for reading. 😀