Autumn crafts

I love all the Autumn colours.

We made a bowl with some of the leaves we collected

Amy chose some autumnal flowers and made a vase with a pumpkin

We made a sticky picture at the beginning of Autumn and had a go at symmetry with more autumn leaves.

Term 2 - 2016

15/2/16 Living History workshop - The Peoples Museum and Manchester Court

23/2/16 Natural dying workshop at Touchstones

11/3/16 Science -  Invisible inks

Bens Simnel cake

Amy and I went on a nature ed day about nests

Some pastel art

Feb focus - hearts

Painting stones

Varnished and hidden in the valley

Sewing

December gifts

Shell basket for my lovely friend who is moving near the sea

Crocheted cushion for my nieces Winter birthday

 Covered notebooks for Christmas presents

River Roch opening

There  are roadworks galore at the moment in Rochdale - some of these are due to plans to open up the River Roch in the town centre which is set for March 2016.
As part of this there have been some workshops organised and I attended a knitting workshop last week where Alison shared her plans for a hanging/banner to be made, to hang off the newly revealed bridge, depicting all the wildlife found in and around the river. She had a number of knitting and crochet patterns, so I set off with a crocheted fish. I was quite pleased with how it turned out. The lady next to me opted to make a seahorse?! Since then I have made a few more crocheted fish in different colours and also tried a knitted one.

It will be interesting to see how the finished hanging turns out.

Christmas presents

After many years of saying I will start making Christmas presents early I have got going this year!

I have made 2 scarves with some wool I bought on holiday, they have knitted up really quickly and I am really pleased with them.

Hama beads

Amy was bought some of these last year and she is loving creating patterns with them.
Here are a few: