Merry Christmas & Happy New Year !

Hello again !
I just wanted to take the opportunity to wish you all the season's greetings as we approach the end of yet another year , and look forwards to the next , which for myself will be very different , as it will be the first one in about a decade that I will not have any workshops to prepare for , which feels quite strange . As you can see from the photo here, I have been busy with the wool and needles . This is a project I have been trying to get round to for a year or two and finally got round to it ( the Father Christmas hat is a seasonal accessory option ) It is actually the only piece of work I have made for  our own home. To give an idea of scale that's the sofa arm above the hat so it's quite substantial .

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On a seasonal theme we sent a cushion to Viridian Gallery in Keswick a week or two ago , which was actually Dianne Gainey's (owner/artist Viridian Gallery) suggestion for the subject. A robin perched on a spade handle design , a classic pose .
I have closed the Etsy shop now until January 3rd , and we are getting ready to head down and collect our Grandson to stay for a week over Christmas, joined later by our daughter so an exciting week!  which has now become an annual event we look forward to . Hopefully we will have some reasonable weather and be able to get out in  the fresh air , as our grandson loves the sea shore , something we take for granted living on the coast where as they live about as far inland as you can get in the East midlands .
I'm not sure what  2025 holds, I needed more time at home not only for family but to create, I am enjoying this and have plenty of ideas like the sheep stool pictured above. I would also like to bring out some new kits with tutorials for the Etsy shop. I am enjoying crochet at the moment, I barely dabbled in it 40 years ago but recently picked it up again and find it very relaxing -it usually accompanies me up the fells in the finer weather, whilst my husband chatters and does his thing on his amateur radio, I crochet!
Thank you to all at the workshops, felters and my Etsy customers, I appreciate all your support, have a wonderful creative Christmas and I  wish you all a healthy happy new year!
Annis.

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