Weather Related DIY Badges.

Today has been a bit of a blustery day with plenty of sunshine and showers.  Being slightly weather obsessed in our house I thought I would create a series of weather related badges.

What you will need:

• One A4 sheet of shrinkjet paper
• A printer
• A pair of scissors
• Two baking trays
• pre-heated oven to 200 degreesC
• A Glue Gun
• 3 Pin backs

What you need to do.

• Download and print off the images.  Don't adjust to fit as it will shrink when heated.  Don't be tempted to touch it too soon.  It will take about 10mins for the ink to dry.
• Carefully cut out the images, don't be tempted to cut too close to the edges.
• Place them onto a baking tray and pop them in the pre-heated oven.  They will shrink and curl.  Once they lay flat on the tray take them out of the oven and place the other tray on top of your images to keep them flat and prevent them bending.
• When cool using a glue gun,glue the pin backings onto the rear of your images.
• There you are a set of weather badges.  These would make perfect gifts for little people or party bag fillers.

Finally I have finished my Crochet Blanket.

Last night I finally found time to sit down and sew the last of the loose ends into my granny squared crochet blanket.  This labour of love has taken me about a year to complete.  It was such a good way of using up my some of my wool oddments.  I usually prefer to knit with the Sublime but I am surprised at how heavy it is.  I am so pleased with the end result and feel I can now move onto another project without having the guilt of it laying there incomplete.

Whilst sorting my bag of wool out earlier I found this shawl I started knitting for myself over the winter.  I loved knitting with this wool and I remember being pleased with the loftiness of my knitting.  I downloaded the pattern from the internet but I struggled as my knitting grew the needles just aren't long enough and I struggled to see what I was doing and kept making mistakes.  I must pick up another set of circular needles as I really want to finish this project.

I have literally just started this new cardigan for Amelie.  I love working in 4ply, the end result is always so satisfying with neat little stitches but it can also be a bit slow going.  This pattern is from birth to 7 years - it doesn't look too big so I am hoping it won't take me too long to complete.

I am so tempted to start yet another project but just know I need to finish what I have started first and I really want a new handbag this month instead!  I really like the look of this Cosmic Sweater Pattern by Wool and the gang.