More Lovely Post

I had a lovely surprise in the post this morning. I received this lovely fabric postcard from Wendy ( http://stitchduchessscrazysanequiltingworld.blogspot.com/). I love the her landscape postcards. This was a lovely start to the day.

I had quite a varied day with regards to stitching yesterday. The first job was to complete all the stitching I could on my exchange piece. That only took a few minutes and once I have the other threads, the rest of the stitching won't take long to complete.

I then sewed my top together. Sewing up has always been my least favourite part of knitting, but at least with a short sleeved top, there isn't much to do. I now have to get some cord for the neck opening.

Also in the post, I received a fat quarter of 18count aida from Gaynor, (http://melifeandotherstuff.blogspot.com/) so I have put it to good use.

One of my favourite plants is honeysuckle. We have had honeysuckle growing in almost every garden we have had from when I was a child until now. Strictly speaking, it's not in my garden here, but I have it growing over the wall from next door. You can be sure I am doing everything I can to encourage it. In the summer, it is lovely having the patio doors open and being able to smell the flowers.

I thought it was about time that I brought it into the house by stitching a honeysuckle cushion. This is a pattern from Jane Greenoff's magazine from 2001. As you can see, I made a small start, but I can't wait to see how this one grows. I wonder if this will be finished before the one outside flowers.

I had four and a half balls left over from the top I finished, so I have started another. This time it is V-neck with no sleeves. That will mean I get two tops for under £4! These are the sort of bargains I like.

I managed to get about 8inches of the back knitted last night, before my mental kitty thought it was fair game to pounce and sit on top of the needles. He even tried to drag it out of my hands to kill. Even I know when to give up.