little robin

 So what's this little robin then, Auntie Joan? 
Well, this robin is to go in a Christmas bauble for our Christmas Tree Festival in December at church. And he's on a little stand, so he can stand up in this bauble. But I've put this to represent frost or snow. 

What, the little bit of wool? 
yeah, to hide the thing, because it needs to be stood up in this bauble. But I thought that looked quite cute!

Yeah!
and it's because he's got his little feet on there you see..

Cup Cakes

And what about this one here?
Well, it's a cupcake and my neighbour next door gave me it. She said, I can't crochet, do you want to have a go? Now, crocheting is not my forte. I can make squares, so I've made a few little mistakes, but I still think it's quite adorable. 

It's really cute, and have you got a pattern? 
And I love the strawberry. The only thing is I don't know where it is. But, yes, it was out of a magazine, but I don't know which magazine.

And it's got a little strawberry on top of some cream on top of its head. The strawberry's really cute. It looks so real. 
So that's quite cute. 

That's really cute.

The Cosy Family

This is going to be the father and I'm in the process of making a little flat cap for him. And this little stitch marker is quite good because you've got to mark things so that you do the eyes at the side and everything, so that represents the center of this row. So everything's, like, based on that little marker. 

And then the little mum of the cosy family. She's actually sat on an egg and you've got to make an egg for everybody as well. This is a hard boiled egg to use for when you're in process of making things it sort of makes it rigid when you're sewing, you know, when you're doing things with it. They suggest you boil an egg and then you know your shape and everything. So hence that. So it's for all, because I'm making a whole family. The children and the father, which I'm in the process of. And it's useful. 

So it's to keep your egg warm. 
Yeah, these are egg cosies. Yeah, you're right there. 

Tea cosy and knitting needle wrap by local ladies

So what's this little chart Auntie Joan that you've got of knitting needles?
oh this little chart is because some patterns -  I'm the old-fashioned UK that's what I work on the UK sizes. All my needles are in this bag - this is my knitting needle wrap.

Where did you get your needle wrap? It's really nice. Somebody's made it?
This is from a while ago a little shop in Filey was open and the people in Filey; it was an outlet for our local crafters. And they took the stuff in. And I presume, you know, they made a little bit of profit to pay for the shop. I think there were volunteers, the ladies who were there. 

 oh so they're all like local people who've made these crafts handcrafted
Yeah. So that's my owl - teapot cover made by the same ladies, I don't know which lady, that made the needle wrap of this shop in file.

that's so lovely, lovely wool as well, really beautiful, that's so nice
So that sits up there. And this mouse is from a shoe shop in Filey, for a charity. I can't remember which one, but that's quite cute. That's another egg cosy that people have made. 

So somebody else made that one, the little mouse in the teacup.

And you remember the teacosy that you knitted? You just showed me a pattern.
Yeah. 

What did you knit that for? 
For the church, our little stall to raise money for church. 

And is it for Christmas?
It was our Christmas fair, yeah.

Do you do it every year?
No, it was just a new group that started, probably late summer last year

You've always been involved in the church doing things to raise money
definitely yeah yeah

and you've always done knitting?
Knitting, yeah. Yeah, I made my grandchildren all sorts of things and my own children all sorts of things, yeah. I like to knit because my grandma showed me how to knit. I showed my daughter how to crochet and knit. And when I worked at the local school, on a lunchtime I showed some of the children how to knit and crochet. And we made little blankets and we took them in to Scarborough to something like the Red Cross Day Centre and we all went on a school trip and took them there and they made ice-cream for all the children. That was nice.

My mum's a knitter as well; both of you.
Yeah, my sister.

And my sister, your niece.
Yeah, who made the sprouts. 

(Both laughing because my sister Debs crochet some sprouts!!!)

And she made me a cactus family one year and that little doll. I'm hoping that I can get Debbie to come and do something on Carry Forth Tradition, she’s really good at crochet.

This (hat) was made by a friend because we talked about craft and she thought the hat I had on looked old, so she made me a little hat. And she says it's a petite one because you're only little. But my head's quite big. It does run sometimes. 

So what are these? 
These are all snoods made by my sister. I've got every colour under the sun. I'm sure there'd be more about. 

Yeah. I think everyone in Filey's wearing one of them. 
They are. You're right there. Because she did, didn't she, in lockdown, I think she was making them for people just to keep cheering people up. They're lovely. And she kindly donated some to our craft fair, so that was kind of her.

 Yeah that's really nice. It's a nice tradition.