Here's one I made earlier!
Lockdown affected us in so many ways. During first one I went through different stages:
-Marching angrily around the park, trying not to focus on the gigantic grey cloud hovering above our world
-Laying on the sofa reading or shouting at BJ’s daily briefing on TV (still languishing in my pyjamas occasionally)
-Doing some desultory writing, trying to get more done on the sequel to Masquerade
-Considering housework a chore unworthy of my attention.
Lots of people found the time to revisit old crafts, such as knitting, sewing, crochet and other artistic activities. And here’s some terrible local news: one of the most popular shops in Lewisham is closing down soon: Rolls and Rems. The shop sells a wide array of fabric from quaint floral chintzy stuff, bold prints, net curtains, Asian and African designs, zips, reels of cotton, buttons, etc and a box of remnants which greets you right inside the door. It has always been busy, pandemic or not. The worthy folk of Lewisham enjoy being creative and the shop assistants are probably tired of being asked why it is closing down in February.
My mum was a dressmaker so my me and my sister learned a lot about the craft of sewing, although I was quite envious that my sister’s hemming skills were much better than mine. Some Christmases ago, being short of money I decided to make handmade presents and carried on doing it for two or three years. I come from a large family and needed to start in October. I made drawstring bags, tea-cosies, aprons, little mobile phone bags, table napkins … so on and so forth, most items embroidered with their names. Although my daughters still groan, albeit endearingly, at my clumsy attempts at chain stitch.
The elder one has recently washed her new apron after a couple of weeks of use, since she was afraid it might shrink - so much for food hygiene …and the younger one uses her mobile phone pouch to store other small items instead.
It is heartening to see so many beautiful crochet and knitted things on top of letter boxes all over the country to mark Remembrance Day. I found one in a local street decorated with hand knitted pumpkins on the evening of Halloween. We are an arty lot here and I am very excited to inform you that Lewisham will be London’s Borough of Culture in 2022!!
-Marching angrily around the park, trying not to focus on the gigantic grey cloud hovering above our world
-Laying on the sofa reading or shouting at BJ’s daily briefing on TV (still languishing in my pyjamas occasionally)
-Doing some desultory writing, trying to get more done on the sequel to Masquerade
-Considering housework a chore unworthy of my attention.
Lots of people found the time to revisit old crafts, such as knitting, sewing, crochet and other artistic activities. And here’s some terrible local news: one of the most popular shops in Lewisham is closing down soon: Rolls and Rems. The shop sells a wide array of fabric from quaint floral chintzy stuff, bold prints, net curtains, Asian and African designs, zips, reels of cotton, buttons, etc and a box of remnants which greets you right inside the door. It has always been busy, pandemic or not. The worthy folk of Lewisham enjoy being creative and the shop assistants are probably tired of being asked why it is closing down in February.
My mum was a dressmaker so my me and my sister learned a lot about the craft of sewing, although I was quite envious that my sister’s hemming skills were much better than mine. Some Christmases ago, being short of money I decided to make handmade presents and carried on doing it for two or three years. I come from a large family and needed to start in October. I made drawstring bags, tea-cosies, aprons, little mobile phone bags, table napkins … so on and so forth, most items embroidered with their names. Although my daughters still groan, albeit endearingly, at my clumsy attempts at chain stitch.
The elder one has recently washed her new apron after a couple of weeks of use, since she was afraid it might shrink - so much for food hygiene …and the younger one uses her mobile phone pouch to store other small items instead.
It is heartening to see so many beautiful crochet and knitted things on top of letter boxes all over the country to mark Remembrance Day. I found one in a local street decorated with hand knitted pumpkins on the evening of Halloween. We are an arty lot here and I am very excited to inform you that Lewisham will be London’s Borough of Culture in 2022!!
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