WOYWW...

Hello fellow WOYWWers.  Firstly I must apologise to those desks I didn't make it to last week.  It was a really manic week for me and there just weren't enough hours in my days to get round to you all.  I will aim to do better this week.

As you saw on yesterdays blog I hinted at the goings on here for me this week.  

On Friday I had the delivery of cadet uniforms from Shrewsbury school.  This is a regular job for me.  Once a year I am asked to sew the labels on the new cadets uniforms and this year saw even more coming through my door.
 I spent all weekend sewing name labels on 52 jackets .....

.....and 34 berets.  I have also has to hand hem 2 pair of uniform trousers and a skirt and all the buttons badges and rank stripes on a ladies uniform jacket.

Twiglet modelled the jacket for me to get the stripes level on the sleeves but we decided she looked more like Barbara Windsor and she maybe needed a slightly larger jacket  :-)

 For those of you who remember this pic of the crab apple blossom from our garden way back in May  I thought you might like to see a snap of the tree now the apples are ripe.......... 

It looks really gorgeous this year and the whole tree is really heavy with these plump fruits.  The tree was planted to provide the birds with food for the winter so I really hope they enjoy them.

Hope you have enjoyed looking into my world this week.  If you would like to check out the spaces of other crafters then pop over to Julia's blog and maybe join in the fun.

Oh how much we use our eyes...

They say you don't miss something 'til you don't have it and I have to say I agree. I have really felt very disabled since last Friday morning. I couldn't sew. I couldn't read. I couldn't card make. I couldn't knit. Even watching telly was painful. My heart goes out to those who have permanent limited vision. My whole world revolves around the ability to see.

I am thrilled to say the ointment has worked. It says I have to use it for 48hrs after my eye is better so I do have the 3 hrly sting still but that I can cope with. I managed a busy day sewing yesterday thankfully and have the promise of lots and lots of work this week. It looks like the army has moved into my sewing room to be honest. I have 'found' by Shrewsbury School and have been given the job of sewing name labels on their army cadets jackets and the badges on their berets. Have already done 26 of each and thats only half of them! [more coming this week!]. Now they have found me they say they will be back on a regular basis for work. Watch this space! It's easy work if but a little boring but it all brings in the pennies.
I was given a copy of 100 flowers to knit and crochet [http://twiglet5.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-latest-rainy-day-activity.html] by my big sister,Twiget, just before the weekend [think she likes to torture me cos she knows how I tear at the leash at anything new and of course I couldnt even see the pictures let alone read the knitting instructions!] . I am please so say I have now had time to 'play' and have knitted a piece of lavender and a chyrsanthemum flower so thought I'd better show and tell. As you can see I need to work on perfection. The book doesn't give you needle sizes and says you can vary these to suit the size of flowers you want so to make a finished and useful flower I guess you need to play with it to get it as required. Still not sure what I would use the flowers for but it's lots of fun watching them 'grow' on your knitting needles.