It's the second week of January and it has been a cold one. None of the predicted snow arrived here although there is plenty of it around the country. We can also see some sitting on the hills around Taunton.

So it has been a hibernating sort of week although we did venture out for lunch on our Wedding Anniversary.

My Stitch Journal is slowly building and I am enjoying my daily visits. Here it is as of yesterday.

I shall add todays stitches later while the FA cup football is playing in the background.

Working with these threads and fabrics reminded me of the Slow Stitch book that first got me started on solar dyeing and so I pulled it out for a browse.

One immediate benefit of this was that I found a dearly loved bookmark which I thought I had lost!

It was lovely to browse through the book again, and I am inspired to dye some more fabrics this summer for next years stitch journal - I need to be held to this!

I also found this lovely quote which I thought I would share.

This week also found me pulling out my Chookshed Challenge no 6. It is to use some of the hexie flowers that I have received in swaps over the last few years.

Here they all are - 41 of them.

I have decided to add a blue pathway around them as I join and they will either be a lap quilt or tablecloth - decision to be made at some point in the future.

So far I have cut and basted a batch of blue hexies and started adding the flowers together.

But I have parked this now for a week while I crack on with quilting Wings - I would like to complete another outer border by the end of the month. No pictures but I can assure you I have started!

I had not intended starting any more knitting for the time being but along came the annual Winwick Mum KAL and I was tempted. There is a free pattern - use the link just above - which I thought would be ideal to use with this yarn which has been sitting in my knitting bag.

It is not necessary to use the pattern to join in - just something using any Winwick Mum pattern or yarn. See here for more information about the Winter Haven KAL. I am planning to get some stitches cast on this evening.

Well, I think that is all I have to tell you for now - hope you all have a great week.