Sooty Owl

Sooty Owl is knitted in different wool from the King Cole tinsel yarn I've used for the rest of the owls - it's still hairy, but not as sparkly, and it knits to a slightly different tension.

Tea Light

This is an experiment, based on a tea light we bought in Norway. The base log is from the Whitebeam tree, which we pruned earlier in the year, and the twigs are mainly from our recent walks in Keswick. I used a hot glue gun to stick the twigs to the log base, and added a shallow glass ramekin, plus tea light and ribbon. Maybe I'll make the twigs a little longer on the next one, to completely hide the glass. Another stocking filler for Christmas sorted - and a walk on the beach planned, to collect driftwood for the next one.

Gruffalo

I love the Gruffalo story and created a collage in the style of "Mouse meeting the Owl", in the deep dark wood. Now I've added a soft toy Gruffalo to the set. It was quite time consuming, making sure my Gruffalo matches (almost!) to the description in the book. (Acknowledgements to Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler) 

More necklaces

I've just finished another handful of bead necklaces - thinking - coming up to Christmas ... stocking fillers. The green one uses recycled ceramic green beads as well as the small white pony beads; the others are as before. The colour isn't too clear in the second picture - the red and black material is true to life, but the others are navy/white spots and red/white spots. I need to photograph them again in daylight, not electric light. Selling for £3.50 each or three for £9.