I have been very busy knitting for the last few weeks.
As I have spent most of my life designing knitwear and having been inspired by items that other people are making, I decided to get back into it again.
I am still painting but most of my sales for art are now on ebay...so I am gradually just adding more and more knitwear to my folksy shop
www.folksy.com/shops/teabreaks
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I will still have paintings on folksy and also my hand made cards as I like to do those as well.
This week I have finished another entrelac cardigan....this time with purple and mauve sparkly yarns.
These cardigans take many hours to knit but I do love seeing the finished garments.
I have also made a few baby cardigans.
I have decided to stick to mainly baby items as making larger items was causing a storage problem.
Here are some of my latest knits.....most of them can still be found in my folksy shop from starting prices of just £6 plus shipping
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Because my hands have been painful for a while due to the constant crochet...I have returned to my love of knitting as this is how I earned my living for many years.
I find that I am able to knit without causing any pain.
So here you can see some of the items that I have been making recently.
I love entrelac knitting in particular.....there is also a picture of me when I had my knitwear stall at the Wednesday craft market in Uxbridge (Greater London).
I hope to be showing more knitting soon......

back to knitting

I have been quite busy painting this week, but I HAVE managed to add a bit to my sensory play mat....here is the work in progress....
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Here is the Blue Tbag hat...they look soooooo cute....
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I have now finished two more T bag hats that will be listed in my folksy shop....and a Christmas one that is half finished.......
They can be quite hard on my hands (arthritic) but I keep going........
Once I have finished these ones, I hope to move to the next size......that is best way to design rather than just guessing. Once the smallest size is done, it is easier to add a few stitches and rows for the next size.
Here is the pink one...the blue one will follow shortly.....

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this weekend, I decided that it was time to do a stock take.
I recently sold an item and it took me ages to find where I had put it. Having nearly 200 items in cupboards can make things difficult to locate.
I have a book with details of photos etc and where the item is listed but I am sad to say that I neglected to add "where" I could find them.
It took me nearly 3 hours to get everything out onto the bed, re-label each item and write in the book  exactly where it would be stored.
Lesson....remember to do it as I go along and not leave it for later and forget !
Today I sold a baby cardigan and I was able to go and find it straight away....result !
While collating everything, I found three baby cardigans that I didn't even know I had....so now these have gone into my folksy shop for just £5
www.folksy.com/shops/teabreaks

I have also just finished making a baby T bag hat I think it looks cute and so I will make them in other colours ready for the winter sales rush....(I hope)
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