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I enjoy computing, and decided to try another attempt at blogging.

I have six knitting machines, five Knitmasters and a PASSAP £6000.  Istarted using machines in 1970 but tended to turn to quilting and machine embroidery for a while but I want to return to 

I have been knitting since the age of six years old and was taught by my mother but most of the female members of my family were very good knitters.  I never profess to be a great knitter but I knit well enough to make garments that people don't mind wearing. :)

I have been learning Bobbiin Lace for quite a few years.  I think I started in the 90's but became a bit busy to carry it on.  I started again about ten years later but then my eyes began to fade and needed an operation to have my cataracts done.  It took quite a while before my eyes had deteriorated enough for an operation on my left eye and then about another year after I had my right eye operated on.  This was a life saver and I could continue with my hobbies.

I can remember my very first hand quilted item which was made out skirt material I had left over from red, white and blue  dress-making fabric, an idea which came from watching the Queen's Jubilee on television.  I still have this item somewhere I will have to look for it and put a picture up.

I was travelling in Australia in the 90's and looking for a magazine to read on a flight from Alice Springs to Darwin and entered a newsagents and purchased a magazine that would change my life.  I discovered machine embroidery and the magazine was written by Jenny Haskins.  At the time I owned a mechanical Bernina Record 730 machine which was a little workhorse but could not do the machine embroidery I was interested in.  On return from Australia I went about searching for a suitable new sewing Machine and purchased a Bernina 730 Q/E (Quilting and Embroidery).  I haven't looked back I still have the old mechanical but I do love the new 730 even if it is obsolete now.  Maybe one day I will invest in one of the new top of the line machines but currently I am very happy with the machine I have.

I love doing hand embroidery it is so meditative.  I sometimes use it on quilts like the La Vignette quilt I yet have to finish.  I can't wait to finish it but it will be another 12 months before I do.

I was lucky enough to have a beautiful cat calle Tay she was a Heinz Variety.  I had her from a kitten  in 1965 and I was about five days to getting her spayed but found that she was pregnant.   She had five delightful kittens and I kept two of them Buster and Errol.  It was a marvellous experience holding her paw whilst she gave birth.  She lived to a ripe old age of 19 and one of her sons  Errol lived to the age 18.  Errol's brother sadly disappeared and we never found out where he went.  I purchased two beautiful Norwegian Forest Cats, Cassie and Denzil,  from the Zelandonnii  website.

This was the first bag I ever made.  It is one of Mrs. H's and it was supposed to be made in cotton fabric  but I decided to adapt it and make it in Faux Leather, PU.  I have since been working with www.rjafmakes.com and been learning to do some quite sophisticated items which I will put pictures up on future postings.  The tutorials are excellent and I would recommend anyone to join Becky's club.

I have just purchased this lovely cone Hydrangea  and it is very pretty.  I try to propogate all my flowers and vegetables and grow organically.  I am currently experimenting and doing some winter sowing using 5 Ltre Plastic Water bottles.

I enjoy crochetting and amigurumi.  One of my favourite projects was the amigurumi reindeer I made for a Christmas charity.