Friday Night and Saturday night Sew In

Friday night this week was Friday Night Sew In  - I was happy to join in and spend the evening with like minded crafters from around the globe.
It had been a busy week and I hadn't had a chance to prep anything for my evenings in my comfy chair so I've been knitting some more dishclothes. I had made some last year from cotton yarn that had been sitting around for a while. I wanted to keep knitting until I used it all up.

They don't look too bad......in this photo —

Nor in this photo —

But in this photo you see that I have created probably the ugliest dishcloth ever created 😔

Haha as I ran out of one cotton I added another and just kept on knitting until the end.

Definitely not one for the gift box, however I am sure my kitchen bench is not going to mind being wiped down by an ugly cloth!

On the positive side, this is all I have left from four skeins of the cotton yarn.

I knitted all of these cloths with two strands of yarn using *this pattern* which I found in Ravelry.

On Saturday I made sure I did some preparation so that I had something to do in the evening! 
I'm back to working on the Sip Tea and EPP mystery project that was run on Instagram in January. No longer a mystery, it's a lovely little sewing folder. 

This was how far I'd got —

After machine sewing it together yesterday afternoon, last night I sewed the opening up and attached the rosette.

There are a few more decorative features to add so I will continue on with it tonight.
(This was a free sewalong designed by @stitchingnotes and @nordiccrafter (on Instagram). They now have a detailed pattern available which I ended up purchasing to save back and forthing between all the posts. It's available *here* or *here*.)

Thank you Wendy for hosting us this weekend ♥

I have a bit of time left this afternoon before the evening rolls in so I hope to cut some Bear and Popstar blocks for the week's sewing. 

We have had a heavy rain warning for today/tonight but so far no rain has come although there has been a lot of wind. We really need a decent rain so we are hoping something will happen.
I've been starting my dinner prep a bit early so that I can cook up a pot of apples while the meal cooks. A bottle of stewed fruit a night keeps up with the windfalls and makes it less of a task for me.

So with all that in mind,

'til next time,

happy stitches,