Need to be making something!

How about cannula mitts for poorly babies? The instructions are easy to find on Google. They're an elongated mitten that cover the cannulas that are necessary when babies are very poorly.

They're single use and mum gets to take it home as a keepsake after use. I've knitted dozens in a variety of colours.

Paton's Fairy Flower Dolls are very cute too
Paton's book 3806

I just don't think that restaurateur should be on her career list!

I adore Jean Grenhowe books. Now that I have a second clutch of GCs I have got back into making toys in a big way. Sadly my favourite leaflet has gone missing. I don’t know if I lent it and it’s not been returned or it got thrown away.

Yes beautiful cushions. I'm the same want to knit or crochet but what to do. At the moment I found a lovely doll in the charity shop and am knitting clothes for her for my grand daughter.

Callistemon Awww so she did want to serve you in the end?!
So long as she doesn't insist you take a bite, wood ouch!!

Ps when I went to bed, I found a plate with a whole fish stuffed into a baguette by the side of my bed.
Thank goodness they were made of wood.

Yes, I was trying to keep a straight face whilst thinking of Julie Walters as Two Soups.
Or a female (small) Basil Fawlty!

Oh Mrst1405 … too hard for me, but I bet they are lovely to wear!

Wow you've been busy MiniMoon!

I do socks which are always well received as Christmas or birthday gifts. They take a bit if patience as they are 4 or even 3 ply . Once you have hand knit socks , there's no going back.

Callistemon … maybe you could knit her some 'pretend' money to sweeten her temper a little ?
She sounds perfect BTW!

Your post made me laugh on two counts, the antics of your gd, and then I thought of that sketch by Victoria Wood where Julie Walters plays the old waitress. Haha so funny!

Stroppy waitress V Sloppy waitress.

? Callistmon.

I've just finished crocheting two knee rugs for a friend who volunteers at the South Tynedale Railway. All the carriages are open, so they provide passengers with the rugs to keep them warm.
I'm now crocheting a summer short sleeved jacket in a bright buttercup yellow. I'm going to send it to my sister for her birthday. I hope she will like it.

I knitted a couple of cupcakes once from a pattern in a library book. You knit a little cherry for the top. I gave one to a yoga teacher at the end of term last year as a calorie free cake. She was tickled pink as they say.!!

That's an idea, Witzend. DGD still likes playing cafes, however,she decided to be a bad-tempered waitress at the weekend, grumbling at us for being choosy customers, telling us that what we wanted was off the menu then telling us not to come back to her cafe again

I’ve wondered, too, Namsnanny. But ago a dd said, ‘Mum, could you please knit a lemon for X (her friend) because her mum can’t knit!’

Turned out that X was knitting a basket of fruit and veg for her GCSE Home Economics or whatever they called it then - and the deadline was drawing near. She knitted a cauliflower and goodness knows what, so the lemon was very minor!

That sounds a lovely thi g to do witzend! I've often looked at patterns for fruit veg and other food stuffs, and wondered what I would use the finished article for (bit nice but dim ).
Now I know.
I might do something similar and donate them to the local playgroup .....providing there are no health and safety rules lurking that.i know nothing about!

I never thought I’d want to knit such things, but little Gdcs recently acquired a ‘shop’ (dd found it, 2nd hand bargain) with a wooden counter, shelves and everything, inc. baskets and lots of plastic fruit/veg/eggs, you name it. They love playing with it.

So, I have a dog’s blanket on the go, but I’m also going to knit some cakes!
Found a pattern last night - fairy cakes, Swiss roll, chocolate gateau - that’ll probably do.
At least they won’t be plastic. (OK, acrylic yarn from my multicoloured stash, but I do have pure wool stuffing for them.).

I like making "cheater" quilts by using Spoonflower fill a yard. It lets you choose really nice fabrics and collect them in a collection that you can later order as a yard or metre of fabric in one piece that's made up of 6" squares arranged any way you choose. I call it lazy quilting as no cutting or piecing is needed.

Have you thought of giving your surplus creations as raffle prizes for good causes or auctioning them off for good causes?

I've just started knitting daffodils. A bit of a challenge but I have mastered them. They would make a lovely Easter wreath. The ones I have made will decorate the village telephone box(no longer used) for Easter.

Ageuk Staffordshire is asking for tiny hats, the sort that go on the smoothie bottles. Might be worth a look for your area.

Shabby chic Christmas wreaths using Christmas fabrics?

They are more effective than they seem.

I make cannula sleeves for hospital patients with dementia. It's a good way of using up small balls of wool as they are knitted in bright stripes. Any dull wool is used for the lining. You join Handmade for Dementia on Facebook and there is a pattern and safety rules. Nurses in hospitals are pleased to receive them as it makes their job easier and saves the NHS money in having to use another cannula. Anyone interested could google BBC & Handmade for Dementia.

Witzend, your cushion covers are beautiful.
I'm feeling a bit like you, and need another project, so I'll keep on searching.

I knit neck warmers and hats for sailors. Nothing complicated and can watch tv without looking at the pattern.