Sorted!

Yesterday, the sewing machine came out for the first time this year. I was mending a couple of jackets and shortening a pair of trousers for my neighbour. And I finally got round to doing a job I have been muttering about for around 10 years. 

For about ten years I always wore this jumper at Christmas. It was a gift from a friend when she moved away from our village in Leicester. Cheery, and bright - but it was acrylic and not the most comfortable [and my teenage daughters did not like it] But it refused to wear out! I finally took it to a CS.

Then I found a much nicer jumper in a CS. It is from Next, and 'winter scene' rather than specifically Christmas. 

But there was s problem- it was polo-neck and there was just too much of the neck for. I rolled it over a couple of times to be more comfortable, but it was always a bit lumpy. And it did that every Christmas [that picture was taken post lockdown, when I needed a haircut] Last week I washed and de-pilled the jumper. And yesterday I finally turned the excess to the inside, and using my sewing machine made it into a comforatble crew neck.

This looks and feels much better. Why didn't I do this years ago?? My other post Christmasd mending task was a double hip operation on the little wooden millennium teddy bear. He somehow came off the tree and got involved in some sort of role play with the grandchildren. The elastic holding his legs in place snapped. I suspect it was perished - he's 24 years old after all. But it was an extremely fiddly job requiring a curved needle and a magnifying glass. He is fixed now!

So that's all the Christnas stuff dealt with [apart from trimming the pictures from 2024's cards to make cards and tags for 2025]