Hello there! I hope you have had a good month and that Christmas went ok for you. I have decided to go into 2025 with good intentions and try to be up to date with things so here’s my Postcard from December on the last day of December!
It’s been a funny old month weather wise with us not so much cold and frosty weather as you might expect but plenty of grey, dull, wet and in some cases very foggy days.
In spite of the weather it’s been looking really rather pretty in our neighborhood with lots of lovely Christmas lights adorning people’s homes and gardens.
The FareShare Festive Feast Wreath
I was able to pay £55 to FareShare Greater Manchester just before Christmas, thanks to the sale of patterns of the FareShare Festive Feast Wreath.
Thank you so much to everyone who has bought one! It was a thrill to see photos of wreaths which have been made so far out in the wild!
Podcast News
The annual Christmas Special from Making Stitches Podcast made an appearance just before Christmas. It was lovely to be able to look back at my podcast year and share a few of the highlights.
It’s still available in case you’ve missed it. You can find it here.
Festive wanderings
We had a nice quiet Christmas and Boxing Day, followed by a lovely walk with family in Lancashire. We visited a route by the River Yarrow near Chorley. It was rather muddy under foot but we were dressed appropriately and really enjoyed our woodland wander.
It felt good to be moving again after a couple of rather sedentary days!
Even when there are no leaves left on the trees it was still a treat to get some ‘Vitamin Tree’.
The walk saw us zig-zag back and forth across the series of small foot bridges as we followed the river.
This bright orange fungus & green moss were real pops of colour on an otherwise grey day.
I believe this spot is a perfect place to enjoy bluebells in springtime. I’d love to come back and see them myself one day…
My word, that work did us all the world of good after a little bit too much chocolate & other naughty food!
And that just about wraps up this final Postcard from 2024. Thank you for stopping by and having a read and to anyone who’s a regular visitor to Making Stitches, thank you for your continued support.
Next year is a big one for me in terms of my blogging, I look forward to speaking more about that next year as this little site celebrates it’s 10th birthday – isn’t that crazy?!
As part of my celebration I’ve decided to release a new crochet pattern each month – a very relaxed crochet-along if you will. Watch this space – more will follow very soon!!
Until then, thank you again for sticking with me to the end of another year, I hope you enjoy your evening tonight however you plan to see in the New Year!
See you in 2025!
Lindsay x
