This could have been a ‘Silly Saturday’ post!
As part of my birthday celebrations (in November), I treated myself and a couple of friends to a day in a hut on the island at Sculpture by the Lakes.
We took a picnic. I took a couple of flasks for hot drinks. To keep them warmer for longer I used my nifty Flask Cosies.
They are made from the sleeves of an old (charity shop) jumper that I felted by mistake in the washing machine. I was chopping the jumper up to see how I could use the slightly felted knitted fabric and once the sleeves were cut off it was obvious to me what to use them for!
The Hut was very cosy, with a wood burner
and lovely bright cushions,
I also took a couple of my Scrap Happy blankets. To wrap round our knees if necessary. We had a wonderful time, with a wander round the sculpture park and nice gentle chat and a bit of crochet.
I would love to do it again in another season.
Joining Kate for Scrap Happy Day
Ravelry
Wild Daffodil 
What a lovely location for a get together of friends, whatever the occasion (but how nice to gather friends together as a birthday treat for yourself!) – and how reasonable the rental prices are! What a wonderful day it must have been too 😊 I periodically pick up knitwear from charity shops to deliberately felt or repurpose, but haven’t yet produced anything from my haul. I am chuffed, though, that I turned one of my own jumpers into a cardigan, cutting up the front and knitting a band for it – but within 1 or two wearings as a cardigan one of the elbows has worn through and is sadly now awaiting repair of some sort…
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Clever you with your cardigan.
And now the opportunity for some visible mending – I expect you have seen the masses of examples on You Tube and Pinterest. There is even a weekend course at West Dean College this February on it.
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At first I read that as ‘invisible’ mending – which life is defintely too short for! I have knitted a patch for it now but will investigate some ‘visible’ alternatives before the other elbow goes! 😂
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Belated Happy Birthday! The felt sleeve cosies complement the cushions haha.
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Thank You!
Yes – my colours! 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Oh, what an absolutely idyllic day! Wishing you a belated Happy Birthday!
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Thank you Del.
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🙏
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And the mini jumpers for your flask has given me an idea 🤩
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That’s great news! 🙂
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What a lovely place to visit 🥰
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It is really beautiful and only a ten minute drive for me. 🙂
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Scrap Happy at its best!!!
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Absolutely! 🙂
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love the flask cozies – now that’s going to be useful idea – for many other scrap days – in “what else needs a cozy” 🙂
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Scrappy projects are so useful for using things up aren’t they.
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Looks like you had a very happy birthday. So sad you felted the sweater – it happens to all of at some time but it made very colourful flask cosies. Looks like a delightful place for a celebration.
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I really did have a wonderful time – I was so glad I found a use for the felted sleeves. 🙂
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Love Love Love the upcycle cosies! A scrap happy accident! 🙂
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🙂 they work so well! 🙂
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What a beautiful place. I can just imagine crocheting or knitting to my heart’s content here.
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Oh gosh yes! I will go again with my yarny projects.
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Drat about the jumper – but what an excellent save!
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Thank you. 🙂
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Spring would be a wonderful season there… what scrappy eye candy would you bring in spring, I wonder?
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Ha! Yes, I wonder! 😉
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Great idea and what a beautiful place. A special place for a special birthday.
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Yes, it was perfect! 🙂
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That was a very creative Birthday celebration and a clever use of a spoiled jumper (we all do that – felt a woolly by accident!)
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The felting of this one did happen some years ago – it only occurred to me on the day that they would make a good Scrap Happy post. 😉
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Looks a lovely place to spend your birthday and what a clever idea to make use of the felted jumper sleeves.
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They make such good cosies! Especially in these times of trying to save on electricity – I use them every day, putting spare hot water from the kettle in flasks to use for washing up etc.
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I love the flask cosies, they are a great idea.
I looks like you had a wonderful time.
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Is was a perfect way to spend time with close friends.
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Jumper genius
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Great comment! 🙂
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What a wonderful place in which to celebrate your birthday. What a shame about that wonderful jumper but so clever to use the sleeves as flask cosies.
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I love the place and have longed to spend a day on the island – so it was a real treat. 🙂
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