Thank you so much Sandra, thank you for inviting us to your sitting room beside the tree - very festive 🎄 Very best wishes for Christmas and Peace be with you 🙏🏼
Sandra, that is in many ways a very special shawl. It will give you comfort when you wear it. Take good care and thank you for your lovely vlogmas videos and podcasts😊.
Sandra, the first Christmas and holidays after your mother passed away is very hard. Time will make it better, she will be on your heart and the memories you shared. I am speaking this because I have experienced the loss of both parents and my brother. God will get you through this time, he is akways their for you, and all your viewers who love you. May 2021 bring you peace and comfort and joy. Love to uou and your family.❤🙏
Thanks for the great podcast. The socks' stripes are an optical illusion. Darker and lighter yarns will look different widths of stripes when they are not. The socks look fantastic. I love your colour combination! Thanks for sharing!
You know Sandra, I remember you saying you bought your Mum some yarn and gave it to her and then took it back later. I didn't realize the reason you took it back until now. I'm sooo very sorry to hear about your Mum. It is heartbreaking! I'm glad you have something special you made with the yarn. I had something happen when my Mom passed. She had bought fabric for me to make Kitchen curtains and I made her a set for both of her windows. Well, while she was out of town I went to her home and put them up for her so she would be surprised when she came home. I didn't tell her what I was going to do. Well the same night I put them up was the night she passed away. So she never got to see them. It was like you, taking back the gift you had given her. My sister used the curtains instead and I had a special friend take some of the extra fabric and make me a project bag which I absolutely love. It's so special because she had picked the fabric out. I know Christmas will be very hard for you this year. I'm sending lots of love, hugs and prayers for you and your family. Merry Christmas to you all! x x Sharon from California
Thank you so much for you kind message and sharing your story of your Mum too. These things are so heartbreaking aren’t they? But at the same time there is some comfort it having a mime to like that. A way to stay close. ❤️❤️
You make such beautiful things, Sandra. I love all the flecked yarn. Loved seeing your tree. So beautiful. Thanks for sharing your makes and your heart with us. Your mum 💕💕. Debra in Australia
I saved the "Christmas Special" for Christmas Eve, and have so enjoyed it! It's somewhat of a tradition now as I've been "onboard" for several Christmas Specials! As usual, your house is charming and lovely, and have thoroughly enjoyed watching the coming together of all your Christmas preparations for the big day. You are such a genuine person, Sandra, and I wish you the happiest of Christmases to end this weird old year!
Beautiful snowflakes, your stitching projects are lovely, I like how hand stitching feels so relaxing 😌 I’m half way through but need to go to work 😭 will look forward to watching more later 💓💕 sending hugs xx
I would definitely enjoy seeing something about your bullet journal if you get the time 😊 Have a blessed and peaceful Christmas with your family, Sandra 😊💕🎄✨
I hope you have a merry Christmas with your sweet family🌲 thank you so much for sharing your beautiful makes! I pray next year is a really great year for all of us
The shawl is beautiful and extra special to have a memory of your mum. You will appreciate your family around you at Christmas, I went through the same last year. This year is still sad, but not as raw! We light candles for our absent love ones while we eat so we can pretend almost they're with us.
Dear Sandra much as I would like to see a podcast about journaling, I mostly want you to have a relaxing few weeks ahead! Maybe the fact that your brain is struggling with the shawl is telling you to slow down and simplify! Don’t underestimate the effect of the last year and even the impact of your daughter’s mocks on you - you’ll have been putting your energies into supporting her through them! Be gentle on yourself! Thank you for all the beautiful projects you share. You are a very talented lady xx
Oh thank you for such a kind comment! You really make me stop and think about that actually and I think there is a lot in what you say there. It’s a so easy to forget how tiring mental strain can be as well as the physical side as well as this time of year being quite full on at the best of times. 🥰 Hopefully the relaxation will begin in earnest with the end of school this week. ❤️ I hope you have a lovely Christmas time. Xx
A wonderfully enjoyable podcast. Such beautiful treasures you’ve created. Sam is a sweet friend that obviously cares a lot about you. I was waiting for your sock pattern so I’m headed over to purchase that now. I’m new to sock knitting but excited to try! Thank you for such a lovely Christmas chat! I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday with joy after the year you’ve had. ❄️✨🎄❄️
I loved your Christmas podcast have just enjoyed your company for the last hour. I really love those snowflakes, they would make wonderful gifts in my book for next year. I loved the shawl you made with the wool you bought for your Mum. I am sorry for your loss, when you have it round your shoulders it will be like a cuddle from your mum. I was unable to be with my Mum for Mothers' Day this year and I started a shawl for her, it wasn't planned I just need to make something for her. I smiled over shared memories, cried that I wasn't with her, posted it to her and she said is was beautiful and when it was round her shoulders like a cuddle from me. I hope you have a peaceful Christmas with your family and a healthy and successful New Year xxx
You said it, “A touch of absolute magic” - every time, that’s what you bring us. It’s also nice to know that someone else has problems with patterns on occasion. I’ve doubted my sanity so many times.
Hello Sandra - Wishing you a noisy (the silence is somewhat deafening of late) Christmas days to you and your family. I stay amazed at how beautiful all your work is from the tiny little things to the enormous. Again best wishes. Stay cool. Safe. Inside. Eat chocolates. Jackie
have safe holidays. We won't have the usual celebrations this year because we prefer to have many, many more years of celebrations ahead! Take it easy and wear your lovely pink shawl in health!❤️✨❤️✨❤️
Thank you Sandra for everything you’ve done this year ....even after the year you’ve had. We had “that kind of year” last year so understand how difficult it is to be faced with a new kind of Christmas for the first time. Please take it easy and you guys all take care of each other .... ❤️💐🌹❤️ see you next time xxx Angela in New Zealand 🇳🇿
Oh thank you so much. Sorry to hear you’ve had to go through similar, it does feel a bit like one blow after another doesn’t it? I started to find that doing things like the vlog and podcast was a way to keep my mind busy and also made me look for the enjoyable and happy moments which I think has helped too. I must admit there is part of me that is dreading the day coming round but at the same time I know we’ll be ok and we have each other. I hope you have a lovely one, whatever you are doing. ❤️❤️🎄🎄
@@CherryHeart aaawww yes I dreaded last Christmas without our mum .... but we got through it of course .... she would be very proud of you ... and all the joy you bring so many people. Just think of that .... xxx
I love the doily,but the hat is gorgeous,nice job.Watching you cross stitching, I ‘ve ordered a beginner cross stitch pattern to give it a go,lol. Thank you, for sharing your beautiful work.
Wish you the best in the year to come dear Sandra love you alot ,God bless your home and family including my beautiful Berty ,love all your work and yes i would love an episode of how to journal , happy new year ❄️❄️❄️
I'm just catching up and watching your Christmas special. I hope you found some spots of joy in what must have been a very difficult season. I lost my dad in June and I remember how hard that first year was after I lost my mom. I'd love to see a video dedicated to your journal. I'm always fascinated to see what you've done.
So enjoyed this Christmas special podcast. I’m definitely leaning towards the dust of snow warp after seeing yours. I was close to tears as you spoke of seeing your family for Christmas after loosing your mom this year. Firsts are hard. We lost our mom 5 years ago. Still miss her. My thoughts are with you. Hugs to you and your family.
Yes I’ve been tempted to make a dust of snow since it came out... not one to rush into these things! Glad I did though. Aww I hope I didn’t make you too sad and I sorry to hear that. I hope it’s started to get a little easier for you? This year does feel a little like a hurdle to be got over but we will do our best. Thank you for thinking of us. 🥰❤️❤️
Love your work, the new scarf you are knitting has colors that remind me of the beach - blue, cream and beige. All your colors have a beautiful calming theme. Definitely needed right now. Have a Merry Christmas with your family, especially taking the time to remember your mom with the family
Oh yes it is looking rather beachy isn’t it? I think that’ll change when the pinks finally go in... Thank you so much, I will. ☺️. I hope you have a lovely one too. ❤️
Best Wishes to you Sandra! Your annual Christmas episode is my favorite every year. I do not celebrate holidays so that may seem funny. But your filming in this location and all of your lovely makes just creates an extra special atmosphere to look forward to each end of year.
Sandra, I just love everything you make, it seems we have the same taste. Every item is so pretty and feminine. I love your house too and the way you've decorated it. It's lovely and peaceful watching your videos.
I had trouble with the first section of the Snow shawl, too. Oh, for M1R, M1L, remember the phrase: " I LEFT the FRONT door open; I'll be RIGHT Back". That is M1L is pick up from the front and M1R is pick up from the back.
Hi Sandra, what a beautiful podcast with many gorgeous pieces. I particularly liked the snowflakes 🥰. Wishing you a heartwarming Christmas with your family and that 2021 brings happiness and good health to everyone. Thanks from Australia 🐨🐨🦘🦘😷🎄
Thank you for another lovely Christmas Special. Loved the hat. Really suited you. Your gingerbread bag is beautiful. I so miss your friend’s Etsy shop but I know she is now far too busy to make lots of stuff. I’m behind on watching too - even though I am STILL furloughed - it seems the train journey from Kent to London and back each day was taken up with lots of lovely viewing. What a very strange year indeed. A totally different lifestyle for lots of people. I hope you all have as lovely a Christmas Day as is possible. Eat, drink and be as merry as can be. Take care and thank you for all your hard work in what must have been a very difficult time. Lesley x
Ahh thank you so much!! Yes I miss Sam’s shop too. I just hope one day she will be able to re-open again. I know what you mean, I’m so behind on all the vlogmas stuff too. It’s good to know the commute was good for something wh? 😉❤️
A beautiful podcast Sandra, You bring so much joy showing your beautiful makes, and everything you make is stunning. The hat looked lovely on you as did the shawl with its lovely sentiment 🥰 I was thinking of you while watching Lulu loves podcast, she showed a crochet dog book which had a lovely dachshund like your little one! Anyway “A big hug” sent your way 🤗 and wishing you a peaceful Christmas and hoping that 2021 will be kinder to us all. 😘😘😘
Ahh thank you so much! Ooh has Emma got a new podcast up? I shall have to go look, I’m behind on them all at the moment. A crochet dog book sounds pretty awesome though. Hope you have a fab Christmas 🤗🎄❤️
Thank you for all you do in making vlogs and patterns. Your sense of style is so lovely. I do enjoy seeing your journal pages on IG. A Happy Christmas to you and a Blessed New Year!
Oh and yes - I would love some journaling tips. I’m going to start one next year - along with cross stitching (which would also be a very welcome little guide too). Lesley x
I loved everything you made. The was so beautiful. Just a thought on your crocheted snowflakes I use fabric stiffener on my snowflakes so I can hang them on my tree. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Lovely visit my dear.... could you starch the snowflakes, I know my aunt use to stiffen crochet bells for brides as a gift with their dresses that she had made them and it was sugar based I really should’ve taken more interest but as a kid it wasn’t my thing and nowadays probably more choices to create the same effect...oh that was a lot of babble
So many feels watching this Sandra, I absolutely love your 'Val Doonican' episodes and your Christmas tree is my absolute favourite so this was a joy - husband and daughter even went out so I got to watch it in perfect peace! I love everything (as usual) but especially your striped socks (the colours!!) and so funny, I have the Bottle Brush Tree yarn for my Christmas Eve cast on and have been hemming and hawing about what pattern to use and now I know, your Sugar Icing Socks are a delight :))) Thank you so much , sending you so much love (I hope you are not now in Tier 4 like us, all our plans up the swanny), thank you for being such an inspiration. Emma xx ps. my eyes have completely gone out the window too!! Haha :DDD
Ahh Emma my lovely, thank you!! And a rare treat indeed watching it uninterrupted too. Yay for that! Isn’t the Bottle brush tree yarn so pretty? It will look lovely as socks, I can’t wait to see. Unfortunately we are fellow Tier 4 dwellers here and so confined to the house for the foreseeable! 😉. I was so disappointed not to be able to see my family after this horrible old year, but what can you do but make the best of it. I’m sure we will have a lovely day in a different way. Merry Christmas my lovely to you all. I hope you have a good one too! 🎄🎄
Oh thank you so very much for this Christmas special à la Val Doonican style Sandra ( in Australia, I totally still got the reference 🤣😉!) Love to see all your beautiful makes and thoughtful decorations. The music is so soothing, ugh much needed this time of the year! It has been a rough year , and often i too sit and wonder about it all..shaking my head and all that. Sad in many ways 2020 will be embedded in our memories. Calling us to just keep going and to do our best and give our best.. what else can we do. You and your channel have been a wonderful find for me on YT this year and for that i am so very grateful. I just love your work💜🌼 I hope you and your family have a joyful and peaceful Christmas and a very happy New Year Sandra Take care , With warmest wishes, Linda.x
Oh yay, I didn’t know Val Doonican was such an export! Brilliant! 😂. Yes it certainly has been quite the year hasn’t it? It’s hard to know what to make of it all sometimes but we have to just keep on keeping on. And keep each other going too. Have a lovely Christmas. ❤️🎄❤️
Oh we had quite a few!...I recall Parkinson, David Frost, the Two Ronnies, loads of funny comedies...my absolute faves from my youth. The golden years of TV and entertainment 🤗 Thank you so much Sandra!✨💓 Blessings, Lin.x
Merry Christmas, Sandra! Thank you for a lovely podcast. I know your Christmas will be difficult without your mom but I do hope there is some joy and sparkle in it for you and your family.
Sorry to hear you lost your Mom this year 😔 I loved the shawl you made with her reclaimed yarn and the sentiment behind taking your time knitting... I went to Ravelry and bought that pattern. Thanks again. 💕
You could use a gentle fabric stiffener. My mom made a few of those with her sewing machine and she made them more firm for hanging with a fabric stiffner
Yes, it’s been quite a good way to focus on picking projects for those yarns. Yes I went through and picked ones that I’ve had a while and possibly wouldn’t choose now, but I want to use them while I still love them. ❤️
Oh thank you! The gingerbread house was a sparkly trip find quite a few years ago. I got mine in a garden centre but I know it’s a Gisela Graham one and you can find her stuff sold in lots of places. ❤️❤️
Thank you so much for replying back now I can get started with my sock knitting project. Love watching your videos after a stress full day and your videos make me feel happy while my cat sits purring loudly while playing with my wool Xx💕💕💕
@@CherryHeart it was the Christmas wreath heart pattern, u showed it on ur video, it could be the gift one . If u could let me know where I could get it ?
Thank you so much Sandra, thank you for inviting us to your sitting room beside the tree - very festive 🎄 Very best wishes for Christmas and Peace be with you 🙏🏼
Sandra, that is in many ways a very special shawl. It will give you comfort when you wear it. Take good care and thank you for your lovely vlogmas videos and podcasts😊.
Sandra, the first Christmas and holidays after your mother passed away is very hard. Time will make it better, she will be on your heart and the memories you shared. I am speaking this because I have experienced the loss of both parents and my brother. God will get you through this time, he is akways their for you, and all your viewers who love you. May 2021 bring you peace and comfort and joy. Love to uou and your family.❤🙏
Thanks for the great podcast. The socks' stripes are an optical illusion. Darker and lighter yarns will look different widths of stripes when they are not. The socks look fantastic. I love your colour combination! Thanks for sharing!
Ahh I was wondering if that might be it! I adjusted for the foot. Bit odd, but no one will know. 😂
I have become addicted to you videos and all your talents. Love your taste in everything you creat. ❤️❤️❤️
Oh that’s so kind of you, thank you! ❤️
You know Sandra, I remember you saying you bought your Mum some yarn and gave it to her and then took it back later. I didn't realize the reason you took it back until now. I'm sooo very sorry to hear about your Mum. It is heartbreaking! I'm glad you have something special you made with the yarn. I had something happen when my Mom passed. She had bought fabric for me to make Kitchen curtains and I made her a set for both of her windows. Well, while she was out of town I went to her home and put them up for her so she would be surprised when she came home. I didn't tell her what I was going to do. Well the same night I put them up was the night she passed away. So she never got to see them. It was like you, taking back the gift you had given her. My sister used the curtains instead and I had a special friend take some of the extra fabric and make me a project bag which I absolutely love. It's so special because she had picked the fabric out. I know Christmas will be very hard for you this year. I'm sending lots of love, hugs and prayers for you and your family. Merry Christmas to you all! x x
Sharon from California
That story touched me ❤️
Thank you so much for you kind message and sharing your story of your Mum too. These things are so heartbreaking aren’t they? But at the same time there is some comfort it having a mime to like that. A way to stay close. ❤️❤️
You make such beautiful things, Sandra. I love all the flecked yarn. Loved seeing your tree. So beautiful. Thanks for sharing your makes and your heart with us. Your mum 💕💕.
Debra in Australia
Beautiful projects as always, the pink shawl is absolutely gorgeous; a very fitting hug from your mother
I think your gorgeous snowflakes ❄ ❄ ❄ would also be lovely sewn to a pillow front in varying sizes. Love your Christmas decorating ideas..
I saved the "Christmas Special" for Christmas Eve, and have so enjoyed it! It's somewhat of a tradition now as I've been "onboard" for several Christmas Specials! As usual, your house is charming and lovely, and have thoroughly enjoyed watching the coming together of all your Christmas preparations for the big day. You are such a genuine person, Sandra, and I wish you the happiest of Christmases to end this weird old year!
Beautiful snowflakes, your stitching projects are lovely, I like how hand stitching feels so relaxing 😌
I’m half way through but need to go to work 😭 will look forward to watching more later 💓💕 sending hugs xx
I would definitely enjoy seeing something about your bullet journal if you get the time 😊 Have a blessed and peaceful Christmas with your family, Sandra 😊💕🎄✨
I hope you have a merry Christmas with your sweet family🌲 thank you so much for sharing your beautiful makes! I pray next year is a really great year for all of us
Thank you for this Christmas Special. I am alone this holiday season, and you and your lovely family have brought peace and good cheer into my home.
Aw thank you so much, so glad to keep you company. 😘😘
Lovely Sandra
Wishing you the merriest Christmas 🎄🎄🎄
The shawl is beautiful and extra special to have a memory of your mum.
You will appreciate your family around you at Christmas, I went through the same last year. This year is still sad, but not as raw! We light candles for our absent love ones while we eat so we can pretend almost they're with us.
Thank you! So sorry to hear you’ve been through the same. I hope this year is a better one for you. That’s a lovely idea with the candles. ❤️
Thank you for sharing your year with us, bless ings to you and your family.
Dear Sandra much as I would like to see a podcast about journaling, I mostly want you to have a relaxing few weeks ahead! Maybe the fact that your brain is struggling with the shawl is telling you to slow down and simplify! Don’t underestimate the effect of the last year and even the impact of your daughter’s mocks on you - you’ll have been putting your energies into supporting her through them! Be gentle on yourself! Thank you for all the beautiful projects you share. You are a very talented lady xx
Oh thank you for such a kind comment! You really make me stop and think about that actually and I think there is a lot in what you say there. It’s a so easy to forget how tiring mental strain can be as well as the physical side as well as this time of year being quite full on at the best of times. 🥰 Hopefully the relaxation will begin in earnest with the end of school this week. ❤️ I hope you have a lovely Christmas time. Xx
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A wonderfully enjoyable podcast. Such beautiful treasures you’ve created. Sam is a sweet friend that obviously cares a lot about you. I was waiting for your sock pattern so I’m headed over to purchase that now. I’m new to sock knitting but excited to try!
Thank you for such a lovely Christmas chat! I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday with joy after the year you’ve had. ❄️✨🎄❄️
I loved your Christmas podcast have just enjoyed your company for the last hour. I really love those snowflakes, they would make wonderful gifts in my book for next year. I loved the shawl you made with the wool you bought for your Mum. I am sorry for your loss, when you have it round your shoulders it will be like a cuddle from your mum. I was unable to be with my Mum for Mothers' Day this year and I started a shawl for her, it wasn't planned I just need to make something for her. I smiled over shared memories, cried that I wasn't with her, posted it to her and she said is was beautiful and when it was round her shoulders like a cuddle from me. I hope you have a peaceful Christmas with your family and a healthy and successful New Year xxx
Beautiful work!! Your pink shawl is like a sweet hug from your mom when you wear it...💗💗💗
You said it, “A touch of absolute magic” - every time, that’s what you bring us. It’s also nice to know that someone else has problems with patterns on occasion. I’ve doubted my sanity so many times.
Hello Sandra - Wishing you a noisy (the silence is somewhat deafening of late) Christmas days to you and your family. I stay amazed at how beautiful all your work is from the tiny little things to the enormous. Again best wishes. Stay cool. Safe. Inside. Eat chocolates. Jackie
have safe holidays. We won't have the usual celebrations this year because we prefer to have many, many more years of celebrations ahead! Take it easy and wear your lovely pink shawl in health!❤️✨❤️✨❤️
Thank you lovely. I hope you have a calm peaceful one and here’s to future happier occasions! 🎄❤️
Thank you Sandra for everything you’ve done this year ....even after the year you’ve had. We had “that kind of year” last year so understand how difficult it is to be faced with a new kind of Christmas for the first time. Please take it easy and you guys all take care of each other .... ❤️💐🌹❤️ see you next time xxx Angela in New Zealand 🇳🇿
Oh thank you so much. Sorry to hear you’ve had to go through similar, it does feel a bit like one blow after another doesn’t it? I started to find that doing things like the vlog and podcast was a way to keep my mind busy and also made me look for the enjoyable and happy moments which I think has helped too. I must admit there is part of me that is dreading the day coming round but at the same time I know we’ll be ok and we have each other. I hope you have a lovely one, whatever you are doing. ❤️❤️🎄🎄
@@CherryHeart aaawww yes I dreaded last Christmas without our mum .... but we got through it of course .... she would be very proud of you ... and all the joy you bring so many people. Just think of that .... xxx
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Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 2021 has to be better.✝🎄🎅🤶🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁
I love the doily,but the hat is gorgeous,nice job.Watching you cross stitching, I ‘ve ordered a beginner cross stitch pattern to give it a go,lol. Thank you, for sharing your beautiful work.
Wishing you and your family a Happy Christmas from the USA.
Wish you the best in the year to come dear Sandra love you alot ,God bless your home and family including my beautiful Berty ,love all your work and yes i would love an episode of how to journal , happy new year ❄️❄️❄️
Oh thank you lovely, it’s nice to know you’d be interested in a bullet journal episode! ❤️. Merry Christmas to you! 🎄🎄
What lovely makes Sandra. Take care this Christmas and enjoy some time with your family. Roll on 2021. It’s got to be a better one x
Oh I hope so my lovely. Thank you! I hope you have a good Christmas. 🎄❤️
I'm just catching up and watching your Christmas special. I hope you found some spots of joy in what must have been a very difficult season. I lost my dad in June and I remember how hard that first year was after I lost my mom.
I'd love to see a video dedicated to your journal. I'm always fascinated to see what you've done.
Have a lovely time with your family. Take good care of yourself. 😊
Love the snowflakes. You are very inspiring. Have a great Christmas.
Aww thank you!! You too ☺️🎄
You look great in your hat. Thank you for your videos they are delightful 😍
Ahh thank you!! That’s quite an achievement for that hat as I can’t usually pull them off. 😂 🎄🎄❤️
So enjoyed this Christmas special podcast. I’m definitely leaning towards the dust of snow warp after seeing yours. I was close to tears as you spoke of seeing your family for Christmas after loosing your mom this year. Firsts are hard. We lost our mom 5 years ago. Still miss her. My thoughts are with you. Hugs to you and your family.
Yes I’ve been tempted to make a dust of snow since it came out... not one to rush into these things! Glad I did though. Aww I hope I didn’t make you too sad and I sorry to hear that. I hope it’s started to get a little easier for you? This year does feel a little like a hurdle to be got over but we will do our best. Thank you for thinking of us. 🥰❤️❤️
Beautiful stuff Sandra xxx
Love your work, the new scarf you are knitting has colors that remind me of the beach - blue, cream and beige. All your colors have a beautiful calming theme. Definitely needed right now. Have a Merry Christmas with your family, especially taking the time to remember your mom with the family
Oh yes it is looking rather beachy isn’t it? I think that’ll change when the pinks finally go in... Thank you so much, I will. ☺️. I hope you have a lovely one too. ❤️
Your podcast is so relaxing. Thank you. I'm sorry about your mum.
Thank you so much. ❤️
Best Wishes to you Sandra! Your annual Christmas episode is my favorite every year. I do not celebrate holidays so that may seem funny. But your filming in this location and all of your lovely makes just creates an extra special atmosphere to look forward to each end of year.
Sandra, I just love everything you make, it seems we have the same taste. Every item is so pretty and feminine. I love your house too and the way you've decorated it. It's lovely and peaceful watching your videos.
I had trouble with the first section of the Snow shawl, too. Oh, for M1R, M1L, remember the phrase: " I LEFT the FRONT door open; I'll be RIGHT Back". That is M1L is pick up from the front and M1R is pick up from the back.
my plans are always to sit home and knit..have a beautiful rest of the week Sandra..
Hi Sandra, what a beautiful podcast with many gorgeous pieces. I particularly liked the snowflakes 🥰.
Wishing you a heartwarming Christmas with your family and that 2021 brings happiness and good health to everyone. Thanks from Australia 🐨🐨🦘🦘😷🎄
Thank you so much!! And you too, I hope you have a lovely Christmas. Hopefully things will be a little less restricted for you too. 🎄❤️
Best wishes to you and your family 💖 Thanks for sharing your beautiful projects 💖🎄☃️
Thank you for another lovely Christmas Special. Loved the hat. Really suited you. Your gingerbread bag is beautiful. I so miss your friend’s Etsy shop but I know she is now far too busy to make lots of stuff. I’m behind on watching too - even though I am STILL furloughed - it seems the train journey from Kent to London and back each day was taken up with lots of lovely viewing. What a very strange year indeed. A totally different lifestyle for lots of people. I hope you all have as lovely a Christmas Day as is possible. Eat, drink and be as merry as can be. Take care and thank you for all your hard work in what must have been a very difficult time. Lesley x
Ahh thank you so much!! Yes I miss Sam’s shop too. I just hope one day she will be able to re-open again. I know what you mean, I’m so behind on all the vlogmas stuff too. It’s good to know the commute was good for something wh? 😉❤️
A beautiful podcast Sandra, You bring so much joy showing your beautiful makes, and everything you make is stunning. The hat looked lovely on you as did the shawl with its lovely sentiment 🥰 I was thinking of you while watching Lulu loves podcast, she showed a crochet dog book which had a lovely dachshund like your little one! Anyway “A big hug” sent your way 🤗 and wishing you a peaceful Christmas and hoping that 2021 will be kinder to us all. 😘😘😘
Ahh thank you so much! Ooh has Emma got a new podcast up? I shall have to go look, I’m behind on them all at the moment. A crochet dog book sounds pretty awesome though. Hope you have a fab Christmas 🤗🎄❤️
Thank you for all you do in making vlogs and patterns. Your sense of style is so lovely. I do enjoy seeing your journal pages on IG. A Happy Christmas to you and a Blessed New Year!
Oh and yes - I would love some journaling tips. I’m going to start one next year - along with cross stitching (which would also be a very welcome little guide too). Lesley x
Oh thank you!! I shall see what I can do! Although I’m not sure you’d want my cross stitching tips, mine is going a little ‘off piste’ right now!! 😂
I loved everything you made. The was so beautiful. Just a thought on your crocheted snowflakes I use fabric stiffener on my snowflakes so I can hang them on my tree. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Merry Christmas!
Lovely visit my dear.... could you starch the snowflakes, I know my aunt use to stiffen crochet bells for brides as a gift with their dresses that she had made them and it was sugar based I really should’ve taken more interest but as a kid it wasn’t my thing and nowadays probably more choices to create the same effect...oh that was a lot of babble
Love all your finishes and projects especially that beautiful light pink shawl. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
I’m so sorry. I didn’t know about your mother. But, such a beautiful shawl! I’ve been enjoying your vlogmas. ❤️🎄
So many feels watching this Sandra, I absolutely love your 'Val Doonican' episodes and your Christmas tree is my absolute favourite so this was a joy - husband and daughter even went out so I got to watch it in perfect peace! I love everything (as usual) but especially your striped socks (the colours!!) and so funny, I have the Bottle Brush Tree yarn for my Christmas Eve cast on and have been hemming and hawing about what pattern to use and now I know, your Sugar Icing Socks are a delight :))) Thank you so much , sending you so much love (I hope you are not now in Tier 4 like us, all our plans up the swanny), thank you for being such an inspiration. Emma xx ps. my eyes have completely gone out the window too!! Haha :DDD
Ahh Emma my lovely, thank you!! And a rare treat indeed watching it uninterrupted too. Yay for that! Isn’t the Bottle brush tree yarn so pretty? It will look lovely as socks, I can’t wait to see. Unfortunately we are fellow Tier 4 dwellers here and so confined to the house for the foreseeable! 😉. I was so disappointed not to be able to see my family after this horrible old year, but what can you do but make the best of it. I’m sure we will have a lovely day in a different way. Merry Christmas my lovely to you all. I hope you have a good one too! 🎄🎄
PS. Yes what is it with the eyes?! Hubby said the same. It’s all the squinting at zoom screens I reckon! 😉🤣
Oh thank you so very much for this Christmas special à la Val Doonican style Sandra ( in Australia, I totally still got the reference 🤣😉!)
Love to see all your beautiful makes and thoughtful decorations. The music is so soothing, ugh much needed this time of the year!
It has been a rough year , and often i too sit and wonder about it all..shaking my head and all that. Sad in many ways 2020 will be embedded in our memories.
Calling us to just keep going and to do our best and give our best.. what else can we do.
You and your channel have been a wonderful find for me on YT this year and for that i am so very grateful. I just love your work💜🌼
I hope you and your family have a joyful and peaceful Christmas and a very happy New Year Sandra
Take care ,
With warmest wishes,
Linda.x
Oh yay, I didn’t know Val Doonican was such an export! Brilliant! 😂. Yes it certainly has been quite the year hasn’t it? It’s hard to know what to make of it all sometimes but we have to just keep on keeping on. And keep each other going too. Have a lovely Christmas. ❤️🎄❤️
Oh we had quite a few!...I recall Parkinson, David Frost, the Two Ronnies, loads of funny comedies...my absolute faves from my youth. The golden years of TV and entertainment 🤗
Thank you so much Sandra!✨💓
Blessings,
Lin.x
Merry Christmas, Sandra! Thank you for a lovely podcast. I know your Christmas will be difficult without your mom but I do hope there is some joy and sparkle in it for you and your family.
Aw thank you so much, I’m sure we will find a way. ❤️❤️☺️
Sorry to hear you lost your Mom this year 😔 I loved the shawl you made with her reclaimed yarn and the sentiment behind taking your time knitting... I went to Ravelry and bought that pattern. Thanks again. 💕
Oh thank you so much. ❤️
Thank you for showing us all your lovely makes, have a good Christmas and when you wear your beautiful shawl your mum will be in your thoughts. X
I can warmly recommend the Leni hat pattern by Isabel Kraemer. It is for fingering yarn held together with Mohair. I adore it so much.
Ooh thank you, sounds like just the thing, I’ll take a look! ❤️
The snowflakes are gorgeous! I must have a go, when I find the time. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas. x
Hope u manage to relax and try and enjoy Xmas if possible it’s not easy❤️
Your snowflakes are beautiful. Love the hat, wish I was a better knitter, would love to make one for myself. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
You could use a gentle fabric stiffener. My mom made a few of those with her sewing machine and she made them more firm for hanging with a fabric stiffner
I love the idea of your stash down pile - did you go through your stash and choose your favourites?
Yes, it’s been quite a good way to focus on picking projects for those yarns. Yes I went through and picked ones that I’ve had a while and possibly wouldn’t choose now, but I want to use them while I still love them. ❤️
Merry Christmas to you and your dearest ones 🌲🎁🌲🎁🌲🐰❣
Thank you so much. Merry Christmas! 🎄❤️
Love your podcasts and vlogs❤️❤️❤️
Thanks so much. ❤️
Where did you get your ginger bread house behind you?
I love the snowflakes.
Oh thank you! The gingerbread house was a sparkly trip find quite a few years ago. I got mine in a garden centre but I know it’s a Gisela Graham one and you can find her stuff sold in lots of places. ❤️❤️
@@CherryHeart Thankyou Sandra. Have a Merry Dashy Christmas 🎄
Hi 🙋♀️ Sandra !! Would you tell me the brand of your minis yarn 🧶 and D & D where can I purchase thank you 🙏 and have a safe Christmas 🎄.
Hi, yes have a look at my show notes I put the names there and also links I think! ❤️
Hi Sandra I just wanted to ask what size needles and what brand your sock needles are x
Hi! I usually use my Hiya Hiya sharps for socks and I find a 2.5mm works nicely for me. ❤️
Thank you so much for replying back now I can get started with my sock knitting project. Love watching your videos after a stress full day and your videos make me feel happy while my cat sits purring loudly while playing with my wool Xx💕💕💕
Hello can u please tell me where I can find the the Christmas heart pattern thank u
Is it the embroidered one? That was a gift but I think it was from ‘pretty fabrics and trims’ ❤️
@@CherryHeart it was the Christmas wreath heart pattern, u showed it on ur video, it could be the gift one . If u could let me know where I could get it ?
Yes that’s the one. As I said I think it’s from pretty fabrics and trims.
@@CherryHeart would u have a link for that pattern? Thank u
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Merry Christmas lovely. 🎄❤️
@@CherryHeart Thank you, you too ✨🤗😘🎄🥰
Maybe put it up for a bit & try something else, like a pair of socks. No thinking just knitting.