HANDICRAFTS 1:RANDOM HOMEMADE THING SUCH AS KNITTEN WOOLLEN HAT, BABY MITTS, GARDEN BLOGGER OR SIMILAR

This was a category dominated last year by craft devotee Veg Plotting. Someone this year at least give her a run for her money, puuurrllleeeeze. 

Well Emma Cooper has got in there early with a strong challenge. I actually received one of these cards on the recent publication of Emma's book (did I mention she has written a book?) and they are very fine. They also came with free seed! Of an allium!

VP pitches in with, oooh, look at that scarf, that's what we all need for these chilly days of, er, summer. She says "Here's an Award Winning Blogger with scarf. The wool's called Lush, which says it all." I also believe this passes all tests for Koran-approval veiling of the beauteous face of VP, which is very appropriate because today's the first day of Ramadan. 

Update, 29th August

Cor, Dawn from Little Green Fingers has got her kids to give VP and Emma C a good run for their money! She writes, "my children were slightly curious as to what I was doing taking photos of underripe fruit so have decided to submit their own entries to the handicrafts category. So you have 5 year-old Ava's relatively cute but slightly tape-heavy pom-pom
caterpillar and her far more concerning 'bird house for miniature puffin' complete with cat repelling pipecleaners. My 4-year-old Oscar opted for his pressed flower bookmarks (he's very in touch with his feminine side...)." 

The committee would like to give Ava particularly commendation for those cat-repelling pipe-cleaners, that is very considerate. And how gorgeous are those bookmarks? She could put that boy to work, he's probably old enough. 

6th Sept FINAL UPDATE 

Frances from Faire Gardens

sent this, ahhhh! " A lamb I made from lamb's ear, Stachys byzantina using a glue gun and a peppercorn for the eyes." That is so creative!

And this from Claire Potter, who says"one of my cresties - a random alien thing". :-)

Continuing the alien theme (weirdly, by some X Files type coincidence, or is it???) 

Ms B sent this, "Handmade Alien Headwear". I don't know the story behind this particular invention, but I'm guessing that somewhere there is a small child who was made very, very happy by this.

And Lottie sent these, some signs she made for the lottie. I love this kind of thing, I have to admit.