Spring just keeps springing

It appears that I only blog in the spring. Ah well, at least it is a cheerful time of year...

Aptly enough, the image above shows a hot water bottle cover which was originally meant as a Christmas present. The image below shows its state around Christmas (and for some time thereafter)


Fortunately it can be reassigned as a somewhat unseasonal birthday present, and will be posted tomorrow- phew!

The buttons come from my copious inherited button stash- and I do mean copious. It includes an actual shop rack of buttons which my Grandmother bought at a closing down sale some decades ago:


The armchair and cushions lurking behind the knitting are also from her house, and they now grace my home- albeit a different home since I last posted (it still has the same people in it, and is only down the road, though!).
For the second year running I appear to have moved house, changed jobs, and made less stuff than I would have liked. I'm hoping this is not a set pattern.

I have been rubbish at responding to comments and messages- I'm not sure I'll get though the backlog, but I'll give it a stab. Sorry if you have been trying to get in touch!