Allez les bleus!

Olympic fever has hit the MI! household: tonight we're off to see the women's basketball semi-final at the North Greenwich Arena. We're not massive basketball fans; in fact, neither of us has seen a game live before. But these are the only tickets we could get via the slightly-less-than-impressive Olympics tickets website.
As it's France v USA, we're obviously supporting our near neighbours. I don't have a French flag to hand so I've created a little tricouleur necklace.
Take one torque neck ring, cut lengths of blue, white and red ribbon. Fold over torque and stitch in place. I think it looks so good I may be doing it again with different colours...

Made for me...

There's a little flare of happiness that comes from seeing items that you use every day being handmade. And here are two that were handmade for me by friends. Here's my crocheted iPhone cover, made for me by Janey, who knits and crochets (and clog-dances) like a goddess.

And down below is my Kindle cover, made for me by Kirsten, who's a mistress of precision and dispenser of sound advice. I turned it inside out - but the stitching is so neat you'd hardly notice...