Phew, what a month it’s been. December was such a chaotic, hectic whirligig that I’m not even certain I know what happened in it, except that there was a week where it was so horrible cold and I had to keep going out into it to defrost the chickens water, and obviously there was Christmas … More Ta da! Christmas blankets
This last week or so, I have distracted myself from granny squares by…..making different granny squares! Yeah, the logic escapes me too. However, I shall attempt to explain. I had a good week of doing squares for my Around the World quilt, plodding on with the different colour sets, and then I had a day … More Grannies, grannies everywhere…
I have finished my Sophie’s Universe, woohoo! I say ‘my’ Sophie’s Universe, but it is of course actually intended as a wedding present for one of my carers, carer J, who is engaged but with no date set. I very much wanted to make her a special blanket for her wedding, but I also didn’t … More Ta da! Sophie’s Universe
I have spent weeks telling myself to just get on with it and write a blog post. In fact, I’ve spent an entire week tinkering and tapping and trying to get words down for this post. Obviously it hasn’t happened sooner, or easily! I hate starting these by apologising for being absent, because I’m hardly … More Trundling along
Well, one week into recreating my beloved blanket, I have made 69 of the total 729 squares. Just under 10%, or roughly 10 squares a day. It’s actually more squares per day, and less days worked, which pleases me, because I remember, when I was making the original, that I could achieve 20 a day … More ‘Around the World’ progress
So, following on from my post last week, I have gathered together my yarn to re-do my Around the World quilt. And let me tell you, it’s fascinating to realise how far I’ve come as a crocheter in the past nine years (I made the blanket in 2013). Specifically? OMG my tension!!!! Because of the … More Doing a time warp…
I am a firm believer in owning up to my crochet mistakes. I can’t deny I love showing off a finished, perfect project – who doesn’t? I’m proud of my successes and I enjoy sharing them with you all. But as a more experienced crocheter, I also feel it’s good to share the mistakes, the … More Mistakes
After six very long, very exhausting weeks, my house has finally been rewired. I am somehow still standing. Though not very steadily standing!! Gosh, it’s been so tiring, I can’t tell you. Every single room has been disturbed, to a greater or lesser extent. The dust. Three of the four kitchen walls ended up needing … More I’m alive, really I am.
Would you like to meet my new chickens? Yes, of course you would! So a few weeks ago, one of my older ladies, Gabby, died rather suddenly. She’d laid me an egg two days before, so I wasn’t expecting it, but it happens. That left me with four: Gertie , who hasn’t laid in god … More New hens
Every time I’ve sat down to write a blog post, over the last week or so, my mind has gone totally blank. I couldn’t tell you why, there’s no rhyme or reason to it, but blankness has been the result. So forgive today’s ’round-up’ style post, because it’s been hard to get down to it … More A ‘knit and natter’ post, only without the knit…
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