So….you know how sometimes you have every intention of doing something, and you really mean it this time, and it’ll definitely happen today and then it all just sort of…doesn’t happen for months at a time? That would be me and writing a blogpost. In my defence, I do have some excuse. I’ve spent most … More Still alive, I promise
With the New Year came, apparently, a renewed ability not only to crochet but to design. I cannot express how happy I am about this. A few odd things aside last year, I have felt so inspiration-less for so very long. And of course, looking at the year I had, that’s completely understandable. I’m not … More The cro-jo is back
Hello all – long time, no see. I took you all at your word, and have spent the last few months not worrying about crochet/this blog/updates. As you know, for quite a long time I couldn’t crochet at all anyway – and besides, the garden has kept me busy, and the cats, and the chickens. … More Spin Me Around – redux
First off – and forgive me – I have to get the obligatory Doctor Who reference out of the way. For several weeks while crocheting these, I kept hearing David Tennant’s Doctor in my head telling me not to blink, because obviously, as a Doctor Who geek, these quotations are burned into my mind. However, … More Army of Angels
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…
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