Knitting

Other/household

Well I soaked, prodded, stretched, twisted, flattened the gnome hat every which way to try to remove the obvious tension issues and failed to really make any difference. I’m not sure if I ripped it out and re-knit it whether my tension would improve much…so I’m living with it. 

The body section is done and arms, although not sewn on yet.  He will be wearing a cable jumper so a lot of the body won’t be seen.

Spinning

I remembered to go to the monthly evening spinning group this month and we were in a new location, the Goods Shed at an old Victorian train station, which was a nice change. I took my Nano 2 and spun some blue baby camel and silk.  It’s not been plied yet, so no photo.

Weaving

Frame loom

I added to my tapestry weaving since last week. I am really just experimenting and trying things out and getting used to it. I bought it to make some wall hangings but it can be used for both. My tension has gone too tight towards the sky. This sample is finished.

I realise with this loom I can actually turn it around and have another go at a sample on the opposite end, so I’m not cutting it off yet.

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Other News

This week was mostly spent in the garden or in my craftroom.

In the garden I cleaned the greenhouse, saw a spider with a body the size of a cockroach and enormous legs eek! I let him live but I told him to keep away from me! I planted a few more vegetable seeds too and I have been moving some of rocks around to build up the back border which the kitchen looks out onto. 

I also put in some of my neighbour’s old decking pieces as edging to my fruit border to stop the lawn (and buttercups) encroaching on it and keep the blackbirds from flinging bark everywhere. 

On Tuesday afternoon I was busy desk building and managed to get it finished before my husband got back from work, thus avoiding any “flat pack furniture construction related arguments”🤣. A young lady bought my old desk and when she and her mum collected it they complimented me on the lampshade in the sunroom (one of my own Highland Seascape ones) so that was lovely to hear.

Wednesday was back in the greenhouse in the morning and then back to the craftroom to set up my PC, fill my new desk drawers and trying, but failing, to be ruthless with pens, pencils etc. I want to get some narrow wall shelves so I’m not ready to do a before and after post yet.

Our dog was back at the vets for her final post op check and is doing well. She had the cone removed on Wednesday evening so I finally managed to sleep through without being woken by her cone hitting everything as she moves round in the night. It’s her 16th birthday today, which for a 25kg dog is 99 years old!

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This is a Year of Projects post. Officially the Group is in its 13th year, but this is my 6th year participating. If you would like to find more about the Year of Projects Group on Ravelry, as you’d be very welcome to join us. (There are 53 Sundays this YOP year, it happens sometimes!).

Year 13 list.