On crocheting, that is! I just can't seem to stop and while I'm working on this first project of mine I'm busy plotting the next or, in this case, taking time out from the first to start work on the second - I'm just an impatient mare!
It started off as a quest to learn so that I could do crochet beadwork but it has developed into an all-consuming passion to knock out piece after piece of woolliness!
My first project was, (and still is) making a blankie for the lil man comprising of several strips of varying shades of blue which is taking a lil while to complete. I fully intended to make a matching cushion for him too - project completed in two days using a big hook and some thick yarn, I was very pleased with the result but, since finishing that, I've bought several publications on crochet, (including patterns, some of which I still have to work out as, to the uninitiated, it looks like gobbledegook) and have trawled the net for crochet patterns and websites. Consequently, I happened upon a pattern for a striped scarf, similar to one I saw in South Moon Under, (and probably costing a small fortune - that store is a rip-off and caters to badly-dressed stick insects) and, so, here I am again, taking another break from project #1 in order to get to grips with the big hook and thick yarn once more!
Christmas is looming on the horizon, (well, on Saturday actually) and my lil fake tree is sat on the floor behind the sofa awaiting ornamentation and a place to sit out of the reach of the lil man, AKA Mr Destructo!
There is every possibility that it might be decently dressed come Christmas day but, at the rate I'm going with my crocheting I wouldn't hold my breath!
Oh, yeah, and, talking of Mr Destructo - I'm having to use the Hubster's puter at the moment as I think the lil man has been tapdancing on my keyboard and, since yesterday, the damn thing has been whirring away and refusing to work properly.
I am not a happy bunny as my lil puter is great plus I had all my bookmarks sorted, (including a ton of them for crochet and beadwork) and now I'm having to try to remember what I can - which isn't a great amount - in order to get around on Hubby's puter.
So, I will probably wait until after Christmas so that the crowds in the mall don't piss me off too badly and I can take my lil puter into the Apple store to get it sent off and fixed.
Thank God the Hubster got an extended warrantee on it!
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