Progress

So I’ve actually been doing things lately, shock horror! (I know, I surprised myself).

I finished my mum’s Christmas present, for example.

The colour looks abit washed out in this photo…

… This shows it a little better

I started this about 5 days before Christmas last year, so it was a big ask for me to actually finish it in time, but there’s no excuse for me to have only just finished it! The pattern (which unfortunately I cannot remember the name or where I found it) wasn’t difficult, and I quite enjoyed knitting it. I just lost the motivation to finish it after Christmas, as I had no time goal in which to finish it.

I’ve also been knitting SOCKS D: I’ve tried socks before, and made a royal mess of them, but this one actually WORKED! The heel isn’t all twisted, and the toe is so even and neat! If I could change anything, I would make the foot a few rows longer, and possibly knit on ever so slightly bigger needles – it feels very snug. But live and learn! I’m on the leg of the second, and looking forward to perfecting it – I have several other skeins of sock yarn (more than I thought!) so I can make an even better pair once I’ve finished this pair

The garden is doing beautifully – my beans actually have beans on them! My tomatoes have tomatoes on them! My peppers (which I never expected to make it) are beginning to flower! And the Lollo Rosso is going berserk

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I wish…

… I could say I have been swamped with work, or busy with lots of Etsy sales, or coming up with weird and wonderful creations, to explain my blog absences, but nope. Just me being me. Sorry folks. And thank you if you still keep an eye out for my posts, I do appreciate comments and whatnot.

Anyway, now exams are over, and I am no longer a college student (!) I am a lady of leisure. So theoreticlly I have all the time in the world to craft and garden and do interesting things to blog about. Theoretically.

I’m pleased with how my “crops” are going:

The first ripe strawberries of the season!

And the first signs of tomatoes!

I also have some (relatively) new additions to my garden

Dwarf beans, complete with flowers

And last but by no means least…

Some thriving Lollo Rosso lettuce and carrots – seeds sent to me by a lovely friend

The carrots are in entirely the wrong sort of pot, but it’s the best I could find – our garden is far too stony to plant them straight in the flower beds. We shall just have to see what happens!

I’ve also done a smidgin of craft too…

Before – the box my hair straighteners came in

After – a prettily covered and lined box for thingymabobs and oojamaflips

I’m in London at the moment, but I’m hoping to do something with felt when I get home…
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