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Small Crafts and New Supplies

February 18, 2016March 1, 2026crochet, sewing18 Comments

February Half Term Small Crafts

Handmade Cards

Husband got a Valentine’s card, and my Mum got a birthday card. Both quick, easy and fun to do yet very effective, I think. Inspired by The Messy Brunette and her post about Valentines.

To achieve the hand-painted flowers, swirls of pink and white paint were blobbed onto card with the end of a pencil. Tiny flicks of green paint made the leaves. Easy peasy.

Cotton Crochet Doilies

I crocheted a couple of doilies with cheap Drops cotton I bought recently. Cheap for a reason. It’s VERY splitty. But I wasn’t expecting it to be amazing at 80p a ball.

The first crochet doily is the better of the two, but neither is particularly great. Not dainty in the slightest, the yarn is too thick for that, and I would prefer a more lightweight yarn for a dainty doily!

I think they’ll just get hidden away rather than used. I found a crochet diagram pattern for the doily on Pinterest that I used. And I only went and blocked something!! I usually try to avoid blocking crochet, but there was no escaping it this time.

Finishing Spring Flower Embroidery

I completed my hyacinth embroidery. I can’t find the time to do anything with the flowery embroidery things I’ve been doing. Maybe next week I shall think about what to do with my new spring flower embroidered pieces.

Crochet and Yarn (Thread)

I’ve been crocheting instead of persevering with my knitting. I love crochet. I’m making a simple cowl in three spring-like colours.

Colourful Cotton Thread

I go through so much embroidery thread when making flower embroidery and Christmas decorations. Hopefully, this is the answer. Lots of colours of mercerised cotton thread bought from eBay for less than £25! 50 flippin’ balls!

It wasn’t in any kind of shade order, so I’ve been playing with the way the colours all live together.

I’m more excited than I should be about some cotton thread.

Look at the beautiful bounty of awesomeness! It was bought with Christmas money, and I still got a mild telling off for buying more “craft crap”.

Crochet Circles in a Square Blanket

February 5, 2016March 1, 2026blanket, crochet, free pattern26 Comments

Circle Centre Granny Squares

A few days ago, I had a nice comment about one of my crochet blankets that I’d used as a backdrop for another project. Every once in a while, the blanket just happens to appear here on the blog somewhere, usually in the background of a random photo.

Check out a very jolly, colourful version of this granny square blanket, here

I decided that I should write a post about one of my most-used and loved crochet blankets. I don’t have much I want to share this week, so it’s an ideal opportunity to talk about something I made in the past.

I’ve taken lots of pictures of the blanket, and I will just bung them up as I blather on about how I made it.

Crochet Inspiration

I remember the pretty picture that inspired me to make it. I haven’t seen the picture for a couple of years and now that I see it again… well, it’s miles better than mine… poo. The blog the original pattern is from is called Crochet with Raymond, and it’s still active (although the crocheter doesn’t write new content anymore). It’s still up and has lots of wonderful woolly things. It has been such a beautiful source of creative inspiration.

I crocheted this granny square blanket three years ago. I was very pregnant with my youngest boy, and I really wanted it to be finished by the time he arrived. I remember staring at it whilst I was in labour, feeling annoyed that the border still had two rows to go.

Granny Blanket Colours

I chose colours similar to the original. I used Stylecraft Special DK because that is what they sell at the shop down the road. I use Stylecraft for the majority of my projects, but I want to try something new – any suggestions?

There are ten yarn colours: Lipstick, Fondant, Pomegranate, Cloud, Sherbet, Aster, Meadow, Clematis, Wisteria and Cream. Lots of balls of cream were used, maybe 8 or 9, and then I think it was just one of each of the others, but I really don’t remember.

Granny Squares That Start With a Circle

I didn’t use an existing pattern; I made it up. It was easy enough to do. I’ll quickly write down what I think I did (using UK terms, so a “tr” is a US “dc”). FYI, I used a 4mm hook for the DK yarn.

I’m sharing the pattern for the granny circles here. They were turned into squares while working a Join As You Go method. I’ll share more about that in just a moment.

Granny Circle Pattern

Ch4 and join with a slip stitch.
Round 1: Ch4 (counts as 1tr and 1ch), *1tr into ring, ch1; repeat from* 10 more times, join with a slip stitch to the 3rd ch. – [12 tr stitches].
Fasten off (I think fastening off and then joining the new colour with a slip stitch looks much better than other ways of colour changing – didn’t do that here though).

Round 2: Join new colour. Ch2, 1htr, ch1, *tr2together in each chain space, ch1; repeat around from* around, join with a slip stitch to the top of the first 2ch. Fasten off. – [12 tr together].

Round 3: Join new colour. Ch3 (counts as first stitch). 2tr into first chain space, ch1, *3tr into next chain space, ch1; repeat from* around, join with a slip stitch to the top of the first 3ch. – [12 granny clusters].

Join As You Go Crochet Technique

Once I had lots of crochet granny circles, I crocheted them all together using Attic 24’s method of Joining As You Go. It creates a lovely, decorative pattern in the corners, which is one of my favourite things about this granny blanket.

Using this method still means lots of ends to sew in, and I’ve since sacrificed pretty corners in favour of the Continuous Join method, which stops all the dreaded ends as you have just two (one at the beginning, one at the end).

Looking at the picture above, I see that the stitches in the corners of each square have triple trebles rather than trebles.

Anyway, I think that’s it. The granny stripe border is just going round and round with clusters, and the final round is a variation of the bobble edge from Attic 24 (thanks again!), but with slip stitches between them. There are either 2 or 3 slip stitches between each bobble.

Mostly it’s screwed up on the sofa and the children wrap themselves in it whilst they watch the telly after school!

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My Spice of Life Crochet Blanket.

February 2, 2016March 1, 2026blanket, crochet, free pattern23 Comments

The Spice of Life Blanket

I started this colourful crochet blanket three Sundays ago. I sewed in the last end of the Spice of Life blanket on Saturday night.

I didn’t know where this crochet blanket would end up for the first few days of making. Then all of a sudden I knew it would make a great birthday present for my Nanna and Grandad. They both had their 90th birthdays in January, and on Sunday, we had a lovely family birthday party.

Yarn For My Crochet Blanket

As is often the case, Stylecraft Special DK is the yarn I used. I loved the Spice of Life Rico colours that you can buy as a pack for making the blanket, but I couldn’t justify spending any more money on yarny things when I had loads of yarn stashed away already.

I only needed to buy a couple of balls to make up the blanket’s colour palette, which consisted of: Cloud blue, Storm blue, Cream, Lemon, Mocha, Lipstick, Emperor, Fondant, Shrimp, Kelly Green, Lobelia, Petrol and Spring Green.

I looked at the original Spice of Life blanket and matched the colours as closely as I could. My eyes tell me that the Stylecraft colours are a lot more vivid and saturated than the Rico yarn (not that I’ve seen the Rico in real life).

I downloaded the free crochet pattern from Ravelry via Cherry Heart (one of my favourite blogs) and off I went. There were a couple of occasions where I went wrong, so had to do some unravelling. There were a couple of other mistakes that got left in. I am hoping that they go unnoticed.

I had to crochet in the car on the way to Southampton (about 2 hours from home). And I added the final row of the border at my mum’s house. I tried several times to get a good photo of the finished blanket, but the weather was grey to the extreme. Rainy, cloudy skies and one hundred year old windows did not help. Neither did dodgy camera skills.

A Finished Crochet Blanket!

The blanket is actually one of the brightest crochet projects I’ve ever made. I’m glad it was a present for some old people, their eyes are rubbish.

Take a look at a painting of my hands as they sew in the ends of the Spice of Life blanket. My artist friend is painting my portrait! I’m finding the process lots of fun. I’ve said she can paint me any way she wants. Unfortunately, that means she wants me to take my clothes off. That certainly isn’t going to happen in February. Too cold. Anyway, more about that another day.

This week, I’m trying out some very basic knitting next. Hone my skills and all that.

Really Easy Crochet Shawl: A Simple Granny Triangle Pattern.

January 20, 2016March 1, 2026crochet, free pattern67 Comments

Simple Granny Triangle Shawl. Really easy free pattern.

Triangle Granny Shawl

This cute triangle granny shawl is a really fast make, which I speedily churned out last week. It has turned out much nicer than I thought it would, I’m ever so pleased! It has also come at a very convenient time because as soon as the last end was sewn in, the temperature dropped, and it was literally freezing outside.

Whilst there are numerous Granny triangle shawl patterns already out there, I didn’t bother checking any out until after I’d started this one. It was mainly to see if I was doing it the way others did. Mostly I was, but I think they’re all unique in some way.

I’ll share what I did to crochet my triangle granny shawl here (with pictures), so if you want to make it, you can. It is an excellent beginner’s project and a fantastic yarn stash buster.

I started crocheting it on a Monday and finished it on a Friday. It was taken out with me when I went places, so I could pick it up and stitch a few rows here and there. Or I just plonked myself in front of the telly of a chilly night.

Yarn for a Granny Stitch Shawl

I’ve used Drops Lima, which is an Alpaca/wool mix double knit yarn. I fell in love with Drops when I squished a few balls of it in a shop in Nailsworth (just outside Stroud) last year. It was Karisma, which I went on to use in the Lilypad Fireplace blanket. For this triangle granny shawl, I used Drops Lima in the following: Off White (x5 balls) and one of each of Goldenrod (!), Powder Pink, Cerise, Pistachio, Grey Blue and Dark Blue. They come in 50 gram balls.

The pattern uses UK terms, but it really isn’t difficult to translate to US crochet speak. Essentially, a UK tr is a US dc.

I used a 4mm hook. The 3ch at the beginning of rows always counts as a first stitch.

And whilst you’re here, please feel free to look around. Have you checked out my other free crochet patterns?

Crochet Stitch Abbreviations:
ch= chain, ch-sp= chain space, dc= double crochet (US single), tr= treble crochet (US double), htr= half treble (US hdc).
ss= slip stitch, st= stitch, ^ = little arrow pointing upwards!

Granny Triangle Shawl Pattern

To begin, get yourself a slip knot and put it on your hook. You’ll need to do this for the colour changes too.

Ch4 and join with a ss to make a circle. (A magic circle might work better for this but I didn’t even think of doing it at the time!)

Row 1: Ch3 (remember that this counts as the first stitch!) [top left pic ^], 2tr into the circle, ch2, 3tr into the circle [top right pic ^], turn.

Row 2: Ch3 [bottom left pic ^], 2tr into the first st [bottom right pic ^], (3tr, ch2, 3tr) in centre ch-sp, 3tr in last st (top of the 3ch), turn.

Row 3: Ch3, 2tr into first st [right pic ^], 3tr in next sp between clusters, (3tr, ch2, 3tr) in centre ch-sp, 3tr in next sp, 3tr in last st, turn.

Continue as Row 3 until you’ve used all the main colour. Cut yarn and fasten off. I used 5x 50g balls.

It should look something like this ^.

For colour changes, make a slip knot with your chosen colour and attach to the top of the first st with a ss. Carry on as normal. I worked two rows of each colour. – Side note, feel free to change colour using your preferred method. I no longer change colour by securing with a slip knot. It’s still OK to do it like this though.

Crochet Scallop Edging

This is a very simple and pretty way to finish off your triangle granny shawl.

Attach the Powder Pink yarn.
Row 1: Ch3, work 1tr in the top of each stitch all the way along to the centre, (2tr, ch1, 2tr) in centre ch-sp, continue tr sts to end, turn.

Row 2: Ch3, 4tr in same st, *Miss 1 st, ss in the next, miss 1 st, 5tr in the next; Repeat from * to centre, 7tr in centre st, continue on your merry way until the end of the row. The last scallop of tr stitches is finished with a ss in the same st, which should hopefully be the last st of the row. Cut yarn and fasten off.

Back loops only for this row apart from the slip stitches.
Row 3: With the right side of the scallops facing you, attach Cerise. Ch2, htr in each tr st, ss in each ss to centre. For the middle scallop: work 1htr in each of the first two tr, 1tr in the next st, 3tr in the next (middle) st, 1tr in the next st, 1htr in each of the last two sts. Continue in pattern to end. Cut yarn and fasten off. Sew in your ends!

Crochet shawl. Ridiculously easy shawl pattern.

Blocking your crochet granny shawl may be a good idea at this stage, but as I’m incredibly lazy I haven’t bothered with it. It would definitely benefit the edging if it is particularly curly, but I think it adds to the scallopy effect.

And that is it! I feel like I’ve seen the word scallop a few too many times now, not sure I’m keen.

I’ve been wearing it like a scarf. Look! A crappy self-portrait. I chose this one for the Minecraft picture in the background. It wasn’t until afterwards that I cleaned the mirror. Wish I’d done my eyebrows.

When trying to take pictures, it takes twice as long when the cat wants to get involved.

I hope you like this granny pattern. Feel free to leave a comment or say hello! And check out my summery granny shawl here! Or, if you’re from the future and a few years have passed, check out my 4ply granny triangle granny shawl that is the best stash buster ever!

If you like this Granny Triangle Shawl, please feel free to check out some of my other Free Crochet Patterns. This is one of my first, eeek.

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A Super Quick Granny Square Blanket.

January 18, 2016March 1, 2026blanket, crochet23 Comments

This is my Itchy Fingers granny blanket. Between more purposeful crafting projects, I still want to have some crochet on the go. Otherwise, I get itchy fingers. Also, I want to experiment with what yarn I’ve got and see if clashy colours go together, stuff like that.

Crochet Granny Square Blanket for Itchy Fingers.

I’ve got a ridiculous amount of Stylecraft Special DK hidden in the cupboard under the stairs. I am determined to get my yarn stash down to whatever might be seen as an acceptable minimum. Just enough so I don’t get totally embarrassed when people see the mounds of yarn stuffed in that small space.

Clashing Colours For Granny Squares

I’ve no idea why I had half these colours in my yarn stash. Some of the shades are particularly lurid. Or maybe it’s just the specific combo I’ve forced them into. Denim and Plum look lovely most of the time, but I have managed to recreate the colour palette of a 1970’s vomitty shag pile. Actually, I quite like it.

Turn Your Granny Squares

I turned the granny square after each round to prevent the twist that sometimes occurs in granny squares.

I am not sure how I feel about mixing wrong sides with right. I am quite discriminating about the wrong side of crochet being on display, but people who don’t crochet don’t seem to notice that there are right/wrong sides. I guess I should let that particular misgiving go. It didn’t look so bad.

The full list of yarn colours, should you wish to make your own version of this granny blanket (not sure why you would) are as follows:

Pomegranate, Aspen, Spice, Denim, Apricot, Plum and Gold.

It has gone back in the cupboard under the stairs, where it takes up more room than the yarn did.

Next up, I’m crocheting a basic granny triangle shawl. I finished it on Friday, but I need to sort out the crochet pattern and write it down.

A wool shawl is super duper warm in this freezing weather. This morning I woke up to a flurry of “likes” on Instagram for the finished granny shawl. It brought a smile to my tired 5.40 am face.

Playing with My New Canon 600D!

January 14, 2016March 1, 2026crochet15 Comments

New Camera For Christmas

I got a new camera for Christmas! It is a Canon 600D SLR. I was exceedingly happy to receive it; it was a complete surprise and also something I really wanted. I had talked about it all year, but I didn’t think I’d actually get one! It’s not brand new, but whoever owned it before must have really looked after it because it’s so lovely and spanky.

So I’ve been playing around with my new (to me) DSLR. At this stage, I still haven’t plucked up the courage to read the manual. I’m using the excuse that it’ll be full of gobbledegook that I don’t get. I know nothing about real cameras.

I have managed to turn it on, and Husband has pointed out what a couple of the dials and buttons do (he did a photography module at university). When I first got it, I didn’t even know how to put the lens cap on, and I still don’t know what “aperture” means.

Learning To Use My Camera

I’ve been playing with the manual settings because the auto function flashes at everything. I’ll find out how to switch that off. What a twonk, it sounds pathetic. Before the end of the year, I will be a super expert, and then I’ll stamp down on my current self in great shame and anger.

I find the lighting confusing, too. I know the dial which lets more light in or reduces it, and that’s helped for some of the macro shots I’ve tried. The two pictures above were taken about an hour apart. By the time I’d taken the second picture, the sun had started to come round to the front of the house, and whilst neither of the photos is anywhere near perfect, you can see the sun’s glow changes the image. Anyway, I shan’t discuss it more for fear of sounding like a fool. Practice practice blah blah.

Ladybird Books. The collection so far...

Trying To Learn How To Use a DSLR

Excitedly, I went round the house taking pictures of things (whilst Toddler was at his very first pre-school session!). The Ladybird books are on the other side of the house, so I twiddled the dial to let in more light, but the picture is still not crispy. I can’t work out how to get it done right. Is it the light or my trouble with the focus? Or something else? Er, I dunno. Yet. But I will find out.

Lego Close Ups

Another place in the house. Lego. Lots of Lego.

The first weekend of the year was spent playing with all the Lego. The eldest boy and Daddy found some X-Wing instructions online and spent hours and hours building a hotchpotch Star Wars starfighter! I know with absolute certainty that Eldest is very pleased with it. I know this because it is still intact. No Lego builds ever stay together for this long.

Anyway, that is what I got up to yesterday. Onwards and upwards and all that. Now to understand the instructions, more about composition, and how to basically take a good photograph with my DSLR!

January Crochet

January 8, 2016February 28, 2026blanket, crochet13 Comments

New Start For January

As soon as I’d completed all my Christmas gift makes, I thought maybe I should take a crafty break. I wanted to read all the books I haven’t read because I’ve been doing crochet or sewing. Well, I couldn’t just stop, that would be daft. But I read a book last week and finished one the week before, so at least I’ve managed to mix it up a bit.

I got a new bag for Christmas! I’ve been saying it’s a jelly bag. I think that’s what they’re called. It’s no good for crochet hooks, but it looks good. I had one when I was little. My new jelly bag is holding my latest project. It’s a bog standard granny square blanket. It’s one of many recent baby blankets that are helping to use up my yarn stash. The colours are an odd mix, but hopefully someone will like them together.

Using Up Yarn, Old & New

Once I’ve finished the big granny square blanket, I will be moving on to a crochet shawl. Nothing fancy, I’m thinking a plain granny triangle. I’ve got Drops Lima, which I think is the DK version of Drops Nepal. The colours and feel are very similar. I bought it because it was on sale.

I’ve also gathered what I need to make a Spice of Life blanket. I’m going to use Stylecraft Special, and I’ve tried to match the colours of the Rico stuff that is used in the original pattern. Mostly, I had this hidden in the cupboard already. I’m getting concerned about how much surplus wool I have (at least I’m trying to reduce it).

Corner-to-Corner Blanket

I finished another blanket at some point after Christmas. A corner-to-corner blanket. I just googled Corner to Corner crochet blanket and chose a free Ravelry download.

I used Sirdar Snuggly Baby Bamboo DK in Pixie green and a mustard colour, which doesn’t have a name on the label. This stuff does not go far, so once the green was gone, I needed to add the big mustard border to get it to a decent size. Originally, it was going to be two baby blankets, but now it’s one! I had enough green to add (UK) dc’s all the way around the edge to create a neat foundation for the border.

The border is just a load of (UK) trebles and a scalloped edge. Each scallop has 5 UK tr stitches with 7 tr stitches for the corners. It’s very drapey and has a good weight to it. I really quite like it.

Lastly, for the rest of this week, there is a chance that I might also try and remember how to knit. It hasn’t gone well so far. I can’t remember if I ever knew how to actually cast on. I think Nanna always did that for me, and then would pass me the needles to do the rest. I should sort that out.

Things I Made in December

January 4, 2016February 28, 2026amigurumi, crochet, sewing32 Comments

Better late than never, here are some of the Christmas gifts I made. Not all of them, I didn’t take pictures of everything. These are the handmade things I thought I should record as they’re all firsts.

Amigurumi Zebra

This stripey zebra was finished on Christmas Eve. I spent a long time on him, mostly in little bursts because, like an old lady, I couldn’t work with the black yarn in the dark. And it was always dark in December.

Many hours later…. I think I did an acceptable job.

Little toddler fingers had smudged the camera lense and I didn’t notice until much later.

I followed Elisabeth Doherty’s pattern from her Amigurumi book. The pattern is for a fawn which is surrounded by other ami patterns (although I don’t fancy making a crochet burger really). However, I know that the fawn pattern can be bought on its own on Etsy and maybe Ravelry as a pdf. I’m sure it was the last time I looked.

The back legs twisted too much so that the knees are wrongly placed. I didn’t say anything, and I don’t think the recipient will notice. She’s only two.

Little Crochet Cardigan

I made a little crochet cardi. Super speedy it was. The pattern is from Simply Crochet Magazine, issue 32. I was very good and bought the recommended wool, Drops Nepal. I chose slightly different colours, but mostly I stuck to the recipe.

I had pink yarn leftover, so instead of a ribbon tie, I made a crochet one. It might be a bit bulky, which is probably the reason why the pattern goes for actual ribbon.

It’s worked from the top down with granny clusters, and it’s for my niece.

I’m not sure what to do with the leftovers; only a small amount of the yoke colours are needed. Ohh, pompoms?!

Crochet Doily For Nanna

Nanna and Grandad got a doily for Christmas. I used DMC Natura Just Cotton in Dk. The pattern is from Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts: Lacy Crochet. I didn’t do a particularly neat job of blocking it as I ran out of ironing board. My Nanna was pleased as she said it can replace the doily her mother had made her (it is falling apart). I don’t know how old that one is, but she told me that her mother died in 1976.

Handmade Coraline

And here is Coraline. She’s quite a big doll. Whilst not perfect, I am proud of her as I made her up totally from my head. All of it. Including the pattern for the coat, which only bloody well fit the first time! Dead pleased. But not completely over the moon. I want to make her again to sort out all the tweaks that are required.

Her head and neck shape is wrong, which in turn has messed up her face. And I was afraid to press her clothes in case the felt fabric melted. Neatness has been sacrificed.

She also needed an emergency operation on her ears because they were dreadful. I so know what I’d do to make them better, but I ran out of fabric and time.

They are supposed to poke through her hair, and that, they do

It is a huge relief to have ticked these handmade Christmas gifts off my list. I have a perkier list for January, which pretty much includes making stuff solely for me!

Rushiest Blog Post Ever.

December 23, 2015February 28, 2026crochet9 Comments

Tomorrow, I estimate that I have about four hours to finish two incomplete craft projects and begin two new ones. I am not sure that I can do it. Sadly, this probably means my Walking Dead crochet blanket won’t get a look in. We only have three episodes of season 4 left to go, and I could so finish it, but alas, I must prioritise.

Doily for Nanna, unfinished. I’m on the last round and it needs blocking.

Very special dolly. Mostly done. Just need to sort out her hair.

The “I hate you zebra”. I managed to put off making this for approximately three years. Its time is now. Fiddly, piddly, and it just takes too blinkin long.

And there are two other things I haven’t even started!Swear words ensue.

Nevertheless, I am mega excited that Christmas is here and I am looking forward to all of it. Happy Christmas. x

Ho Ho Ho! It’s Nearly Christmas…

December 16, 2015February 28, 2026crochet11 Comments

Handmade Christmas

Unfortunately, there are some things I can’t show as they will be Christmas gifts, and then there is also the loss of any crafty oomph. I just can’t be bothered. Meh. However, I have decked the halls in greenery, which is something. It feels lovely and festive.

Christmas Tree Decorations

For the first time in twelve years, we have a real Christmas tree!! We were sick to death of the stupid plastic one. Didn’t like it to begin with. The smell of this year’s choice is totally awesome. We went to Cotley Farm in Whimple and within minutes, had picked out this one. We got it home and found that it was too tall, so off with its head. We didn’t mean to get such a big tree, but it obviously wanted to get in our car and come back home with us.

I bought some teeny painted toadstools. They are my delightful decorations for this year. I like to get something new every year, but we are becoming overloaded with Christmas decorations and are having to be more selective about what goes on the branches. Not such a bad thing. And it didn’t stop me from buying some cute little robins on sale yesterday.

We finished Eldest boy’s felt gingerbread man, too. He got bored after a few minutes, so I helped. He tried very hard.

His effort last year is what inspired my felt elf boot decorations this year. He randomly cut a boot shape, and we stitched it together. The other boy is being naughty, riding his bike indoors. With wellies on!

More Christmas Crafts

I still need to write out my Christmas cards. Not sure if I’ve made enough. I might have to print some more. Stamping with gold paint was satisfying yet messy. I got a lino cutting kit last Christmas and am putting it to use this Christmas.

Sewing A Coraline Doll

A glimpse of one of the bigger crafting projects of the week. I’ve been doing little bits of many projects rather than sticking to one and completing it. Therefore, this lady has no face and has only just gained blue hair and a yellow coat. I am a big procrastinator. I know what I should be doing, but I’d rather read my book. Or fart about online.

So, the general mood of the week is, pffft. I’ll stick my face in the Christmas tree in a minute, to give myself a boost. I might be around next week, I’m not sure. I guess it depends on whether I get my craft on good and proper.