I need this gif again:
I haven't blogged since Easter. So much has happened, but most of it has been pretty dull and to do with work, so I won't go into details. The kitchen is completely done, bar a few shelves, and most of my STUFF is back from storage, although there's still a lot of fabric languishing in the unit, waiting for me to get around to it. I've made lots of things:
a jumper for Hattie,
two identical dresses for the girls for the May Day celebrations at a local tennis club,
a Bettine dress for me,
a plain, dull white tee shirt for me (and cut out a slightly more exciting turquoise one)
and a jumper for my nephew. It's all go.
I also participated in MeMadeMay2016, but lost the will to photograph myself daily, so didn't. I do wear handmade clothes all the time, and using May as a way to work out what I'm missing in the wardrobe, and it turns out that I need more plain stuff. I've got a denim skirt cut out waiting for me to get on to it, and some more plain tee shirts, and some more things planned as well.
As far as knitting goes, the Audrey in Unst cardigan is MUCH MUCH TOO BIG, which is a combination of exciting and frustrating, so I am torn between wanting to finish it and give it away, or ripping back several hundred hours of my time and reclaiming the wool. The wool is nice, but not that nice, so I think I'm going to finish it up and try it on and see. It's hard to second guess the size, and it's too big over my running stuff, but might be OK over something else. We'll see.
I've run, walked and cycled nearly 200 km in May, which is extraordinary, and I'm very pleased with myself. I bought some new trainers which gave me sore feet and the terrible grumps, until I replaced the inner soles with Foot Balance massively overpriced, but simultaneously well worth it ones, and ran up a hill without stopping yesterday.
We've been all over the place in April and May - we went down to the Isle of Wight to watch a friend run around part of the island, and Simon and I have been in Chichester watching a VERY MUCH OF ITS TIME musical version of Travels with my Aunt (which is a kind review, as it is a new musical, reflecting the values of 1969) (I really enjoyed the frocks, the shoes, the singing, the dancing and the jokes, the Sierra Leonian accent, not so much) but it was good to go and see it; we've had two teenagers living with us for a few days, which has been an education, and I've drunk an awful lot of gin.
There is no more to say.
I haven't blogged since Easter. So much has happened, but most of it has been pretty dull and to do with work, so I won't go into details. The kitchen is completely done, bar a few shelves, and most of my STUFF is back from storage, although there's still a lot of fabric languishing in the unit, waiting for me to get around to it. I've made lots of things:
a jumper for Hattie,
two identical dresses for the girls for the May Day celebrations at a local tennis club,
a Bettine dress for me,
a plain, dull white tee shirt for me (and cut out a slightly more exciting turquoise one)
and a jumper for my nephew. It's all go.
I also participated in MeMadeMay2016, but lost the will to photograph myself daily, so didn't. I do wear handmade clothes all the time, and using May as a way to work out what I'm missing in the wardrobe, and it turns out that I need more plain stuff. I've got a denim skirt cut out waiting for me to get on to it, and some more plain tee shirts, and some more things planned as well.
As far as knitting goes, the Audrey in Unst cardigan is MUCH MUCH TOO BIG, which is a combination of exciting and frustrating, so I am torn between wanting to finish it and give it away, or ripping back several hundred hours of my time and reclaiming the wool. The wool is nice, but not that nice, so I think I'm going to finish it up and try it on and see. It's hard to second guess the size, and it's too big over my running stuff, but might be OK over something else. We'll see.
I've run, walked and cycled nearly 200 km in May, which is extraordinary, and I'm very pleased with myself. I bought some new trainers which gave me sore feet and the terrible grumps, until I replaced the inner soles with Foot Balance massively overpriced, but simultaneously well worth it ones, and ran up a hill without stopping yesterday.
We've been all over the place in April and May - we went down to the Isle of Wight to watch a friend run around part of the island, and Simon and I have been in Chichester watching a VERY MUCH OF ITS TIME musical version of Travels with my Aunt (which is a kind review, as it is a new musical, reflecting the values of 1969) (I really enjoyed the frocks, the shoes, the singing, the dancing and the jokes, the Sierra Leonian accent, not so much) but it was good to go and see it; we've had two teenagers living with us for a few days, which has been an education, and I've drunk an awful lot of gin.
There is no more to say.
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