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Spring Fling

 

Ahh, it’s the first day of a 4 day weekend for me and I’m looking forward to it immensely. Last night I went out with work colleagues, as seems to be the Maundy Thursday tradition in the Civil Service. I thoroughly enjoyed myself, though felt quite drunk after 3 pints of Cider and a Gin and Tonic! Luckily I woke up today early (around 7) and without a headache.

I never used to be a morning person, but there is something to be said about waking up and having the whole day in front of you; throwing open the curtains and letting the light and breeze in and blasting the Radio.

So far this morning I’ve brought my wheel down for a bit of TLC, found a notebook to plan my Knitting and Crochet Blog Week posts in and knitted a few rounds on a pair of socks. After I’ve finished typing this I’m going to have a sort out of the TV unit which contains our DVDs and Games and maybe make a start on my Bookshelf – which seems to have become a dumping ground for everything by my fella – even though he doesn’t read!

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I have some F.O’s to show today. This is a jacket for my Mum’s Teacher, a present for Easter. My Mum saw my light blue feather and fan jacket I made over Christmas and requested one for her Teacher who loves to wear similar things. My mum is a teaching assistant in a school and it’s tradition to get a little gift for those you work with at Christmas, Easter and the end of the year. This is knitted in King Cole Smooth DK; which has a lovely drape and very even stitches, especially as it’s a 100% acrylic yarn.

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This has a little story behind it. We went out for a Hen-Do to a popular Mexian chain restaurant. We’d finished our mains when a little Mouse came running out from under the table! I made this for the Hen, Eduardo the little Mexican Mouse. The pattern is Toe-Rag the Tube mouse (free!). His little Sombrero is crochet and his Poncho is kind of a mitred square. I had to change the ears as they were too big to fit under his hat. He now sits on the bride-to-be’s desk; although she did mention she wants to use him as a cat toy! (Eep!)

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Lastly I finished my Celestarium the other week. I’m really hoping to get some better Photographs of this when I go to Wonderwool next week; as these were taken indoors after blocking (bellow) and during blocking (on my kitchen floor!)

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For me this was definitely a product knit rather than a process one; by the end the rows were very long, with not a lot of action every chart. Luckily this meant I could work on it when I had a horrible head cold, but I was very glad to get it off the needles. I’ve never worn a shawl before, and didn’t really see myself as a shawl person, but I’ve worn this several times since casting off and I can’t wait to cast on my next shawl and go shopping for more shawl yarn at Wonderwool!

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More cleaning and organising is calling my name! I really miss blogging, and I really hope to carve out some time to do more of it in the future, even if it is just a picture and a few short words.

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