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Crafty Little Rat Podcast - Episode 17!

Look Ma! Shownotes.

This week, just to be extra blooming fancy you get a photograph in the middle AND some at the end, with music and transitions! Maybe don't get too used to it, I'm still a bit of a rubbish podcaster!

FO Frenzy

1) Flight Of The Owl Shawl - Heather Anderson

Midwinter Yarns - Lithuanian Linen in Mouse 155g 762 yards

3.0mm needles

Previously shown on the podcast but not when it was blocked.

2) Lightning Strike Hat - Mina Philipp

Stylecraft Swift Knit Tweed 3114 Orkney. 180g 112 yards

9.0mm needles

3) Rhys' House Socks - Own Pattern.

Stylecraft Special Effects 1802 Foxtrot 90g 269 yards. 3.0mm needles

4) Lolli Shawl - Own Pattern

Conway + Bliss Lolli 61010 Slush - 150g 360 yards. 5.0mm needles

5) African Flower Blanket - Own/Heidi Bears/ Cyprus Textiles (half hexi)

Stylecraft Special DK - Duckegg 700g

50g of Grass, Pistachio, Mustard, Cypress, Lobelia, Kelly Green, Fuscia, Boysenberry, Empire and Tomato.

5.0mm Hook - 3863 yards in total!

You're still working on that?

1) Linus on the Line - Midwinter Yarns 4.0mm needle

Ullcentrum 2ply Sport. 1 skein Sky Pink, 1 skein Sky Turquoise

2) Aisling - Justyna Lorkowska 3.5mm needle

Ocean Park Yarns Classic Sock - Neon Splattered

RainCity Knits Super Sock - Bright Aqua

In A Spin

Finished! Milk Protein Fibre. 50g, 181 meters.

Current spin "Wool" fibre

Ooh Shiney!

"Wool" and 2 new bobbins.

Woolcraft Superwash Sock - colourway 46

Manos Del Uruguay Alegria colourway Atlantica

Yan Tan Tethera Peddero Twist Colourway Winter Beach

Other things mentioned!

St Fagans

Comments

UFYL Day 3-

Yesterday was a day off because I worked all day. The idea is to get the house to a stage where 20 mins a day in the dedicated room will do it; but we are not yet at that stage so I had a day off. OH did some laundry and attempted to scrub at a mould stain. Today- Bathroom, Spare Room and Cupboard Under the stairs. Bathroom: Before So to start off with grout got scrubbed. See the little white patch in the before? That was where I’d attacked it with baking soda about a week ago. As a result the bathroom was clean-ish but horribly cluttered. I got rid of any bottles that we didn’t use anymore, any face cloths that were damaged because they hadn’t been washed in a while (Note to self, next paycheck buy new ones- Ebay?) and just generally sorted. All surfaces got wiped down including the outside of the toilet bowl, the stem of the sink, the pipes behind the loo, the outside of the bath and the skirting boards. Emptied the bin, removed that POS “organiser” from around the stem

Sad week

We’re not having a very good week here in Gloucester. Sunday I was poorly and had to phone into work sick (I’m much better now) and then on Monday we had to have our oldest hamster put to sleep. He’d been going downhill for the last few days, and when I got home from work on Monday, it wasn’t good, so the kindest thing to do was take him and have him humanely put to sleep, it would only have been a few hours if we’d have left him naturally anyway- best to put him out of his suffering. So then the next day we went back with Rommie the rat. She’s been having real trouble with balance, and she’s got so skinny even though she’s eating. The vet thinks she’s blind, and that it may be a brain tumour or an abscess on her brain. The only way to tell would be an MRI, and the best that could tell us is that there was something there; with a cat or dog there would be options but she’s a small animal and she’s old- Plus at the moment I wouldn’t be convinced that she’d make it through the anaes

YOP- Week 3

I must say this last week I’ve been bad! I’ve worked on my YOP items a little, but got seduced by those sweet little owl mitts that were in last weeks F.O Friday post. That combined with sadness and commission knitting means I’ve only got a few rows done on my never ending Granny. The end though is within sight; the second balls of each colour seem to be going down very quickly. I’m still undecided if I’ll need a third ball of each colour; though that would mean buying yarn- and having to order off the internet; and may end up playing the “Oh no, that colour was discontinued!” game- which is no fun. I’m thinking if I have to order I’ll get one more ball in each colour, plus one in a cream/brown/beige to go round the edge in to fully finish off the blanket. After 3 weeks I hoped my Done list would be better than this. Woah, that’s pathetic! Done! Teapot Cosy (Ravellenic Games entry) Things that must be done before other things Durrow (WIP- Needs sleeves and a neck edging) Never

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