Crafty Little Rat

More of a Crochet update than a knitting update unfortunately. I learned to crochet about 2 months ago now through the wonders of Youtube. A month ago my new (shiny!) LYS started offering a learn to crochet course and I'm really glad I went because it confirmed that what the internet taught me was right. I am far more of a visual in person learner than I am an online one. I am, excuse the pun HOOKED! it's great fun and has such great uses and is so much faster a lot of the time than knitting. A week ago I thought "I want to make my Gran a blanket for her 80th birthday!" This project took me just a week. It measures 30.5 inches square and is incredibly light due to the 3 or 4 ply yarn used to make it and a 4.25 mm Boye hook.. My parents and Uncle and Aunt have paid for her to go on a bus trip holiday to Yorkshire, and even though she's going in July this should be light enough for her to take with her if she needs it in her suitcase. All in all for a week it...

At least one room in the house is now sorted. My apologies that it's still a little messy in here, especially the coffee table and the spare sofa (which is an Ikea Solasta that becomes a Sofa Bed) but exam revision has taken over from unpacking and the tidying is all being left to the wonderful Dragonboy who is working a full 40 hours a week currently. This is the view from our door. Ludlow's cage is down to the left and Attie on the right of the sofa bed. This is the left hand side of the room from the door. You can just see Dragonboys desk and my (very messy!) sofa. I am trying to be far better about what stays on the sofa. It's often been piles and piles of coursework in previous houses. Not so good to turf off when people want to sit down. See what I mean about messy! It is nice though to have a set up where I can chat to Rhys and he's not over the other side of the room like he was in the old flat! Me and Dragon boy have been together for 3.5 years no...

The newest member to the McHammington family, little Atticus (after Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mocking Bird). We picked him up in January and he's a little love bug. I'm waiting on my camera charger to arrive as my old one got lost in the move, when it turns up I have a LOT of knitting, house and even some Crochet news for you all!