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Hi everyone!

 

(Hi Dr Nick! – can you tell I’ve been watching old Simpsons episodes?)

I’ve not been blogging for a while because, well my life has been pretty boring! Project monogamy, work and feeling run down isn’t the best blog combination. I’ve got plenty of drafts saved on here where I’ve just not had the brain power to finish them; does anyone else have days like that or is it just me?

I’ve now finished the project monogamy and it’s laid out on my spare bedroom floor. There’s a fan going and the curtains open so hopefully it will dry within a few days and I’ll be able to share it with you then. It won’t be an F.O Friday post because on Friday I’m off to a friends house ready for Wonderwool!

You may have also noticed a name change, and a blog url change. I felt it really was time for something a bit different, that expresses my love of all things craft related and obviously my rats! I’ve had a hard time letting go of my old username, it was my online presence for nearly 10 years. I think this one is a much better fit. I even made a new temporary banner!

As I have no photos of my own to share today I’m going to show some from Ravelry that other people have photographed. These are all thing I’m planning on maybe buying wool for next weekend. It probably isn’t in my budget to afford all of it, but having multiple choice gives me much more of an option and stops me coming home with just sock yarn – which is great but limits my choices a bit.

1. Celestrium; It’s a KNITTED STAR CHART need I say more? I have some really nice amber coloured beads lined up for this, and I think I’ll knit the pattern without the Y.O eyelets. I liked the concept of this, and then I saw it in real life and knew I had to make it.

2. Ranger – Rhys has been begging me for this for ages. He wants it in a very similar colour too. If not I have some grey merino that I bought at Wonderwool last year that would be a great fit for this.

3. Circle of Life Shawl– for an in my dreams wedding shawl. If I start now by the time we have money to get married I should have finished it right?

4.   Alpine Shawl (DK234) – Catchy name isn’t it? Again something someone was crocheting at the London meet up and I had to queue.

See you all later on today (because I forgot to hit publish last night –oops!) For the 4th Annual knitting and crochet blog week! This year will be my second, and although I’m under tighter time constraints than last year when I wasn’t working I still want to take part.

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