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The newest addition to the household
It is so nice to have a multi cat household again. I’m not planning on expanding beyond two, but they seem a lot happier than Emma was as a solitary kitten.
This time next week I’ll be deep in Nanowrimo.
As usual I’m both looking forward to it as well as being rather scared! I really have no idea how I’ll do this year.
The problem with taking a break from weekly postings is that well, as you can see, you can end up just not posting at all.
Lots of stuff has happened since February, firstly some very sad news.
I’m not the kind of person who can live in a house without any cats so I took on a kitten. Her original owners weren’t able to keep her because their little boy was allergic to her. I’ve called her Billie, after Billie Holiday, and she’s currently trying to destroy my house. But she is very, very cute.
Last month I had to build a new PC because my old one, which had kindly been given to me by a friend a couple of years ago, decided it wasn’t very happy. So I ordered some parts and a really ugly tower case and built a new one. At the moment I’m hoping to slowly add new things to it. This month I doubled the memory to 8 gig. I’m hoping to give it a graphics upgrade next month.
Think I’ll try posting every Monday again for a little while…
I blogged for the very first time.
It’s still rather strange to think of old Space Craft is. Scifiville is even older, I bought the domain back in June 2000.
So I’ve made some new aquistions
I picked this up in my local Aldi for about £2.50 I think.
It contains this assortment of various sewing thingies
Perfect if you’re like me and have to have more than three of everything. 
I’ve had the same pair of fabric scissors for thirteen years and unfortunately they had an untimely death recently. But really, I probably should have replaced them earlier.
I bought these at the same time as the sewing tin and I have no idea how good they’ll be.
I’m visiting Helen this weekend and as well looking forward to seeing her my thoughts are also turning to which knitting project I’ll check with me. I’ll probably elect for something fairly simple and mindless. But the dilemma is whether is to start something new or take an existing project. I’ve not yet decided…
So, this time last year I pledged to blog every Monday for a year. Why? Well, because my blogging had pretty much dried up. The last few years had come and gone with only a few posts to show for them. So to herald the eleventh year of this blog – yes, that’s right eleven years, I thought I would see if I could commit to writing another 52 entries.
I’ve been strict and I’ve held to it although it’s been difficult at times. Some Mondays I’ve only just managed to get the post up before midnight….
It can also be hard to generate the energy for writing. Content can also be a problem. This is primarily a crafty blog but, like everyone else, I go through periods where I’m just not doing anything crafty. That can be for a whole raft of reasons, I might just be busy with something else like my garden or decorating a room. With gardening I can take a photo and I guess I could of the room but that green paint stubbornly refuses to allow itself to be captured in pixels.
So this week I’ve been moving furniture back into my bedroom, sorting through old clothes, reading, going to the cinema and watching tv. Oh and of course working at my dayjob. I’ve looked longingly at my knitting several times but haven’t knit a stitch.
The things that I want to work on are these two cabled Ysolda berets. Both of them have been WiPs for a few years.
So hopefully I’ll be able to sit down and work a few rows on one soon.
Now that my Monday blogging challenge is at an end I probably won’t be blogging every week. I think I’ll only blog if I have something that I feel is blog worthy. I say that but I may feel differently next Monday, I may still blog then. Time will tell.
Meanwhile the indoor hyacinths are starting to bloom.
I’ve been thinking a bit more about finishing off old half started projects.
This Onnen Cowl has been on the needles for a little while
and in a variety of yarns. This time it’s in Fyberspates Scrumptious Chunky. It could get finished soon. But I also have a hankering to return to my Rose Red.
But my next project will be a bit of a clearout. The decorating of my bedroom is nearly complete. The ceiling is white and the walls are this colour.
Soon I’ll be able to put my furniture back and then I’ll have a big sort out of clothes and jewellery. I also have to sort out some curtains and install a curtain pole. That might go on the back burner for a little while though…
Very quick post today as unfortunately I’m not well at the moment. Hence the absence of crafty activities to document.
You might have heard that we had a lot of snow in South Wales on Friday. I’m not a big fan of snow and neither is Emma.
So here’s a pic of Emma disliking the snow
You can see just how far she got from the paw prints in the snow! As I type Emma’s hanging out on the radiator. One of her favourite places in the world. And there’s no snow on it.
Meanwhile, why don’t you check out The Scrumptious Collection Volume 2 by Fyberspates? 9 stunning patterns which you can order now.
Sometimes I take on too much. In this instance it was decorating & trying to take part in the 30 minute challenge.
No sewing has happened this week. Not a jot. Not even a pattern cut out.
But I have finished one thing.
My owl hat modelled by the lovely Nefertiti
And a close up of the pattern.
It’s the 4th one I’ve made in the past month or so but this one is purely for me. It’s a bit of a style departure for me since I usually wear berets to death rather than a close fitting hat. But with the cold weather settling in, I think I’ll need it.
The first post of 2013 and I’m looking ahead to taking part in Cake Pattern’s Tiramisu 30 Minutes Sewalong. It starts tomorrow
I seem to start a lot of dress patterns and then become busy or distracted by something else but the sewalong is perfect as setting aside thirty minutes a day for it is so doable. Everything’s done through Pinterest, there’s an enormous group of people all making it and what’s even better is that Steph, the creator is at hand to answer any questions that you might have. So it’s going to be a very supportive environment in which to make the dress.
All I have to do now is locate the fabric I mean to use for the dress. It’s in my craft room somewhere… Oh, I’m also in the middle of preparations before I start to decorate my bedroom – it’ll be brilliant white and apple green. There’s a few layers of wallpaper to remove first but it’s coming along.
I was lucky enough to have some yarn amongst my Xmas presents this year
Two skeins of sock yarn from my lovely friend Helen.
She also gave me some beautiful stitch markers
I’ve deployed one already
The picture isn’t as clear as I’d like, taken with a daylight bulb as it’s so dark these days, but this is last week’s project still in progress. It’s an Owl Hat by Ruthie Nussbaum, this time for me. I made three of these this year all in different yarn for friends. I haven’t decided yet if I’m going to give the owls button eyes.
After Xmas of course comes the sales. Normally I hate going to town for the sales as it’s so busy. But I waited and was rewarded by being able to find these Glitter Birds in Paperchase for half price. So pleased that I didn’t give in and buy some before Xmas.
Of course I particularly like the turquoise one…
I also picked up two of these lovely cups and saucers today. They’re slightly more vivid in real life.
I hope that you all have a fantastic 2013!
I’m so glad that my Christmas gift knitting is over. It was really up to the wire and I won’t be doing that again!
I can’t tell you what I knit as some friends have yet to open their presents but I did start knitting myself one on Sunday night
All I can say is that I’m making it in Cascade 220 Worsted yarn
It’s cold so Emma has been hanging out by the radiator. She doesn’t understand that now she’s four she’s a lot bigger than she was as a kitten and can’t drape herself across it as she used to. She’s convinced that she’s still exactly the right size for it. I’ve tried getting her to use one of those radiator hanging beds but she insists that she hates them and they’re not the same as her draping. So there.
Merry Xmas, everyone.