Currently working on

Let me take you on a quick tour of my current craft projects.

“What’s this? Knitting purple again. Looks remarkably similar to the last piece you were knitting.”

 

{looks down. fidgets feet.}

Erm. Well. It is similar. Very similar. The thing is, easy mistake, I over ordered wool when I was knitting the Boy’s hoodie. Not much. Just twice as much as I needed. Sigh. The pattern required three 100g balls of wool. The wool came in 100g balls, yet somehow I ordered six. Who knows what I was thinking.

Anyway, I agreed to knit another hoodie. Slightly bigger this time for another member of the family. Requiring extra wool, which I ordered very carefully this time.

I’m grabbing time in the evening. It’s a simple pattern, perfect to do while watching TV. I should make good progress on this one.

“What’s this? Still working on your navy skirt? Thought you would have finished it by now.”

 

{Me, too.}

I really should be wearing it. Several times this week, I’ve wished it was ready. The problem is the light. The days are drawing in giving less crafting time to sew in daylight, after work. Handsewing a dark colour in the evening is challenging, to say the least. I much prefer natural light, so it’s taking a bit longer. When all said and done, I’d prefer to do it right rather than rushing it.

“Ok. Why are you showing us a dirty stool? I see no reason to smile? Is this going on the fire?”

 

{continues to grin}

Hope not. This is my next project. We needed a piano stool and I found one locally for free, this week. It appears to have had a recent fight with a printer cartridge and lost. Although, in all fairness, I didn’t see what happened to the printer cartridge, so the stool may have won. All before we picked it up.

Must be recent as the ink is still wet. I made the mistake of picking it up by the leg with the ink pool at the top. I then had to negotiate getting it into my husband’s car without transfering the ink from my hand or the stool. I think I managed it. Did I say, my husband wasn’t quite as thrilled as I was about the stool?

I hope no-one sits on it.

At least it forces my hand, so to speak. I’ll clean it up and rip off the seat. Then paint, repad and recover the top. Soon my little pianists will have a stool to sit on rather than lugging over a chair every time they want to practise.

No excuses not to practise.

Here ends my tour. Hopefully I’ll have a bit more progress to show next time.

So what have you been up to?