Diversions

Not a lot of crochet has been done this past week.  I have been lured away from it by the garden and the urge to do spring cleaning, which in turn has led me to change around my lounge!  

The plants are growing so fast and there is so much to do in the vegetable garden that I have been outside whenever the changeable spring weather allows.  Also for some reason  I had the urge to give the house a purge of clutter and that leads to cleaning and now I have all rooms sparkling clean except for the laundry which I hope to do today.  The lounge I decided to change around and have also decided that it needs the walls painted so yesterday I got some test pots and now have patches of different colours on the walls! I have decided on a warm light grey.  I probably wont get to painting it  for a few weeks as a friend will help me and she's not free for a few weeks. Meanwhile I will do all the preparation, washing down the walls and sanding the woodwork and any undercoat.

I do have a finish to show you the Wispweave by Julia Hart.

 I did start another doily, this time one by Grace Fearon called Orion, I splashed out and bought an e-book of seven of her designs.  I love her designs as they are heavily textured. 

 I am using Scheepjes Sugar Rush, normally I would use a size 1.75mm hook but I had to change it up to size 2mm hook as my work was too tight. I hope to finish it this week as I find that a round can be accomplished while I am having a coffee break. So I need 15 coffee breaks, LOL.

I only manage a couple of rounds of Sacred Space and  a few rounds of B(lu)e  Happy cal. Looking out the window (its 7.30am Monday morning as I write this post) the weather looks very murky, so I have decided to devote today to crochet. and I think Wednesday is meant to be raining too.  So some crochet will be done without the garden calling out to me.

I have just taken a photo of the view I look at when I am sitting at my work table.  That is another diversion, I am surrounded my so many trees that I while away a lot of time by watching the birds, so very fortunate that I have a lot of native birds (Tui, Wax Eyes, Fantails) as well as the usual Garden birds.  

 Don't worry about the spots, its not snow, it that I need to clean my windows!

Well that is it for another week, this post is linked to the Year of Projects group  on Ravelry, click on image below to visit other yarnies.

New Starts

I think I have a case of 'startitis'. Over the last week or so I have started  2 new projects.  It wouldn't really matter but, I started blogging again to help me get my pile of wip's down!  Instead it is growing rapidly, LOL. Being a ctive again on Ravelry has put a lot of temptations my way. So I have decided to go with the flow, they all will get finished one day.

New Start No 1

 For a long time I have admired the patterns of Jen Tyler, however as they looked very complex I shied away from taking part in her Cals.  She has a current Cal called Golden Tea Block, a part of a series of mix and match of 4 blocks and extensions.  I want to make 3 cushions (pillows) for my lounge, and decided that the Hibiscus Block would be a good start, it is the 2nd block in her series. The pattern is addictive and quite challenging, it is certainly keeping me on my toes.  Luckily she has videos for all her patterns, which is a great help.

New Start No 2 

This block is the central block for the B(lu)e Happy CAL by Ineke Mooijenkind.  It is in its 3rd week, so probably wont catch up.  However as it is for a birthday gift for a friend in early December, I wont be far behind. She adores pinks and purples and no she isnt a young girl but well into her 80's!

I have been plugging away on the Sacred Spice Afghan, and hopefully will have finished squaring it up by next week. 

This post is part of the Year of Projects Group on Ravelry, head on over there to see what fellow yarnies have been up to.

 Have a great week and thank you for visiting.