I've wanted to try knitting with the yarn that makes things frilly for a long time and finally bought myself some last week. It's very clever, it comes as a kind of tape that you have to stretch as you knit through the top edge of it. It's very pretty too - I love the colours on this one. However, knitting with it is so DULL! After the first couple of days of wonderment at how it turns into a frothy delight, then it gets very tedious indeed as it is a slow process. Luckily, this is now within a whisker of being finished.
Something that is not dull is sewing small felt brussels sprouts. I was asked to come up with the design, and once that was approved, I now have to make a bunch of them. Yesterday afternoon was spent very enjoyably with a cup of tea, Danish pastry, Jurassic Park on the telly and quietly cutting out all the pieces I will need. Much better than trying to make each one individually as I go along, now I am sure that they will be identical.
I also had time at the weekend to back up my work photos (which hasn't been done for a shamefully long time) and revisited some of the work I've done over the years that was stored on the hard drive.
Am I the only person who has knitted poop on their resume?
It is half term for British schools, which means a blessed break from the day job - it's been very tough lately, working with a little chap who I am positive has 666 tattooed somewhere on his body... So a peaceful week ahead and a chance to get on with the next dog portrait, some clearing up round the house, and at the end of the week, the first screening of
Nudinits. I'm getting quite excited now, especially at the prospect of seeing all our work on a big screen and finding out what people think if it!
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