Yesterday I finished the ninth granny square.
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California Poppy |
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Golden Tickweed aka Coreopsis |
Yesterday I finished the ninth granny square.
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California Poppy |
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Golden Tickweed aka Coreopsis |
Today was the fourth day of our Zen Stitching online class. I did today's stitching during the live Zoom meeting. The diagonals crossed the crosses.
Front:
Back:After drawing the grid lines yesterday, we began stitching our sashiko piece. First we did the dashes in one direction
The LoveCrafts yarn for the Persian Tiles project arrived from England today - only a week after I ordered it.
First peek into the parcel:
The scrumptious colours stacked up. These are all 100g balls. The only one missing is Vintage Peach which didn't show in their inventory. Still need to pick up a couple of Patons Astra in a peach colour.In preparation for the arrival of my yarn for the Persian Tiles project, I thought I'd practice crocheting a granny square with scrap yarn just to get the hang of the stitches.
It turned out OK. Much easier than when I'll have to change yarn colours every round and work in the ends so I don't have thousands to weave in when I'm done. I do need to improve my transition from the centre 4 sets of double crochets to the next round.
This light DK yarn worked well with the recommended hook size. There is a whole set of videos on the techniques for this project which were very helpful. I found this other video that shows how to weave in the tails as you go so will probably use it as Janie Crow's leaves the tails loose to be woven in at the end - hundreds of them.Sue invited me up to the cottage this week. Even though the visit was only going to be overnight, it was surprising how much stuff I took 'just in case'.
After the 2.5h drive I arrived and unloaded. We relaxed and chatted for the rest of the afternoon out on the deck in the shade. Thankfully our heat wave had broken and the outdoor temperatures were tolerable. It was a very pleasant time getting caught up.
A week away from home was a very welcome break in the routine. I really enjoyed having others direct my day, feed, and entertain me. It was great not having much responsibility other than for myself for a few days. Now that I'm back home, I'm still recovering from camp's frenetic activity.
After breakfast yesterday I went back to bed and mindlessly watched YouTube videos on a variety of subjects. I had a couple of errands to run which I forced myself to do then scurried back home to my 'cocoon'.
This morning I had a call to make then puttered around here. After lunch I headed out to pick up a few things only to find the pharmacy hadn't received the prescription refill order from my doctor that I had called earlier. I called the doctor again but the office was closed so I left a message for them to please fax the order to my pharmacy so the prescription could be refilled. I then did some shopping and went home.
I made a Chefs Plate meal which was very yummy and added a cob of corn as a side.
3.5mm, 4mm, and 4.5mm (depending on what shape is being worked on) |