No, really, still here...
So June proceeded pretty much as I foretold in my last post ie incredibly busy. Then I took a week off in the middle of July, which coincided with the last week of school holidays, and a visit by my parents. That whizzed past much too quickly, and then I got a cold that Erin caught on her school trip/exchange to Malaysia (which is how she spent her school holidays - that was an experience for all involved, and now suddenly we're in August.
The feast went fairly well, all told, and the recipes have been written up, if anyone is interested.
Aside from work and feast I have been doing rather a lot of crochet, a little bit of weaving, playing a fair bit of Fallout (I more or less finished Fallout 4 and Andy suggested I try Fallout 3, which I didn't get into at the time it came out, but which I have discovered is a much more compelling game), and some light gardening. For the latter it's mostly been weeding - at the moment a lot of stuff is coming up in anticipation of Spring and I feel like the garden is in a pretty good place, at least Spring flower wise. I am hoping that we don't get hot weather too early in the year to kill it all off.
I haven't been doing a lot of weaving, as a little while ago I started a beast of a project to make Erin a poncho. This involved winding a 5m warp, which was a bit of an undertaking, and I messed it up a bit, so the weaving has been a bit painful. However, I recently acquired a finer reed and some very nice wool to go with it, so I have a bit of incentive to get the poncho finished.
Anyway, some pics:
5m of yarn, in preparation for winding on
The beast, nearly done:
Dora the door snake is now keeping out draughts:
A blanket I made to keep my beloved spouse's toes warm:
A giant scarf for Liam:
A giant cushion:
A work in progress:
The feast went fairly well, all told, and the recipes have been written up, if anyone is interested.
Aside from work and feast I have been doing rather a lot of crochet, a little bit of weaving, playing a fair bit of Fallout (I more or less finished Fallout 4 and Andy suggested I try Fallout 3, which I didn't get into at the time it came out, but which I have discovered is a much more compelling game), and some light gardening. For the latter it's mostly been weeding - at the moment a lot of stuff is coming up in anticipation of Spring and I feel like the garden is in a pretty good place, at least Spring flower wise. I am hoping that we don't get hot weather too early in the year to kill it all off.
I haven't been doing a lot of weaving, as a little while ago I started a beast of a project to make Erin a poncho. This involved winding a 5m warp, which was a bit of an undertaking, and I messed it up a bit, so the weaving has been a bit painful. However, I recently acquired a finer reed and some very nice wool to go with it, so I have a bit of incentive to get the poncho finished.
Anyway, some pics:
5m of yarn, in preparation for winding on
The beast, nearly done:
Dora the door snake is now keeping out draughts:
A blanket I made to keep my beloved spouse's toes warm:
A giant scarf for Liam:
A giant cushion:
A work in progress: