101 things update
August has been a long, quiet month with plenty of spare time to knock some more things off the 101 things list. Thus!
22. Crochet a granny square.
I've been trying to learn crochet from Sarah (good!) and from a book (not so good!) but it wasn't really sticking in my brain, so I went to a one-off class at a place called Tea And Crafting in Covent Garden. Their website makes them look twee as hell but actually it was fine - I just sat in a room for three hours while two helpful young women taught crochet to a bunch of angry knitters, and by the end of the evening I could make a granny square. Now I've made four and started a fifth! I don't know what I'm going to do with all these squares!
37. Do a random course at City Lit.
I went to a watercolour class. It was really good! We poured paint and water all over the place and made exciting abstract sunsets! I would like to do more of this!
67. Go to a classical music concert.
I went to the Proms with
mrs_leroy_brown and it was jolly good. We saw an orchestra playing some stuff by French composers, including 'Bolero' by Ravel which was awesome and should be about an hour long, though I have not been able to take it seriously since I saw Le batteur du Bolero which is supposedly a film about an orchestra playing 'Bolero' but is actually an eight minute close-up of the drummer's face. (Recommended - he has an excellent face.)
70. Visit the Heath Robinson museum.
It's in Pinner! It's very small, but really interesting!
97. Make rye bread.
Done! I thought this would be difficult for some reason, but it's just like making any other bread except with rye flour. So there you go.
This entry was originally posted at https://miss-newham.dreamwidth.org/5826.html.
22. Crochet a granny square.
I've been trying to learn crochet from Sarah (good!) and from a book (not so good!) but it wasn't really sticking in my brain, so I went to a one-off class at a place called Tea And Crafting in Covent Garden. Their website makes them look twee as hell but actually it was fine - I just sat in a room for three hours while two helpful young women taught crochet to a bunch of angry knitters, and by the end of the evening I could make a granny square. Now I've made four and started a fifth! I don't know what I'm going to do with all these squares!
37. Do a random course at City Lit.
I went to a watercolour class. It was really good! We poured paint and water all over the place and made exciting abstract sunsets! I would like to do more of this!
67. Go to a classical music concert.
I went to the Proms with
mrs_leroy_brown and it was jolly good. We saw an orchestra playing some stuff by French composers, including 'Bolero' by Ravel which was awesome and should be about an hour long, though I have not been able to take it seriously since I saw Le batteur du Bolero which is supposedly a film about an orchestra playing 'Bolero' but is actually an eight minute close-up of the drummer's face. (Recommended - he has an excellent face.)
70. Visit the Heath Robinson museum.
It's in Pinner! It's very small, but really interesting!
97. Make rye bread.
Done! I thought this would be difficult for some reason, but it's just like making any other bread except with rye flour. So there you go.
This entry was originally posted at https://miss-newham.dreamwidth.org/5826.html.