crafty cids
today's been a day of kids. we had a nice sleep-in, and then got the bead box out to sit around in our pyjamas with coffee (in m case) beading away. I was mostly dismantling old and broken jewellery that's been sitting around for yonks, all good, repaired a few things which was also good, but got some made and got started on the crochet-project. The girls made their kits I got them weeks ago combined with the pendants they both bought for their pocket money yesterday - purely coincidentally they were colour coordinated!
well, not entirely coincidentally since I know what they like but still.
Then we had lunch, I took the girls to their swimming lesson and sat poolside working away. more work this afternoon when YoungerM had her friend over and ElderM flonked in front of a movie, and then dinner and the girls to bed.
I'm trying to crochet, but my fingers are getting terribly stiff. Might be the wrong time of the year for this kind of stuff.
I'm feeling vaguely wistful about some of my UFOs. I have been working a little on my bedcover, but the winter coat is sitting on the dress dummy looking guilt-inducing, and that grey winter skirt I wanted to build - I've just realised what I want it to look like, so maybe that will be next. I will probably handstitch that, since so much of the design on it has to be done by hand anyway, and I'm way fast by hand. That way I don't have to heat up the sewing room enough for my hands to work there, which will be conducive to anything happening.
well, not entirely coincidentally since I know what they like but still.
Then we had lunch, I took the girls to their swimming lesson and sat poolside working away. more work this afternoon when YoungerM had her friend over and ElderM flonked in front of a movie, and then dinner and the girls to bed.
I'm trying to crochet, but my fingers are getting terribly stiff. Might be the wrong time of the year for this kind of stuff.
I'm feeling vaguely wistful about some of my UFOs. I have been working a little on my bedcover, but the winter coat is sitting on the dress dummy looking guilt-inducing, and that grey winter skirt I wanted to build - I've just realised what I want it to look like, so maybe that will be next. I will probably handstitch that, since so much of the design on it has to be done by hand anyway, and I'm way fast by hand. That way I don't have to heat up the sewing room enough for my hands to work there, which will be conducive to anything happening.