It’s been a few weeks since I posted much, things have been very busy in the background getting ready for upcoming changes in September-more on those another time. I have started a new project, and had quite a fun day earlier this week cardmaking and trying out new techniques. I’ll start with my crochet project,…… Continue reading Craft Chatter-19th June
Finally the sun is here! Which means this week I’ve spent more time in the garden and at the allotment, and less time crocheting. (We went to Homebase to buy 2 bags of sand for some stepping stones we bought for the lawn, and came out with 18 litres of fence paint, 2 hydrangeas and…… Continue reading Crochet Chatter May 30th
After last week’s post, where I couldn’t decide what to do about the baby blanket border, I ended up frogging it and restarting it. I did a couple of things to improve it-as the first round of border sets things out for future rounds and was worked in white like the background of the squares,…… Continue reading May 22nd Crochet chatter
What a week! I’m surprised I’ve managed any crochet with all that’s been going on-finally having my Hickman line removed from my chest (an unpleasant procedure but thankfully they were generous with the local anaesthetic!), having a throat infection and then once I was better from that having my second Covid-19 vaccination. However, I have…… Continue reading 15th May crochet chatter
It’s been a week for staying indoors and crocheting in between the showers, so that’s exactly what I’ve done, in between recovering from shingles and attempting to avoid my son’s cold germs. It’s still really cold for May, so I felt the need to make myself a new crochet ear warmer. My post-chemo hair growth…… Continue reading May 8th crochet chatter
I’m currently making a baby blanket, I love making them as they are relatively small and quick (some people manage to whip one up in a matter of days-I am not one of those people!) When I make them, I tend to aim for a size of around 90cm x 1m-the exception being when I…… Continue reading May 1st Crochet chatter
Since my last post before Christmas, I’ve had my stem cell transplant and begun my recuperation. I won’t say too much about it, other than that it completely wiped me out. My actual transplant was 10 weeks ago, on January 6th and I was away from my family for 23 days. As the weeks have…… Continue reading Springing Back Into Action
I hadn’t realised quite how long ago my last post was, until I looked at my most recently added photos when adding the ones for this post! Since then, I have had three cycles of salvage chemotherapy and it’s fair to say it was a bumpy ride (though as my medical team pointed out, I…… Continue reading Feeling Festive
I haven’t done a WIP Wednesday for ages and ages, so I thought it might be about time for me to share. Most of my craft time is used up on one project, as I’m on a serious mission to finish my daughter’s blanket. Or more to the point, she is on a serious mission…… Continue reading WIP Wednesday-15th July
Have you ever started a project, put it down and found it hard to pick up again? That’s exactly what happened to me with my daughter’s Unicorn Dreams blanket (a free pattern by cute crochet makes). I started it last summer, when, unbeknown to me at the time, I was showing symptoms of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.…… Continue reading The Abandoned Blanket
