We had activities at work on Wednesday to celebrate St George’s Day and part of my role in it was to put manes on these wooden hobby horses last Sunday. I got my sewing machine out and attached lots of yarn to a strip of tape so that I could glue it to the horses for their manes. The first one was a bit of a pain to do as the yarn kept moving as I sewed it but I got the hang of it in the end and Voila! four hobby horses for a race between senior managers!
Work for me was very hectic this week so I haven’t made any progress on the crocheted coral at all. I did get my order of Pure Silk so that I could continue with my Juno Regina, I have started at the other end with skein 3 and will graft it together at the end so that I can use as much of the yarn as possible. It’s lovely to knit with and feels wonderful. I just hope I can block it well enough.
Last night I finally got around to having a play with the purple yarn my mum bought to knit a jumper for me, I knitted a sort of swatch and attempted some cables.
I personally don’t think the cables stand out that well so I have decided not to use this yarn to make the Rogue Hoodie as I had planned. Instead I’m going to attempt to knit a plain stocking stitch jumper in the round using the Elizabeth Zimmermann percentage system (EPS) and it will be my “if you’re cold put on a sweater, that’s what they are for” jumper.
I planted some sunflower seeds last week and LOOK! seedlings. I’m very proud as I’m not very good at growing things usually. I just hope I manage not to kill them for awhile.
Tags: Elizabeth Zimmermann, Juno Regina, Rogue Hoodie, Sunflower
