Well, its been a bit hectic to say the least over the last few days, but things are starting to settle down now. I need to update my projects section of this blog to include some of my new patterns, but I did manage to get the wrap pattern up at the weekend. The first shawl club shawl is also up on Ravelry for those of you who want to look, but I won’t post a picture here just yet, in case there are still folk (and I think that there are) who have yet to receive their boxes. I will do a post on that one when I am able to.
The last few days have seen me revelling in some pretty things. Some new yarn came while I was away, and I also finally saw a mannequin that I liked. I have been looking for one for a while that I can use to put my shawls on so I can take decent pictures of them – hanging them on a coat hanger on the back of the toilet door doesn’t quite seem professional enough any more (don’t judge me, there is good natural light in there…). Anyway, I found this one…
…and I am pretty pleased with it, so you will start to see this one creeping into my pictures from now on. It also has the potential to double up as a parrot cage if necessary.
And then, as if that wasn’t enough, the other half came back from his pottery class tonight with the yarn bowl he has been working on for me. I asked him to make me a big one, because my current one is small and neat and just about takes one caked 100g skein with very little wriggle room. So I asked him to do one that was a bit more roomy. His labours are shown in the picture at the top of the post, and I have popped in a skein of Pollyorange yarn (from my Colour Me Happy box) for a bit of scale. As you can see, I think he has nailed it and its a great effort for only the second thing he has made and brought home. The decoration on the side of it is pretty awesome too…
The Knackered Psycho 