After proudly telling you about the blanket I'd started whilst broken-armed, I went home, prepared to work on it more and discovered something...
See that? It's wavy. Frilly even. I have no idea how that happened, I'd been carefully checking it as I went along to make sure this didn't happen!
After ripping back a couple of rows, I realised that it starts a long way down, see the picture above... I'm not ripping all that back, it's a blanket after all, not a work of art. I'll try and crochet the next rows a bit tighter and use a DK yarn, maybe I can switch to my DK stash instead...
I blame old age. I turned 40 just over a week ago. I had the best weekend ever and I got the most fantastic present - a kiln! Probably not the best timing as I'm also renovating the dining room where it will live, and I need to get some supplies, but hold tight for some kiln experiments coming soon!
Hello everyone, after a much longer break than anticipated, I'm back! It turns out that breaking your shoulder (particularly if you do it in 3 places) is a really daft idea and takes forever to heal! I'm not completely better, I have no strength whatsoever in my right arm (luckily I'm left-handed) and don't have a full range of movement, but I'm getting back into life again. Going out and renovating my house have both resumed (OK, full disclosure, I went out partying several times with my arm in a sling!), and a small start has begun on crafting.
The first thing I felt up to doing was crochet. I crochet right-handed as it was much easier to learn that way, but it does mean that unlike most crocheters, I pretty much hold the hook still in my right hand and use my left hand to wrap and pull. Good when you've broken your right shoulder though!
On a whim, I decided to join in with the Spicier Life CAL at Cherry Heart. I think I joined in on week 2, but all 6 parts and the border have now been released! I don't care that I'm behind, and even with a fully-healthy arm I doubt I would have been able to keep up with schedule as there were a lot of rows each week.
This is where I am after week 1. As you can see, I am making an effort to weave in the ends as I go otherwise it would be a daunting task - plus the ends get in the way. I didn't buy one of the special yarn packs, I didn't buy any yarn at all. I have tons of the stuff, full balls, partial balls, donated balls... I had to decide which weight - DK or Aran and, thinking I had more Aran than I do, I chose that. Unfortunately I don't have that much and so am using some DK too, it just means a bit of stitch adjustment. I don't really care about the colour palette, my aim is to use some of this yarn up as I am drowning in it!
I'm not sure how regularly I'll be blogging just yet, I've got a horrible cold and cough, so I'm resting a lot, and renovating the house is taking priority as I lost 3 key months over summer... I should have 4 rooms finished by now! I did attend a class (yes, with a broken shoulder!) and will blog about that soon.
