Hooking and jabbing – Day 18, Janathon 2024

The first of today's "doings" involved heading to a local pub where the Swansea Yarnbombers hold their secret weekly meetings. Most Thursdays, if you were to venture into the pub and search all of its many nooks and crannies, you'll find the Yarnbombers clacking away with their knitting needles and plunging various sized crochet hooks …

Lazy days? – Janathon 2021, Day 9

I had to miss yesterday's Janathoning. I couldn't motivate myself to move. Nobody else in the house seemed to be inclined to do much either. Lady C. had decided that she would have a nice, long nap on the bed in the other room. I worked on the basis that if I didn't mope about …

Last Day – #MeMadeMay 2020, Day 31

It was another gloriously sunny day today here in Yorkshire. I twiddled about in The Old Trout's garden. I even managed to get a photo of her roses. It might seem strange, but even flowers move too quickly at times for me to get decent photographs. Today, this darned rose bush was doing its best …

Colour – #MeMayMay2020, Days 22 & 23

I finished the lapghan I'd been working on since the start of April.When the lockdown came into force, I knew that I'd have to have a large, but simple crochet project to keep my brain busy. I grabbed a Cottage Ripple kit from Woolwarehouse.co.uk. It's a pattern by Lucy from Attic 24 who has the …

Bits and Pieces – #MeMadeMay 2020, Days 11 & 12

Yesterday I had a full-blown schizophrenic episode. So it was a total bust.Today, for #MeMadeMay I wore my polar bear leggings, my monkey bra, purple knickers and red supplex tunic top which have all already featured on this month's blog. I was also wearing a blue, flower barrette. These are the four that I have …

Bush Trimming – #MeMadeMay 2020, Day 9

Today my problem was breathing. My blood oxygen level was plummeting down to 88% at times and a couple of times I got incredibly dizzy. At some point I decided that I was well enough to sit outside to work on my crochet. I'm currently half of the way through the Cottage ripple blanket by …

Tunisian Crochet – #MeMadeMay 2020, Day 3

Last month, when I first dreamed up the idea of a #MeMadeMay blog I thought that I'd like to learn how to make Tunisian crochet. The packet of eagerly anticipated crochet hooks came in the post yesterday. I decided that I'd work on that today. But first it was time to walk the dog and …

A slow bimble – Janathon 2020, Day 3

Today I decided that bimbling would suffice as long as I reached my daily step goal of 3,000 steps. I started early this morning by doing a couple of sets of 25 8kg dumbbell chest presses. That got the blood pumping nicely around my legs so that I was finally able to go to sleep. …

Yoga and stuff – Juneathon 2019, Day 23

After last night's drinking, I was in no fit state to do much today. Having walked home after midnight, I found I was only a few steps away from completing my daily step goal when I finally surfaced and checked my watch.I thought it would be a good day to whip out the "Yoga for …

Bimbling – Janathon 2019, Day 25

I had a panic attack every time I got up to head outside for a walk today. My various ideas came to nothing. Instead I bimbled about inside doing a little bit of housework every now and again in between bouts of stress relieving crocheting. My scrapghan is coming along nicely. It's unusual not to …