A Short list of things I have been doing:

– picking berries (though not as many as W, the berry picking master)
– hiding from the heat (the spare bedroom is the coolest place in the house at the moment, but the duvet cover is slowly getting covered in ice-lolly stains, and must. be. changed.)
– watching Supernatural (i came late to the party, but i’m definately there.)
– trying to keep up with Tour de France coverage (i have hours of the stuff still to watch/edit/archive <- yup i’m a big geek)
– abandoning projects (my sister’s jumper is on hiatus till the weather gets cooler, a top down silk top has been ripped and restarted with a whole different pattern, 3/4 done pair of socks were ripped out and re-balled)
– being turned down for jobs (x2)
– applying for job (in the next hour)
– cycling (monday morning, bright and pretty early)
– roasting beetroot (about 3 times in the last 7 days)
– working on the website (my only paying gig at the moment)

I have been in such a craft blah recently.
Maybe it’s because the workroom is like an oven at the moment and is still home to piles of dvds while we sort out shelving for the built-in cupboard in the TV room.

I went through a really good creative period, but right now nothing is working, and i can feel my knitting cofidence eroding.

Of course it’ll come back, and i’ll keep plugging away at this top (because i can handle knitting silk but not wool right now) and listening to the crafty mom podcast for quick crafty inspiration.

(i’m not sure why i feel the need to lick my wounds here right now, except i’ve kinda abandoned this blog recently and i feel bad about it. there is plenty of good stuff going on in my life too – i get lots of time to hang out with W at the moment since he gets to work from home for much of the week – and recently i’ve had some fun hanging out with various friends, and meeting members of W’s family that i haven’t met before.

I’m trying not to feel downhearted or embarrassed that i’m still not working, but it’s hard.)

I’m back!

Life took over for a bit, but now I’m back. I’ve been dyeing things, and it’s been too hot to knit.  Poo.

However I have made some progress on the shawl, which is good, and abandoned a pair of socks 3/4 of way through because they just weren’t working, which is not so good.  However tonight i am going to watch movies, and knit some silk up from my stash. yay!

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My friend sent me a link to a Japanese Short film about Red Yarn Monsters – or something.

I need to take some photos of what i’ve been working on, and then I’ll be back in the next day or two to show you.

Wow it’s hot here. I kinda miss an airconditioned office.

I made this years ago – a small felt portrait of a mac that I bought (for too much money) from a housemate when I was a student. It was one of those body/screen all in one macs, and though it still worked (just), I only wanted it for how it looked on my shelf. I stuck a plastic tiara on it’s head and named it Steve MacQueen.

I came across this little felt purse a few weeks ago. These days I don’t work in felt, mainly because the kind I can readily get in the UK is not actually wool (i think) and doesn’t wash well. And it bobbles something chronic. But I think I might cut Steve out and frame him, or make him into a patch on something that won’t need washing (though I can’t think what that would be.)

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I’m sorry I haven’t replied to comments. I will get to them today or tomorrow.