Belated Sunday Round-up
Aug. 30th, 2022 01:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ripplestitchI had guests over this weekend so I did not have time to make my Sunday Round Up post which is annoying because it was only the second one. I am determined to get into a habit of it so I can prove to myself I am capable of doing literally anything consistently but oof, not a good start.
The weekend we had my husband's cousin and her family visiting was lovely overall but I won't lie it was hard spending an entire weekend with a toddler. I have worked with children that age before so I'm not unaware of what toddlers are like but I was not prepared for how much harder it would be since becoming disabled. I was the new favourite toy so my finger grabbed to walk over here and there every ten minutes and it was very very sweet but o h m y g o d. I had been intending to try to give her parents a break by engaging her as much as I could so they were able to veg out on the sofa a little bit but I couldn't keep it up.
However, once they were gone and I had a very long nap, I managed to finish the first section of my blanket!
That's 20%!!
I need to get a new wool needle because the one I was using has disappeared into the ether but then I will have section 1 of 4 all finished aaaaaaaaa. It didn't drag nearly as much as the blue and green one, I think the 5x5 size is just right.
As I look at it I can see that the join between squares looks like it jogs more where it's more smooth on the other side, and I hope that's because the squares are being distorted under the increased wieght of the blanket and will be fine after a wash and a block and not because I changed my pick up technique partway through. I will find out with the next square I suppose.
Nitpicking over, I love these colours so much!
The weekend we had my husband's cousin and her family visiting was lovely overall but I won't lie it was hard spending an entire weekend with a toddler. I have worked with children that age before so I'm not unaware of what toddlers are like but I was not prepared for how much harder it would be since becoming disabled. I was the new favourite toy so my finger grabbed to walk over here and there every ten minutes and it was very very sweet but o h m y g o d. I had been intending to try to give her parents a break by engaging her as much as I could so they were able to veg out on the sofa a little bit but I couldn't keep it up.
However, once they were gone and I had a very long nap, I managed to finish the first section of my blanket!
I need to get a new wool needle because the one I was using has disappeared into the ether but then I will have section 1 of 4 all finished aaaaaaaaa. It didn't drag nearly as much as the blue and green one, I think the 5x5 size is just right.
As I look at it I can see that the join between squares looks like it jogs more where it's more smooth on the other side, and I hope that's because the squares are being distorted under the increased wieght of the blanket and will be fine after a wash and a block and not because I changed my pick up technique partway through. I will find out with the next square I suppose.
Nitpicking over, I love these colours so much!
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Date: 2022-08-30 04:15 pm (UTC)Wool needles are really good at disappearing. I need to get some myself, it's just a case of finding somewhere that stocks them.
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Date: 2022-08-30 08:18 pm (UTC)He pointed out that the whole pack could disappear at once so I have put it in such a safe place! So safe, it surely can't get lost from there! Right?
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Date: 2022-08-30 09:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-08-31 09:22 am (UTC)