Showing posts with label phildar swing jacket. Show all posts
Showing posts with label phildar swing jacket. Show all posts

Monday, June 04, 2007

I'm back!

We had a great week in France, the weather wasn't that great, so I did manage quite a bit of crochet! I have now completed 20 squares. Only 28 I think, to go!! Getting there slowly but surely. This is where I was...



It's part of a chateau in the Dordogne and it's set in the middle of 12 acres, so you don't see anyone other that who you're there with. I did manage some shopping as well, and of course some swimming and laying in the sun...dodging the clouds and rain.

My friend loved her bag and we spent some time shopping for red accessories and clothes to coordinate with it! She is as major a sun worshipper as I am and so we were great company cloud watching and dashing out when there was something worth laying in!

In the meantime, I have joined a swap, my first ever and the links are on the right of my blog. I need to find some lovely green yarn to sen this month and I look forward to receiving some from Celia in Tenerife who is sending to me. It's soooo exciting, I can't wait to choose and send and to get a parcel. I am intending to get on with the swing jacket this week, in amongst all the washing and ironing from holiday of course!

Needless to say I didn't get anywhere with the ripple project. I stared and stared at quite a good tutorial I found on You Tube on single and double ripple crochet, but I just don't get it and it could drive me mad if I let it. If anyone out there knows of an easy way for me to learn, let me know please!!!

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Blocking the Swing Jacket at last!

OK, the knitting of this is now officially finished. I have it blocked and drying and aiming to sew it all together this weekend. Luckily, I still love the colour and the style, having stared at it every night for a couple of months. I will warn you, though, things always look better off me than on me. I just don't have the body for some clothes. A big floral dress is what I am aiming to wear when I become an acceptable age to do so. Imagine that..being able to eat anything without your clothes getting any tighter. Oh, except maybe your knickers. Anyway, the pictures of IT drying...