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I’ve kind of forgotten about this blog lately…then I remembered it. Clearly.
Everything’s been a bit hectic lately, as I recently had my first year 11 exams…I passed everything! That’s more than a surprisingly large number of people can say. I passed well in some subjects, coming in the top of Biology (although I only got 78%) and English Literature…at 97%!!!! I rock at english! I’m great at being humble =D
I have actually been doing some knitting…and a little crocheting too…
I made some Mighty Boosh mittens. The Boosh is a favorite show of mine, although it may be too evolved for some… The mittens are made from some random bits and bobs in my stash…the purple and black are merino, and the grey is truly a mystery…
I had a think about my Sweetheart, and I decided that I probably wouldn’t wear the finished product. So I have decided to modify the design by having a buuton down feature on the front, making the sleeves full length, dying the finished product to a pretty green (aiming for the colour of the fingernails in the collage) and adding an embroidered, sketchish aquatic animal (inspired by this necklace on Etsy). It seems ambitious but I really just want to use this project to experiment with techniques. If it doesn’t work so be it, but it will be fun to do.
I started an Inga’s Haekelbeutel bag using a soy/cotton blend from spotlight and some Mango Moon Bali Sky yarn…
I frogged a disatrous attempt at a cowl using Noro Tubu (Which is essentially just an overgrown i-cord marketed as yarn) and reknitted it into something (I hope) better. I then used my dog (Gertie!) to model it.
I made my friend Samm a panda hat for her birthday (at her request) out of black and white acrylic. She likes it.
One of my Dad’s cats got his eye removed. There was a growth on the eyelid. It was removed but it could have caused more problems later, as he’s always had problems with that eye, and as he’s 16.5 years old it was better to take it out than have to traumatise him with lots of operations. He had to wear a cone on his head. 
In other cat news, my Mum got a new one. Hugo is a ragdoll kitten and is pretty much the cutest thing ever. It was crap when we got him because he was really lethargic and we thought he was just tired. He got worse and worse and was vomiting and had diarrhoea, so he was rushed to the vet. We found out he’d had a fever and had some virus. The breeder didn’t offer to contribute to the vet bills even though he was ill when we bought him. He’s happy and palyful now though so all is well.
I have been bribed with chocolate to knit 3 scarves for a family friend out of this ‘georgeous’ yarn she bought. One was OK but the other two were vomit worthy… they were different kinds of NOVELTY YARNS tied together to make hideous scarves of striped novelty yarns…It made me shudder. I don’t think I’ll be posting the novelty yarn scarves. They cause me too much pain.
TTFN
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