WOYWW 599 When will I stop?

Hi all, This will be posted early as B has his 2nd cataract op tomorrow. 

This post is part of the wonderful world of Wednesday crafting, celebrated by sharing our workspaces via The Stamping Ground , hosted by Julia. 

I think I'm coming to the end of the vineyard scarf. B has kindly modelled it for me - how much longer do you think it should be? My goddaughter is about the same height as B but with longer legs and a slightly shorter torso.

 

I'm planning for the border; orange and purple, I think? I was carefully calculating how much wool I'd need by crocheting 20cm, measuring the yardage used then working out how much I'd need for the whole border. So many places are out of stock, due to the pandemic, but I surprisingly need less than I thought.

Some burnt orange is on the way from a small family yarn shop, woolfull.com, that is offering free postage with no minimum order.  It must be a loss leader. I found myself buying extra just so my purchase would be more than the postage. That's my excuse anyway. ;-)

Thea and I have been having lots of cuddles. She's off B at present, sadly for him,  but that will change in time.

Good new! Our case of Beaujolais nouveau has just arrived! North and South wines in London are now stocking it, and since we can’t go to France, we pay English (horrible!) prices!

As we’re self-isolating prior to B’s op, here’s a wonderful photo taken by my friend, Chris Farrell. This one, taken off the Folkestone area, was so impressive I had to include it, with her kind permission. 

And finally...

I’m looking forward to seeing you at our virtual crop. 

Take care, stay safe and happy WOYWW 

Hugs

Lynnecrafts x

WOYWW 598 Vineyard scarf and Thea

Hi all, I can’t believe we’ll soon be at the 600th What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday hosted by Julia at The Stamping Ground

I’m still working on the everlasting vineyard scarf. I reckon I have about a foot to go. 

 I haven’t sewn the leaves down yet; I catch them in the crochet as I go. Do you think they should be left free at the edges? 

I work on it all rolled up now. 

I’m really pleased with how the bunches of grapes have worked out. I did them in Aran yarn, Sirdar Jewelspun shade Nordic Noir, in 7-stitch bobbles so they stand out. I wasn’t sure of all the colours at first but even the light blue looks like grapes with a bloom on them from the wild yeasts. 

The leaves have been in a variety of colours, picked from Hayfield spirit and King Cole variegated shades. I adapted them from a maple leaf pattern 

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Winding through the balls to find the bit of colour I want has left quite a few odd balls of subfusc colours. Not the sort for a repeat version, apart from a few maroons. 

Thank you all, for your kind words and good wishes last week. 

Thea has had lots of cuddles since. She’s also disturbed by the workers on the scaffolding outside as we’re having our gables attended to. 

She remembered and found a catnip fish she’s fond of this week and had several mad half hours playing with it before collapsing for another nap. It's just a £4 Yeooow Catnip fish but she loves it.

Too much excitement, Lynne!

I’m so thankful we still have her. Dino’s death has devastated us. We have to pick up his ashes this week. I’ve had my nose stuck in a book ever since. This is me:

Mind Games for distraction

Do you know how many words you can make from the word “beastly”? I had to have a root canal filling this week. My dentist is great, works hard to save teeth that other dentists would extract, but it means he’s v careful and uses a horrible rubber dam over my mouth when he’s clearing out the root. I got to 45 words made from “beastly” before I lost count. I then did world capitals alphabetically, and did them all except E and X. (I thought it was me but there isn't one, unless you count Edinburgh.) At least these mind games kept me away from thinking about the dentistry. It’s only my dentist who says I have a petite mouth 🤣

B’s 2nd cataract op has been confirmed for next Wednesday, so fingers crossed nothing stops it going ahead. The first one seems to have gone well. 

Things happen in threes - I hope

My old Peugeot has died and is too expensive to pass an MOT. We don’t need 2 cars now we’re retired, but it served me well. And, bizarrely, the inner pane on the double-glazing in the back bedroom has cracked and is crazed all over, but with no impact. So with Dino, hopefully that’s our 3 bad events. The money for scrapping the car will at least almost pay for the window. 

In my youth they never paid you at the scrap yard - the rising price of metal I suppose. Old man McGuinness in Stoke used to charge you £6 for a part if you could hold it in one hand or £12 if it took two. Happy days! 

And finally....

This one’s true even now I’m retired:

And this just made me giggle:

I can imagine my Mum enjoying that game!

Thanks for your visit; I’d love you to say add a comment if you can, thanks. 

Take care, all, stay safe and happy WOYWW

hugs

Lynne

WOYWW 597: vineyard scarf

Hi, I’m back for our weekly share of our workspaces, as hosted by Julia on The Stamping Ground. This is a short post, to get me back into things. 

Thea is modelling my workspace again. 

The downside of using elements of self-striping yarn for my leaves, is that I’m left with lots of little balls of the other shades. 

The never-ending vineyard scarf is even longer now. Several folk have said it should be an art piece on a wall, but it’s destined to be a present. 

Family

It’s been a heartbreaking week. Dino got much worse, couldn’t breathe outside an oxygen tent, and so we had to agree to let him go. He was such a lovely cat. 

Thea is much missing her brother as well and as we have lots of cuddles. 

B finally had his first cataract op, which has so far gone ok. We’ll have to wait and see if the 2nd one goes ahead ok, or is re-scheduled due to the lockdown. 

Take care, stay safe and happy WOYWW 

Hugs Lynnecrafts