WOYWW 898 better yarn and watching the eclipse

Hi all, another week has flown past and I’m back for our weekly blog circle care of Sarah’s Craftshed. 

My rib has improved but now my old injury to my elbow tendons has flared up. I’ve had to tell myself that I don't have to do everything I’ve planned: more emotional support chickens, one for a friend and more for our exhibition like last year, paintings for the same exhibition,  living line embroidery and another present  due in September, the demand for lots of cannula sleeves…

I’ll get more done if I rest but I’m so used to keeping my hands busy….

I’m trying to dictate this blog so if anything peculiar pops up, that’s why.

My ‘desk’ is my lap again. I’m up to cannula sleeve number five now;

I’ll do the sewing up and adding of twiddles at the end. 

 

The wool I didn’t like has been sent back and I have this new blue, ice and beige upcycled alpaca mix yarn from Hobbii to make the waistcoat I showed you last week. I feel the pattern will be better with plainer yarn.

Bella doesn’t mind what I Knit as long as she can supervise 😹. She sends you all purse x no, purrs.  

We went up to the edge of the North Downs, at Farthing common, for the eclipse, as did many others. Most stayed calm but there were one or two ‘roid rage drivers who lost their patience. 

This is a photo of the view from there off google so you can get an idea of the view, though it was sunny last week. 

We were next to a family who’d come up for the day and had rigged a binocular lens to point at cardboard. Their system worked beautifully and they were a lovely family to spend the time with. They had no eclipse glasses so we shared. I couldn’t get a direct photo, even trying through my eclipse lens but this is from their system. 

On Saturday evening, we’re going to see an open air performance of Othello in Canterbury. There’s been a bit of rain around, but it’s currently forecast sunny for Canterbury on Saturday evening.🤞🤞🤞

And finally …

Happy WOYWW

Hugs

Lynnecrafts xx

WOYWW 897 Mad chickens and bumpy knits

Hi all, I’m back on our weekly bloghop courtesy of Miss Sarah. 

I’m getting better from my fall, now the surgery’s given me some better pain meds. 

My desk this week is:

I was trying to paint a mad chicken in the style of Brian James’ seagull but it hasn’t worked. 

I love the look in his eyes, ‘So where are your chips then?’

I’m happier with my tulip in the same style though. I remembered I could use a sponge to tidy up the tip of the petal. 

Apart from that I’ve carried on with my cannula sleeves, - I was reminded of them when I had a cannula for my contrast CT scan at the hospital last week. Brian was telling the phlebotomist all about them. 😻

The challenge is always to find as many bobbly knit stitches (without holes) to make the texture as interesting as possible. If you know of any, I’d be interested to know!  I can’t do ribs apart from top and bottom, either. 

Bella’s happy to supervise and sends you all purrs. 

I’m still not sure about the yarn for my waistcoat,  don’t like the browny patches. 

I’m ready for the solar eclipse tomorrow evening - are you? I remember standing in Regent’s Park with colleagues for the one in 1999. This one won’t be complete here, but I want to see it, so: 

And finally…

I just like his grin.😀 

Happy WOYWW 

hugs

Lynnecrafts xx

WOYWW 896 Swirly watercolours and an embroidered card

Hi all, I’m joining in with our weekly bloghop courtesy of  Sarah’s Craftshed. 

I’m writing this in the A&E department of the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford. I tripped and landed an upper chest rib on the hard suitcase-like handle of my art bag. It’s painful to breathe so I went to see my GP, who sent me here. We’ve been here over 6 hours now. They’ve checked my breathing, taken bloods and done an ECG, and I’m awaiting a CT scan, and the subsequent report. Hey ho, there are people in a worse state. 

I wasn’t planning on coming here so I don’t even have any embroidery, crochet or knitting with me. 

Something else I didn’t expect was they’ve just given me a morphine tablet. I did tell them I have to drive home later 😵‍💫

Most of this week I ve been knitting, with the pattern and yarn I mentioned last week. I like the pattern but am less sure of the yarn - it has these not so nice brown sections. As it will be very late when we come home I guess I’ll show you that next week. 

I was taken with some swirly watercolour by an artist called Brian James, which I’ve tried to imitate. 

I’ll do this one again as I messed up the point of the red petal but I’m pleased overall. 

My other crafting was a card for our Jan. I had to get her to photograph it for me as I sent it off without remembering to do it myself. 🙄 

Bella prefers me knitting to painting as there’s room for her on my lap. She sends you all purrs, though I’ve had to text her aunty Liz to feed her as it’s past Bella’s teatime. 

And finally

Hopefully I’ll be home soon 😀 and can visit tomorrow 

Hugs

Lynnecrafts xx