The way it goes....

Well, this is the good and unexpected.  My little circles of Sirdar colour evolved into a lovely blanket (using the Sunny Spread pattern on Ravelry), which won third place in crochet homewares at the Royal Melbourne Show.  I was delighted. This was my second win this year.

Of course, when all starts spinning out of control, it's good to have woolly comfort to look back on.  At one stage, I was not only finishing a university placement; although I had been preparing beforehand, I had a week full of 10,000 words of assignments.  If you asked me now what some of them were about, I couldn't tell you!

Then came a lovely week's break...but at the end of it, I had a tickle in my throat, and slightly sore eyes.  I couldn't even crochet properly in the evening.

Three doctors' visits later, I've nearly recovered from whatever it was that had me in its grip - something like a pumped up Flu Does Survivor.  Now I am back in the land of crochet hooks and books, a little later than desired, but well in time for Christmas preparations.

And it's a lovely place to be.  Springtime, half a crocheted bag, a cup of tea and a good magazine - may this be the way it continues to go for at least the next few weeks.

Colour time

Has anyone else had one of those cases in which they compose a perfectly lovely blog post, only to have it eaten at the last line?

I know I'm not the only one by any stretch...just like I'm not the only person who loves Sirdar Snuggly Crofter DK, Liberty fabric (for lavender sachets) and granny square blankets, whipped up out of four balls of said Snuggly Crofter (in Tilly) and edged with shells in Calico.  It's not Fair Isle in this permutation, but it's like hundreds and thousands and springtime, all mixed in one.

Now, after my battle with technology and my realisation that all 4 mm hooks have transformed overnight into either 3.5 or 4.5 mm instead, I am going to do what technologically suffering crafts people the world over do.  I am going to get a cup of tea, a biscuit and my latest project, abandon the daily grind for ten minutes, and do just a few (or more) stitches to regain serenity.  It works for me!