This weekend I tried my hardest not to knit so that I could give my hands a bit of a rest. I managed a whole 48 hours without knitting, and haven't done as much as usual this week either, and my hands are thankful for that. Not knitting meant I had time to get the sewing machine out, and while I didn't manage to complete the two projects I had wanted to do, I did finally finish the curtains for my daughter's room, which I bought the fabric for in October and cut out in March. That project had been pushed up to the top of the to do list as the mornings have been getting lighter and I was getting bored of having to unpeg the blackout linings every morning... The curtains do still need hemming, but I'm pretending I need to leave them to relax for a few days to stabilise at their natural length before I do them (in truth curtain seams are long and by the time I had done them I was bored!).
I've been focusing on knitting for me now that all my commissions are out of the way, and my current favourite is my Dotted Rays. I have just started the final shade of purple and am on the final wedge, so this is nearly done (does anyone else speed up as they get towards the end of a project?). The project isn't very photogenic at the minute as it's all bunched up on the needle, but that can't be helped.
I finished reading After You this week, and while I enjoyed it I much preferred Me Before You. And I have made no progress on Spectacles this week, but know I will enjoy it when I next have an early night. The other non-knitting thing I am excited about this week is the arrival of my La La Land DVD, which was a birthday present (but hadn't been released in time for my birthday); I loved seeing it at the cinema and can't wait to watch it this weekend (and then several times afterwards - the cd of the soundtrack is in my car on repeat).
Linking up with Rachel for Yarning Along.
Sorry to read that your hands are sore. I've been using cotton to crochet today, that means my fingers ache a bit.
ReplyDeleteLike the curtains. I actually enjoy hemming by hand. I've done that part for my Mum before. It's relaxing.
Thanks for joining me in Yarning Along again.
Thankfully they're largely recovered now - the ache is usually a hint that I've been doing too much knitting!
DeleteI love a nicely stitched hem, and shall be doing the curtains this afternoon - possibly in situ as I'm too lazy to rehang the curtains, and now that if I take them down they'll be down for days!
And thanks for starting Yarning Along, I'm enjoying it.