Froglet

It was news to me too! Kind of triangle bit on the side after you’ve turned the heel so you can knit along the foot. Car is new to me - a VW Polo. It was the first time I’ve ever bought one completely on my own.

I do love the sound of a chocolate chip and cherry cake!

Equally as challenging but much less satisfying to buy a car! Reading all day sounds great! I am currently trying to decide what to eat for tea. PS I’ve done the gusset! 😉

Thank you. I have to say that I’m loving the challenge. I did listen to a very familiar audiobook the other day while crocheting - it feels odd to create in silence. It might be Miss Marple - I can do tea and scones and I do love the tidying up scene in 4.50 from Paddington!

What a perfect day so far! I feel the same about what I currently can or can’t do. The BBC has a current social distancing rules item on its news app which is useful. I think the little things are going to need getting used to and remembering. I bought a car this morning and after that have resolved to make sure I carry a pen with me everywhere. The man I was talking to wore a mask the whole time, screen on the desk between us, sanitiser on entry etc but every time I needed to sign something he handed me the pen he’d been using round the edge of the screen.

Only a little bit so far when I realised that I hadn’t read the pattern properly but it didn’t affect the number of stitches or anything like that so I ignored it. I feel more sock making coming on this afternoon - I feel like I need an appropriate DVD to hVe on at the same time - Miss Marple, Anne of Green Gables?

Just normal (but colourful) socks to wear in bed or at any other time. Always fancied having a go. If it works I’ll start producing matching balaclava and sock sets (I can see the Etsy shop now 😂). This is where I’m at right now!

Oh my actual goodness - I turned a heel on a sock! 😲 Now I have to pick up stitches which seems infinitely harder!

On that basis I’ve been old since I was about 15! It’s warm here too but my little house comes into its own in the summer when it stays fairly cool inside so that’s where I am! The TDL isn’t coming along brilliantly when it comes to work things but other things are making progress. I’ve almost finished the housewarming gift I’m making. I have finished the shawl I was making which is currently pinned to my living room as I block it. Joy of joys a delivery arrived this morning which meant I could get started on my next project... I’m going to have a go at knitting socks! 3cm done so far!

Hello, thanks for thinking of me. I’m ok, just feeling a bit fragile - no idea what that was but I feel like eating again! Just taking it easy today.

I have dozed on the sofa most of the afternoon. I feel a bit hot/cold and not really like eating so I think I’ll have an early night and start again tomorrow. My echo arrived but I can’t get it to work at the moment.

I don’t know re the aches - just headachey, tummy ache, back ache - generally falling apart! 😉 I do like sorting out and my under the sink cupboard is also on my list. I did a little online book shopping - got a lovely children’s book called ‘Look up’ about a little girls who is trying to persuade her big brother to put down his phone and look at the stars. The other was a book of patterns and ideas for crochet wreaths and garlands. I also have some modelling clay arriving today and I treated myself to an Echo dot - it’s part of my plan for turning my ‘dump room’ as my niece calls it into a haven of a spare room/craft room.

Thanks, I admit that I succumbed and in the spirit of decluttering the baking cupboard I have just made some fairy cakes. I’m full of aches today which I don’t think is helping so I’m going to curl up with a book for a bit and then tackle another chunk later.

It's not really Friday but I just felt like a chat! Last week I took the week off completely - nothing but crochet, reading and resting. So this week I decided that I needed to be more organised and actually do 'stuff'. I made a plan... and it's already going awry! I have spent 2 hours this morning sorting through the papers I have accumulated in my school bag, my laptop case, my marking box. That was therapeutic although I'm a little scared at just how much paper I have put straight in the recycling bin! I have got a TDL which is epic, some of it is stuff that I can leave until September but I also know from experience that when I'm at home it's very easy to forget the way time after school disappears and the way I'm so shattered in the evenings means that I simply cannot do 'thinking' work. I'm trying to decide what I should do next - my list for today originally had lots of subject leadership work on it (which I'm massively behind with) but I'm really not feeling like it! But then, I never do and I'm desperately trying to stop avoiding tasks both at home and school which I dislike or find difficult. It's a dull day here with a touch of drizzle, the temptation to bake something is strong and I'm really not quite sure where to start right now! I think I might look at my TDL and see if there are any quick win things which will make me feel like I'm getting somewhere! I hope the rest of you are having a productive or fun day - ideally both!

That’s so lovely to hear!

I’m so very glad to hear that - you achieved a very special thing.

FM, that is stunning! Did you paint the ‘wood’?

How very exciting for you Sunnyday! Have a wonderful weekend. I am not up to much different - currently working on a summer window scene as I’ve noticed people smiling at the spring one which is currently there. I also plan to do some sorting of paperwork and epic TDL writing!

That sounds beautiful although painful. My stairs are straight but steep, I couldn’t do them and had to resort to getting someone else in to do them in the end.

I know the one you mean, it’s stunning! Get making, I want to see it! 😉 Definitely, my house is very overdue for some decorating! What kind of colours are you going for?

What blanket are making? Very impressed at your chair covering!

I went and read some of the reviews and I can see what they mean but so far I’ve found them mostly ok. She has done some great videos both for specific techniques and for stuffing/stitching up which I found really helpful. It can be hard to figure out the positioning of eyes, ears and noses, you need to rely on the pictures to help and they’re not always taken at the angle you need! Having said that I think that individual ‘quirks’ are what give them personality. Some reviewers said that there was no direction on angle or direction of head positioning but I just put them on facing forwards! Maybe I’m a bit too hasty?! I have also emailed before to ask a question and got a prompt and helpful reply.

Of course! She has several. Edward’s menagerie was the first. The two I’m working on at the moment are from ‘Edward’s Menagerie The new collection’. If you order from her website: www.toftuk.com you often get bonus digital mini patterns. She has a dogs book too...

The designer whose book I have the pattern from names all her creatures. So far I have made Emma the bunny and Hank the sheep. I chose this one because the friend it is for is also called Natalie. She is moving in with her partner and there happens to be an animal with his name too so I’m going to make him too and give them as a pair. The designer writes a little character profile for each of her animals too.

Works for me - as I’m sure I’ve said I am rubbish at gardening!