Sunday, November 08, 2009

updated

me in crochet shawl

Things I did on my holiday, which admittedly was a while ago (bad blogger, etc, etc): I saw a fantastic exhibition on Open Source Embroidery, sat by the beach, took photos of lanterns, and crocheted a shawl (first crochet lace, details on ravelry page). I also split up with Marcus. Which is sad in the short term, but definitely the right thing to do. It was also a while ago now (and, to be honest, the relationship was over a long time before that). Since then I've done a bit of teaching, a fair bit of research, a lot of start of term admin, chunks of lesson planning, oodles of reading, some socialising and a smidgen of baking.

hypertext quilt (greens) crow on beach
china town 3 crochet shawl hangin

I also bought a brand new bike as my old one was stolen from Bloomsbury while I was off seeing an art exhibition (about twine, in a disused tram tunnel - there are some great things about living in London, despite the bike thieves).

bike front bike wheel

Knitwise, my stripy-like-a-bee sweater's been progressing nicely. I've done both sleeves and the neck down till just below the waist. But it is taking ages (4ply, 2.5mm...) and, as a seamless top-down raglan, is getting too large to fit in my everyday bag. As my other FO is very complex lace (for which I require excellent light and silence), I needed a small and easy project I could take to knitting groups. So I picked up a couple of balls of leftover 4ply from the back of my stash, cast on a few hundred stitches, making sure it was divisible by four, and then simply chugged along in mindless 2x2 rib. Perfect for knitting nights, including this brilliant Halloween-themed event at the Hunterian Museum, and the FO's been perfect for keeping my neck warm now the weather's getting colder. Again, full details on raverly project page.

me hiding in cowl

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Break-ups suck.
It sounds like you've had lots of positives and cool stuff happening though.
Yay for bee stripes!

Knittripps said...

Nice to hear from you again!

Felix said...

Wow, big news with you and Marcus... I hope you're doing OK. New shawl looks amazing xxx

Pig wot flies said...

Sorry to hear about you and Marcus. Hope you're OK, though it sounds like you're philosophical about it. Like the shawl.

Anonymous said...

Love the new knits.
I'm sorry to hear about you and Marcus... I've been building up to blogging about something all too similar for a while now myself, must stop putting that off.
Bike thievery is crap but the new one does look nice and shiny, hope you're enjoying it!

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