FO: Blanket from leftovers and Purbeck

Finished this late Thursday, leftovers knitted up on the KH260 at T3 using the SAYG method, then a crochet edging (#93 from Edie Eckman's Around the Corner book).

Purbeck was lovely - had excellent weather all weekend. Heck of a drive down though (satnav tried to take me on the ferry twice, which would have been fine except it wasn't running). Did a steep climb from Tyneham lost village to Flowers Barrow on Saturday, and an afternoon playing with bungypump poles. Sunday was tai-chi in front of Corfe castle, and then a walk to the blue pool (which was more green to be fair). Some interesting blisters and sore calves and a looong drive back. Think I'll stay until Monday morning next year, it would be less hassle!

I nipped to Lulworth Cove (great when the tide's not in, otherwise beach is 3m wide) and Durdle door, and an emergency dash to Swanage (not pictured, I was driving) when I ran out of dosh. Oh and I pimped my poles, will have to post a picture...







More Purbeck pictures here

Current mood: sore

Sewing "porn"

Yeah, it's dangerous to go on Amazon. Look what I ordered:



Gutermann book of thread and a selection of sewing feet. Thanks to my wonderful friend M, who gifted me a low shank adaptor, all these feet will fit my Husqvarna Rose sewing machine. And yes, the description of each foot is on the back of the box in both English and Chinese, so all I need to do is haunt Youtube to figure out how they work!

Last night I cut out the plaid skirt again - this time I'm fairly hopeful I matched the plaid, at least vertically - and I went down from a size 22 to a size 18. Might have to taper the waistband in a bit - we shall see. It's got belt loops so hopefully it'll fit better.

There hasn't been much crafting to report, because this was what we were up to over the Late Spring Bank weekend:



And like a fool, I forgot to take my DSLR camera, so this is courtesy of my smartphone:



Stepping stones at Dovedale. Yes, we went camping at Callow Top in Ashbourne - an excellent campsite with pub, cafe, pool and shop. A 20 minute walk into Ashbourne (via the Tissington trail, a disused railway line converted into a path for walkers and cyclists). We actually had quite a bit of sun and no rain at all which is very lucky in the UK. I could have got sunburn, except we lathered up on the factor 50. A lovely part of the country, and definitely worth another visit - and it's only 90 minutes from home.

It's been grey, wet and miserable since we got home though!

Current mood: excited - I wanna go home and play with my feet! Ha! :)