Unusual Finish

Crazy day that was yesterday with the painting had me finishing that today.

A quick trip to town to add a bit of paint as I wasn't going to quite make it with what I had left.

Third coat on the ceiling & third on the walls had that much complete.  Then it was on to moving the washing machine to do the little patch behind.  Of course, that meant a batch of cleaning too.  Lovely how it looks behind those things - NOT!

See what a pretty colour it was?  That was the colour of the whole room & the ceiling was too!  Really bad.  Anyway, it's really bright now.  Bright, white & clean.

 Instead of watching paint dry I did manage to get the last heel in this pair of socks.  Another of the Cascade Heritage Paints yarns from work.  These will be a Christmas gift I think.  

Socks #10 - 2017

Crazy What Rain Will Do

Yes!  Another weekend of rain.

It gets to the point when you don't really know what else to do inside.  I could easily spend all my time knitting or sewing or playing games.

I needed to do a little more today.  The other day I cleaned up the laundry & sorted & threw stuff out.  I had in mind that I wanted to sort it out & make it a little more usable other than a dumping ground for stuff.

So it got cleared out this morning & well, I started painting.  I had 2 little helpers briefly too.  They were so eager to help for a bit.  They were handy for doing some edges.

I just want to freshen the room up.  At least the orangey walls & ceiling are gone.  A few improvements with little money is what I am will try.  Just using what we have & that sort of thing.

Taking Stock - July

Making :  knitted socks of course!
Cooking :  home made muesli slice was a hit.
Drinking :  coffee to keep warm.
Reading:  some books that I can read & move out of the house.  Current one is Friday Night's by Joanna Trollope.  50c at the library a while back.  Ok, quit reading this one.  Moved on to "Girl on the Train".
Trawling: different sock patterns
Wanting:  the transition back to school after the holidays to go well.
Looking: at photos of my gorgeous new nephew.
Deciding:  what to make for pre-prepared lunches...  ugh...
Wishing: for a massage.
Enjoying:  Snowballs from Anvers chocolate factory.
Waiting:  for a weekend that isn't raining.
Liking:  winding skeins of yarn into cakes.
Loving: the school holidays.
Listening:  Zac Brown Band
Considering:  how to reduce plastics.
Buying: less.
Watching: Nashville from the start of season 1 again.  
Marvelling:  at the ok start to the school term.
Needing: to sit in the sun.
Questioning: my sanity doing all I did at work the other day.  Need a massage now.  
Smelling:  coffee
Wearing:  lots of hand knits.
Bookmarking: recipes for homemade muesli bars.  
Disliking:  the pesky rooster that has virtually moved in.
Opening:  Lots of boxes of new wool at work!

Circles

I tried something new in the socks.  

July challenge on a knitting page was "Stash Dive".  So yes, I can do that.  Why not!  Find some yarn I have had for a long time & use it.  Yes, I can definitely do that.  

I pulled out this Patons Stretch Sock yarn that I have had for probably about 10 years.  I didn't look to figure out how long exactly.  But long enough.  So now I have a new pair of Circle socks!  Really pleased with them actually.  I thought they were going to be too tight but I adjusted the heel to give it a little more room & it worked perfectly.   

I didn't do the heel on the pattern but went with an afterthought heel like I usually do.  I did start the one on  the pattern but didn't like it.  I also did these from the cuff down which I haven't tried for a long time.  I don't like that either.  Turns out that the circles could have been done toe up too as the pattern for those wouldn't make any difference.  

Socks # 9  - 2017

Wet Weather Craft

It pays to buy things when you see them.  

A while back I saw these Shrinky Dinks online.  

We had lots of fun colouring them in.  Yes, me too.  I wasn't missing out!!!  

They were fun to colour & the boys did some fun colouring patterns.  I was impressed with DJ & the time he took colouring in so well.  

A couple of minutes in the oven & they all shrink!

To about a quarter of their original size.

The pack included the pipe cleaners for the legs & a couple of key chains too.  The boys have their key chains on their school bags already.  I have to find something to attach mine to my keyring still.  They aren't having all the fun that is for sure!

Sunshine

Finally the holidays brought us a day of sunshine.  Both the boys are well & we managed to escape for a bit of a drive about towns to some fun shops & then a good play at the park with some lunch in the sun.

New Slippers

BJ needed new slippers.

Back to the mukluk pattern from last year.  It is oddly enough, about a year since I started some of these as he got his first pair while he was in hospital.

He picked the colours for these out of my stash.  He wanted orange again, but we added a colour with it.

Hopefully they last him longer than most of his other pairs have done!  I really don't know how he does it!