…And then there are days that don’t quite work. Do you know the feeling?
I think I’m still raw from intense hours with patients’ harrowing stories at work this week. And the Toddler Twinnage were a leeeeetle bit relentless in their Mummy-Mummy-Mummy-Mummy-Mummy all day today. And I possibly ate too many of the choc chip cookies that I baked this morning. And my first attempt at crocheting my bag strap in the round went all Mobius on me and had to be ripped out.
Yes, yes, I’ve got these micro-problems all in proportion, more so since I lit the fire, poured some wine, and attached my posterior very firmly to the sofa. And crochet is soothing (when it’s not turning into a Mobius mess). The bag is progressing:-
And I’m thinking hard about the details of the knitted version that will follow, and the patterns that I’ll write up for y’all.
Also, I’ve been operating outside my comfort zone by sewing. The house-bag needs reinforcement if it’s to hold anything more substantial than the Toddler Twinnage’s feather collection, so I’ve been wielding cotton fabric and interlacing and an over-enthusiastically steamy iron. This is the bag strap innards in progress:-
And now I’m crocheting round the strap, and feeling the stress melt away:-
Working the bricks is quite satisfying, probably as satisfying as building a wall for real.
And whilst I’m busy trying to throw off weary gloom, at least spring is hovering and blossom is ripe, though as I write this a howling gale is roaring down the chimney and annoying the log fire.
And look at these beauties, too!
Time to put the crochet down and get some sleep. Anyway, tomorrow is another day….
oddlyended says
March 29, 2015 at 12:13 amProgress isncvoming along nicely, despite the Möbius. The blue door reminds me of the B&B in York we stayed at a few years ago. Had a door exactly that shade.
Betsy Alspach says
March 29, 2015 at 12:18 amFiber is truly our therapy, isn’t it? I love the little bricks.
Gallivanta says
March 29, 2015 at 1:11 amTherapeutic to read, too. I hope you suggest crochet therapy to all your patients. 😉
narf77 says
March 29, 2015 at 2:38 amYou are progressing amazingly well Ms Twisted. I can only begin to imagine how harrowing your job is :(. I don’t envy you in the least and you have to be a special kind of person to be able to empathise and yet keep your professionalism. I would be a gibbering, blubbering wreck at the end of the first day and would have to come back as one of my colleagues clients on day 2 :(. The house is therapeutic and gorgeous. I can’t wait to find out how to do it. You are ambidextrous with the crochet and the knitting and adding sewing into that mix makes you tridextrous (whatever the heck that means, Grammarly appears to approve of it so it must exist!). BIG hugs and some of the top scoopings from Stevie-boys most tasty cherry wine. At the end of the day, you know that what you are doing, does make a difference to at least one life in the world and that, Ms Twisted, is an amazing thing 🙂
Tajana says
March 29, 2015 at 5:42 amMy dear, you are crafting such a beauty and make me feel willing to craft even if I’m not in my best shape in these last two days (mostly a similar mood you decribed above….) I admire your strong character 🙂 Kudos!
sewchet says
March 29, 2015 at 7:56 amSounds like a trying time – glad you have the antidote. Wine and a sense of perspective are good healing partners. What a good idea to reinforce the strap like that. It’ll take more than a puff of a wolf’s breath to blow that house down:)
gladeridercrafts says
March 29, 2015 at 8:12 amThat’s coming along lovely 🙂 I’m really looking forward to seeing it in all it’s finished glory 🙂 Keep up the awesome work
woolpickle says
March 29, 2015 at 10:35 amLove the house bag! The yarn you’re using looks very soft.
I too am doing a little crochet therapy during toddler naptime. Feeling my blood pressure go down as the stitch count goes up.
leelah saachi says
March 29, 2015 at 10:43 amThat moebius….it may have great gifts to offer, I think, as a 3-dimentional kind of tube – I think it would look exciting
8 Grapes says
March 29, 2015 at 10:51 amLovely seeing your house bag progress! Thank goodness we have yarn therapy. I feel a pair of mittens coming on! Really enjoying your writing!
slippedstitches says
March 29, 2015 at 2:03 pmGreat progress on the bag. Once you’re done wrapping the cotton strap with crochet are you going to sew the crochet to the cotton to keep it in place, or will it not need that?
arlingwoman says
March 29, 2015 at 5:42 pmIt’s so good to see the process on this little house–and how it’s interwoven with the fabric of your life.
thecontentedcrafter says
March 29, 2015 at 6:09 pmBalance in all things – so easy to say, so hard to achieve! But the song playing in my head is ‘Pack up your troubles in your old house bag – and smile, smile, smile…..’ Sigh! [There’s a song for every occasion in my head – I’d possibly fit in quite well with your professional life]
cricketfox says
March 29, 2015 at 10:52 pmThat has turned out really cute
Born To Organize says
March 30, 2015 at 6:49 amYour work sounds challenging. I’m glad you could escape with a bit of beautiful crochet. I can’t wait to see this assembled.
Sharon says
April 2, 2015 at 1:22 pmLove the house bag! I look forward to seeing the knitted version as that’s more in my comfort zone, but I wonder what stitches you could use to retain the texture so it’s not just flat fair isle? So cute though.