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This week, I am determined to advance some of the projects I already have on the go. I am itching to start several other things, but I must<\/em> exercise some self-discipline or my house will be taken over in the messiest and least intentional yarn-bomb catastrophe known to man (or woman, for that matter).<\/p>\n

So, with that in mind, I went back to my hexagon blanket today. I’m using Rowan’s Kaffe Fassett Colourscape: a gorgeous woollen yarn whose colours melt effortlessly into one another. All the hexagons below are from the same skein. I have already got 30 made, and some already joined up, but I decided I needed a more methodical approach. So my mission today was to edge all the motifs I already have:<\/p>\n

\"Edging<\/a>
Edging the hexagons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But then I got bored. I’d edged maybe five or six, so I decided to join them to the piece I already had. I now have around 17 joined together and I totally love the look (though it needs blocking, the ends weaving in etc) and working with it in this unseasonally snowy weather was lovely and snuggly warm, too.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The hexagonal story so far, with, in the background, my toddler whose favourite place is on top of the coffee table \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The post brought a rather exciting parcel, too… My spindle! I now have some fibre (and more on the way), a spindle, YouTube and am just waiting till all my little darlings are in bed, my lovely man cooking – how glad am I that he’s in the kitchen tonight!? – and I’ll give it a whirl. (No pun intended) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"Spindle<\/a>
Spindle and fibre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And finally, my little number four son, aged 6, has been suffering from a lack of attention lately. It’s tough being number four of five. Actually, it’s tricky getting enough attention being any<\/em> one of five (and I speak from experience) especially when you have a mother who is constantly buried under a mountain of yarn, and is off in a world of ‘what shall I make next’…?<\/p>\n

\"attention\"<\/a>I had a rare insight into his world outside home yesterday, when his teacher told me how proud he is to come to school in something I’ve made for him. I do sometimes worry about the potential therapy sessions when they’re grown up and have left home: “All the other kids had this really cool kit, but my<\/em> mum made me wear all this\u00a0homemade\u00a0<\/em>stuff…!” After all, I’m not sure my 13 year old would be remotely happy about leaving the house in something I’d knitted \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

So I’m off to spend some time with my little fella, and I’ve promised him that the very next project I start will be a knitted crocodile for him<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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