Early last year my dad had a heart attack. He subsequently had a few episodes but he seemed to be doing well - he was walking every day and he was in good spirits. In recent weeks, however, his health has deteriorated rather rapidly. Thursday was a really bad day for him - I was left feeling a bit helpless and uncharacteristically freaked out!
Completed the Pink/Purple Groovyghan on Wednesday evening - it just needed a border - tried to crochet this on Thursday evening but ended up frogging it a few times - just couldn't get my head around it. I had started working on a "Babette" afghan on Thursday morning but ended up frogging that too. The result of this was a pile of silly squares and a lot of yarn that couldn't be reused for to-be-sold work.
Decided Friday morning to put everything aside and indulge in a bit of silliness. Started playing around with a photo editor (Pic Monkey) - so easy and so much fun. Have been promising myself to pay more attention to my blog - i.e.post more often and make it more Zooty.
Laid out the silly squares and "froggy" yarn for a bit of photo fun!
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| Happy Scrappy Squares |
This colourful collage made me think of a tablecloth we had painted when the children were little. We used to love painting together. I would take a big piece of calico, divide it into four sections and draw something (the same or a similar design) on each section. Then we would each get a section to paint. We would decide together what colours to use! What fun - and a fabulous way to spend quality time together.
Photographing the tablecloth gave me a bit of inspiration for the squares. There was way too much cerise - so I did a bit more frogging!!
Had some tea and a cappuccino muffin (baked by my son!). By then it had warmed up a bit and I ventured out of my craft room to take more photos:
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| A Bit of late winter (early spring??) colour |
The Star Jasmine looks (and smells) amazing - covered in millions of those little purplish pink buds. Quite a lot have already started to open:
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| Star Jasmine |
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| Spanish Lavender |
Spent the rest of the day beautifying old photos and reading other crafty blogs - crocheting in between!
By early this morning my Happy Scrappy Afghan was starting to take shape:
You can see from this photo that quite a lot of the original cerise has been removed. Tweaking it as I go along - so far definitely a "happy scrappy"!
My daughter just sent me a picture of her Groovyghan on Whatsapp - also nearly finished (showing you a sneak peek - will get some proper photos once it is complete):
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| Danielle's Groovyghan |
Phoned my mom and she says my dad is a bit better today - so I am ending the weekend on a calmer note!
Hope you have a happy week with plenty of time to craft!!