First Stutterings
At the end of January I had the pleasure of taking a learn to crochet course at The Makery in Bath taught by the very patient and adept Rosee Woodland . Here is my first ever piece of crochet. Hard won over an hour or so. Rather tight and twisty. I thought it would be, as that aptly describes my first pieces of knitting. The focus and anxiety to get it right flow through my hands and translate into tightly wound stitches. I seem less patient with myself than I was when I learnt to knit as if somehow because I can do the one I should be able to do the other. I was no natural knitter but because it it flows now I think other crafts should feel the same. That belief certainly sabotaged my attempts to learn from a book which worked for me with knitting; with crochet I felt like I should be able to skip through that beginning section and get straight into the 'real' stuff and when I couldn't get it easily I didn't want to persevere. So I was delighted to see details of ...
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You really travelled down in style, didn't you? :-)
LOVE the VW... I had an old '68 camper with pop top, had it for years and just loved it with a passion, I also did all the work on it, so easy, and fun even... I kid you not :^) and 'raining sheep'... if you find an older model, it usually just takes a few minutes a day to make sure the oil level is right... but I wonder now if parts are as easily available...
The Lenten Rose is beautiful.
Hope you had a great easter!
The piccies are gorgeous and I love the VW.. so cool!
Happy Easter
Love the photos :)
Suzie