Cheaper than therapy

A great book

Last night I read this book - what a great read.  My daughter had picked it up on a visit to Sydney and was showing me her holiday purchases.  I sat down and read it cover to cover last night (it doesn't take long).  So much of it resonated with me.  It's going to live on the coffee table so I flick through it regularly. I'm probably the last person to hear of Austin Kleon, so I'm glad I reached out from under my rock and caught this little ray of sunlight, or rather was yanked out by my daughter into the light.

A burst of colour in Perth's grey winter!

 

Perth is enduring a very, very cold, windy and wet winter.  Perfect for hunkering down and crafting away.  Not that I can - I have a day job to go to :) 

 

I am methodically sewing in ends on this crochet throw - nearly finished a year or 6 ago!  Also on my crochet granny squares and I'm starting to join them AND working on my V-stitch.  The colour burst makes me feel alive at the end and beginning (I'm having a coffee and crochet a few trebles first thing in the morning, sssshhh don't tell my walking buddy who's away in Europe, that I'm shirking my walking duties, but it's far too wet anyhoo, Margaret :)

 

Colour and crochet make me happy!

Crochet: V Stitch

 

I've taught myself a new stitch this past weekend and I am loving it long time!

 

It is really super easy and progress is super fast - like one of those AGV or TGV fast trains in Europe - this is the Vroom Vroom fast train stitch of crochet.  My thoughts whiz around in my head.  Dreams chattering wildly to me.  It's like sitting on one of those trains.  You sit whilst colours and scenery flash by, taking you to a new place, so you're stationery and mobile all at the same time.  It's an exciting feeling.  I really feel it on trains. Much more so than on aeroplanes.

 

I'm doing what I always seem to do with my crochet.  Totally random colour - just grab the next ball - one colour per row for this throw, so who knows what it will end up looking like. It's a total adventure. :)

 

Hexie Heaven

Count so far....drum roll.....1088 hexies! It now fits across the top of my king size bed, but doesn't go down the sides far enough for my liking.  I would like it to cover the top mattress of the ensemble.  I have this ''thing'' about doonahs, that sit on the top and still show the sheets.  I want this to hide that, so it's more like an old fashioned bedspread...or should the word be retro or vintage these days? I much prefer the drape over the sides look.  Which means... I need to keep going, making my hexies and sewing them together and watching them grow.  It's lovely to step back and take photos.  I call it my daughter's inheritance, as they have watched me work on it for years.  The investment of my time and love...won't they have lovely memories in about 50 years time!!  Trouble is I have 2 daughters and this one quilt, and it's not even finished.  Guess I'll have to make another one.....