Just a few snaps from the second half of January. What a beautiful, bright month it's been. I'm trying to soak up all the light and warmth I can because it always seems a long while before high summer comes back again. I hope you are doing very well, whether you're in summer or not!
Perhaps inspired by the grey coastline, or the hydrangeas in the garden (they're just starting to crisp up and fade from bright blue and pink to mauve with brown marks) I started a crochet blanket project. For this I'm using all the small quantities of yarn I can find in the boxes under my bed. Most are leftovers from past knitting projects in 4ply wool, mohair/silk or alpaca. I decided to choose only grey or mauve/pinks but lots of different textures and fibres. I'm marling these yarns together and only changing one strand at a time, as it runs out.
My plan is to make a single-bed-sized blanket for Keira's birthday which is in a month or so. It's a very simple but soothing project to work on in the evenings! Once I've used up all my yarn, I'll choose another skein to crochet a border around the edges (which are really quite wonky, due to my lack of crochet skill and experience!)
Tom and I have been watching the 3rd series of True Detective together - it's pretty dark but also quite compelling. And on the weekend we watched The Dig - a British film about the Sutton Hoo excavation of 1939. I thought it was a beautiful film - especially the thread about the mother and her son - and the 30s/40s clothes of course.
What about you - have you watched anything interesting lately? I'd love to hear what you're working on.
XX M
