{"id":268,"date":"2013-02-09T12:50:29","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T12:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/?p=268"},"modified":"2013-02-09T12:50:29","modified_gmt":"2013-02-09T12:50:29","slug":"finally-finishing-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/?p=268","title":{"rendered":"Finally finishing projects!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had a great week catching up on several bits &#8211; and a bad week in that it&#8217;s been a stress filled and eventful week.<\/p>\n<p>I finally got around to photographing all my outstanding stash (from last October!) so I&#8217;ve added a huge heap of yardage to my Ravelry stash pages and made a complete mockery of my &#8216;2013 Yarn Diet&#8217;.\u00a0 Must. Not. Buy. More. Yarn.\u00a0 Well, at least not for myself!<\/p>\n<p>I also finished a couple of projects! Yeah, go me!<\/p>\n<p>I finished a cushion &#8216;front&#8217; that I had been doing in that popular ruffle yarn, you know the stuff.\u00a0 I loved the colour but didn&#8217;t want a scarf, and it so happened that the colourway worked well with my existing living room decor.\u00a0 It&#8217;s only taken about a year to get around to finish this..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_1007.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-269\" title=\"ruffle cushion\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_1007-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Ruffle Cushion\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_1007-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_1007-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_1007-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I also finished the baby blanket, and I&#8217;m really pleased with how it came out.\u00a0 The Nikkim Cotton was perfect and it&#8217;s gone beautifully soft during blocking.\u00a0 I just know it will wear well in use &#8211; perfect for busy parents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0995.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-271\" title=\"cotton baby blanket\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0995-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"cotton baby blanket\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0995-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0995-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0995.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>I also made headway on starting the samples for the Beginners Tunisian Workshop I&#8217;ll be teaching in June, and made a great &#8216;sampler spa cloth&#8217; in Paton&#8217;s 100% cotton.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_1003.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-272\" title=\"spa cloth\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_1003-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"spa cloth\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_1003-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_1003-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_1003-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cotton I can&#8217;t recommend highly enough if you&#8217;re looking for a tight twist cotton &#8211; it comes in 4ply and DK, in range of fabulous colours.\u00a0 It gives great stitch definition (as you can see), has a gorgeous eggshell-like soft sheen and I loved it so much I&#8217;ve picked up a range of colours to use in the class for the lucky students to take away with them..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0963.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-273\" title=\"multicolour cotton\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0963-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"multicolour cotton\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0963-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0963-1024x889.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_0963-345x300.jpg 345w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today I&#8217;m finally getting around to blocking the samples for the Crochet 102 (Shaping) class, and I have plans for some KnitPicks multi-colour I acquired&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had a great week catching up on several bits &#8211; and a bad week in that it&#8217;s been a stress filled and eventful week. 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