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<\/a><\/p>\nCrafting time therefore is still very limited, but I have achieved a couple of small successes.\u00a0 I finished my version of Eva’s Shawl<\/a>, Starry Starry Night<\/em>, a beginner level shawl which I ‘pimped’ with beautiful Unique Sheep Eos yarn and some serendipitous beads.\u00a0 I’m really pleased with the resulting gorgeousness.<\/p>\n The soft changes and multiple skeins of colour phase yarn worked really well in crochet (so many variegated yarns don’t work for crochet) and the whole is light and very warm.<\/p>\n I also managed to pick up and make a concerted effort on the front of my Jan sweater<\/a> (by the adorable Susan Crawford, from Stitch in Time vol II<\/a>) – I’ve been working on this since JUNE 2011 (gasp!) and had finished the back last August then ran into a variety of interesting excuses as to why I couldn’t start the front.\u00a0 I finally I finally managed to get Part 1 of my Crochet Chart reading tutorials<\/a> up and on this site.\u00a0 I promise not to take so long with the other parts!\u00a0 I’d love to hear what you think – and of course there are the PDF’s as well.<\/p>\n This month (as in next month, June) I’m hosting a CAL (crochet-a-long) over on Ravelry for the beautiful Recuerdos de infancia<\/a> – the yarn I wanted to use I don’t have enough yardage for (isn’t it always the way?) so I think I might be going down the laceweight path and stash diving (after all, it’s not like I’m short of yarn here, and I really can’t justify buying any more without making something from stash first).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As we roll up in bunting drenched vehicles ahead of the Diamond Jubilee this weekend, I can’t believe that it’s been nearly 4 weeks since my last post, and it’s been very busy!\u00a0 I shall add a note to my … Continue reading <\/a>cast on the ribbing in November, and then, at the change point I suddenly couldn’t find the energy to find my 3.25mm needles (and crochet got in the way, and then I was teaching and, ya know, ‘stuff’) so I dug out the needles, and my Portuguese pin (sorry, I don’t think I mentioned I’m trying to do this entirely Portuguese style – add another skill to the box) and did another set of rows – now I’ve started the main body of the front hopefully I’ll get a bit further along on this one…<\/p>\n