{"id":841,"date":"2019-08-17T13:26:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T12:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/?p=841"},"modified":"2019-08-17T13:26:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T12:26:19","slug":"august-2019-catch-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/?p=841","title":{"rendered":"August 2019 Catch Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FOs (Finished Objects)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What\u2019s been finished since my last post<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Nothing. Zip. Nada<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WIPs (Works in Progress)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Works actively being worked on &#8211; (not hibernating or we\u2019d be here forever) including my PP (Purse Project or the project that is living in my handbag)<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/TuesdayFortnite\/spiderweb-skirt-pattern\">Spiderweb Skirt<\/a>, Hook 5mm, Knit Picks Dishie in \u201cEggPlant\u201d<br>This is my \u2018desk\u2019 project so only gets worked on in my lunch hour at work. Only a couple of rows further on.  I will have to take another ball into work fairly soon though meaning I am about to start ball 3 (which is awesome as I&#8217;ve worked balls 1 and 2 twice due to me being an idiot)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/TuesdayFortnite\/spectra\">Spectral <\/a>&#8211; another 10 segments completed.\u00a0 I\u2019ve discovered I can do a segment in about 12 minutes and have definitely shifted into the second half of the scarf now &#8211; which is a relief!\u00a0 The pattern calls for 56 segments I believe, but I want a symmetrical scarf so it\u2019s going to end up being a Dr Who length of about twice that&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Every Day\u2019s a School Day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What I\u2019m learning from my crafting this month..<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>I\u2019m easily distracted<\/strong><br>My brain runs off with ideas and gets to 90% then suddenly veers off and starts on a new idea.&nbsp; This means that I have a lot of \u2018not even started\u2019 projects that I really want to do, but oh look,&#8230;. Shiny\u2026.<\/li><li><strong>ChartMinder<\/strong><br>I\u2019m always a bit late to the party, but wanted to let anyone who doesn\u2019t already know about this little bit of free software in on the secret.&nbsp; ChartMinder (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chart-minder.com\">www.chart-minder.com<\/a>) is a little website that lets you design your own knitting, tapestry crochet or filet crochet charts by designing the segment and then seeing how it works in repeats.&nbsp; You can change colours, do repeats vertically or horizontally (or both) and set your \u2018repeats box\u2019.  It\u2019s really very cool.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bits of Sheep<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Stash reduction or enhancement<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a double knitting workshop at the end of September &#8211; so may have bought another 3 Caron Pantone mixes for that&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Really need to crack on with some projects so I reduce my stash again!&nbsp; I was doing so well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B1Q9RbvFMAE\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>Month<\/td><td>Balls\/Skeins In<\/td><td>Balls\/Skeins Out<\/td><td>Net Balance<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>July<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>-6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>August<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>+2<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Oh Shiny&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The source of my startitis &#8211; for example planned projects , inspirations or ideas that have caught my eye or subjects or topics that have snagged my attention..<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve realised I am pathologically incapable of writing a short post, so rather than have the really long, picture heavy posts once a month I am aiming for shorter posts of different styles twice a month.&nbsp; The start of the month will be on something that has caught my eye (the Oh Shiny\u2026) and the middle of the month will be the list you see above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOs (Finished Objects) What\u2019s been finished since my last post Nothing. 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