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A crafty weekend

It's been a good weekend, although a bit odd. It's Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) and normally I would be spending time with family and friends. But I met up with Elise at the shops on Friday and we got a coffee and sat on on a bench (who would have thought that would be and feel like a privilege?) and she gave me some honey cake. Then this morning Arthur, my brother, messaged me and brought over a honey cake and some other treats. so I feel very loved.

I started the weekend by dyeing some yarn for the upcoming Westknits MKAL. I'm pretty happy with how the speckles / colour came out.

Here's what I think it my final choices for the shawl. Hopefully it will work out well. In any case, it will be fun.

I decided to  put down Leon's jumper for the weekend and crotchet my mother-in-law a tea cosy. It's  a bit nerve wracking, because her tea pot is not a standard size. I'm using this super cute pattern, and it's taken me a while to get the hang of the pattern - I definitly speak crotchet as a second language -  but it's going well now... I think.

And finally I decided to try a different mask pattern. I used See Kate Sew's 3d shaped mask. I'm hoping a shaped mask will be more comfortable

, but mainly I really wanted a parrot mask to go with this dress - and my tropical inspired living room.

So, a crafty,  satisfying, if slightly bitterwseet weekend. 

  


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