Music

Sitting in the office blogging and listening to a great new band, 'Alabama Shakes' a young band from, well, Athens, Alabama USA.

It's that time again

I had thought I would sell the bike this year, I MOT'd it and taxed it and put it on Autotrader........and then the sun came out, yeeeeehaa maybe I'll keep it after all :-D

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Back online

Well, after a lenghty layoff it would appear I can once again post blogs via my Blackberry :-)

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Coffee cup holder/Too much tension!

Well, I finally finished my next project, a vending machine coffee cup holder. I know, its a bit ropey but I was making it up as I went along and the tension was making itself up as we went along! The next effort will be better as I get to grips with the tension, the hope is to build up to making a beanie so I need to get the tension right or it could end up as a balaclava! :-( Hmmm, reading this back there are too many tensions thrown in but ultimately necessary I feel. Getting the tension sorted out will eventually lead to a more relaxed style of crochet thus leading to a more relaxed me, no more knotty shoulders (excuse the pun).
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Crochet Circle

Here is my first attempt at a crochet circle using a slip knot loop as the circle so that you can draw the circle tight and then, according to the person on youtube, double crochet (I thought it looked like treble as I've been shown; UK/US ?) In twelves. I might use it as the base for a vending machine coffee cup holder which is a project I have been thinking of.
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Crochet is relaxation?

Well, finally I have produced a granny square of my own without any supervision and no its not perfect, I see that now its finished but it is finished. Just towards the end I was starting to get the pattern right, I think. I have heard that crochet is supposed to be very relaxing because of the nature of the repetitive action required. It apparently can reduce your heart rate and bring down blood pressure, all good things. However, nobody mentioned the knotted (excuse the pun) shoulders and the furrowed brow that the concentration and effort would bring on. My shoulders feel like I have been humping and dumping cement sacks all day, not sitting in a comfortable chair with a hook and some yarn! I'm sure the shoulders will ease as I become more practised, provided I don't go into spasm and end up in A & E :-)
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