I am here, really!
Our holiday was most excellent, just what we needed :o)
We had some excitement in the New Forest when the tent behind our van caught light! Luckily there were some people camped right next to the fire stand and they ran over with extinguishers and it was put out before anybody got hurt or before too much of the tent went up. It looked horrible the next day though and makes you appreciate what you have.
The Steam Fair was AWESOME! I am so glad we went, albeit for a shorter stay than our usual week long visit. It meant packing more into each day but we both saw the bands that we wanted to see and we both had a good time walking round the market, it also meant that i only had to do the market for two days, on the third day i was allowed to rest and sit and crochet while i watched the horse arena and walked round the vintage cars and commercial vehicles - ah bliss!
VW ACtion and my birthday weekend were also very awesome. Much vodka was drunk, many dances danced and many camps visited. I don't think i have ever socialised as much as i did last weekend, it was FAB! The racing was excellent as usual, if a little staggered due to many oil downs but on Saturday evening they had night racing which was SUPERB! I've never seen anything like it, it took my breath away :oD
Some crafting was attempted. I have made progress with the hexagon blankie, with nearly 3 "rounds" completed, unfortunately i only took one ball of each colour and the main colour ran out before i could finish the final two hexagons on the third round. Round one has one hexagon, round two has six and round three has 12 with ten completed. I'll be taking it along this weekend to VanFest though so i hope to make more progress on it then :o)
I had started the fish blankie too but ran into a problem when it said in the pattern to twist two stitches on the right needle but she meant the left. Luckily we managed to figure it out over at CTnY and i've been working on it this evening. I've discovered that there's another slight error and you have to knit 2 before and after the increases or it doesn't work out right but it's no biggie, i appreciate the pattern all the same! Mille's patterns are awesome, i am really enjoying how they are coming out and i hope the recipient's love them as much as i do :o)
I have to say a big THANKYOU to Mille for taking the time to let me know that our fix was the right one, she very kindly left a comment after someone else had asked her if we were right, what a sweetie, and to think i was too scared to mail her and ask her!! Thanks hun *hugs*
I'm not sure how to progress with the hexagon blankie, i think i am going to square it off rather than keep it round but i'll have to work out where and what colours i'll need first. I'm looking into trying a quilt design program but i'm not sure i will be successful with it as it wants to know how many blocks i want before i start :o? But it's got to be worth a go hasn't it!
OH! There's some exciting news from VW Action but it will have to wait as i want to go play with the designer, but we have a new addition to the family and you'll be hearing the pitter patter of teeny tiny feet :o)
