Five Little Things

As in, five little things you should probably know about me, but presumably, do not :

Thing 1: Never owned my own cell phone and perhaps never will.
Thing 2: Took up distance running early last year to be able to hunt like those master hunter-gatherers, The Kalahari !Kung, if and when the need arises.
Thing 3: Will most assuredly expire if I don't have a cucumber slice with a sprinkle of pepper on my cracker with cheese.
Thing 4: Whilst brushing my teeth every night before bed, simultaneously do frantic leg raises.
Thing 5: Just completed The Boy's scrappy crochet blanket started during the Christmas holidays. See photos.

Okay, cough it up. What is one thing I should - but probably don't - know about YOU?

♥M

A Christmas Crochet Just-In-Time Finish

It's okay if I post it. The sweet recipients don't read this blog. They have no idea I'm talking about them in public behind their backs. They're clueless. And well they should be.

I made this movie-watching-cuddling-up-with-a-good-book-double-crochet-stripey couch-blanket for them. My hope was to make use of yarns I already had in the substantial yarn collection I inherited a few years ago. No purchases allowed. AT ALL.

Happily, I succeeded in my mission. But for that reason, the colour play is a little unconventional. And despite the pre-planning, I also had some serious doubt about whether or not the blanket would come together. At one point, I had to do some major restructuring which involved cutting out, with scissors yes, a series of heinous stripes from the middle. Thankfully, the blanket survived. And so did I.

But I'll explain the surgery in detail a little later. I'm still traumatized by it, I think.

The good news is, it's in one piece. And it is complete. Now I have a handmade gift for my loved ones. I'm happy about that. I hope they will be too.

♥M

P.S. Here's our family's absolute favourite couch-blanket (also crochet) which I made a while back.