Battlestar Galactica meets crochet

What a week it's been so far!

A weekend of crochet-madness, a wedding and yet another long night of crocheting and here I am. Let's not forget to mention the week of Battlestar Galactica either. My Mum is very disappointed to hear that she has to wait until 16th August for the next season to come out on DVD.

Saturday night (and much of Sunday morning) was spent sewing the pieces of my latest dabbling with knitting & crochet, free-form. I shared the wee hours of Saturday with David Attenborough and a multitude of plants and animals. I'm glad I've finished it. To be honest as much as I love the style of free-form, I'm not sure I have the patience to sew together so many pieces to make things. I guess it comes with the territory. I was very grateful for the large quantity of wool that I used for the wrap because it was damn cold up in the Dandenongs at the wedding!

The wedding was beautiful and I look forward to seeing the many photos that I know were taken. It was good to catch up with people again, some who we hadn't seen since we finished our time at Monash.

After the wedding, I started crocheting at shawl for Gene's Mum for her birthday (today). Sadly the small amount of champagne combined with the four hours sleep I'd have the previous night meant my pattern reading and coordination skills were at an all time low. I started the shawl three times that night before giving up.

The next morning I woke up and was ready to give the shawl another try. After another three failed attempts to make the shawl I swore loudly and rather strongly suggested to my Mum, who was making the same shawl for Gene's Auntie Dot, that we change patterns as we'd both had trouble with the pattern given the short timeframe. Word to the wise, mohair is a lovely yarn to work with but a bastard to unpick. We found a pattern for a moebius shawl which I've been wanting to make for awhile now so we started that. It wasn't the best written pattern I've read. The measurements & size information was at the bottom of the pattern and the pattern was repeated at random. The pattern itself was hidden among and split between paragraphs making it difficult to follow. The garment that was pictured was made differently as well. Can you tell we were frustrated?

Anyhow, we crocheted furiously while watching Battlestar Galactica until 02:00 this morning before slinking off to bed. We finally finished the shawls at 17:00 today when we had to leave for Cathy & Dot's birthday dinner.

So, what am I doing after I finish this blog? Well, I'm going to settle down on the couch with my latest crochet project (a mohair capelet that I've almost finished) and watch Startrek: Next Generation with Gene. Why? Because I love my sci-fi shows and making stuff while spending time with my man. :)

PS.

Gene says writing in French is hard.