Lace & Purls: April 2014

I haven't been here for a while - that dreadful short attention span and my procrastination skills means I've been busying myself with other things (and often with nothing).

So, let's see, what have I been up to?

I've knitted a very complex pair of Alice in Wonderland mittens and a lovely baby blanket... And this, the world's biggest knitted Christmas stocking (yes, I've been away a while).

I've finally painted those damn dining chairs (but still haven't covered the seats since I need a more powerful staple gun):

I've started two more blankets I haven't finished:

But most importantly, I've discovered a new craft. Yes, another one. A few months ago, I was fed up with looking at paper cuts and saying I would never be able to do that.... So for some reason I decided to order a kit.

At first I was pretty rubbish. Given that I can't draw, this wasn't surprising. Then something clicked. Since February I've partly conquered my fear of drawing, partly learned to use Illustrator and gone from this kind of thing...