Something really weird happened this morning. This is an illustration of what happened.
See? Weird. Weeks ago I bought some trainers. A week or so after that I downloaded the
free NHS "Couch to 5k" podcast. Then many weeks went past. Then this morning I woke up shortly after 6 and thought "Right, time to go running." I'm worried it might be dementia. Or the menopause or something. Anyway, I made it through day 1 week 1 and no I didn't feel better afterwards. I felt sweaty. And no that's not the same thing.
Having got the insanity out of my system I went off to Kew to visit
Tikki Patchwork.
Now there's a lovely shop and easy walking distance from the tube station. Not big but with every space used well to display lovely fabrics and accoutrements. You see I am planning another quilt. NOT a handsewn one or paper-pieced. Something with rectangles which are machine sewn and rotary cut. The Make Lounge has some fabrics but this place was a little Aladdin's cave with a couple of hundred 100% cottons to choose from. On this occasion I was only there to look but when have I ever only window shopped? My haul was modest.
The tape measure ribbon/cotton tape is for the handle of the metal frame bag I made a few weeks ago. It's going to be ideal so I shall put that together this weekend.
I made my cat-to-be a toy this week. I've been meaning to try one of these for ages and thought it might work as a christmas tree decoration with the right fabric. So I got a load of small scraps for a try-out and here you are.
I am sure the cat will tear it apart in about 30 seconds but then they'll probably enjoy it so I don't mind. And it would work on a tree except the pentagons need to be smaller. So now we know.
Lastly the Cranford-a-long has been going well. I have just divided for the thumb on my first one - although this is a shot from earlier.
The colours are very hard to photograph but it is neither so garish or gothic as it looks. Plus it is certainly knitting up quickly. I've made a couple of mods which I'll write up on Rav.
3 comments:
Lixie, you are a treasure! I'm so glad that I stumbled upon your blog. I always enjoy reading your posts, no matter what you're writing about. Thank you!
Lixie, you are looking like a red-eyed monster, ready for combat(only joking!). Good on you for starting the exercise
Wow, running gal, that is mental. The shop looks super ace. I was remembering the other day how long it was since I ran anywhere. I used to 'jog' a bit at college and never felt like it was the right exercise for me (which turns out to have been correct, joints-wise) but I think it's a great thing to do if you can. Perhaps you'll be running a marathon before you know it!
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