I’m tootling about online after my chocolate eating, crocheting, sunny Saturday afternoon and I check in to Twitterland to see this tweet and photo:
“Mr Scrappy dries his eyes after England lose to Wales at Twickenham.”
Well!!!
I didn’t realise I’d created an emotional sports fan when I crocheted Mr Scrappy…
… .or that he would be such supportive company to the 6 foot, beer drinking, peanut eating rugby watcher downstairs!
I’ve had a lovely hour or two this afternoon….
A little bit of sweetness with a few rows of wave
“Ta-dah! Here I am!”
Mr Scrappy is finally finished.
Want to make your own Mr Scrappy? Click here for the free pattern
Next it was nice to do a few more rows of granny stripes for the rainbow blanket…
Soooo relaxing. It’s getting cosy as it grows and keeps my legs warm as I work.
I hope you’re having a good weekend too? After a busy week I think there’s nothing better than sunshine streaming through the windows, a little bit of chocolate (or whatever makes you feel like you’re having a treat) and something relaxing to make or do.
Lovely!
Yesterday I made myself not start any new projects until I’d a) darned in the ends on the dolls blanket b) sewed up Mr Scrappy c) ordered eyes for Mr S and d) sorted out the Hilton crochet
a) Done. Tick!
It’s finished, all ends darned in and ready to go to two little girls. I thought one blanket between the two of them for their dollies was a bit mean.
This is the other one when it was a WIP. I saw it being used in dolly covering mode last weekend….
Mr Scrappy being assembled
b) Done. Tick!
c) Done. Tick! Eyes ordered from a seller on ebay
and ummmm d) didn’t get done but I did start a new hat based on Stacey Trock’s FREE pattern available on Ravelry.
Stacey’s patterns are very clear and easy to follow. I can’t recommend her enough. Mr Scrappy is another of her free patterns on her great website ‘Fresh Stitches’
Happy Valentine’s Day! xx
I really did go downhill yesterday, I thought that the streaming cold of Sunday would be better and probably nearly gone by yesterday but I woke up feeling really horrendous. I was even slightly tempted to take a photo to prove how hideous I looked and felt, but am truly glad I didn’t….it would be scarey viewing.
I’d read a tweet at the weekend which said something like ‘if all you want to do is sit up in bed and crochet – while watching a movie, then do’ (Or 140 characters worth of similar advice anyway!) I’ve never considered bed and crochet as being compatible; I have enough trouble with my hooks sliding down between the cushions, or onto the floor when I’m on the sofa. But as I was feeling so fragile, and bed was the cosiest place, I decided to try.
So far Mr Scrappy only had a body and one leg or arm which was all green when it was meant to be stripey.
(Here’s why it’s plain green, not colourful…)
I settled down against my pillows with my audio book of Me Before You by Jojo Moyes and made another one.
Anything you notice about them?!
I sighed and decided to carry on making Mr Scrappy’s body….while laughing out loud and feeling a little teary as the book progressed…
Lynne’s advice about using a stitch marker when crocheting in the round is sooo helpful. It really works!
Ok, so after going back and making another arm or leg I could see that crocheting after 2 glasses of wine, while watching Red Dwarf, might not have been such a great idea the other night…
I’ll undo the freakishly big plain green one and save the wool for another section of Mr S.
Not bad crochet for a poorly Rachel – especially while choking and sobbing over Me Before You.
I can’t recommend the book enough, it’s amazing by the way. So amazing I might even be listening to it again from the beginning.
Crocheting more of Mr Scrappy took my mind off how terrible I was feeling and I might even crochet in bed again one lazy weekend. Hopefully without all the germs!
The Little Room of Rachell 