It's been a hot muggy week here in the UK. Not that i'm complaining about actually having some summer weather, but I am thankful to now be living by the sea. It's enabled us to pop out across to the beach when ever we needed a spot of cooler air
This included an evening stroll at dusk, although it was the lure of getting a magnum that did get us off the sofa!
We had our usual beach walk when we had the day off together. It was a beautiful day, but with a lovely sea breeze it was comfortable to walk in
As we'd been out for a while we ended up stopping at a garage and getting ourselves a late lunch. We sat on the beach to eat it, you really can't beat that view!
Hubby had a great haul that day, and some good size pieces too
A range of colours. White, green, olive and pale blue
I was having a 'blind' day, but at least I managed to find a large pale blue piece
I had a work meeting to go to in Stratford. It turned out nothing like I could have imagined as we spent 2 hours around the Olympic park 'team building'. It was so much fun as we worked in teams, had clues to find and had to show photographic evidence. It meant I was able to visit somewhere ordinarily I wouldn't normally have gone to.
The mandala has been continued and been growing, with thankfully some quicker easier rounds. But I've hit another mistake!
I'm so frustrated! I'm not quick at crochet, and I have limited time, so to have to undo a whole round which I need to do is a little bit heartbreaking!
The problem is I didn't know I had gone wrong until I was at the end of this round! I'm supposed to have 31 of these lilac stitches in each section, but somehow the last section has 33!!
So I've chucked it aside for the moment, until I can bear to undo and redo, and made a start on a new basket. As you may recall last time I intended to do another (but slightly different) scrap yarn basket. Its not quite gone to plan, I have said before they do work up organically, and take their own shape. Well this one certainly has. For some reason the base on this one didn't come out flat like all the others.
Its like a ceramic bowl with a base, so if it wishes to be a bowl, then a bowl it may be!!
Just punch up the center so that it looks like a bundt cake pan. Then, perhaps work up a central column to make a "hanger"..? - Or, just use it to *store* bundt cake pans!
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I think it looks beautiful, what will you do with the mandala when it is finished?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Vicky, your Mandala is so pretty and something to treasure. You will get there good to just walk away at times
ReplyDeleteThe teambuilding sounds like it was fun. That is frustrating on the mandala. I guess you will have to undo it, or it will throw future rounds out.
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