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So this week I made a start on another basket. </div>
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Although I don't normally do the 'C' word, I wanted to a try two colour basket. </div>
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So I thought Candy colours would be the perfect choice</div>
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I love how the stiches look like little knitted cables!</div>
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Not only did I start, but I finished it too!</div>
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Perfect to put treats in, or decorative items</div>
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I'm excited to do another one now, as I have bells and quite frankly what more could you want than a basket with bells on!!</div>
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This week we've had a lovely week off of work and have been blessed with decent weather.</div>
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After a day of rest on Sunday, we caught a bus to <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cissbury-ring">Cissbury Ring</a></div>
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It was bliss, being in the heart of the countryside, so peaceful</div>
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Just surrounded by the sounds of nature</div>
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with views of the rolling fields in one direction, and across the town to the sea in the other</div>
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We weren't just there to take in the beautiful surroundings, but we knew there were plenty of Geocaches to find</div>
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It was a fabulous place for finds, and we bumped up our total by finding 11</div>
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The next day was another rest day, but we did take a trip to the cinema to see <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV_IhWE4LP0">Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children</a></div>
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Midweek and we were on the bus to Brighton. I really wanted to go once I'd heard there were a trail of <a href="http://www.snowdogsbythesea.co.uk/">snow dogs</a></div>
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It seems we're always hunting for something whilst we're out!</div>
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It was great searching the lanes and seafront for these amazing doggies, all looking so different as they've been transformed by different artists</div>
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The following day we spent more time at home, but with lovely weather we did take some beach strolls, but can definitely feel that its Autumn now as the temperature has sure dropped</div>
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I took a trip to the hairdressers for a much needed colour. I've gone back to red to cover those 'natural highlights'</div>
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At the weekend we had a visit for hubby's sister and had a lovely day around town, stopping for afternoon tea and fun on the pier</div>
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Although we've been out and about a lot, on our rest days with our feet up in front of the tv, I've been beavering away on the mandala</div>
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I've managed to complete 3 rounds which I'm very pleased about</div>
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It seems I have been quite slack in writing posts recently, which is down to general life getting in the way, and I need to reassess my time management. Since starting slimming world (which is going well, I hasten to add) any spare time windows have been spent on either meal planning or food prep.</div>
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Having looked back over my September pictures (where did that month go!?) I need to squeeze a bit more time in for my baskets, I'm not sure how or when! Maybe if I can get a bit more super organised with the food, maybe I can squeeze a few more minutes!</div>
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Seeing as we've been extremely lucky with the nice weather in the uk, we've made the most of it and been for some lovely beach walks</div>
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This was a great start to what is now a week off work for us. We haven't got too much planned but we are hoping to do a trip to Brighton and possibly get to the cinema!</div>
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Sunday we were off work and after some housework we went into town to try to do some Geocaching. We were half successful finding 2 out of the 4.</div>
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Ive finally decided to join slimming world, its much needed. I'm finding it tricky so far of thinking of things to eat, but hopefully i'll get into the swing of it!</div>
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On our midweek day off we met up with my Mum, and had a lovely day out at Bognor.</div>
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And managed to find 3 more Geo's too!!</div>
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It's been lovely having an extra day off this week, with a bank holiday here in the Uk, more time to play!</div>
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I did pop to town on the Monday to check out the carnival procession.</div>
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Thank you to everyone's pompom advice last week, just one set it will be on the scrap yarn basket. I just need some goog light so I can take some decent pictures of the scrappy set. </div>
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My next basket is already underway, in fact the actual body is complete, but you'll be pleased to know that there is still an abundance of pompoms.</div>
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When i'd been plucking out different colours for the scrap baskets, I found a multi tone ball which I decided would be perfect for a basket all its own.</div>
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This one has been much quicker to work up without any colour changes, but to make it more interesting I thought i'd go all out with pompoms on this one!</div>
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So there's been plenty of wrapping, cutting, and fluffing!!</div>
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I am still continuing with the beast of the Mandala, slowly but surely i'm working my way round, but it sure is time consuming!</div>
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Before going, I was working on my latest scrap yarn basket<br />
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With the basket completed, I decided it needed a little something extra!!<br />
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I made a pompom using my smallest pompom maker, using a few different strands of different coloured yarns. However, putting it next to the basket, it looked enormous! I had to rethink, and remembered seeing a technique online using a fork, so gave it a go</div>
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It worked well, and was easy to do, just a bit tricky to get the scissors in to make the cuts, but the size was much more suitable!</div>
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So for this weeks walk we took a detour. There was an annual classic car show at a local park, opposite the beach. As we're still new and acting like tourists we thought we'd have a mooch around. Cars really aren't my thing, but even so I could appreciate the beautiful styles that were on display.</div>
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My focus this week has been on a large scrap yarn basket</div>
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Its the largest one I've made so far, with lots of colour changes</div>
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I work with a big bag full of yarns at my feet, and have a lucky dip to choose the next colour to add, although it can be slightly edited, as I wouldn't want two colours or tones the same, I want them all nicely spread out. So sometimes its orchestrated randomness!! </div>
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I'm close to finishing. There's just a few more ends to be sewn in, as you can see. That's the only downfall to making a very colourful piece, so many ends!!</div>
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So this weeks beach walk took place further down the coast in Brighton. We got off the bus at the Hove borderline and headed down to the waters edge.</div>
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We looked into various shops and galleries along the front, until we reached the pier, and had our usual fun on our favourite games</div>
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As it had turned into a bowl, I decided to finish it off with a picot edging</div>
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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</div>
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This included an evening stroll at dusk, although it was the lure of getting a magnum that did get us off the sofa!</div>
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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</div>
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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!</div>
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Hubby had a great haul that day, and some good size pieces too</div>
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A range of colours. White, green, olive and pale blue</div>
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I was having a 'blind' day, but at least I managed to find a large pale blue piece</div>
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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.</div>
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The mandala has been continued and been growing, with thankfully some quicker easier rounds. But I've hit another mistake!</div>
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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!</div>
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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!!</div>
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On this weeks beach walk, despite thinking it was perfect treasure conditions, strong wind and waves and the tide far out, there wasn't much to be found.</div>
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We walked as far as the pier<br />
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And decided to stop at the lovely café at the end of the pier for tea cake<br />
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Craft wise I have been continuing round the mandala. Its extending out again, but thankfully not too complicated</div>
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I have also managed to finish my scrap yarn basket</div>
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We went out on a most enjoyable beach walk last week, and yes the sun did put in an appearance. Despite the tide being in we still had a search for treasure. I wasn't able to find any glass at the beginning, but I took joy at all the other wondrous things that get washed on to the beach. For the first time I found some good pieces driftwood</div>
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Its amazing how time flies and how many metres you walk when you are completely absorbed in nature around you. The only problem is having to walk back again!</div>
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As I have a ridiculously large stash of acrylic yarns I fancied trying a scrap yarn basket. As I wanted a complete random mix of colour I put two strands together, and went up a hook size. Its tricky to make it random when you're used to pattern, and matching.</div>
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On our day off together, despite the grey skies, we were determined to make the most of the beach. <br />
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We felt it would be a good treasure hunting opportunity as the sea had been churning well. And it was, we found plenty of pieces, but we hadn't anticipated on the strength of the wind nor the chillyness!</div>
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Apart from a lone dog walker we were the only ones braving the elements. Its normally me that struggles with the cold the most but the quantity of finds had me in a determined state of mind. We were in much need of a warm up, so we stopped for hot chocolate before we headed back.</div>
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By chance I came across some super cute mini glass bottles at The Works, perfect to display our pretty sea treasures.</div>
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I took time out after work to visit the art instillation that's temporarily on our beach.<br />
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Its cleverly mirrored so you get to see unusual reflections.</div>
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The only problem, as they've been up awhile, they've been up against the elements so some of the mirrors are too dirty! </div>
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I have continued to work on the mandala. I'm happy that week 11 is much less taxing</div>
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The tide was right out, and the beach quite deserted</div>
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It's nickname is Weston on the Mud, as the tide goes out so far</div>
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We went treasure hunting, but the beach is predominantly sand. We did however find this little patch of mini shells, so we did find a handful of pieces</div>
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The tide was coming in, and it comes in quickly. The wind was strong, so this was perfect conditions for the kite and wind surfers, who were out in force.</div>
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The following morning we went down to breakfast, and then went in to town to buy some baked goodies to take to my Grandad, the reason we were visiting Weston.</div>
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Next we took on Jacobs Ladder, where 274 steps took you upwards, and yes we did need to take breathers! Just when you made it to the top, you then had more steps up to the top of the <a href="https://www.cheddargorge.co.uk/explore/the-lookout-tower">lookout tower</a></div>
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I have worked on the mandala but I've not managed to complete even one round!!<br />
I made a start, figuring out the very complicated section, and then I found after completing the first section I didn't have the right amount of stitches left at the end. Also I wondered why the longer stitches were pulling too much and found id worked in a row too low, so had to undo...<br />
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As usual hubby helped to find a great haul, and this time had a terrific find of our first blue piece</div>
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A great mix of colours found today</div>
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I had a few days off this week, and I was so lucky with the weather. Lovely warm sunny days.</div>
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I had an afternoon sat on the beach. The sun was blazing, with a breeze to keep down the heat, the relaxing sound of the waves, and crochet in my hand</div>
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The one day me and hubby had together, we had a lovely afternoon strolling along the seafront.<br />
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We treated ourselves to yummy milkshakes to cool down. I had a mint aero and he had a crunchie one. Very tasty indeed!</div>
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Having a few days to myself enabled me to dedicate more time to my mandala. It has grown to such a size now, that its the size of our patio table, and I've now hit the halfway point!</div>
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I completed another round on my Mandala, and went to start the next. Something wasn't right! I took a closer look at the pattern, only to find that on this occasion there was a different starting point! I was gutted. Its grown to quite a size now and each round takes some time and I was going to have to unravel a whole row!! I put it aside as I couldn't bare the though of it.</div>
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I worked the rounds in a granny stripe which left the washing line cord on show, and used different hues of pink, from light to dark</div>
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Its been a long hectic week. I made the round trip up to Derby and back at the beginning of the week, but at least I had a lovely 3 course meal</div>
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Finishing off with a scrumptious toffee pudding!</div>
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I've made a start on a new basket. This time trying something different. I thought i'd try a granny stripe. I didn't know if it would work using the washing line, but </div>
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I've managed another round on the mandala. It looked complicated on paper, but thankfully it wasn't that scary!</div>
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I'm still continuing with the Mandala.</div>
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The rounds are slow now, but I'm thoroughly enjoying it! After a couple of pattern repeats, it usually stays in my head and I get in the rhythm, but at times I think I must have nearly gone fully round, only to find I'm only halfway!<br />
As promised ive managed to get a full picture, its getting harder to do so now as it increases in size!<br />
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The waves were crashing well and it made them all frothy!</div>
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This week has been pretty stressful, and work has been getting too much, so one of my days off I chose a mini project to focus on </div>
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Something that's been on my list of things to try, a pebble cover</div>
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I look for smooth and good shaped pebbles on our beach walks, and had found a few ready with this project in mind</div>
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Again I've worked organically, working round the natural shape</div>
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Other than being by the sea, that would make this a natural project to progress on to, my main reason is for decoration. The fireplace in our living room, has an empty space, which had a couple of rocks placed in there. So ive been filling the hearth with prettier shaped pebbles, and I intend to add quite a few splashes of colour. I may even try my hand at painting a few!</div>
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To help myself relax I did have another afternoon sat on the beach</div>
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Walking along the seafront</div>
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And did another round of my mandala under the warmth of the sun listening to the lapping waves</div>
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I've now completed week 7 and its growing nicely, and involves plenty of stitch counting on each row. I'll endeavour to get a full picture next week as its getting quite a size now!</div>
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I'll leave you with the beautiful bunch of tulips that hubby brought home for me</div>
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We've had fabulous weather this week, and we tried to make the most of it. I had seen pictures of <a href="http://www.highdowngardens.co.uk/">Highdown Gardens</a> on facebook and knew instantly it was somewhere I wanted to visit. So we leapt on a bus, and found it easily enough, and it really didn't disappoint. You may know by now that I have a small obsession with photographing flowers! So this place was a perfect playground for me, and we'd gone at the ideal time of year. </div>
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As we'd made a spur of the moment trip, we hadn't thought about refreshments, but thank goodness there was an adorable little café, that was full of homemade goodies, so of course we indulged in a drink and some cake!<br />
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So after completing last weeks small pink ombre basket, I made a start on the next.</div>
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This time using the thicker rope. I made the circular base using up the thinner line and a neutral colour, and chose my next colour scheme. The only thing I had in mind when starting out on this one, was I wanted a wider shape. For the previous two baskets I used a single crochet stitch, so it was quite tight and closed, for this wider shape I chose the double crochet stitch, which is more open and stretchy, and makes the inner rope more visible, so has a completely different look and feel to the others.</div>
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The mandala has continued to grow this week, although I confess it has been 1 step forward, 2 steps back, no my concentration has not improved!</div>
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Revisiting and trawling the pattern I found that I had missed a complete row out! I hate frogging with a passion, but I had no choice, I couldn't continue without those vital stitches. Typically it was the round of bobble stitches that had to be undone (the most laborious, time consuming round, can you feel my pain!).</div>
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So it took a whole afternoon of feet up, Prince videos on the tv and grit and determination to put it right and get back to the beginning of round 5 again!</div>
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I did manage one little trip to the beach, where I basked in the sunlight, sat on the pebbles, and sat and wrote a letter, on good old traditional paper!</div>
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The cycle of the sea at the moment, means I don't get to actually see much of it as the tide seems to be out whenever I venture there!</div>
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We made the most of it, staying local and taking stroll along the beach.<br />
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We decided to go beachcombing, to look for natural treasures</div>
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We had one trip planned to Chichester, to meet up with my Mum. We had a nice wander around the shops, and stopped for coffee. We were able to sit outside, and we had the pleasure of listening to a fantastic busking group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SteelStrum">Steel Strum</a>.<br />
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We did spend a day out on our bikes, this time to the South Downs. It meant a 2 mile cycle initially just to get there, before then having a steep climb up a dirt track. We'd popped some food in our backpack, and we found a bench by a golf course to stop for a breather.</div>
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We continued upwards looking for Geos which was our reason for venturing this way, as there's supposed to be a large quantity. We did find 5, amongst different bushes and trees.</div>
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The views would be lovely up there, but it started to drizzle on us and this meant a rather precarious ride back down the muddy track, which I can assure you I didn't enjoy one moment of!</div>
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Crafting wise, I have carried on with my two projects. I made the decision to continue the <a href="http://www.crystalsandcrochet.com/crochets/mandala-madness-cal-2016/">Mandala Madness Cal</a>. At moments I have regretted it, as it literally has driven me mad! </div>
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So these last two rounds aren't perfect like the centre, and my circles not too circular, I guess 'wibbly' seems to be the common theme in my work at the moment!</div>
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I also finished my Wibbly basket!</div>
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As I had some washing line leftover of course I had to start another one!</div>
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This one is turning out a lot less wobbly!! although still quite rustic.</div>
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Sadly it's back to work tomorrow. I'd just got into a nice crafting routine, working on the Mandala first thing in the morning and the baskets in front of the tv in the evening, but i'll find some way of squeezing them in!</div>
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The reason for not completing this project, is I got distracted by something else!!</div>
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Now I very rarely follow a pattern, but now and again something jumps out at me, and I think it's good to test yourself, and it helps to learn and grow.</div>
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What I had seen was a picture of the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mandala-madness">Mandala Madness Cal</a> (crochet along)</div>
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It looked to have plenty of interest to keep my attention, and plenty of different techniques to try. So I chose a colour palette of purple and green and gave it a try.</div>
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I found a video tutorial by <a href="http://itsallinanutshell.com/2015/12/13/announcement-mandala-madness-cal/">It's all in a nutshell</a> on her blog. I'm not sure I would have managed without the visual help, but I have thoroughly enjoyed each round and I've learnt so much</div>
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The BIG lesson to learn, is pay attention to what you're getting into, and read the small print, because this I thought was the finished piece, worked over two weeks.</div>
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I now find that actually this is an 18 week project!!!</div>
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This is already 12" wide, so the end result must be enormous!</div>
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So my dilemma is do I stop now or continue??</div>
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On one hand, ive found this fun, ive enjoyed seeing how all the rounds link together, I'm curious as to how this will end up looking (its a mystery cal, hence no pictures of the end result) and I'm sure I will continue to learn. But, I don't have much crochet time so this will be all I get to work on, I cant paln what other colours to use without knowing what it looks like, what will I do with it when its complete, I like the way it looks right now, and I wont get the chance to play around with the ideas I have with what ive learnt so far!!</div>
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Last week we were able to get out on our bikes for the first time since moving to the coast.</div>
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No nasty hills to contend with just lovely flat ground with fantastic views. We had to do the obligatory café stop</div>
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We went as far as Ferring, before doing an about turn. On the return instead of a straight ride, we searched for Geo's on the coastal route. It was our best haul yet, finding 15!</div>
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It was quite a busy route to be searching, and they were tucked away in various places from benches and signposts to trees and walls, and under beach huts...</div>
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(can you spot the floating teddy bear!?)</div>
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We have a week off this week so hopefully more chance to explore and make</div>
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