A Crafty Intermission

Originally, this was meant to be a craft/ice cream/nail polish blog, and recently I have been very slack on both the craft and the ice cream. The ice cream is forgiveable as, until a couple of weeks ago, I hadn't actually got out my ice cream maker, but ignoring my craft is not on.

I have been very crafty since I got back - I finished a pile of embroidery panels that my mum needed for a quilt she's working on. It's only taken me about 8 years to do it. Mainly, however, I have been French Knitting.

I bought a French Knitting Spool when I was in Edinburgh - it was shaped like a bug or something - but I never found out how to use it. When I got home, I was suffering pretty badly from the jetlag. I didn't have a computer I could use, so I would spend a lot of time sitting in front of the TV, and every afternoon, around 3, I would fall asleep. I would then continue to doze off all evening. The first week was especially bad, but it took a while to wear off. So to help me out, I decided I needed a craft. I had no crochet I was desperate to do, and I don't really need another knitted scarf, so I started French Knitting.

And after a couple of days - I finally figured out how to do it.

The problem with French Knitting, however, is that...well...it's a long, thin tube. A bit like...this...

This is actually so long that if I stand on my back veranda (which is reasonably high) and hold this over the edge, it drags on the ground. Unfortunately, in French Knitting terms, it's not really long enough to do anything with. I did discover, however, that it would make a great arm warmer/fingerless glove.

Unfortunately, I've run out of spare thread, so I can only have one. Have to think of something else to do with it really...