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Saturday 31 May 2014

Comic ~ Pattern

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I spent this afternoon painting this little comic of me and my hayfever. You can see the line work here.

Friday 30 May 2014

Invasion of the Multicolour Crochet

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I've been working on some banners on and off in between other bits for a while. I've been making all the letters/symbols to photograph as a sample for the customisable listing and spent last night putting the letters and flags in order, playing around with the colours. I'll use these to make the ready made banners so it shouldn't be too much longer before they're all finally sorted. Sometimes it feels like I have so many things I'm trying to do that none of them actually get done but it always comes together eventually.

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This is the cushion I mentioned the other day, I just listed it in my folksy shop.

My floor is looking really colourful right now. Multicolour crochet everywhere.


*For the letters on the banners I used this pattern by Moogly with a few adjustments, the banner itself is my own design.

Thursday 29 May 2014

The Anti Social Club ~Structure

Anti Social Club ~ Structure

For The Anti Social Club this week I had a bit of a play. The theme was structure which eventually led me to pylons. As you can tell I didn't look very closely at any pylons but had a go at drawing them anyway then added some embroidered wires in fancy colours all on the inside of an envelope. The crinklyness is a mixture of the envelope being kept in a draw full of various paper bits for a fair amount of time and not reinforcing the paper before sticking a needle through it repeatedly.
It could obviously have been done with a bit more finesse (and while in a less sleepy state) but I had fun doing it and I'd like to try adding embroidery to work in the future. It's what I did for my degree show actually but haven't really done since.

Wednesday 28 May 2014

A New Friend

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We made a friend. We were heading out to buy milk and when I opened the door this guy was in the gap under it, that's why he's a bit dusty looking. Will picked him up to put him outside and we sat there watching him for a bit. How they move is fascinating.

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That's my hand right there with a caterpillar on it. Personal growth. I don't think I've ever held a caterpillar, I'm so brave.

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Then he fell off of his own accord and zoomed off back to the greenery. He was so fast, I was impressed. Look at his little tubey sucker feet. So cute.

Tuesday 27 May 2014

My New Speedy Cheat Blanket

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Last week I brought some cushions home from The Craft Room because they hadn't sold. I've kept one aside to list on Etsy or Folksy when I get around to it but figured Norwich's loss is my gain and undid the others down the sides and took off the buttons and joined them to make a blanket for my studio. Not needed at the moment but I'll be mighty appreciative when autumn rolls back around.
I realise I put lots of time into these originally but it felt so satisfying to make a blanket so quickly, all be it a bit of a higgledy piggledy one. I reckon I'll keep adding to it too, the more the better is a fact when it comes to blankets. Especially blankets that will be used to cocoon me at my desk.

Monday 26 May 2014

Sketchbook~ Stars and Sharpies

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Seeing as I've had a crochet deadline this week all I've wanted to do is draw so I've been sneaking off to my sketchbook more often which is a good thing.

I hope you have a lovely bank holiday if you're someone who gets them or just a lovely regular Monday for those that don't. As a self employed type I forgot it was happening and am now annoyed that I can't post things. Oh well.

Sunday 25 May 2014

(Almost) Photo An Hour ~ 23/05/14

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8am - A little flower I'd picked after voting the evening before.

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9am - Watching this crow climb the roof. Why not just land at the top in the first place? Who knows.

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10am - Heading into the city to do boring grown up things.

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11am - Getting a free coffee makes boring grown up things better. (I feel like this might be interpreted as I got free coffee by finding this cup on the floor, I didn't, I just put it down while I put my phone away and realised I needed to take a photo.)

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noon - Will's latte face.

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1pm - At the computer.

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3pm - I noticed our easter cactus is growing new leaves.

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4pm - Heading out for a walk to clear a couple of overworked brains (I realise these photos don't show any work, you'll just have to believe me.)

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5pm - Heading back out of the cemetery.

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6pm - Stabbing myself. Crochet is dangerous stuff.

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7pm - Losing the light at the end of the day.

It's weird I remember the day as crocheting till my wrists hurt, taking breaks and crocheting some more but because it's not something I can share the photos make my day look really different. Also, I suppose you get a lot done in hour, one photo isn't going to show everything.

Saturday 24 May 2014

The Rosary Cemetery ~ 23/05/14

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We took a walk yesterday evening to give my wrist a rest from the crochet work I'm doing at the moment and popped over to the cemetery. It's always a good place for a wander.

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This is the only mausoleum in the whole cemetery. I've shared it on here before but I just like it so much. It belongs to Emanuel Cooper who was an eye surgeon. He died in 1878. I don't even wanna think about having that eye surgery.

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Everything was so green, it's a beautiful place.

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I've not seen an unfinished date before on a gravestone, I'm really curious to know why it was left half blank. Maybe it was Ada that had the stone engraved so she couldn't have known her own year but wanted to make sure she'd be on it? In that case is she even dead yet? I guess I'll never know but it's interesting to think about.

Thursday 22 May 2014

The Anti-Social Club ~ Pattern

Anti - Social Club ~ Pattern

This weeks Anti-Social Club theme is pattern. I went with a pattern of behaviour I circle through throughout the spring/summer.
I'm really looking forward to colouring this little comic, I think it'll make it much better but I don't have the time this week so the line work will have to do for now.

Wednesday 21 May 2014

Studio Peeks

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I'm currently waiting for materials to turn up for a commission I can't share at the moment so I've scheduled this little post in an attempt to not lose my streak of daily posts while I work on secret things. So here are a few little peeks around my studio that I took the other day. I'm not completely happy with how my studio is at the moment but I'm slowly getting it how I want it. If anyone wants to send a tall bookcase my way that'd be swell.
For now I'll just be happy hanging out with the Queen and tiny pine cones.

Tuesday 20 May 2014

Sketchbook ~ CAThedral

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Here are some sketchbook pages, I think the sun has frazzled my brain so that's all I have to say about them.

Monday 19 May 2014

Instant Weekend

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Saturday

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Sunday

The weekend was sunny and hot. On Saturday we sat by the river drawing. The second photo does the sky no justice, it was actually bright blue. On Sunday I hid inside suffering from hay fever but popped out to the garden to check on the strawberries and take these two photos. Our first strawberries have already started to emerge which is pretty exciting.

Here's to a new week  ^_^