A Mug For Hooks

     My To-Do-List has become longer since my last post. I know, don’t say it! But sometimes you’ve just got to be starting something new. It’s another amigurumi, from Zoomigurumi 9, and I’m doing it as a present so it has to take priority over my other projects. And because I’ve started it rather late I probably won’t get it finished on time. The two main reasons for this are that firstly I couldn’t make up my mind which one of two patterns to actually make, a lot of the patterns in this book are really good, and secondly I was trying to figure out how to change the bit that wasn’t working so well for me aesthetically. I’ve since realised that the solution was much simpler than I first thought, so I’m heading in that direction and hoping for the best. I’ll let you know how it all pans out when it’s done.   I’m going to have a long hard look at my To-Do list and dismiss a few things, it is a bit long, and there’s no telling when I’ll get to grips with a couple of them again so, th

     Like many of you reading this (is one many?) I generally have a variety of WIPs on the go at any given time. I’m not the type of person who sticks rigidly with one project till it’s finished and then moves on to the next, as some of them can take ages, (well, they do me!) and it ends up driving you slightly bats! And others will be done as presents, as and when they’re needed, and this of course creates an automatic overlap in projects. Besides, there is always something new to try or a new idea that works its way into your brain and begs for some attention. Currently, if we’re talking accurately, I have approximately 8 things on the go with a further 3 on the “almost about to be started” list. I think. It’s easy to forget a few after a while of not working on them, while others are completely abandoned because you know they’re simply not ever going to work as well as you’d hoped and they turn into piles of wasted time! Buggers! But the next thing gets started and all those nui

     You know, it’s a tricky thing writing the first post of a blog. How do you start it without it sounding forced and overly confident, as if you’ve already worked out how it’ll appear and progress in your head, or all happy-clappy and clichéd? And what do you write about? Do you use it as an introduction of yourself (is that not what the “About Me” page is for?) or do you just dive in with a piece about your chosen subject? Do you keep it short and to the point, or waffle on at length, hoping whoever is reading it gets engaged enough to come back? It is very tricky. I’ve been thinking about starting a blog, on and off, for some time but, I do keep putting it off. Loads of doubts fill my mind: will it be looked at, will it be liked, will I be able to keep it going, or will it end up being an abandoned waste of internet space like so many others? And then of course there’s the title. So many can pop into your mind at times, and the majority of them will be rubbish or, more annoyi