Blogtober '23 - Day 20.

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    It's not exactly been a great week here, and I'm not even talking about the weather. I haven't really done much worth blogging about, but having missed a couple of days I thought I should at least show willing.

    My Granny Square Day project is progressing reasonably well - I essentially have to make a final colour choice for the squares and then the front piece will be complete. Ish.

    I've also started something else in the same colours as these squares but I'm making it up as I go along, so I'm not sure how that will go till it really gets going.

    I've added a few things to my "Sites I like" list over on the left:

    https://www.youtube.com/@PlayHookywithMe   

    https://www.planetjune.com/ 

    https://www.youtube.com/@The_ginger_fisherman 

    Play Hooky With Me is a great page on Youtube with loads of helpful crochet videos, with a new video every Sunday.

    Planet June - I can't believe I haven't added this sooner!! - is one of the first sites I found that really helped me get to grips with amigurumi. Loads of video tutorials, including left handed ones for those of that need them!

    The Ginger Fisherman is not a crochet page at all, but it's been a bit of a God-send over the last couple of years.

    That's it, more tomorrow!

    Bye,👋😃 

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