Last night was my knitting group Christmas meal. We went for a meal at Granvilles in Stone and it was lovely. I ate so much more than usual which was good. Lots of people with RA struggle with eating. My weight is no indication of how much I actually eat, although last night, I went all out.
I also went all out on my outfit. I was wearing my new spotty tunic, leggings, red wedges, fake eyelashes and bright red lippy to match my red shoes. I did feel pretty good I have to say although I'm paying for the half inch heel today!
We had a secret Santa where we had to knit something out of 100% wool which could be either a scarf, hat or gloves. I've spent the last 2 weeks knitting a beautiful scarf, or what I considered beautiful, but when I came to wash and block it yesterday morning, disaster!
It looked awful and I mean it looked bloody awful. I couldn't possibly give it to anyone as a gift, I didn't take a secret Santa.
Well, when I saw everyone's creations I'm so glad I didn't take one, everyone else's were so beautiful and they'd put so much effort into them. I would have been embarrassed to take my little gift along.
Now, I do consider myself to be a reasonably good knitter, I'm not amazing but I'm alright. I'm told by several different people that my tension is good so all my stitches are even, and I choose nice yarns in my price range, I don't skimp too much unless its something I know will get chucked around.
Therefore, I think the reason why my knitting looks different to everyone else's is the way it's finished off, I'm just not very arty! People tell me I'm arty all the time because I can knit but I'm not. I can follow a pattern but I can't go that extra mile to make things look that little bit sparkly. I'm not that clever.
I was disappointed though. Looking at the knitting again this morning, it doesn't look that bad. Oh well, I suppose I can save it for next year!
I also went all out on my outfit. I was wearing my new spotty tunic, leggings, red wedges, fake eyelashes and bright red lippy to match my red shoes. I did feel pretty good I have to say although I'm paying for the half inch heel today!
We had a secret Santa where we had to knit something out of 100% wool which could be either a scarf, hat or gloves. I've spent the last 2 weeks knitting a beautiful scarf, or what I considered beautiful, but when I came to wash and block it yesterday morning, disaster!
It looked awful and I mean it looked bloody awful. I couldn't possibly give it to anyone as a gift, I didn't take a secret Santa.
Well, when I saw everyone's creations I'm so glad I didn't take one, everyone else's were so beautiful and they'd put so much effort into them. I would have been embarrassed to take my little gift along.
Now, I do consider myself to be a reasonably good knitter, I'm not amazing but I'm alright. I'm told by several different people that my tension is good so all my stitches are even, and I choose nice yarns in my price range, I don't skimp too much unless its something I know will get chucked around.
Therefore, I think the reason why my knitting looks different to everyone else's is the way it's finished off, I'm just not very arty! People tell me I'm arty all the time because I can knit but I'm not. I can follow a pattern but I can't go that extra mile to make things look that little bit sparkly. I'm not that clever.
I was disappointed though. Looking at the knitting again this morning, it doesn't look that bad. Oh well, I suppose I can save it for next year!
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