Back for a few days

I've come back to stay with my parents for a couple of days as it's my Dad's birthday tomorrow.

Eve and I are looking forward to watching Downton Abbey tonight as we've been watching it separately and texting each other throughout.  The episodes are getting more and more intense which isn't too bad for people with few emotions like me but apparently Mum and Eve were crying last week.

Anyway I'm off now to watch some of season 1 in order to get hyped-up about tonight's episode.

Rainbow

A few days ago it was pouring down when I was on my way to uni but there was a lovely rainbow at the end of my road.

It was actually a double rainbow but it doesn't show up that well on my photos.

When I turned up to uni, another of my friends had also taken photos of it so we all compared photos.

FO (finished object) Friday

I took the crochet camera cozy to uni today in order to get it finished. 
Free: Stash Buster Camera Cozy by Shweta Shankar Khatri
So here it is:

The colours are really nice and match up well.  I was very happy with the way it turned out!

A very aptly named wool

I decided to have a walk to Abakhan Craft Shop today after my lectures were over.  You know already this isn't going to end well but I did need some white wool for amigurumi and then I saw there was a sale on Sirdar wool so bought some novelty wool for more soot sprites.  I also invested in (it is investing as it will probably last me forever) a bag of stuffing.

Well, Here is the damage:

 

 Anyway as I was browsing I found some King Cole Wicked wool and decided to be naughty and treat myself.  It's just so colourful and inspiring!

The rest of the wool I bought was either discounted or the most basic wool/acrylic they sold that can just be used for little toys.  So now I'm more motivated to get crocheting!

WIP Wednesday

I discovered this concept while blog-browsing and thought it was a good idea to keep me up to date with my blogging.

It's terrible - I have 4 projects on-the-go at the moment and they're all a little neglected.

Firstly:
Beau by Kim Hargreaves
I've done the back so onto the front now but the rib takes FOREVER as I have to keep changing stitch after every 2 stitches.

Secondly:
Checkerboard Placemats by Lily / Sugar'n Cream

I'm technically not using the pattern as I didn't like the way it was executed.

As you can see I haven't done that much - another 4 of what I've done and then the edging.

Next:

Robert Banner - Alphabet by Melody Griffiths

Only 1 letter made so far - damn him for being named 'Robert' and not just 'R'.

And Finally:

Free: Stash Buster Camera Cozy by Shweta Shankar Khatri

This is because I love my new camera so much and don't want it getting hurt

It looks pretty good but the colours don't really show up here - I went for lots of different blues and a grey to provide a contrast with the red camera.

Also - *mini rant alert*

How come you can't buy a newspaper at a newsagents?

Or was it naive of me to try?

I decided I'd buy it from one of the local shops rather than the university guild or a supermarket so I tried two different newsagents today and one didn't sell newspapers at all and the other only sold one type of newspaper.  Most disappointed!

Today

I'm excited today as I got my new Library card for the library near the flat.  Ok so that may not sound that exciting but I didn't get to move out all my books with me so I need to make up for it somehow.

Also, tomorrow we're getting Virgin Media installed so I'll be scooting home after my lecture to make sure I'm home in time for the guy.

The Boy has an interview tomorrow so he won't be around and I really hope he gets the job as he's sent off lots of applications and he's in university less hours than me and I think he's a bit bored of it.

Last week we were going to ASDA for a very quick shop and I ended up buying a new digital camera as I left my good one for my Mum to use for her blog as she tends to use it more often than I did anyway.

So now I have a lovely red camera which I'm busy crocheting a case for (I'll put up pictures tomorrow).  I always wanted a red camera as I love bright colours especially red.

My First Blogtoberfest

I've only just discovered the concept of Blogtober Fest and I'm determined to make a decent attempt at blogging every day to take part.

Today I finally got around to taking photos of my 2 cardigans I made during the summer:

Glint by Kim Hargreaves 

It's my first completed real knitting project (as opposed to making a scarf for my teddy bear when I was little)

And

Karin by Annette Petavy:

 I do love the variegated wool on this crocheted cardi.

Two New Projects

Here are the two latest things I've made:
Monty the Mug
Pattern -Cafe con Leche Mug by Ana Paula Rimoli

He's so cute!  A bit dwarfed by the othe mugs in my cupboard (mine and Boy's)

An Apple A Day
Pattern - Apple Slice Tawashi Scrubber by Lion Brand Yarn

This was made because Boy said he would have to make a sign to remind him to take an apple to uni every day.
I’m not sure it has helped but it was a great project anyway and was really quick and easy to make.

It's now hanging up with his keys

My Free Time

Hello!  It has been rather a while since I last blogged but I've been so busy getting settled back into uni.

Here is an update on what I've been up to:

Two weekends ago I met up with my best friend from work (the one I went to see Senna with) in Liverpool.  We went to the René Magritte exhibition in the Tate Liverpool gallery.  

Golconde

The Treachery of Images

The Human Condition

Time Transfixed

 I do love surrealism and it was a really good exhibition.  My friend's favourite was Time Transfixed but the one I found most interesting was The Lovers:

The Lovers

I'm not sure why though - it's just the one that stuck in my mind.

On our way through Liverpool we found a Lego shop and we're both pretty big Lego fans so we ended up buying lots of Lego and getting Lego VIP cards (why not!).  I got myself a little car which made me think of a Lotus racing car.

Last weekend I visited home for the first time in almost a month.  It was great to spend time with my family and visit my Nan.

It also meant that I got to watch the Formula One race with my Mum.

Anyone who follows my Mum's blog will know that she bought wellies recently.  I couldn't resist getting myself some snazzy wellies too:

They had their first outing today - walking to ASDA through the puddles just because I could!

That's about all I've done.  I've got some photos of projects to show but I'll do that in a separate post.

Holiday to Llandudno

I went with Boy to Llandudno last week.  It was great to get away as I think I needed to relax after working all summer.

I was worried that we wouldn't find anything to do but we had a really good time and did plenty of different things such as visiting Conwy Castle and walking over the Great Orme (we did mean to just walk around it but the road was closed so we ended up killing our legs walking over it).

Here are some photos from our holiday:

Llandudno

Me and Boy on our walk up the Great Orme (as you can see it's quite windy)

Conwy Castle

Me at the top of Conwy Castle

Britain's Smallest House

Anyways I'd definitely recommend visiting Llandudno for a holiday to anyone.

Back at Uni

I've finished at my summer job and am back at lectures now.  I only have twelve hours of lectures per week (down from about 25 last year).  Although it does mean that we have to spend lots of time on our group project  - Augmented Reality.  We had to set up a blog to keep our supervisor up-to-date on it but it is blank so far (ARLivUni.blogspot.com).

The flat is looking A LOT tidier!  We've assembled almost all of our furniture and unpacked all the boxes. However there are lots of cardboard boxes lying around everywhere.

Some Project Updates

I've not been keeping up with my finished projects so here is what I've been up to recently:

Bunting
    Pattern - Pretty Lacy Bunting by Janet McMahon

 

I finished this on the train journey(s) back from Bruges.

Archie
    Pattern - Mr. Hoo by Carey Huffman (Ravelry download available here)

He's so cute!  He now lives in my flat with my Parliament of Owlets that my Mum made me a while ago.

I've still got a few photos of projects to take but the projects are still back in my parents's house.

All Growed Up

I moved out of my parents' home this weekend.  I'm now living in a lovely modern flat with Boy.  The moving date was brought forward a week so a lot of panic packing was involved.

Yesterday, with lots of help from my parents, we managed to stuff the car with the majority of my possessions and drive it to my new flat.

The flat is currently a complete mess but we're gradually making progress at tidying it up.