I know I’ve been silent for a month… the fact is I’ve been gearing up. You see, all my tin dogs were dead or dying around me… I needed a new camera because mine sucked big time. My old iPad was in its death throes. I also needed some blogging know-how, some photo editing software, well, you know, the works.
Now I have got all the bells and whistles I’m back and ready to do some serious blogging along with some serious crocheting and designing.
And oh, I am absolutely in love with my new iPad mini and Siri the sidekick.
It’s uncanny… All I have to do is wield the hook while muttering to myself and let the brainy thing do all the typing. Siri fetch me this Siri fetch me that Siri I am running out of yarn, now be a dear and go order me some. And while you’re at it, Siri, wind this skein into a ball for me will ya?
As per actual crocheting, I’ve been whipping up winter woollies in scores, all manly stuff for the growing bairns who all of a sudden aren’t interested in Spider-Man or Yoda hats and want it all “as nondescript and unobtrusive as possible”, as one of the bairns aptly put it.
Well, they got their nondescript, but boy was it dull!
The Modish Twin conceded to well appointed ears of modest proportions in demure conservative tweeds. I also managed to squeeze a granny into his neckwarmer. The Hipster/biker Twin grumpily agreed to a beanie with sparingly applied spiky colour work. And he doesn’t want anything around his neck, so it’s just high collared bomber for him.
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