Time flies...

So it's now my third week at House of Fraser in the city centre and although I'm absolutely shattered every night, the fact that I've finally doing something that puts a smile on my face makes the exhaustion totally worth it. Oh, and did I mention pay day is two weeks away? Plus the graffiti on the backs of train seats in and out of town can usually be depended on to provide some entertainment; yesterday's 'TOSS ME OFF I AM 14 OK' stands out as a fine example. Immaturity aside, my body clock's finally adjusted to being rudely awoken at seven (yes, that is early) and I'm actually rediscovering routine again - wahey!
So I'm updating my blog at last and I have lots to show! I taught myself to crochet last week and pretty much haven't stopped since. It's actually a lot easier and faster than knitting once you get used to holding only one needle in your right and holding the yarn in your left, or maybe that's because I'm right-handed. Whatever, blabbing. Anyway I've started two crochet projects (let's conveniently forget I've got a backlog of about a million other craft projects for a second), the first being crocheted poppies in aid of Remembrance Sunday for November 14. I've designed the pattern myself and I'm actually quite proud of how sweet they're turning out :) it takes about 10 minutes to crochet one so I should hopefully raise quite a bit for the British Legion once I'm crocheted-out. All they need are green stems and they're ready to adorn your lepels and bags :)
Please excuse the crud quality of the photos by the way, I've lost count of how many batteries I've popped in and out tonight to try and stop my camera from acting up but no such joy. Enjoy all the same...

My second project is a crochet bed throw made up of granny sqaures, for which I've crafted a few already to try and determine possible colours, patterns, yarns etc using inspiration (aka spying on other people's work) on trusty Google images. So far, so good. Here's the blanket so far - you might want to stretch your imagination here a little, even I'm struggling to picture a blanket in my mind's eye yet...

So for now I'm somewhere in between making poppies up to my eyeballs, working and oh yes, my social life! Mustn't forget that now... 

Have a lovely week!

Miss Cooksey x