Nayu's Craft Time #277 Snow has gone (again) & Spring cleaning

This picture says it perfectly!

I don't know how many of you had more snow this week (in England, but I guess anywhere in the world can have snow again!), but mine has all melted. I didn't make another snow angel or snow bunny - it probably wasn't the wisest of things to do the first time it snowed so I wisely stayed inside. 

Today is a rainy day, but I managed to coax my cat outside for a few minutes before both our breakfasts while it was dry. It takes quite a while to get her out, and she fled inside after a weird noise (to her). She spent the rest of the day snoozing on a bed! 

My wardrobe is a built in one, otherwise I'd love a pink one like this!

I've run errands and done laundry today (dull and not interesting) but tomorrow's activity is a little different. A friend is coming to help be my hands & energy to finish sorting my room from moving house. It means that I'll be a) able to get to my wardrobe easier & b) actually open my wardrobe without fear of what may fall it out from the various boxes and items stacked in it. Books will get on shelves-yay! 

Imagine having a wardrobe this big...or bigger! To be honest I'd rather use the space for books & toys...

It would have taken me at least a few months if I'd done it all myself, and while my family sweetly offered to help I asked my friend so that there's no chance of any disagreement while sorting through things. I've got some extra yummy cookies, tasty soup and rolls, and a choice of either bread & butter pudding or rice pudding to keep my friend going. What I can do in a day my friend will do probably in minutes, so her help is very much appreciated. 

Saturday I have an errand to run and then it's time for mega strong medicine again! Cue several days lying down with lots of gaming (or whatever I can handle). That means blogging will be sporadic but I'm pre-scheduling 2 posts so you'll have something to read! I'd love to hear if any of you are spring cleaning or sorting things after moving. It's the time of year for it and usually feels good afterwards - getting rid of items is extremely hard but most can be reused by others via charity shops which makes me feel somewhat better about saying goodbye to items. 

July 2015 Monthly Catch Up

Hi!

This post is stolen from my other blog, Nayu's Crochet Dreams, where it will appear tomorrow (Saturday 8th August). It took a bit of time to put together, so I haven't got much time for today's post, so I figured I may as well just copy & paste, since it is relevant and doing a monthly round up is a fun activity I've wanted to do for ages but haven't had the time for in the past. Now I have time I'm doing it! Here's all that's happened in July here on Nayu's Crochet Dreams ^o^

Nayu's Craft Time #41 The Tale of the Travelling Yarn  Some yarn went travelling with me

Nayu's Craft Time #42 Crochet is a Good Medicine Even when I ill I can do crochet

Nayu's Craft Time #43 Expect the Unexpected  I learnt to be flexible

Nayu's Project Progress #2 Butterflies, Bats, Crocodiles and Crochet

I'm perhaps a bit batty, but bats and crocodiles really are linked to crochet! This was too good a pic not to include. 

Nayu's Craft Time #44 Snowflakes! I go a bit snowflake crazy despite it being July...

Nayu's Craft Time #45 Fairytales in Future Projects: I have fairytales my mind.

Nayu's Project Progress #3 Autumn Leaf Dreams Commission blanket - the latest update on this project

Nayu's Craft Time #46 Blankets aren't just for Winter: Why blankets are needed all year round

Nayu's Project Progress #4 Rainbow Fingerless Gloves Another project update

Nayu's Craft Time #47 My first sale! 

Much to celebrate!

Nayu's Craft Time #48 Craft is Sociable - why craft of any kind doesn't have to be a solitary hobby

Nayu's Craft Time #49 Out of Juice Not that kind of juice!

Nayu's Project Progress #5 Tree building and squares Almost the normal type of tree :) 

Nayu's Craft Time #50 New Shiny Things and Snowflakes Part 1 of 2 I'm still thinking of snowflakes! 

I'm also getting distracted by shiny things!

Nayu's Craft Time #50 New Shiny Things and Snowflakes Part 2  The post was too big to put in a whole post. 

That's it for July here on Nayu's Crochet Dreams!

Found a new cool pic - since I do knitting this works as well as crochet! Have a great day!

Nayu's Craft Time #26 My first commission!

Yippee! Otome from the anime Aikatsu sliding down a rainbow slide looks like she's shouting this ^o^

I'm super excited at the moment, as I've got my first commissioned blanket! Well, nearly got it. It's from a relative, and they'd like a blanket in autumn colours. The decision of exactly colours, yarn, and pattern will be made over the next few weeks which makes me excited about what I'll get to do. Commissioned work is something I'll be advertising towards the end of the year, but I won't say no if anyone asks me now :) I'll most definitely keep you updated on the various stages of this exciting project! 

I'm still busy working on my competition piece, whose deadline is only a week and a bit away. It's action stations time!

Must keep crocheting...

Nayu's Craft Time #25 Shiny yarn!

The yarn isn't literally shiny, but, like with any yarn lover, all yarn is shiny! These two came all the way from the USA. I thought I'd give them a try for dishcloths, since they say they are kitchen yarn. With alternate rows of white and mustard yellow I think the dishcloths will be rather smart. 

Once again I'd planned to write about some of the crochet books I've received this week (still waiting for 2) but it's late afternoon, and after only just avoiding a migraine yesterday I'm feeling drained. I've done a fair amount of crochet, can you show you these lovely squares which are for the final blanket in my Spring collection (coming soon!). 

I hope to do a little more of my competition piece tonight, which is also growing nicely, but first I'll be reading. Often after a migraine/almost migraine for a while I crave things which don't move and aren't brightly coloured. I've watched both human drama and anime today, which may be why I want to steer clear of it now - I've had my fill! Time to dive into the world of spy dogs, Amish country, dystopian royalty, friendship and ever so much more, as well as shiny yarn, both in the books I read and in the crochet I do! ^o^