Nayu's Craft Time #27 Competition Update #3

Read on to see what this pyramid of coloured yarn is all about!

I know I said I wasn't going to show you any more of my competition entry blanket until I finished it, but to make up for the lack of crochet posts on both Facebook and Twitter I thought you could have a few pictures which don't give much away, but hopefully have you wondering just what these squares 

Tada! Yes I know the penultimate row has 2 missing.

have to do with an earlier progress photo of the blanket. There's only a week to go before all will be revealed! You all know what I'll be up to this bank holiday weekend ^o^ 

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 #22 Yarn is a girl's best friend

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I thought I'd confuse you all this week and write Tuesday's post today, Wednesday, and keep up with normal schedule for having another post tomorrow. Which on reflection isn't confusing, you just get a new post 2 days in a row! 

I've been fairly wiped out this week, possibly due to not the best planning of meeting some friends & doing various chores. The weather is slowly warming up which is good news as my body responds well to sunshine.

While I have rested a fair bit more than normal (when I say rest I mean no reading/writing/craft of any kind, just watching shows) I have also been doing my usual hobbies, including crochet. Yarn is never too far away from me! I get grumpy if I don't crochet for a few days, so I do try to do some. As I said to a friend, even just a few stitches makes a huge world of difference to a crafter's mood. 

Tomorrow you can find out what I've been working on - it both is and isn't what you think! Stay tuned until then.

Nayu's Craft Time #10 Pet blanket paw print prototype progress!

Paw progress!

Sorry this wasn't posted yesterday - my internet played up so I had to give up on using it.

As much as I'd hoped to be writing about what can influence my crochet style, I'm opting for a shorter post of the progress on my pet blanket paw print prototype - trying saying that several times in a row! This time it wasn't a migraine which made me switch my post plans, thankfully. I'd unexpectedly had to have my super strong pain meds yesterday, which I usually have every 5 week, because I'd been having a pain flare for the last 2 weeks and needed my body reset, which the meds sort of do. I'm feeling heaps better than I was, albeit a bit tired because continuous severe pain is exhausting. I'm mostly used to it, but extra high levels wear me out.

Never fear tho, it doesn't stop me (much) from doing crochet! This has been on both Facebook and Twitter, but as you can see I'm making progress on my paw print. Please ignore the different styles of borders to the squares - since it's a prototype I'm experimenting with how I join the squares together. Due to the extra time it takes to make something like this there will probably only be 1 paw print per blanket, but I'm sure none of you will mind that. I'm hoping to work on it a bit more today, but since I've got several hours of reading planned I don't think I'll finish this project today. 

Remember there are some fab competitions which need entering! You can win a blanket made by me (worldwide competition)

win an audiobook of your choice  (US/UK only competition)