I did finally publish my shawl pattern. It took off on a group that I'm a member of on Ravelry and I got quite a few sales over Christmas. I even made it to the front page of the Hot Right Now pattern search for a short while!
I finished a Dragon's rest shawl made with River knit's mini skeins.
More excitingly, I've started to learn to spin, using an EEW Nano. A mini electric spinning wheel, that has made it possible for me to spin, despite my disabilities. I love it so much.
I also started trying my hand at dyeing fibre. I've only done it once so far, but it was great fun, and I will definitely be doing more. I started with Southdown, which is supposed to be the easiest to dye. The texture reminded me of the green scrubby bit of a washing up sponge. Not scratchy or crunchy, but very sproingy.
I've only spun up some of the blue so far, but it's going okay.
I've been painting too. I completed Inktober last year, and just kept going. Mainly watercolours, I started an instagram just for them. Follow me at Ceirdwyn Arts to stay up to date.
And as if all that wasn't enough, I decided to try my hand at quilting. It all started because we had nowhere to put a Christmas tree. Never having done any quilting before, I jumped in at the deep end and made this full sized bed spread.
That was a challenge, but I enjoyed it, and now I want to do more. I've had a little go at foundation paper piecing, and that was great fun. I'll do more, I just need the time and the energy.
