I haven't been blogging for a very long time. Real life and my teacher training commitments zapped any energy I had for anything creative for almost a year. I had zero energy and for the winter, life was literally, teaching on my teaching placement, preparing for my lesson, doing university and little else. My teaching placement was also a regular pain in the backside to get to and it meant I was out of the house for 6:15am five days a week. I had so much to work to do that none of my school holidays felt like holidays, just extensions of lesson planning, preparing my teacher training portfolio and working on university work...the only difference was I could do it from the comfort of my own home. However, there was a light at the end of the tunnel and I am now officially a computer science teacher in Secondary Education. Hooray!
I do have things to prepare for over the course of the summer but for me, there is something ever so nice about having free time. I almost forgot what that was. So far, I've made 4 tops for myself, done a vine lino print and I'm currently sat here with a nearly complete cardigan on my lap. I'm currently piecing it together and I will no doubt have to watch some youtube tutorial on how to do the neckline. How did I ever learn anything before the days of youtube videos? They are my problem solvers videos to any things that don't make sense or I do not understand in sewing or knitting patterns.
Here are two pictures of two sleeveless tops I've made. They only took an afternoon to make. I have also made a long sleeved and short sleeved version, pictures should eventually follow. One of the things that has transformed my bad attitude to pattern cutting is a rotary cutter. How on Earth did I manage before? It is so much easier and more precise. I don't think I could ever go back to using scissors to cut out a pattern.
Normal life has been fairly stressful. I have a new teaching job in the Autumn but it is the most awful place to reach by public transport. We are currently house hunting and you know what stress that brings. We are also on a time scale, no pressure there. I wonder if we are being too picky or if we got lucky with this house (apart from one set of neighbours). The houses I see are either too small, wrong location, out of budget, no parking, fixed furniture, kitchen with not enough room for our fridge. Then when I see a suitable house, bham! It's gone, let already...so I continue to look. I feel like I spend far too much time trailing through houses to let...I see the same old houses with stupidly high rents still sitting there because someone won't lower the rent and the rent is just too expensive for most people. There has got to be something out for us...
I do have things to prepare for over the course of the summer but for me, there is something ever so nice about having free time. I almost forgot what that was. So far, I've made 4 tops for myself, done a vine lino print and I'm currently sat here with a nearly complete cardigan on my lap. I'm currently piecing it together and I will no doubt have to watch some youtube tutorial on how to do the neckline. How did I ever learn anything before the days of youtube videos? They are my problem solvers videos to any things that don't make sense or I do not understand in sewing or knitting patterns.
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| Owl top number one. |
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| Flowered top number two |
Normal life has been fairly stressful. I have a new teaching job in the Autumn but it is the most awful place to reach by public transport. We are currently house hunting and you know what stress that brings. We are also on a time scale, no pressure there. I wonder if we are being too picky or if we got lucky with this house (apart from one set of neighbours). The houses I see are either too small, wrong location, out of budget, no parking, fixed furniture, kitchen with not enough room for our fridge. Then when I see a suitable house, bham! It's gone, let already...so I continue to look. I feel like I spend far too much time trailing through houses to let...I see the same old houses with stupidly high rents still sitting there because someone won't lower the rent and the rent is just too expensive for most people. There has got to be something out for us...
