Oct. 17, 2026

Time is racing by, and it’s been busy. I’ve completed a few projects, so I do have some stuff to show.

The jumper is finally finished. It feels like it took longer than I wanted, but it wasn’t boring to knit. The second sleeve is supposed to identically match the first, but sometimes I lost track of the colour changes and didn’t do it exactly the same… I’m not a perfectionist, so I don’t mind. I ran out of the light brown colour for the last two rows of the second sleeve, so I had to change to dark brown, which is probably the most noticeable difference. However, I’m totally fine with it. It’s currently blocking, and am hoping to make it just slightly larger. The neckline is a bit too wide, and I don’t think that’s going to be fixed by blocking. So I’ll either lean into it as a style feature, or sew in an elastic thread to bring it in a bit. Whatever makes it most wearable. It’s the second jumper with this exact combination of yarn. I’m definitely ready to move on to something else.

The next big knit will be a self-spun one. I’m thinking about a medium-thick cardigan with sheep motifs. I saw it on a YouTube video and will try to copy it. First I need to spin some yarn, which will be a nice change, and use my ball winder and turning dolly thing, which will be satisfying.

In between, I’ve been crocheting. I bought another round of cotton yarn to continue making a few animals. We’re a dog and a monkey later. These patterns from Pica Pau are always awesome.

I also had some leftover blue and white acrylic yarn from the square pouffe I started a few months ago, which I’m still filling with plastic. The yarn is terrible quality, I would not buy again, but to use up the leftovers, I made these jellyfish. Well, it was supposed to be a set of octopi, so they have eight legs, but it looks much more like a jellyfish, so have been rebranded post completion. I patterned it myself, and decided to make a pocket in the big one to fit the little one. I thought it was a neat idea… Turned out quite cool. I’ve used some AI to edit the pictures I took (just background and colour touch ups) and I’m now considering writing up the pattern for it and posting it online. Probably for free, but I’ve always wanted to start a little library of self-made patterns. 

I haven’t been to the field and allotment that much, considering it’s been a few weeks since my last post. I’ve just been a bit too busy. But I did buy a large bag of manure and shipped it to the field, which I then had to haul 200m off the street. 

I had also ordered some timber and built these raised beds in the field. I want to restart my crop planting, and I think I’m going to go with strawberries. Just 4 beds of strawberries. The raised part is so I can import in some good soil and manure, and hopefully guard it from the rabbits. Step 1 is complete, which is building the beds. Next I need to buy more soil to fill it up. I’ll probably do smaller individual bags next time because the 1200L compost bag was a hassle.

In the allotment, I did a bit more cleaning and rebuilt the beds with the existing planks. It’s getting there, but I will also need to import a bunch of new soil to get it going again. I’m due a journey to the tip pretty soon, which will hopefully be the turning point to this plot not looking like a dump site. I’ll probably just plant some garlic over the winter.

Finally, over the weekend I tried some little nature crafts with my nephew; I saw some ideas on Pinterest. All you need is a hot glue gun, and you can get creative with nature. There’s so much more I could create, and it was really fun. I’m aiming for a whole mini fairy village and to take pictures in my moss lawn.

A moment for the moss lawn, which I’ve been working on for probably two years. It’s looking very green and vibrant at the moment, which is exactly the plan. Still some bare patches, but I’ve been consistently pulling out the grass by the roots to allow the moss to continue to grow and spread. Eventually, I’m hoping for a purely moss bed. So it can stay green, soft and lush all year, no mowing required.

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