To end the week of blogging I present Blankie!
Blankie is made from a pattern that BellaDia posted ages ago! I finished it a few weeks ago and it has been in use ever since. It's double bed sized and slightly wider than normal as I am a blanket hog and G normally ends up with nothing! I love it and I think G does too, he says it is like being wrapped in a big Gemma cuddle.
It's perfect for Summer when I don't want to have the duvet on and I am so terribly proud it is silly. I sit some evenings and just stroke it. It's made up of mainly acrylic yarn as there is no way that I could have afforded to make it out of anything else I shudder to think of how much it has cost me as it is! It is the biggest project I have ever attempted and I can't believe that I actually saw it through to the bitter end.
Much like my week of blogging which is now over! The pressure of trying to think of something to post everyday was quite heavy on my shoulders. I have come to the conclusion that I actually live a pretty dull life. Which is actually how I like it! However, it doesn't make for terribly interesting blogging material, especially when I am so slow at things that I have no progress on projects to show. (At the moment I am desperately trying to finish up socks, I had plenty of them waiting for mates that I never even started!) I hope that I haven't bored anyone with my nonsensical wittering.
G pointed out the other day that there isn't a single picture of me here at Generally Gemma land! He's right, I hate having my picture taken which is why I try to be the one that is always behind the camera. I always come out in pictures with far too many chins and looking like some sort of a special kind of species that Darwin would have encouraged to die out. That coupled with a terribly low self esteem, bad skin and more padding than I like to think about isn't a good combination. So I avoid cameras like the plague. Yesterday though G convinced me to step in front of the camera. I don't like to think what our neighbours must have thought about our impromptu photo shoot, I think they are all of the opinion that I'm nuts anyway!
So, after many pictures and quite some time, we came up with this,
Arrrggghhh! How long do you think I can last before I take it down in a fit of humiliation!
Thanks for sticking with me this week folks and now I am back into the swing of it I promise to be here far more, although it most certainly won't be every day!
