Imagine the Impossibilities

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Date: 11 January 2012 11:05:44

Kari, over at the homestyle blog Thistlewood Farm, is hosting an "Imagine the Impossible" event.

She asked me if I'd like to join in. I'm not one for challenges, to be honest, but as she invited me specially I thought I'd join in.

So what is my impossible thing? There are lots. Mostly of the losing weight/getting more exercise type. Then I thought about learning how to ge the most from my new toy, Tabby. Mr D is keen to teach me - but quite often (sorry, Mr D, if you're reading this) I am too brain dead to take it all in. But, in a way, that is a necessity, so while it's a challenge, it's not exactly fun. And I think the point of "Imagine the Impossibilities" is to be fun as well.

So I wondered about starting an Etsy shop. I have loads of cards, and I should try a bit harder to sell them. And I could try some other crafts too...I've seen lots of things that I'd like to have a go at, if I only stepped away from the computer. And the TV. And the books. But, I say in my defence, as I work most days, I don't always feel like crafting in the evening. An Etsy shop is something to start thinking about.

But then it struck me. I quite like knitting, but I'm really fairly rubbish at it. Things go wobbly - I knitted myself a jumper where the seams had to be literally 5 cm wide inside because the pieces had somehow grown in width from the top to the bottom. I've tried knitting squares, but they never stay square. And I get bored very quickly, so I need lots of different colours to make it more interesting (I'm knitting in blue - ooh, pink...ooh! Bright yellow! Can I use green now?) which makes for a rather mindblowing pullover! Also, it has to be admitted, the Very Bad Kittens would probably go bananas and chase my wool. But, left over from my rubbish attempts to knit I have a bag full of bits of wool. And I have this blanket

which Nana Disley crocheted for me when I was about 10. I can recognise the wool from various pullovers that she knitted for me and the family within the blanket. However, if you enlarge it, you can see where the wool is wearing out, and I have mended it (very, very badly) with a darning/weaving/cobbled together kind of stitch.

So I'm thinking I'd quite like to learn to crochet, so I can make another blanket like this one (which the Very Bad Kittens have decided they really, really like in their basket) So, I will try to at least start to make a blanket like this by December 2012. That's my Impossibility. (And it may include the Impossibility of stopping the Very Bad Kittens running off with the wool.!) So, arm myself with a crochet hook and some Internet instructions and off I go!

I'm blogging quite a lot (both here and over at my Fat Dormouse cooking blog) at the moment because I'm not working much. I cancelled lessons today, due to a nasty coldy cold. But from next week I should be working more and blogging less.