In my life this week…
Art for my walls
As I’ve mentioned in
previous posts, I’m currently in the process of redecorating my bedroom.
Wallpaper is up, painting is done and I now have a bed, desk and filing cabinet
up and ready to use. I decided that I’d like some art to go on a couple of the
blank walls I have, but instead of going to IKEA and buying pieces that
hundreds of other people have, I decided to ask around some of my very talented
friends to see if they could do me some one off pieces. Thankfully they agreed,
and I’m now collecting up pieces that they’ve done, plus a few I’ve ordered
from small businesses I’ve discovered. I think it’s so much more personal
having individual pieces and I’m really excited to get them up once the rest of
my furniture is in.
Knitting
This week my friend Lilli
came over for a catch up, which was lovely. As well as chatting for England, we
also decided to try some knitting. I’ve been trying to teach myself to crochet
for a while now, but am making very slow progress, and as Lilli knows how to
knit I thought I’d ask her to teach me. I’m really surprised at how well I’ve
done for only one lesson – it actually looks like I’m doing proper knitting! We’re
hoping to catch up again soon to do some more – I still need to learn to cast
on and finish as well as learning pearl stitch, but I’ve made a good start. I’m
thinking of looking for a simple book that will teach me the basic stitches and
how to follow patterns, so if you have any recommendations I’d love to hear
them.
Harry Potter Studio Tour
On my last birthday my
parents gave me tickets to go to the Harry Potter Studio Tour in London.
Unfortunately, I booked a date for back in April, but because I’d just had my
second operation in a couple of months I was too unwell to go. But the lovely people
at the studios were incredibly helpful and let me postpone my tickets to a
later date, yesterday. I’m going to be doing a blog post about my adventures
with Harry Potter, so I won’t go into what I got up to too much, but all I can
say is I had such a lovely day and it was worth being more ill for!
What has grabbed your attention this
week? I love hearing about people’s new discoveries and you may end up sharing
something that makes it onto my list next week!
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