The cat and the design

Yesterday we had a really pleasant day. We took the dogs for a long walk, my husband gardened and I crocheted. In fact I spent part of the afternoon sat in the poly tunnel crocheting. It was lovely and warm. Finally we listened to our youngest on the radio.

We have got back into the habit of taking the dogs for an hour’s walk each day and we are certainly feeling the benefit. We had become a little lazy and hadn’t been going so far. The confinement means that finding motivation can be difficult and we are certainly trying to ensure that we are pushing ourselves to do things.

The cat, is not helping with my levels of motivation. He is entirely nocturnal. He usually comes awake at about 9pm and then keeps going all night. He talks or calls loudly to us. We are not allowed near him but he will keep us informed that he wants attention, food or some company albeit from a distance. My sleep is being regularly disturbed by him at the moment; which again doesn’t help with my motivation to get going in the mornings!

Last week I managed to sketch a design for the poncho that I am making at the moment. I have now made at least one of almost all of the squares. I am currently working on the large granny squares. They will not be as large as the ones on the coatigan and so I am confining them to five colours rather than the 10 or 12 on the other garments. I have white and pink daisies; both with two different coloured back grounds; a standard granny square and a puff stitch granny square. I have decided that my next step will be to make the four large squares and then to begin putting the poncho together and making the squares as I go.

Tomorrow I’m going to the hairdressers in the morning, so I hope for some undisturbed sleep tonight! Until tomorrow.