Deviating away from the planned 'focus on making one thing' objective, this week I've fulfilled my desire to crochet an Easter inspired Egg & Soldiers set. No good reason, I just thought it'd please me to make this and so it did. After a few dodgy attempts to make a properly egg-shaped egg, I instead settled on using plastic eggs bought online from a kids' craft company. The bottom half was made to fit snugly round the egg then the rest was done with the mould in place & carefully crocheting around it ( slower & felt slightly odd but worked a treat).
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I was particularly pleased with my buttered toast soldiers and my shiny spoon which although needing a bit more work on the shaping, made me happy. Setting up this little scene was sadly most enjoyable until the rudeness of my curious cat ensured it had to be whipped away before little paws got hold of any of the brunch components.
Having a bit of time left before setting off to my Welsh class this evening, I attempted to continue with the egg theme by starting on a new project, little needle felted eggs, hopefully destined to be nestled in handmade twiggy nests. I think robin's eggs may be blue & speckled but I'll have to do a bit of research, especially regarding the scale of different kinds.
Walking around the very prettily landscaped business park last week after finishing my day job, I found lots of good pine cones (will be useful later in the year) as well as twigs, well shaped leaves, moss & dried grasses which I'll try to coax into small nest shapes this weekend.
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