Easter catchup

I hope everyone had a fabulous Easter weekend! The weather was fantastic here in the UK. Gorgeous sunshine, perhaps a little too hot for my tastes, but somehow I escaped the weekend with no sunburn (something of a miracle for my pasty white skin).

I had the house to myself all weekend, as Jamie was off at the first major LRP event of the year. On Good Friday I managed to get out and about to take photographs in the sun. I had planned to spend the rest of the weekend at home, tidying up and getting on with some revision for my exams, but I was viciously kidnapped by my Northampton friends, and dragged off for a barbecue.

Ok, I might be exaggerating. I kidnapped myself, really.



First spring ducklings on the river. There were nine in all, but they wouldn't stay still
long enough for me to get them all in shot!



I had hoped to get a fair bit of crocheting done on the train, but the train was so busy I didn't really achieve much. Just a few more rows on the daffodil filet panel, although I did try in vain to get my head back around the crocheted socks. Most of my kirby grip stitch markers had fallen out, so it was tricky to work out where I was and what I was meant to be doing! I think I need to sit down quietly with this one, without any distractions, and work out what is going on.

The barbecue itself was lovely and relaxing. It was nice to see so many friends I hadn't seen in a while.



The pool was a welcome relief from the heat!

I got even less crochet done on the journey home than I'd done on the way there, mostly thanks to my raging hangover.

I have emerged, however, from the Easter weekend having completed two of my outstanding WIPs - I have finally defeated the Cthulhu Beard hat and it is now sat waiting it's reveal on Friday. Here's a teaser:

Tentacles!!!!

The other finished project is the round baby blanket for my friend's July baby. Now it's finished, I'm a little underwhelmed by it, so have immediately launched into a second project to gift alongside it.

It's the Tree of Life afghan pattern from Lion Brand - the crochet version! I'm not doing a full afghan, instead I've decided to do one panel of the tree chart and use it as the front of a cushion for the baby. I'm using the same yarn as the round baby blanket (my seemingly unending supply of James C Brett Top Value DK). So far, it's going well, although I am very glad the pattern has both written and charted instructions.

Check out the usual WIP Wednesday link ups to see what everyone else has been up to over Easter!