I have been getting stuck into the first sleeve for Alouette. It is, thankfully, going along very quickly. I hate knitting sleeves. I have just completed the first part of shoulder shaping. Moi, je manque un corps! (isn’t it funny how all my WIPs speak french?) Also on the go is the crocheted shrug. Have…
It’s turned out to be a good weekend. Yesterday, my mum came up to Dublin and I met her for lunch. I bought a pair of sandals (have a look at them here) and they are fantastic. Good support and very comfortable. I borrowed some cds from the library (glenn gould playing my bach partita…
Thank God they’re over! The Poulenc was so-so, but the Mozart was better. Mary, my duet partner, and I both got an attack of nerves in the first movement, but the rest of it settled down nicely. The last movement is really tricky. There’s this awful bit in the middle where we take turns to…
I can’t wait to get my exams over tomorrow! I am playing Poulenc at 10am, and then Mozart two piano sonata at 8pm. It’s a bit crazy, I know. I haven’t had time to listen to any podcasts (and tbh, I have notes coming out my ears right now, some silence is good), so I…
The nice thing about crochet is that you don’t *really* need a pattern because it’s so easy to manipulate. However, I’m not that good at crochet yet. So if you’re like me, check out Crochet Pattern Central for loads of free crochet patterns. I have been thinking about the shrug I want to make from…