Trying Old Stuff

Yesterday I tried some new stuff, today I got to try some old stuff, well actually I tried the old stuff yesterday too but let's not get picky. I went walking! I used to walk a lot and I have missed it immensely. I live in an area where there are some beautiful walks and the air is so fresh. I stepped out of the car and could smell the fresh dirt and the water on the leaves, I love it. Funnily enough I handled it quite well, I was expecting it to be a lot more difficult, today I even walked up a relatively steep hill without falling over. I am nowhere near as fit as I used to be but that's to be expected and this is a start. I am just glad that I am out in the fresh air again. Gym is good but nowhere near as good as this.

Walking in the cold, fresh air made me feel good. I felt healthier than I have in a long time. Apart from my lower back doing a bit of complaining about having to work a bit I had no pain, no discomfort, I could even forget for a while that I had reason to feel uncomfortable. This does mean that I probably won't get to gym today but oh well, there is always tomorrow.

Trying new stuff

I am determined to try out some new interests and really wanted to start with a quilt. Well, the opportunity has come up where I need to make a small quilt/wall hanging and it's great because it's pushing me into actually doing it instead of talking about it. With the help of my sister I have picked out a pattern and the first bits of material that I need. Of course nothing is all that easy as the pattern I have picked has a reasonably large bit of embroidery on it so I guess not only will I be learning how to quilt but relearning how to embroider (not that I ever really knew). I did manage to go to the shop by myself and pick out the embroidery yarns (not that difficult as the pattern tells you which ones to get) and got home all ready to start. Crap, forgot to buy a needle! Did I do that deliberately so that I had a good excuse not to start?

A week later with a few hours to spare and knowing that I have to do this I pull out the material, the yarn and my newly purchased needle. I need to start with blanket stitch. OK, I know what blanket stitch looks like and I know I have done it before.......... ok, time to google. What did we do before we had computers? Third attempt and I am off, this is easy..... so long as you don't care what it looks like! I have now decided that this quilt will have the rustic look, uneven stitches are sooooooo rustic, hehe.

And I'm off, I can do this, at least until I finish the blanket stitch and I have to another stitch............