The Interior DIYer
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All that glitters

Yesterday evening I did some long overdue home department browsing, and one of my stops was the Arnotts Homewares department. I took a long wander, and am I ever glad I did. I spotted these CORO tumblers by LSA International. I’m not mad on gold, but these were different; an alternative spin on traditional tumblers. 
I immediately thought my man would love them – to go along with our ever increasing decanter collection. They’re delicate and light tumbler glasses that aren’t particularly lady-like, which is good since I’m always worried I’m smothering said man with feminine designs. And the best part – they were 50% off – €11 for 4 gold tumblers. Yes, yes. 
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Lovely mention – ‘Versatile Blogger’ nomination

Yesterday morning started off like any normal Sunday morning – I woke up too early, mister still asleep, fed the screaming cats, logged onto the world of online, except this Sunday I found out I was nominated by Livlig for the Versatile Blogger Award. Insert silent freak fest. And I hadn’t even had breakfast yet. 
My mind is still being boggled. The sheer fact that I’ve been nominated is enough for me. Seriously. Considering who is on the list along with me, I am already ridiculously flattered. I checked out all the nominees’ blogs, all of which are amazing, detailed and beautiful. So thank you Livlig for even being considered.

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Practice pattern – monochromatic afghan

I’ve been dreaming of crocheting a blanket of my own for a ridiculous amount of time. At the moment I’m taking a fancy to ripple afghans and when I saw this pattern,  I wanted it. It’s an old school black and white catalog picture, so you’re meant to imagine all the wild colors, but I wanted what I saw – a strong b&w pattern. So last night I tackled my first blanket practice pattern {with grey in stead of black}. It’s a bit dodgy on the bottom row, but it’s slowly getting better as you go up. I’m quite pleased with myself as I was able to relatively quickly pick up the pattern – although, they’re meant to be quite straight forward, aren’t they … 
I found a gorgeous pattern on Lion Brand Yarn for a Shaded Ripple Afghan, but since the crochet lingo was blowing my previous minimal amigurimi based mind, I went to YouTube for help. The Art of Crochet by Teresa was a phenomenal help to me. Thanks to Teresa, the Shaded Ripple Afghan pattern lingo makes complete sense to me now and I’m ready. So ready that I bought two ridiculous skeins of yarn {see regular skein pictured alongside}.
The pattern I’ll be using is different to my practice piece – it doesn’t have loops in the double crochet increases. Fingers crossed I also learn to tidy up the sides … 
With a strong contrast of black and white, I’m hoping this blanket will turn out to be quite the accent for my apartment. Is it weird that I’m so excited?