Summer Project - Update 2

 Now that I'm back working on my own blanket, I've finished the 4 sections for colour #2, which is a light grey.  And here they are:



As with the first colour, each piece is labeled so that I can keep track of everything during the final assembly.  This makes 9 sections completed, and neatly stored for the time being.  Up next is the third set of grey sections, with this set being darker than the first two (think charcoal grey).

On a crochet side-note, I took some time recently to clean up and organize my equipment, supplies, and yarn stash.  I had a lot of test patches and scraps taking up space (tossed), and many other things that were still in bags got pulled out and stacked on shelves.  Aside from what I have for this current project, it appears I have a considerable amount of other yarn that I will eventually need to find projects for.  Some will probably make its way into my temperature blanket next year, and I think I might give basket-making a shot with some of the really chunky stuff.  I'm also accumulating a fair bit of remnants as I work on these blankets, and they could end up being used to make some little stuffed critters, or maybe even a patch-work pillow.

Or, who knows?  Maybe by the end of the year I'll be tired of crochet and take a break for a while.

But for now I'm enjoying the projects.  It's keeping my hands busy and my mind occupied, both of which are very welcome these days.

Until next time.  =]

Learning Milestone...

For any Duolingo fans/users out there, I just completed the entire course in Dutch!  8D

Consecutive days = 707
Sections = 6
Levels = 6
Lessons = I have no f'n idea

Am I fluent now? = No f'n way! LOL

I can do a decent job translating written Dutch to English. The other direction though, I still have difficulty remembering sentence structure and word order.

What's next? Well, I had the audio and verbal aspects turned off most of the time, so I have no real idea if the pronunciations I made up in my head are accurate - so I'm planning to do practice lessons with audio to make some improvements there. The big question now is whether I can keep my streak of consecutive days going with no specific goal to chase.

I don't think I'll start another language though. I had started this one as a way to make a bit of a connection back to my Dutch heritage (dad was born there). Had it not been for that, language learning would not have been something I'd have done at all.

Glad I took on this challenge. It's one hell of an accomplishment, even with the asterisks.  =]