Speedtest

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Speedtest

Not too shabby, considering I am balancing the laptop on my knees while typing in bed. I'm in bed because I wasn't feeling well at work today so came home and went to bed. Had a good sleep with a strange work related dream where I was fired - I was asking how I could be fired when I am finishing up voluntarily in 3 days.

They actually did want to keep me on but I made the decision to finish up as I am not interested or ready to go back to working retail. I will keep my hand in the pie so to speak, have my name down to be called for stocktake and for future set-ups. Apparently they find it hard getting staff for set-ups, a lot of staff find it too hard, it was hard work but I enjoyed it.

Have spent time this afternoon looking up free patterns - I love free patterns

Burdastyle
Burdafashion

These sites have fullsized patterns that can be printed out on a standard printer, then they are pieced together like a big jigsaw puzzle. Some patterns on Burdastyle can be downloaded to print fullsize at a printshop.



Japanese sewing patterns

There's a range of patterns available on this site, clothing, bags household items. The site is mostly in Japanese, I used Google to translate it but it's still a bit iffy to understand. The patterns need to be drafted to fullsize, the measurements are all there but all the instructions are in Japanese. Most look very basic and can be easily reconstructed without needing translation - I hope.

I started knitting a pair of socks this week, using sock yarn bought from work, I've not used so small a needle before, 2.25 mm it may take a while. These are knitted top down on 4 needles - another challenge for me am very new to 4 needles as well. I did have trouble starting off but after several goes I finally got it going. I'm hoping to have the pair finished by winter - only have around 6 months to go. ;)