April Furtling, Inside and Out
HAPPY BELTANE to one and all as we move out of April and into May. 'March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers' and all that. Oh, but there's also 'Ne'er cast a clout 'til May be out' - and certainly the weather has taken another chilly turn here in Lanarkshire. Which may be as well for me as I have TONS of the stitchy stuff to finish but as the days get longer and warmer, I get further away from my sewing space. I need to make the most of the chill and crack on a bit, I think. So, what was happening stitchy-wise at the Grout Homestead in March? Well, perhaps not as much as should have been but I have enjoyed Highland Cow wrangling as I got a good start on the enlarged version of Tartankiwi's pattern. A friend had asked me to make her an fpp cow at double the size of the original and this seemed perfectly doable. Until I got to the printing, that is. I'd assumed I just needed to find an A3 printer and increase the print size but, n...