Update

I have not posted in a long time. I said I was going on a short hiatus because things have taken an unexpected turn, this break may be longer than previously scheduled as I need a while to get things back on track. I am making great strides in collecting all of the pieces of my unsorted life into one place, it doesn't help that I have been in bed all day today with a stinking head cold and with my mums condition I am quarantining myself until I can confirm the illness is gone. I just thought, being cooped up in this tiny room all day watching repeats of 'Trailer Park Boys' I would give anyone still listening a quick update to assure you that I haven't died of stress.

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Quick Update.

I haven't updated in a while, college has taken a huge bite out of my time but I am still making stides in the Union Jack blanket. Once I have finished it I may take a months hiatus to get on with my studies, but after that I will focus a lot more time to this project. My vexillologist friends birthday is soon and I am also planning on making a blanket for him too, but making 54 different blankets for one individual would take too long so I am going to make a large blanket out of mini versions of each flag and then I will stitch them together, kind of like a granny square blanket but more rectangular. Going to bed now. Bye.

One More Thing To Add.

I thought I would mention that I managed to configure the pages so that the World Of Flags navigation has a convenient little tab below the donation button. Now it will be easier to see which flag you are selecting!

Might as well try...

Alright my donation button was recently added, but if you feel like you want to donate to this project on a subscription service, then you can donate to my Patreon page! Patreon is a service where you can support people on a weekly, monthly etc. instalment plan. Simply enter the amount you want to donate and then every time I complete a flag, your money will go to the next project. If you only want to give a certain amount and then stop entirely, then you can set a cap on how much you want to donate! I must reiterate that I am not receiving any money for this enterprise and all of the leftover funds will be donated to charity, the blankets will be auctioned off for charity as well or donated to The Salvation Army to hand out to homeless at Christmas time. Please click on the Patreon logo below to visit my page.

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back.

College was... eventful today. I only had to go in late today so I slept in and also got on with strip F. Tomorrow, well as I am typing this at 2:30am I mean today. I have one lesson first and one lesson last, which means I have to get up early, but after that I come back home and then go back again for last lesson. A bit tedious but I live maybe half a mile from the college anyway. Again I am playing the part of the night owl, for some reason sleep has not come easy to me this week. Maybe there is a mental check list in the back of my mind and I cannot rest until everything is checked off. Writing for this near-daily blog must be one of them. I got home today and straight away got going on strip F, I finally finished it to realise that it was improperly sized and because of my poor math it came out wonky one end and thin on the other. I decided to pull the entire strip out and then just get started on a part that I do not have to use my brain for. I got to work on the other four white borders around the cross, so far I have only finished half of the second one but I will be devoted to finishing that part before the week is over. Right, I guess I will pull an all nighter tonight, 50% because I want to finish the blanket asap and another 50% because Twelve Monkeys just started on TV. Pictures hopefully coming soon. See Ya.

Back To College...

I should be in bed right now... I have to get up tomorrow to learn it it is depressing me. What is really strange is the fact that for the last four days I have been moping about my house bored wanting to go see my friends again, now that I have to go back when I wake up I really don't want to go. Just thought I would mention because there may be fewer updates in the upcoming days because of studies, but I will try my hardest to update as much as possible. I got a little of the blanket done today, not much I haven't even finished strip F yet.  Updates will come soon, at this moment in time I just cannot wait until I get to do the background of the blanket. See ya.

New Feature --->

Thanks to the brainiacs at Thinglink, I now have a new navigation feature that will easily get you to the tag you want to go to by clicking on the appropriate flag. Or you could just as easily click on the tags lower down but that isn't the point, the point is it has optimised the selection process if, lets say you know what the flag looks like but not the name, you just click the name and it will link you straight there. Obviously the only flag currently on there is the Union Jack, but as I make more and more blankets the more links will be added. It is still a work in progress and it is a little small at the moment but I am slowly learning how I can add tabs to my blog and I will have an entire page dedicated to this navigation system. More news in the upcoming hours. Bye.

Little By Little.

Because of my delayed posting, yesterdays post was written at midnight today. Meaning I have missed a day of posting. Because of this I am writing two entries for one day. I didn't get too much done last night I finished one 4th of the white section and decided to crochet strip F straight onto the blanket instead of doing it separate and the sewing it on later. Now going to get back to doing it, college was cancelled for tomorrow so I have another day of doing nothing but crocheting. Bye.

Making my way.

Okay bit of a late post today because I have spent the last few hours finishing the first part of the blanket, but it is finally done. Apologies for the poor camera work. The next part will be making the white borders to go around the cross. I really don't know what else to say, I spent all night working on it too because my surgery stitches were hurting too much and was interrupting my sleep cycle so I am going to bed. Goodnight.

Back On Track!

I got the call today, my local shop finally has stocked more red yarn, that means for the next three days I will be doing nothing but working on my blanket. I go back to college on Monday so there will be less time for me to complete this project. But after the summer I should have a lot more time to devote to it because it is my final year there. A lot of people have asked me what I am going to do with the completed flag blankets, the answer. I really don't know, I might sell them on eBay and give the money to charity. I could give them to friends and relatives. I guess I will cross that bridge when I come to it. Anyway permitting there are no distractions, I should be able to post the first completed strip tomorrow. Signing off now.

In Limbo...

I always hate this part of the process. The waiting for more equipment. I am currently on break from college for Christmas and the New Year, I have all of my coursework completed and there is nothing else for me to do on these dreary, rainy, dark days then just sit at my computer and scroll through miles and miles of Facebook posts. During however long it takes me to do this I will strive to update at least once a day, even if there is nothing to update on, it is nice to ramble on about nothing to an audience I do not know is even there or not. Anyway I am going into a tangent, signing off now, hopefully my local shop will call me and say if my shipment is in tomorrow. Bye.