Late April / High Spring

Currently Reading: Vicious by V E Schwab
Currently Playing: Slay the Princess (Switch)

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Art

Art and sketching has been happening! Do I have anything to show for it? Not really, all kinda scribbles and suchlike. But it's continuing so that's good enough for me. I need to make a plan, really and connect it with the next section which is:

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Game Dev

I mentioned previously that I wanted to make a dollmaker/dress up game prototype as my first Thing. And I did get started on it! I then hit a point where I actually need to do code to continue. So realistically what I need to do is one or both of these things:

1. Do some coding tutorials
2. Find a very specific tutorial on how to make a dress up game in Unity or another engine of my choosing

We have finally sorted out my 'goals for the year' at work and I linked them up to this project so I hope I'll be able to set some time aside for working on this. Actually I'll make a point of requesting days tomorrow so the ball keeps rolling.

I'm often struggling lately with how to keep improving my skills with the somewhat limited time/energy levels available. I know I can push through and try to do more in the evenings when O is asleep, but it's not necessarily sustainable long term and I do want to also be able to enjoy reading books.

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Textiles

I had pre-ordered 200g of some merino DK yarn recently as a treat and it finally arrived so I eagerly started work on a simple shawl (not using the Sophie Shawl pattern... but basically that pattern if you want to look), and it's been okay except for me needing to rip back and reknit about five times because I increased on the wrong side (obviously was counting incorrectly) and then couldn't get the i-cord edge to look right on subsequent attempts.

I'm still working on a jumper for C (almost done, but needed lengthening) and a cardigan for my dad (only just split for the sleeves and have to knit downwards for the body). 

I'm also gradually spinning through my sheep fleece stash, one little bit at a time. This fleece I'm working on is really spiky as the sheep seems to have spent time around some brambles... it's quite unpleasant to process but I'm not ready to give up yet. If I can spin it all up I'll maybe dye it and knit C another jumper.

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That's all, just a quick check in from me!