Still suffering from this wretched tiredness that has bugged me all week, but have been able to push myself to achieve some positive outcomes today. Made tomato pasta (tagliatelle) for dinner, and a chilli, tomato and prawn sauce to go with it. The lawn was mowed, though not by me - I just cleaned up …
Monthly archives: April 2009
Did I say..?
Did I mention that when I was skeining the grey 4ply, a moth dropped out of my swift? A MOTH. I quickly eBay-ed an order of Rentokil moth-killer strips. Six twin packs, in fact. I now have to consider the best way to deploy them, and then get on with it! Also, did I remember …
New Vistas
It has been quite a week. At the weekend I had my broken washing line repaired, so I seized advantage of the better weather and did laundry. Loads and loads of it. Day after day… as weather permitted. We have suffered a great deal of har recently, and also had heavy rainfall one day (don’t …
FO: Man Sweater
DK man’s sweater in New Lanark Donegal Silk Tweed.
This project took a long time to come to fruition, though the actual knitting was very fast. Enjoyable knit, I would make it again. Mr L loves it. I gave him the sweater to try on for size as I finished seaming it. It took a long time to get it back from him for washing.
How did that happen?
It would appear that I have accidentally cast on a new project.
If this shawl comes to fruition, I shall be paying it forward. If you would like it, leave a comment below to tell me how you would wear this shawl – or with what outfit, or to what event… with which date. Be creative!
Yarn arrival
The yarn for Bloke Sweater #2 has arrived in today’s post. I shan’t photograph it at this stage – it’s coned and it’s grey, what’s to see? We shall try to skein it and wash it over the weekend. I shall have the Eucalan out anyway as I managed to get Bloke Sweater #1 off …