I have an upcoming birthday (19/5). The NHS have sent me an advance birthday present (12/5). Now I know how old I am for certain! This is my first scheduled mammogram. I’ve had one before, when I had a wee scare a few years ago. But this is the first one that tells me that …
Monthly archives: April 2009
Endings and Beginnings
Completely surprised this evening to find that I have completed my Laeticia socks. Yesterday I picked it up, with just an inch of cuff completed, and put it down again at bed time, with the heel turned. Never for a moment did I believe that I could complete the foot today, but I have! Not only that, but I am making fast inroads into Mr L’s boring socks and am about to fashion a heel flap for the second sock.
Kalamity
So. There I was, just sitting here, Laeticia sock in hands, thinking that I might have bitten off a teensy bit more than I can chew in offering to complete the sock by tomorrow. With a positive turn of mind, I had just decided that it was doable. Then my mind got to wandering, and …
Simply Shetland 4
Having identified Mr L’s next sweater pattern, I placed an order with Amazon for the necessary book: Simply Shetland 4: At Tomales Bay. Once that was successfully done, I tootled off to eBay and purchased a cone of yarn – a nice mid-grey lambswool/silk blend. What happened next was a tad disturbing – Amazon cancelled …
Keep on, keeping on…
Knitters have staying power. Some of us knit projects that feel to us like a marathon effort. I offer up my Laminaria for consideration here 🙂 I daresay some of us even get the running shoes on from time to time and actually run a half or full marathon. But how many fibre folk go …
Mr L’s next sweater
The Duxbury Point Pullover osmo6 Originally uploaded by Meili123 We have agreed on the next sweater. I need to buy the book, Simply Shetland 4: At Tomales Bay and the next time that I go to Kirkwall I’ll look for some Shetland yarn to knit it with, though I am thinking that if he wears …