Cheap Thrills

It’s not Friday, is it? Sigh. Anyway, while I was “lining up” tomorrow’s FO post, thinking that today was Friday, I found us another Thursday Thrill… A new-to-me retailer, Hejhog-uk – as yet untested, but I feel my resolve weakening as I type… Examples: Manos del Uruguay  Silk Blend £14.99 £9.75 Noro Silk Garden £8.95 …

Nothing more thrilling than Nature

Today’s thrill is a non-knitty one. Last night I watched Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice on the iPlayer while I knitted. It was superb, and not just for the dulcet tones of Mr Tennant. I’m not sure if the biggest stars were the polar bears, or the robot spy cameras. Anyway… You’ll Laugh! You’ll …

Hello, Routine, how I have missed you!

One of my goals for this coming year is to make more of the benefits of routine. Routine does not come naturally to me, and for most of my life I have preferred the adrenalin kick of a chaotic lifestyle. At least, that is what my internal systems have always believed. A girl can have …

Oh, nooooooooo!

They SHOT the wolf! 24 repeats done, that’s half a side in 2 hrs 50 minutes of Kevin Costner. 2 and a half sides to go. I make that around fourteen hours of edging left. Crikey. What shall I watch next?

If this is Tuesday, I must be Belgium…

If you can figure out which day of the week it is then you are a better blog reader than I… I think it is Tuesday, so if this is Tuesday it must be be that I am the King of  the Belgians… no, wait, this must be Belgium… or no, I know… it’s Show …

I am wavering

So. I am sat here, with a Bridgewater in my lap –  and the iPlayer poised. 15,000 stitches, more or less, to go… Would you blame me if I said that my heart was sinking, just a little? Would you understand if I said that large parts of me are hankering to cast on something …