Things have been a bit hectic. Brief summary follows. Expanded notes, as appropriate, to come… I did go to town last Wednesday. Most of the shops that I wanted to go to were shut. I therefore failed to obtain new needles for the man sweater and it is not yet started. Needles coming, via eBay. …
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Goodbye to the North
Here we are, galloping towards the end of April and it is time to take stock of the last two months and Project Spectrum. Generally it was pleasing. There was considerable output: the Invincible Summer hat, the Winter-white Alpine Butternut Scarf, the properly-green Northern Neighbour cowl and the also-green Laeticia socks all began and completed …
Cracking on
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 …
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 …
Loose ends
Probably speaking too soon but it looks as though “loose end” time is approaching. I did what I believe were the final edits on the book today and it should be going to the printers this week. To tell the truth, I am already feeling slightly befuddled by time available for filling. It’s just an …