I am a most deliriously happy woman this morning. Yes, the Mingus socks are completed (and currently soaking) but far more importantly than that… my usual Monday morning trawl of the BBC’s iPlayer turned up the most wonderful treat for me — and I don’t mean Once, as fine a treat as that is. I …
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The shoes, the sock and the bottle opener (and the camera)
I emailed Orkney Ferries to see if anybody had found my camera. They replied that they had not. I emailed the friends who had given me a lift to and from the ferry and asked them if I had dropped it in the car. They promised to look. I decided that I would have to …
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P/hopping the Bridgewater yarn
The Bridgewater is completed. I am p/hopping the remaining yarn. Ravellers can see the post here
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?
I am wavering
So. I am sat here, with a Bridgewater in my lap –Â 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 …