What, February already? How did that happen? I must have been keeping myself busy… Here’s January’s obsessions (click for bigness): The Evenstar swatches are unpinned. I had not expected that blocking would make the choices more difficult. The Wings of the Dove throw is well under way, and I have reached the centre panel, but …
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Yarny goodness
My yarn for the Evenstar arrived this morning. A good choice, I think. It has rather more bright blue in it than I expected but is overall a soft and tranquil mix of blues. The ply looks good, neither too soft nor too firm. A non-challenging lace weight at 800m/100g and the handle is soft. …
Life’s Frantic Whirl: cats, yarn and shopping
It has been a funny old week. Treacle was sitting on the cat tray, wailing, at the weekend and was seen to be dashing around trying to squat and pee in inappropriate places. He has suffered FIC before and we concluded that a phone call to the vets to request antibiotics would be in order. …
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Gail, Gail, the big fat fail
Rarely have I enjoyed a project less than this one. Never have I pushed myself to complete one that I enjoyed so little rather than cutting my losses and frogging it. Why I am doing this, I do not know. Because I have 10 shawls to complete this year and this one ticks another box? …
A funny old day
We reviewed the forecast today and decided that if I went to town I might not get home. So I stayed home and made Spanokopita – a dish that I have never had any confidence in spelling. I also did some sorting out in the utility room and tried to put away the dry goods …
N-Gauged
A migraine woke me up just after 2am this morning. I got up to go to the toilet (migraines turn me into a world-class peeing machine) and found as I returned to bed that I was also suffering the list-to-the-left symptom that sometimes accompanies the hadache and nausea. In our rear hall we have an …