12th August and no dinner party to cook. Even after all these years.. how many? er… 25?!?!?!? I still feel the thrill of this freedom. Good grief. Really? Twenty-five years? Blimey. How things do stay in our psyche.Once a servant, always a servant – perhaps. Though I would like to think not so.
Category archives: Living
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Spinning: A merino roving from The Yarn Yard – my last in my stash, not counting a pencil roving from the same source. I’m considering knitting the pencil roving into a tea cosy if I can track the pattern down. I’ve not had much success thus far. Also spinning: carded Shetland natural fleece, in a …
Cruciality
Crucial repairs have been effected and I am now back up and running with full capability[1]. Hoorah for Mr L! Just passing through with a note to this effect, as I must now knuckle down to a huge pile of work that has been waiting for my attention. I’d like to say that my down …
Adieu
My cashmere wrap, A Tumult of Waves is to go to a new home. I feel a pang. It makes sense though – that wrap is never going to coexist happily with 3 cats! The new owner will enjoy it, in a cat-free environment.
Show Day
Three Firsts, and two Thirds. Not a bad haul. Sadly, only one Third with my knitting – the drop stitch wrap that I laboured on at the last minute. I guess it must have been worth it. Also a Third for one of my photographs. Another photo took a First, as did one of my …
Almost ready
I gave up on the Morning Surf wrap at 9:30 this morning, and washed and blocked it. It blocked to 74″ by 16″, which is just about the right length but 3 inches or so too narrow, really. It’s dry now and labelled and packed. Photos after the Show. Sadly, I found a large and …