The downside to not doing Christmas is not being able to point MR L at this entry at The Yarn Yard - Hello!: Christmas is coming... Custom dyed yarn or fibre from Natalie? Now, there's a wondrous thing.
Shopping
Kirkwall shopping day tomorrow. A big event in these here parts. Mr L is reluctant to take time off from work at present, and he is as reluctant to shop on Saturday when the homeward journey takes over three hours, so I am going without him. I am not managing to be brave enough to …
Remember this?
Well, seen this? Which is why, despite my avowing not to cast on for the foreseeable future, I just spent an hour trying to find the remainder of my ball of Lochan. If I need justification I'll claim the need of a ferry pattern... I really should be making shopping lists and packing shopping bags …
Spinning Day
Spinning was at F's today. Fascinatingly, I appear to have been to the Frozen Norf. It's only about 6Km to Crudy, but it seems to have its own microclimate and I was astounded to find myself in a Winter Wonderland when I approached. It was all green and sunny when I left home! I wasn't …
Oh, vile…
My chest is so vile today that even I don't want to know me. Whatever you do, don't allow me to tell you all about it. I think I am supposed to be doing some work today so I'd best hie mesel off to the kitchen and fashion some lunch to have on hand. My …
Ingrid, not Bergman
Ingrid has been on the needles for 28 days. It's true, my geek-knitter-girl spreadsheet tells me so. It also tells me that the scarf is 50% done. What is doesn't tell me is the number of active knitting days on it - which must be 4 or 5. There must be at least as many …