Puzzlecrack is about to begin. Depending on how engaging it is (last year, it wasn't) knitting may have to take a back seat for the rest of the week. Only time will tell. Time now to make coffee, set the Bayret aside, and see if the puzzle is very puzzling. If you want to join …
Eight FOs – and more
We had some sun today. It was too windy to take photographs outside, and too bright to take good photos in the conservatory. I compromised in the end and seized the light while I could. I snapped my Yarn Yard club yarn, I snapped some FOs - eight of them - and a couple of cats as well...
Not a good day
Today is not progressing well. The central heating is buggered. I have faith that Mr L will eventually undo the harm that he has done. It's the stress levels in between that I can't handle. The cats are stressed too. Lulu got mugged by Teddy this morning. There's fur all over the kitchen floor and …
Startling, but true
Will you look at that? Finally, one completed Number One Husband Sock! OK. It's a rubbish photograph, but it is a rather fine sock, actually. Cashmere fingering. Contrast rib, heel and toe. Heel and toe reinforced with Eye of Partridge stitch. Only 10 months overdue! Mr Plumbum's Green 'n Growlly Socks
WINTER
There's a storm coming. Well, not strictly speaking a storm - but we have a warning out for a Severe Gale force wind, with gusts to 70mph. So we have been out and about, putting away anything that might go flying. As part of the process we tidied the conservatory, and brought in the garden …
Done
The yarn lasted out and Mr L has a new pair of socks. Not perfect by any means but they will keep his toeses warm, and that is what counts. And at least one of them fits... I appear to have resurrected Mr plumbum's Green 'n Growlly Socks (aka # One Husband Socks) so it …