24 hours short

On the way to spinning today I stopped my bicycle to speak with R. I mentioned that I was madly knitting away ready to take my things in to the Show on Friday night. “You mean Thursday night,” she said… Of course. I knew that. I knew the Show was on Friday 1st August, and …

Sky and Water II

It’s done, and blocking – to 9″ by 46″ Photo in artificial lighting, with flash. I’ll try to get daylight shots later. It was a bit of a marathon :-} Onward! I shall try to finish the second Morning Surf tomorrow, but it’s only half done, maybe less.

oh, oh…

You know that Sky and Water II is a replacement project for this weekend because Sky and Water I has some dropped stitches in it? You know how I have been knitting furiously through the pain barrier to get it finished in time? You know it is now just 1 pattern repeat from being finished? …

Madness

My head aches, my shoulder, elbow and wrist are all very sore…but the Sky and Water II scarf is now 85% done. I’d kind of like to get it blocked today if I can, but I know I should rest. What to do? *sigh* If I stick to the pattern, I have two and a …

Project update

Really poor lighting conditions today, so utterly carp photos: Ultimate Temptation, the Hamsa scarf is blocking (under a rather Heath Robinson arrangement in the kitchen) and I really wish I knew how to do a good job of blocking!   Gorgeous, gorgeous pattern. Must make another one soon. The Merope socks finally got a photograph …

Wipeout

Today was a total wipeout. A vile, vile, vile headache took me off my feet. I got up and showered, looked at my cereal bowl, threw up, went back to bed. The next thing I knew was that it was 4:30pm. I took some painkillers and came round slowly, with the help of a light …