Picture of a House (or Cathedral)

On Friday, I took a day off. I relaxed a bit, watched some Winter Olympics on the internet, and did some more of The Boy's pirate mittens. Here is a progress shot.


Yesterday The Boy's parents came down to visit and took us for a drive. First we went to Cheddar, through the gorgeous Cheddar Gorge. We visited the Cheddar Gorge Cheese company, saw how cheese was made there, tasted a selection of cheeses and pickles, and then, inevitably, bought some cheese.

We drove onto Wells, had a pub lunch (I had baked vegetables topped with cheese, mmmm) and then went to look at the amazing cathedral. It was pretty impressive.


Today we stayed in, it was a great day to stay inside and knit, horrible and rainy outside. I spent some time downloading new podcasts, and then listening to them while I finished my mitten. I think I mentioned it before, I knit it out of my Holiday SP Nederlass's gift. I first knit one using the SnB flip top mitten pattern, modifying it so that it wasn't a flip top. But I just wasn't happy with the finished object. So I started again using a pattern out of a book I got for Christmas, Holiday Knits. It is knit on MUCH smaller needles, making the fabric denser, and looking a lot neater.

Okay, now just have to do the next one...

The Morning After

Yesterday I had a lovely afternoon, knitting my bolero, and listening to podcasts. I really love Brenda Daynes Cast On, I now download and listen to it every weekend and knit to it. I've also caught up on all the previous episodes. I also like Knit Cast.

The Pirate mittens aren't going too well, although I am happy with the quality of the work I've done so far, and am finding it a really fun knit, the quantity isn't up to what it needs to be. we don't have a printer, so I have to knit following the charts on the computer. Actually I'm also following the bolero off the computer, but that isn't as bad, as I can write down a few instructions at a time. As the computer is our main source of entertainment (we don't have a TV), I don't like tying it up for longer than I already do. Oh well. I might do some this afternoon. Though, we went out last night, for the biggest night we have ever had in Bristol, and I am feeling a tiny bit worse for wear...

I am doing the Cash Free SP and it is heaps of fun. I've received a few links from my SP, and a yummy recipe. I'm trying to think of things I can do for my SP, it is a little more difficult than I thought!

I saw this amazing sock yarn from Opal, Rainforest and I really want the fish one for me and the tiger one for The Boy. They are so cool. I am tempted to make my first yarn internet purchase. The problem is, I promised myself I wouldn't buy any more sock yarn until I had finished one pair of socks. I have enough sock yarn to make 5 pairs at the moment. I could really work on the latest ones. But I also want some addis, I've been using the magic loop for the mittens, and I am finding it easy and fast. Trying to justify buying addis as well, since then I'll be able to have 2-3 socks on the needles at the same time, which would be better, right? I don't have any WIP shots, but I'll post some yarn pR0n instead.

A Morning in Market Basing

I haven't been back to Get Knitted since the UKnitty group went in November, on the weekend I moved in. But I thought it was high time I should check it out again.

I am doing a stash reduction thingy- where I am trying to find projects for all my stash (mostly odd balls) and that has been working well. But I really wanted to make a proper project like a sweater. However, lack of money means I can't really afford to make the sweater I am dreaming of - Rowan's Pam.


But I did find ggh Relax on sale, and bought some for the Lion Brand Bolero I've been looking at for a while, think it will be perfect for Spring. The colour is a deep bluey teal, and the yarn is so soft! It has 10% alpaca too, which is my favourite fibre.

I also bought some alpaca to make Pirate Mittens for The Boy for Valentines Day. I was originally thinking of the hat, but he needs mittens more than another hat. I just hope that I can get the mittens done in time.

The last thing I bought was some Addis to make the mittens/hat. I've never used them before, though I have experimented with the Magic Loop, so I am really excited about that.

I didn't do much knitting last week - I had a bad cold, and my job wasn't very fun, so when I came home, I didn't feel like socks or my mittens, which are the main things on the needles. I've now cast on for the Bolero, and will spend this afternoon doing some of that, my mittens, and maybe starting The Boy's mittens.

Ooh, last weekend I bought a big platic container to keep all my knitting stuff in. I've just been keeping it in various bags around the apartment, but now it is all together and (sort of) tidy. The next thing I want to do is sew up some simple bags to keep WIPs in, instead of keeping them in plastic bags. I just have to find some nice material, I think I'll have to go to The Mall (where I've never been) to get some.

This amused me.