Favourite Colour Swap 2...

I had a wonderful package in today's post from my Color Swap pal - Jo!


Apologies for the poor shot, but what a selection of goodies! The yarn at the bottom right is a skein of beautifully soft laceweight merino from Spunky Eclectic,



a cake of more laceweight from Cabin Cove Mercantile, 3 Knit Picks circulars in 2mm, 2.5mm and 3mm sizes, a cute cat tape measure,


Lifesavers and some great toys for the cats! Yes, they have feathers that you can Velcro on or off (I thought they were the real thing the first time one of them were playing!) and for a bit of added interest, I sprayed them with Catnip!!



Thank you Jo. That was an awesome package!

PS Zippy and Bungle say 'Thank you ' too x

Spot the Difference 2...

I don't know how many of you remember the last time we played this, but Bungle is a bit of a star when it comes to playing Spot The Difference!

This is her latest offering....
....Cute huh?

Wakey Wakey!

There's something about Spring that just puts a smile on your face - well it does with me! I love to see the garden start to wake up after it's long sleep over the Winter.


There are so many buds in the garden already and the Clematis is covered....


...the blossom is out....



...and the Magnolia is starting to open...


Icarus is going well and I've only got one more repeat to do in the main 'body' before I start on the edging charts. The yarn that Liz dyed for me is looking really pretty and is showing no signs of pooling. I love it!


I also finished my top down hoodie and will be off to the local shopping centre in it at the weekend!!

Surprises....

Yesterday the postie bought a surprise package from Liz....

..... a wonderful skein of Knitpicks 100% Merino laceweight yarn that she had dyed herself in the most gorgeous plums, blues and pinks! I was completely bowled over by it - Thank you Liz so very much. The yardage is spot on for a project I have had on my 'To Do' list for ages.

A certain someone (ahem..) has taken an interest in my knitting and likes to 'help', be it enhancing my photography ( above) or thinking about being a ball holder (below)!


I managed a couple of shots of the top down hoodie before she appeared on the scene!


It's not very inspiring knitting I know, but it's quick and I've never knitted anything top down before. It's great TV knitting and I've only got a bit of the sleeve and the hood to go and NO SEWING UP!! I will definitely be doing this again..

The colour is better in this last picture - the yarn is Jamiesons of Shetland and the shade is Wilkinson.

I'm Still Here!

Having finished the Peacock Shawl, life over the last couple of weeks has been more hectic than usual.

I've not heard from the guy who had Peacock for his girlfriend ( no reply to emails and voicemails), but I know he got it ok because I was able to check that it arrived safely. Ho hum - it would have been nice to know what he thought...

On the knitting front, I've nearly finished a top down hoodie for myself in some Jamiesons that I bought up in Scotland whilst on my honeymoon. I'll post pictures once I find my camera.

Helen and I joined Weightwatchers back in January and we went for our weekly weigh in last night. I've now lost a total of 15 pounds over the last 8 weeks and can see my feet when standing at long last! I've still got a long way to go, but things are moving in the right direction.

Last night I signed up for our local Race For Life event. I intend walking the 5km as I know I stand no chance of running it. The girls' are doing it aswell as they want to do it memory of their Granny. I don't normally ask this sort of thing, but if any of you would like to sponsor us, we'd be very, very grateful...

Here are a couple of final shots of Peacock being modelled by Helen...