Finished - and started!

My Rowanette gift is now finished - all I have to do is parcel it up with a few other goodies and send it to my victim! I don't think I will be tempted to use this yarn again for a while as I found it quite 'splitty' and it was pretty painful knitting for me.


I started something for myself last week -

It's a design from Jane Ellison's Queensland Collection that sadly isn't available in the UK (even though Jane is a UK designer). I'm using the same colour and yarn, which again is not available here. The yarn is gorgeous -Uruguay DK - a Merino, Alpaca and Silk mix and holds the stitch definition well.

Here's a progress shot - I start the sleeve shaping in a couple of rows time.


I'm getting a little behind with MS3 :-(

I've not quite finished clue 1 and clue 3 came out yesterday. We're off to a wedding later today, so I'm hoping to try and get at least clue 2 finished tomorrow...

Here's my progress so far

Spoilt Rotten.....

There's a lot to be said for turning 45! I must admit I wasn't looking forward to the prospect of this birthday - don't know why, but I have been thoroughly spoilt and life's good.

I was banished from the kitchen whilst my youngest made a lovely birthday cake for me... and I got some lovely pressies too!

From Catherine I had some flowers, a CD - The Fray and a cute Me To You bear that says 'I Love You Mummy'! Helen bought me two sets of Lantern Moon Sox Stix and a book that has yet to arrive. Dave gave me this in Chocolate and is taking me out for a meal tonight.

I also had some of Anni's yarn and a couple of her patterns as part of a Birthday swap on Crafty Threads forum
and some lovely flowers from my friend Jane