Working on a new layout, found it via a trip through some blogs and i can't remember whose it was but it was someone from CTnY so thankyou whoever it was! *lol*
It still needs some bits adding to it, like the sidebars need my lists and buttons back in them but that will have to wait for another day, it's taken me long enough just to sort this much out!
I'll be off until Sunday night camping, it was Bloke's birthday yesterday and a friend's birthday on Monday so we are having a combined birthday camping weekend :oD
Than Monday will be spent washing and having a tidy and then i'll be off to Southend to visit with Mum before her op on Tuesday, sorry the blog seems to have taken a turn down the "Mum is ill" route but it's preoccupying me quite a bit :o(
So, all this means that i don't actually know when i will next be able to update the blog, hopefully i'll be able to sneak on Dad's computer at some point ;o) You've all been so supportive these past weeks that i feel it only fair to keep you updated too!
Knitting content: This months sock pattern has been chosen, i am going to make the Cottage Garden socks from PinkLemonTwist in the July YYC yarn as it just screams cottage gardens to me :o)
No further progress on Clapotis OR MS3 i'm afraid, i'm not sure what i've been doing but it hasn't left me any knitting time *lol*
Have a great weekend girls, keep your fingers crossed for dry weather for us :oD
*HUGS*
Fran x
Showing posts with label ms3. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ms3. Show all posts
Friday, August 03, 2007
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Been and back again
I have barely had time to breath lately let alone blog :o(
In knitting news: The Sassy Stripes toe-ups are waiting for a heel and i am waiting for a calm few hours to do the short-row heel in! Not long to go now though until they are finished. I really haven't enjoyed knitting them :o(
I should start thinking about my next pair now really, i am liking the SweetPea pattern from Knitty and have some pretty pastelly sock wool that would look nice with a bit of lace.
I also have some Sirdar Town & Country sock wool that i got in the sale at £1.50 a ball, it's being discontinued which is a shame but i hope they will bring out something to replace it. I picked up two black, two grey, one red mix and one grey mix with the intention of doingheels and toes in a solid and the foot and cuff in the patterned and having the rest of the solids as spares for using up leftovers in future.
The Clapotis is coming along nicely, i am still increasing and have 66 stitches at the moment, only another 51 to go :oD
MS3 is on clue 2 with clue 3 out tomorrow and i have yet to start mine! I want to, i really do but for some reason i am scared to! I also need some quiet time to do it in and that's not happening!
On Sunday we went down to Brighton to watcht he "Paddle round the Pier" event and to have chips on the seafront. It was a lovely day, the weather stayed dry and it was hothothot! Luckily there was a man giving out free bottles of sun block but even after two applications of factor 15 (i probably should have used more and applied it more often *oops*) i still have a little bit of sunburn on my arms and one side of my neck.
On Monday i went back to Southend. Mum's friend is getting married in August and Mum is making the wedding dress and two bridesmaid dresses, she also said she would do the flowers and make the cakes! After some delegation, i was put in charge of the flowers and Bloke's Mum was offered the chance to make the cakes which she reluctantly agreed to do. You know what it's like, everyone else likes your offerings but you don't and Ivy is just like that. She will make a cake three times over if she doesn't think it's good enough and was unsure that she would be able to pull it off but i think it'll be fine! *crosses fingers and toes*
So, Monday i was going to do the flowers but we couldn't find the tape so it meant a trip to the shops. This had to include a trip to the LYS as they have a half price sale on Rowan yarns and patterns. I picked up some Felted Tweed, one ball each in rust, purple and teal (i think, it might be green) as i wanted to make some Knucks at some point and £2.38 a ball is great value :oD
Then it was a mad dash round several florists trying to find tape. Nobody had any! Bizarre! Just as bizarre is the fact that there are three shops selling Crocs and yet none of them have any plans to stock Georgies! Madness!! *lol* We managed to get some tape after a flash of inspiration from me, and also some nice wide leaves to edge the Bride's bouquet so that was gooooooooooood :o) Mum went off to WW and i went home to play with the flowers. You know that thing i mentioned, where you don't like you own work? I hate the flowers, i think they look tatty and amateurish but Mum and Jackie both liked what i had done so far when Jackie came round for her dress fitting so i guess that it'll be fine *crosses fingers and knocks on wood* ;o)
I'll try and remember to take pictures when i am down there next week.
News on Mum... she definitely has a tumour on her left kidney, she goes in next week for a retrograde pyleography and then we think it'll be the 6th August for the op to remove the kidney. We are hoping it hasn't had time to spread to the bladder or anywhere else. We are also hoping that this is an isolated cancer and not a secondary tumour.
I am trying to remain optimistic, i am also trying to deal with it.
I'm failing on both counts.
In knitting news: The Sassy Stripes toe-ups are waiting for a heel and i am waiting for a calm few hours to do the short-row heel in! Not long to go now though until they are finished. I really haven't enjoyed knitting them :o(
I should start thinking about my next pair now really, i am liking the SweetPea pattern from Knitty and have some pretty pastelly sock wool that would look nice with a bit of lace.
I also have some Sirdar Town & Country sock wool that i got in the sale at £1.50 a ball, it's being discontinued which is a shame but i hope they will bring out something to replace it. I picked up two black, two grey, one red mix and one grey mix with the intention of doingheels and toes in a solid and the foot and cuff in the patterned and having the rest of the solids as spares for using up leftovers in future.
The Clapotis is coming along nicely, i am still increasing and have 66 stitches at the moment, only another 51 to go :oD
MS3 is on clue 2 with clue 3 out tomorrow and i have yet to start mine! I want to, i really do but for some reason i am scared to! I also need some quiet time to do it in and that's not happening!
On Sunday we went down to Brighton to watcht he "Paddle round the Pier" event and to have chips on the seafront. It was a lovely day, the weather stayed dry and it was hothothot! Luckily there was a man giving out free bottles of sun block but even after two applications of factor 15 (i probably should have used more and applied it more often *oops*) i still have a little bit of sunburn on my arms and one side of my neck.
On Monday i went back to Southend. Mum's friend is getting married in August and Mum is making the wedding dress and two bridesmaid dresses, she also said she would do the flowers and make the cakes! After some delegation, i was put in charge of the flowers and Bloke's Mum was offered the chance to make the cakes which she reluctantly agreed to do. You know what it's like, everyone else likes your offerings but you don't and Ivy is just like that. She will make a cake three times over if she doesn't think it's good enough and was unsure that she would be able to pull it off but i think it'll be fine! *crosses fingers and toes*
So, Monday i was going to do the flowers but we couldn't find the tape so it meant a trip to the shops. This had to include a trip to the LYS as they have a half price sale on Rowan yarns and patterns. I picked up some Felted Tweed, one ball each in rust, purple and teal (i think, it might be green) as i wanted to make some Knucks at some point and £2.38 a ball is great value :oD
Then it was a mad dash round several florists trying to find tape. Nobody had any! Bizarre! Just as bizarre is the fact that there are three shops selling Crocs and yet none of them have any plans to stock Georgies! Madness!! *lol* We managed to get some tape after a flash of inspiration from me, and also some nice wide leaves to edge the Bride's bouquet so that was gooooooooooood :o) Mum went off to WW and i went home to play with the flowers. You know that thing i mentioned, where you don't like you own work? I hate the flowers, i think they look tatty and amateurish but Mum and Jackie both liked what i had done so far when Jackie came round for her dress fitting so i guess that it'll be fine *crosses fingers and knocks on wood* ;o)
I'll try and remember to take pictures when i am down there next week.
News on Mum... she definitely has a tumour on her left kidney, she goes in next week for a retrograde pyleography and then we think it'll be the 6th August for the op to remove the kidney. We are hoping it hasn't had time to spread to the bladder or anywhere else. We are also hoping that this is an isolated cancer and not a secondary tumour.
I am trying to remain optimistic, i am also trying to deal with it.
I'm failing on both counts.
Friday, June 22, 2007
After much foot stamping
and serious sulking and finding an "ice cream lace" sock pattern...
I caved in and bought the Mint Choc-ice from Natalie :oD
Somehow or another a skein of Lilac Twist laceweight fell in my basket too, i really don't know how it happened *giggling*
I also swapped some stuff with her and have enough laceweight in Emerald for MysteryStole3 which i am very excited about :o)
Well, i'm excited about the KAL, not so excited about the Emerald. It just wasn't doing it for me, i really don't know why! I loved the colour on my monitor but when it got here it was just "wrong" somehow :o(
LUCKILY Natalie is an absolute gem and is swapping it for the Lavender which was the colour i was going to go with in the first place and is so much more "me".
Perhaps that's it, perhaps i was just too far outside my comfort zone. I expect if i had shown people the colour in relation to me they'd have thought it was fine but it was the "wrong" green. It's hard to explain. I do wear green: army, sage, forest, emerald and even lime and they feel right despite years of not wearing green cos i thought it was unlucky. Perhaps i should have persevered and stuck with the colour but then i may have grown to resent it cos it wasn't right, who knows!
I caved in and bought the Mint Choc-ice from Natalie :oD
Somehow or another a skein of Lilac Twist laceweight fell in my basket too, i really don't know how it happened *giggling*
I also swapped some stuff with her and have enough laceweight in Emerald for MysteryStole3 which i am very excited about :o)
Well, i'm excited about the KAL, not so excited about the Emerald. It just wasn't doing it for me, i really don't know why! I loved the colour on my monitor but when it got here it was just "wrong" somehow :o(
LUCKILY Natalie is an absolute gem and is swapping it for the Lavender which was the colour i was going to go with in the first place and is so much more "me".
Perhaps that's it, perhaps i was just too far outside my comfort zone. I expect if i had shown people the colour in relation to me they'd have thought it was fine but it was the "wrong" green. It's hard to explain. I do wear green: army, sage, forest, emerald and even lime and they feel right despite years of not wearing green cos i thought it was unlucky. Perhaps i should have persevered and stuck with the colour but then i may have grown to resent it cos it wasn't right, who knows!
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