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Beaded top in hemp
Hemp yarn from House of Hemp in 'gosh', kingfisher blue / green. Very, very nearly there 
Sleeveless top for Toz in duck-egg blue Rowan DK Soft. Toria started it and has run out of steam. Baby blanket for Ruth's baby in dusty pink Rowan wool cotton Adapted from Melanie Falick's garter stitch eyelet blankie. This one has inner diamond in stocking stitch surrounded by eyelets. Just makes it more interesting to knit. Crochet throw in sueded velour stuff Progressing slowly. Crochet is not comfortable for me. |
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Raglan baby sweater Scarf in charcoal grey Rowan Polar Top-down raglan Tee in HenLi Wool Top-down raglan in softest toffee coloured mohair / alpaca 2004 2003 2002 |
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I know, I know, it's been a long time But a lot has happened: Cleo was spayed, Phoebe had a temperature, was ill again, got very ill, got better, was spayed exactly a week later and is due for her checkup tomorrow (yes, it's been that long since I last updated!); James DS2 found a car after his had been written off when someone drove into the back of him and we drove to London on Monday evening to buy it: four of us - James, me to drive up, dad to drive 'new' car (peugeot 106) back home as James not yet insured for it, me driving volvo back, Chris to look over the car and pronounce it clean or not, and to get me out of a particularly sticky part of London where my sense of orientation had deserted me entirely - a real family outing!; Herbs and 'erbs. We say 'herbs' I have turned over all my pots on the kitchen patio to herbs (picis later) and have started a really wonderful holiday pootling around at home. That should startle some of you, as I am known for not being in the slightest bit domesticated, and intend to keep it that way, but herbs are fun. We have a truly magnificent garden, often open to hordes of enthusiasts, for which my hub is entirely and single-handedly responsible. The state of the garden, not the enthusiasts. That would have been whom, not which. I murmer encouragement and gaze in wonderment as he takes me on guided tours, wine glass in hand. But herbs I understand. They are there for a purpose, i.e. my lunch. For the cats I have Nepeta Cataria (the strong stuff) growing under a wire canopy. The young hooligans should work out how to get the canopy off before long. I should add at this point that hub has two hands, not just one, otherwise he would find it difficult to paint and gesticulate at the same time. I have done a little academic work, and I've slept a lot. I thank my stars that my little ones are now very big, otherwise sleeping would have been but a vain hope. On the knitting front: The baby blanket in pink wool-cotton is almost finished, and I have started an oblique fastening kimono-style jacket in tweed stitch intarsia irregular rectangular blocks (à la Sally Melville in 'Styles') in several different golds; my own design. And I want to start the French market bag from Knitty. And a smaller felted bag with flap. Hmmm. And did I say I've done another clinic in Bath? Probably not. Its been a bit of a blur. I do need to sleep. Oh yes, Anne is writing the funniest blog around at the moment. I nearly cried, and I think it was definitely her humour. March 13th I can't work myself out I am an amazing procrastinator. I have a mountain of pre-work (academic reading and ingesting) to do for my next psycho-neuro-immunology clinical training and I have until the middle of April to do it. Brilliant. If I hack away at it every day, or at least 5 out of 7, I'll make it easily. So what am I doing? I'm reading *around* the subject! I've become enamoured of immunology texts. Hmmm. Useful, fascinating, relevant texts, but not the texts I am supposed to know intimately by the time it comes to 8 days training and four days of clinical assessments with real patients. Just thought I'd throw that out into the ether in case there I get an echo. I am taking a week off (Holiday? What's holiday?) before Easter, and I have a suspicion that's when I'll get the work done. I know this because this is what I have done all my academic life. Odd. Phoebe and Cleo off to be spayed Tomorrow morning P and C are off to the vet's to be spayed. This means no food from 9pm tonight onwards. They were out all last night (was there a rave somewhere?) and spent all day on my bed, haven't eaten anything. Must be full of rabbit. Now (6pm) they've trotted off out again, so I am hoping against hope that I can catch them later on and keep them in all night. They will not be happy, but the bunnies will have a night off. Saint Chris of the order of the Knights in Shining Armour I didn't tell you this, did I? It's been a long week. Tuesday afternoon, Phoebe had not been well (long story) and was taken to the vet where she had to undergo indignities untold, so escaped in a huff as soon as we got back. Later on I went out to call her (again) with Chris and heard frantic yowls from the area of the stream. Flipping cat. Every wet emergency went through my mind in a flash and we pelted down in the pitch black. No street lights, no moon, pitch black. I called frantically and Phoebe yowled hysterically. This is where Saint Chris drew out his night (red) light, jumped in the briny and waded upstream to whence the shrieks were emanating. Phoebe trapped in a bush with the tide rising? Stranded on a rock? Injured from a tussle with a pike? Weakened from her ordeal at the vet's and sinking in quicksand? No. Phoebe bouncing over the field, dry as a bone, this side of the stream, through the hedge, up into my arms, very pleased with herself. Cleo had come out with us and they both took advantage of a lift back to the house. Chris meanwhile had to exit the stream onto the opposite bank and come the long way home soaked through to the middle. Complete hero. Toz and Dad in Manchester Daddy took Toria up to Manchester to the uni for her interview, and to look around. 4000 applicants, 400 places, they'd whittled candidates down to those they had offered interviews, and Toria was offered a place. She'll need an A and 2 Bs - hard call when the subjects are maths, chemistry and biology, but she should get them, so I think she will accept the offer. The department is excellent, Manchester unversity is lovely and the city is fine (seriously good art galleries again) if you stick to the prescribed areas, never go anywhere alone and spend a lot of money on taxis. No different from London or Leeds. Leeds will probably be her 'security' choice. Or maybe Sussex. She may even tell us :) March 11th Standing out and standing together GirlyDyke posted on March 8th about this amazing woman Mukhtar Mai . Go and support her. March 6th Look what my Secret Pal sent me! Is this not wonderful? Deep rich red wool, fine DK, just the gauge I love - 72% cocoa chocolate (I am munching as I type) - fragranced handwash - all exceedingly yummy. Thank you so much, Secret Pal!!!  DH Mike and DS1 and 2 look on, mystified, as I open the packet. Then one of them ventures "This is a girl thing, isn't it?". Little smile and a deep nod from DD Tozwink. "Ahhh". Boys tiptoe back to the relative peace and quiet of drills and air compressors and paint and canvas. They'll catch on one day. They are, after all, beginning to realise that anything girls can do, they can do too. Just not the baby thing, but probably almost anything else. Oh tee hee hee. I can't be the only one to take delight in this? This is what Chris' bedroom looks like at the moment That's Adrian in action, tending ancient bricks, horsehair, wattle and daub with finesse.  Kittens In mysteriously entwined poses   Cleo, showing off just how stripy she actually is. This was just before she climbed up my leg to catch the whirry thing that comes out of the little black box I was holding.  |
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Knitting books now:
Unexpected Knitting Debbie New This is incredibly inspiring. It's much cheaper from amazon.com
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Read this month and last:
The Balance Within, The Science Connecting Health and Emotions - Esther M. Sternberg US shoppers click here |
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