OK, so I’m a bit late in posting this picture, but trust me, these were finished about 5 minutes after the closing ceremonies started at 19.00 GMT. I’ve been working on a redesign of the hotel website, and it’s taking time.
They are now washed, dry, and waiting to be wrapped and posted off to [...]
Jean has put the feeling into words far more elegantly than I could ever manage, so I’ll leave you to wander over and have a look.
Meantime, I’m up early to do breakfast for a family of five Americans, and waiting for my first cup of coffee.
KnittingAs promised: progress photos of the Olympic Socks. Not [...]
We did it. Scotland have the Calcutta Cup after a veryveryveryveryvery close game.
Jedburgh is empty today. Anyone that could go, has gone to Edinburgh in the hopes of being in on the party. Wish I was there!
Sorry for the brief posting. It’s all I can do to keep my fingers from [...]
Yes, in case you hadn’t guessed, we’ve been away. Our first holiday in several years, and it was wonderful.
We drove for MILES. The map below shows the basic route, but doesn’t highlight the little detours, scenic (not) tour of Guildford when we couldn’t quite find the right way to get off the A3 [...]
That would be the Knitting Olympics, then. I have my equipment (2mm dp Inox needles, sock yarn, pattern, yarn needle), In fact, I have everything I need bar a functioning brain.
I even have a few (semi-legal) performance enhancing substances.
Yes, I have a cold. I have been busily procrastinating today, and generally feeling sorry [...]
Without further ado, and before I go and turn the place upside-down to try and find the socks I’m supposed to be working on for the Knitting Olympics, here are some hurriedly edited pictures of the lace hat I’ve been working on.From the back
Closeup of the top (the bit I really like!)
Stats:Yarn: Jaeger Baby Merino [...]
Before we took on this hotel, we lived in Glasgow – just on the edge of Queen’s Park. In the middle of Queens Park, and right at the top of the hill, are some allotments, and I managed to get a half plot. I really enjoyed growing veggies: I like to see a [...]
I bumped into the link to this on Wendyknits this evening.
The Way Things AreRoger McGough
No, the candle is not crying, it can not feel pain.Even telescopes, like the rest of us, grow bored.Bubblegum will not make the hair soft and shiny.The duller the imagination, the faster the car,I am your father and that is the [...]
I managed to watch the last two episodes of ‘Child of our time’ (Sunday nights, BBC1) despite the fact that I was working. My regulars can be very understanding indeed! In the last-but-one Prof. Winston spoke about the concept of flow. Flow: a mental state where you are totally absorbed in what [...]
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