Stashes

Well, once again I had to relinquish my laptop to my son, but that problem's been solved as he's gone to his best friend's house for the forseeable so la la la I can use it, until the girls want it anyway.

Yesterday, my new yarn arrived :-)

It's for various projects and Christmas presents and I'm really pleased with all of it. After a major battle with Amber before lunch, she decided that in fact she would attend the sewing workshop that I had organised for her to go to at the Owl and Sewing Cat (probably because I hit upon the correct level and combination of threats/disownership) and of course she had a whale of a time. It's a lovely little shop and now sells yarn so that's a bonus.

I stocked up on double-pointed needles and sat and knitted a hat while Amber sewed away happily and Rosie morphed into a toddler before my eyes and pestered me relentlessly as we were in a shop full of 'things'. Ams made a lovely bag which she is thrilled to bits with:

and is now full of ideas for other things that she'd like to make. As this was the whole idea of her going along, I'm really pleased it's given her some confidence with a sewing machine.

We came back and realised there had been a colossal hail storm in our absence. Colossal as in the size of the hailstones:

They were the size of peas!

Today my parents called in as I was back to the doctor for another blood test about my anaemia as I've not been feeling well again recently, probably because my iron-tablet taking is, well, to say it's been sporadic would be generous. Mum brought her needle box for me to rootle through so I now have a needle stash too:

Fantastic, though I still need some more tiny dpns for knitting Christmas baubles! So, in conclusion, my current projects are as follows:

1 hat on circular needles, 1 sock on dpns, 1 hat on straights, 1 scarf on circulars.

I must try and take it easy for the sake of my poor depleted system so hopefully having lots of projects will ensure I do so. I am getting into a bit of a pickle with my sock but I need to practise and it's my first time on these needles so hmm, we'll see. It's just the girls and me this evening and I've been asked to join them for a dvd tonight :-/ their choice is not normally that compatible with mine but they have said I can knit at the same time!

It's turned quite breezy now but it is still so mild - the dahlias are still flowering and the wheat in the field is about 2" tall. The bees are still bringing in pollen from ivy (I presume) and Red Admiral butterflies still cruise around the garden when the sun peeps out. The clock change at the weekend will be quite welcome as it's so dark in the mornings now and it takes me by surprise to see that it's gloomy and the hens are still in bed yet it's getting on for 8 o'clock. Only 2 months until the solstice and then the evenings start getting lighter again! Hooray.

Enough of my musings, the girls want to go charity shopping and I must put down my needles and brave the High Street...