A few bits to update you on, firstly my knitting nightmare came true! You know when your knitting socks and you pass the empty needle into your other hand to sort stitches out? (Maybe just me...) Every time I do it I have a vision that instead of pulling the empty needle from my hand a pull the needle that's holding all my stitches, I though it was a silly fear until it happened... and worst of all it happened on the train which meant I couldn't show my true feelings for the situation, I had to suppress the desire to cry, rip the whole sock back and kill the man opposite with the now empty needle, I had to take a deep breath and pick up every single little stitch. Then I stupidly knit a round before counting I had the correct number of stitches! Luckily the knitting gods where to busy laughing at my anguish to be cruel enough to have me miss a stitch!
After the nightmare was over I powered through the sock and got them finished two weeks before my (reset) deadline of 19th May. I also finished another sock, just the one yes the other was knit along time ago... or so it feels... Sadly I don't have the same joyful feeling when I look at it as I do when I look at the others... Hope the recipient doesn't mind them!
Two surprise projects have come along a pinwheel blanket and a lovely multi-coloured shawl (Or maybe a blanket...) I've been having a lot of fun with them both. The pinwheel is being knit in a yarn I got for Christmas of my host it's a Rowan Luxury Cotton. Lovely!
The Shawl (Or blanket) is being knit in a yarn I have fallen head over heels for! So much so that I added another 6 balls to my original purchase of 2 just because it's so lovely to knit with, very soft and light and it doesn't make my fingers hurt when it rubs against them! Love it!!
Casting off...
