Home again. Christmas is over. We went to O’s parents’ place for four nights. Already done two loads of laundry today. Need to get the cigarette smoke smell out. Also, their shower wasn’t working so washing my hair was no #1 on my to-do list when we got home. Felt a lot better afterwards. [...]

Gosh it’s been awhile hasn’t it?
Well, I’ve got a few bits of news to share.
Numero uno: I have a job! I’m in Accounts at a major solicitors firm over here. It’s a temp job through an agency, but they’ve already asked if I can come back in January so it seems to be going very [...]

Working 9-5 + Christmas knitting to be done = no time to blog.
Will be back once insanity has let up a bit.

I just got my first Sip’n’Stitch package. It’s awesome. Love the yarn (Luxe base: 75/25 sw merino/tussah silk)! The color will most likely grow on me. I’m not usually a fan of browns, but the gold in this is just so pretty. And that’s also a part of the fun of being in a club: [...]

Not much new on the knitting front.
Mostly working on secret projects, so can’t talk about those.
Cast on the Lorelei cardigan from Twist Collective (Fall 2009) this morning. Have done four rows on it, but then the secret projects needed my attention again.
I’ve decided to frog my Fifi 2 scarf (link is to my Rav page). [...]

So what’ve I done today?
- A load of laundry washed & dried
- The dishes
- Cleaned the bathroom
- Tidied the bedroom
- Sorted summer clothes into a storage bin and took out winter clothes
- Cleaned the kitchen
- Tidied the living room (did most of that yesterday, but had a few things left over to put away)
And listened [...]

So the Sheffield Wool and Textiles Craft Fair was this weekend. I went on both days and this is what I came back with.

That’s a hank of alpaca (90/10 alpaca/nylon), a hank of Gothic Yarns in Lost Innocence, 100g of Shetland in Humbug and a niddy noddy. Never had a niddy noddy before. Can’t wait [...]

I’m sick. Feel like crap. So instead of a “proper” blog post, you guys get pics.
Here are the socks I just finished today.
They’re the Marlene pattern by Cookie A, found in the Fall/Winter 2008 issue of Knit.1.

And here’s the Clapotis I knit for myself. It’s to replace the one I lost.
This is what I worked [...]

My mystery shawl is done! All of the yarny/knitterly details can be found on my Ravelry page.
I bound it off last night and was kinda worried that it looked a bit small. But once I made it wet and spread it out on the bed? Boy did it grow.
The amount of daylight in [...]