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rowing weekend
That is a rowing weekend on the river not a rowing weekend as in arguing. To say rowing weekend may be a bit of exaggeration, more like one hour but I have a hideous blister on my right hand thumb that has burst and is sore which means knitting is a little painful but I can still do it.
We were meant to be doing something else and in a pique of bright ideas late on Saturday night I thought it would be a good idea to go rowing on Sunday with my friend and her daughter – all good except we are not talented at rowing plus we were hampering the serious preparatory training for the Henley Regatta – it wasn’t intentional and we apologised once we rectified the situation and pulled ourselves out of the hysterical laughter.
Then we get into the swing of it again and all was good. Summer and rowing is a bit like Wimbledon and tennis, just something that is a seasonal activity and for pleasure for me but I will promise to make a better effort next time!.
It has been a busy weekend, with visitors, OH away on tour, rowing but there was some knitting involved – I managed 13 rows of the unfortunate blanket plus knitted up another set of alfredos in yarn from sunshine yarns, I am hoping that this pattern will be finished within the next two weeks but we’ll have to see as I am working in a school for all that time – more pictures of that coming soon.
walnut alfredos in action
Add comment June 29, 2009
Reasons to be slacking
I haven’t really been slacking, I’ve been caught up in jelly, trying to get things done, changing the hang-on network and just trying to keep on top of things.
Skeinqueen and I have been working on a secret mission, dyeing yarn to sell as kits with patterns – all fine except writing detail and pattern isn’t my usual knitting style – but all is done. Patterns are being tested and here is a snippet of some of the test knits.
There are anarchy mittens, johnny rotten mittens, anarchy handwarmers and a few others that are waiting to make it into PDF form. The handwarmer pattern (without yarn) is available to purchase at my etsy shop but if you tell me a funny story in the comments here that makes me smile in my comments I’ll send you a free copy
That’s made me smile already
12 comments May 13, 2009
To be inspired
I was inspired by the list of things that my friend SkeinQueen has been up to: spinning, dyeing, updating, hanging out in Bentleys and lashing it up with the ladies. She made me feel like a sloth….
So here is my weekend, not as entertaining but maybe it’s because I am a wee bit older than her….
1. Wore silly noses for red nose day
We thought we did something funny for money. It was very hard to behave normal.
2. Saturday involved ferrying children to activities but with an added gorgeous walk in the middle of it with Mr Detroit
Met knitty friends up at the canteen and knit and nattered whilst children had their lesson.
3. Resolved myself to the fact that I would have to finish the jumper I started for Christmas ~ why is it that the hubby wants a black boring jumper…. my mum would say it’s payback for all the years she had to make me black school jumpers as I refused to wear the other colour choice, an odd red colour.
4. Actually started to properly write up the pattern for the Union Jack gloves and hoping that it makes sense ~ skeinqueen and I will be selling them as kit form with coherent instructions (*cough, cough, that’s my job*) and SQ does the anarchic inspired dyeing.
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Funny eh, there was me being inspired by anarchy and Johnny Rotten to make these and suddenly I find myself confined to charting and numbers and swatching…. heh ho
: )
Add comment March 17, 2009
