A bad day......

yep
was too good to last...

got up to find little blue the hamster dead, hence to say no 1 son devastated...

then get a call from hubby's work to say he's on way to hopsital in ambulance...
heart again!!! hes only 44...arrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhh

then the heat... it hit 34.c on route to hospital, then get to hopsital and its a sauna, they say can't have fans as they spread germs!!!

so if any one's out there please send me good vibes... I need them.....

work, work, work,

Boy does it get in the way of my knitting..
This week has been hell, so much to do, so little time.
I think I'm averaging a 45 hour working week plus 40 Min's traveling each way...
how the heck am I meant to fit in knitting.
When I get home its, just as busy with 2 young sons.
Food, homework, quality time....
Saying that junior is knitting a row or 2 of his scarf each night, slow going buy hes getting good now and is wanting to do matching mitts as well,
he thinks its dead cool as the old soldiers used to knit....
then hes planning on knitting his own socks....
aw bless.....

still going on with my 2 shawls, night song and the simple shawl, mystery blanket and Babette going well, and also 2 pairs of socks coming along nicely. Seems I have a thing for knitting 2 of the same type all the time....

started my first real crochet project this week, other than Babette, a cute crochet cupcake...
loving that...

Sue, one of my cycle china buddies and I have started making fairy stuff to raise funds... yep we are sad and it had to be craft orientated, and fairies are a common bond between us, shes a sewer I'm a knitter/crocheter so we think its a match made in heaven, or should I say Fairy worlds....

well the suns still shining, must be a first for years as its Wimbledon and Glastonbury time,

anyways,
off to enjoy some sun then its party time tonight....

WIP CITY.....................................

First up is the first of my goal to knit me a whole weeks worth of snug evening socks, for when we go ski-ing in lapland in January..
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Then theres my gorgeous nightsong shawl, this is a labour of love as I have never knit anything like this before and always quit.. but i'm hanging in there albeit slowly...

Then theres the mystery blanket 2009, I am way behind but its slow going again as have had to learn new skills, cabling, beading, swiss darning...

Heres my own pattern socks, a simple row of beads then some raised purl stripes.....

Heres my glorious hand dyed by me yarn, have decided on the simple shawl, camping season is coming up and this is a warm me up and bring a smile to my face shawl for the evenings when we are sat around the camp fire....

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As well as this I have started my babette but as I can only knit granny squares am having to learn how to do these, will get a few squares done to my liking and will then post those for you all to see...

UK RAVELRY DAY.....

Oh joy of joys

a whole day spent with fellow SnB's playing with all sorts of yarn goodiness...

but best of all was the dyeing workshop with Jon the easyknitter

looky at what I did.

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Love it....

I feel a new addiction coming on....

[Yep thats my very own air raid shelter...]

Hello June.

Wow am I glad June is here.

May was a whirlwind of a month..

We managed to successfully move nanny & grandad to their new flat,

Eldest son managed to get through all his Sat's exams,

managed to recruit staff to a full team at work

had a great school break week with the boys

and shock horror even had some nice hot sunny days....

so all in all I'm happy relaxed and am getting lots of knitting done..

there's nothing like sitting in the garden on a summers eve, knitting and enjoying the space..

Next Saturday I'm off to UK Ravelry day, cant wait..

I have just got me some pink/lime striping sock yarn ordered..

This is the lime /purple yarn, same as I shall be having in lime/pink..

scrumptious eh?

from seejayneknits etsy shop, take a peek she has some gorgeous yarns and real cute stitch markers...

and these are the cute stitch markers I have bought.... both sets..

so all in all happy days are here again..

now best get off this darned computer and go to work....