Yarn Mistrys

... maybe a bit of a generalisation, but today has warranted my hatred.

Not one to hate anything or anyone, I have decided that I really, absolutely LOATHE Wednesdays.

If you haven’t already guessed, today was not a good day. Started off ok, so I can’t say that I got out of the bed on the [...]

designed by Tess Dawson… It’s finally finished!!

I finished it very, very late last night.. Fantastic feeling!!

I’ve finally finished, not one, but two projects!! It’s seems like the slippers and the socks were such a LONG time ago! Anyway, piccies in the gallery here

.. I was up early this morning as I had some techie stuff to cover for a trip up to Edinburgh. One of the vendors came in to give me the overview and it all looks so simple!! Doubt it is though.

Anyway, I was in for 8.30am and you know, [...]

I finished it last night

Yay! You have no idea how chuffed I am with myself…. The seams are still a bit iffy, but not so that you can tell…

I was gonna wear it today, but I don’t actually have the ribbon for it yet.. Piccies Here

I didn’t realise how big I’d [...]

I started the seems on the Raspberry Ripple last night and did up the sides using mattress stitch. Now, I think I’ve mentioned before that this is my very first time using mattress stitch.. and I was mega proud of myself. It was all lovely and neat. Yay!

And then I tried [...]

Ollie and I decided last year that we would try and grow our own veggies, so in the last place we were in, we started with some dwarf beans and some onions. We bought some strawberry plants and we chucked in a couple of herb plants as well. It was a disaster. [...]

Well, I finally finished the knitting part of the Smoothie. Hence forth it shall be known as the Raspberry Ripple!! I didn’t figure out why it was called the ‘Strawberry Smoothie’ until half way through the pattern, when I actually noticed it was in relation to the actual colour of the [...]

I was in London yesterday, for work. Consultancy at a council. All well and good. I had the train times and a map of the location and an address. All set to go. Well, I wasn’t.

1. I forgot to take my knitting.
2. I forgot the earphones on my [...]

.... or something to that effect… I hate it. Always have. These people don’t know me, why on earth would they want to speak to me??!!

Anyway, to be honest, I haven’t really had to cold call since my first premie job around 10 years ago.. this is slightly different.

I work in Network Security, [...]

.. I am so tired today!! Haven’t slept a great deal in the last two nights.. I have hayfever and a cold… not a good combination, unless you like snot!! Hee! Hee!

Anyway, I have loads to do today… just got to get on and do it, I suppose. Back later [...]