Saturday, 1 August 2009
So excited..... can hardly blog...
.... I received two yes TWO knitting audiobooks in the post today from the lovely Kathy Goldner at www.knittingoutloud.com. They publish knitting audiobooks and I will be reviewing these two books. And I am going to go back and relisten to their other titles so I can review them also. I will be doing both written and audio reviews here on the blog. I received Mason-Dixon Knitting outside the Lines by Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne and The Secret Language of Knitters by Mary Beth Temple. So I excited I don't know which to listen to first. Think I better go and have a lie down!
Oooops, It's Been A While!
Life has been busy busy busy over the Scottish school summer holidays. Despite Eldest Child disappearing to the mainland with his cousins to go on holiday in Cornwall with their Grandparents I have been really busy with ebay sales, general housy stuff and Little Ones general demands.
But disturbed sleep causing me to get up at 5am means that I am finally able to blog :o) In my knitting life I haven't got much done in the way of actual knitting but I have been cataloguing my stash, buying new sock yarn (see pics below) and creating a library list of my knitting books. I know this is all very sad but it makes me feel better!
I sorted through the sock yarn in my stash and discovered I had lots of left over yarn that would be enough for one sock but not two. So I took my leftover yarn to the Top Drawer (my local yarn store) and bought either another ball or a complementing ball of sock yarn to enable me to get a pair from each colourway. And the result is:
Add this to the fact that my sister has bought some sock yarn for me to knit her some socks with & my mother has bought me some sock yarn for me to knit my own socks with and all the other sock yarn, I now have 8 pairs of socks ready to cast on. And knowing me they will all be plain stocking stitch. Actually I think I will definately have to try some patterened socks. Any suggestions??
On the non-sock front I have the Lucha Libre Mask from Son of Stitch 'N Bitch on the needles. This is going to be a birthday present for brother in law from the sea who spends 4 weeks at a time on a boat in the North Sea. The chances of him actually reading this blog are slim to none so I feel safe talking about it :o) This is meant to be a more humerous gift as frankly the guy needs nothing so what else to do but knit him a balaclava.
The yarn I am using for that is the King Cole Anti Tickly Merino Blend Aran in a red and blue colour:
On the listening front I have actually been mainly listening to podcasts and music (I know actual music shock horror!) so haven't really been getting through 'Blasphemy' audiobook. But I have discovered a few new podcasts which I really like namely Family Knits, Knitpod and The Sassy Sheep. Check them out.
Think that's it for now so I will hopefully update soon with at least one finished pair of socks!
But disturbed sleep causing me to get up at 5am means that I am finally able to blog :o) In my knitting life I haven't got much done in the way of actual knitting but I have been cataloguing my stash, buying new sock yarn (see pics below) and creating a library list of my knitting books. I know this is all very sad but it makes me feel better!
I sorted through the sock yarn in my stash and discovered I had lots of left over yarn that would be enough for one sock but not two. So I took my leftover yarn to the Top Drawer (my local yarn store) and bought either another ball or a complementing ball of sock yarn to enable me to get a pair from each colourway. And the result is:
Add this to the fact that my sister has bought some sock yarn for me to knit her some socks with & my mother has bought me some sock yarn for me to knit my own socks with and all the other sock yarn, I now have 8 pairs of socks ready to cast on. And knowing me they will all be plain stocking stitch. Actually I think I will definately have to try some patterened socks. Any suggestions??
On the non-sock front I have the Lucha Libre Mask from Son of Stitch 'N Bitch on the needles. This is going to be a birthday present for brother in law from the sea who spends 4 weeks at a time on a boat in the North Sea. The chances of him actually reading this blog are slim to none so I feel safe talking about it :o) This is meant to be a more humerous gift as frankly the guy needs nothing so what else to do but knit him a balaclava.
The yarn I am using for that is the King Cole Anti Tickly Merino Blend Aran in a red and blue colour:
On the listening front I have actually been mainly listening to podcasts and music (I know actual music shock horror!) so haven't really been getting through 'Blasphemy' audiobook. But I have discovered a few new podcasts which I really like namely Family Knits, Knitpod and The Sassy Sheep. Check them out.
Think that's it for now so I will hopefully update soon with at least one finished pair of socks!
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