Hi There

Now that the kids are fed and bathed and in bed, I thought I might pop in and say hi. Hi! I really should be tackling the ginormous pile of clean washing that requires folding, but you cannot rush these things.

My Mum has gone home after a week long stay. I love having her here and I wish that we still lived 400 kilometres apart instead of 1400 kilometres. The kids got spoiled and she loved every minute of it. We did some shopping, saw a movie and generally caught up with each other.

I have been working away on the little roses. I didn't like how they were working up and I thought that it might be the fault of the pattern and the yarn not being compatible. I decided to do one more repeat and see if I changed my mind. I really liked the look of the second repeat and wondered why. Can you see it?

It seems that I somehow have the ssk in the wrong spot on both sides of the sock, and also on both socks. I don't know how I managed to do that, but I have always been special! I have decided that I can live with it and will knit on.

I should get a lot of knitting time tomorrow. We are taking advantage of Soldier's holidays and are going to have a family outing to the beach. I am not much of a swimmer and I burn really easily, so I predict a day of hiding from the sun making a lot of progress on the socks.