i'm ready for my main course now

alpaca

My first time knitting with alpaca wool - this was 4 ply 100% alpaca from Yllotyll in Uppsala which I bought last year. Here it's in the process of becoming a pair of fingerless gloves. The gloves have since been joined by a 2x2 rib scarf which I made with the left overs so its a bit short. I love wearing them, they're really soft and warm,but I think overall I prefer knitting with cotton. The alpaca has quite a lot of give which I found annoying - probably just need to practice. The gloves are from Weekend Knitting by Melanie Falick and the scarf was inspired by Tiennie's 2x2 rib items.

Another first! This is the first pic with my new camera. I bought a panasonic with a good macro lens but its also small and light.

no photos

So I was all ready to post some nice photos from my new camera... the burglars have taken the lead to connect to the computer! They left the camera but took the lead, dammit. So I have to go and buy a new one tomorrow.

i'm back

Finally. I got burgled at the beginning of January so have been without a laptop for a few weeks. The insurance company have come through with the money now so here is my first post from my brand new one! Its fab. And very shiny :-) No photos yet as Im only just up and running. More soon, including photos of knitting.

floor

I've got a shiny new hall floor. Here's the before photo, complete with dust, splinters and broken tiles:

and now look at it! Pretty fantastic isn't it.

Must try not to ruin the effect by parking my bike on it and leaving loads of shoes lying about.

I finished off my back-tack projects last week and they are all posted off. I took a few photos of the items I made but they came out really badly out of focus. I will post them on the back-tack site but I'm not very happy with them. I hope my swap partner Murali likes what I have made for her.

november

Christmas has come early in my house. My Christmas cactus is in full flower.

No time to write any more now - have to get dressed up warm and go out to watch fireworks!!

new

Lots of new things around here. I have a wireless mouse which means I can switch off the over-sensitive touch pad on my laptop which was driving me mad, and I have a small table from a junk shop to put my laptop on.

Also I have a enormous new tv. Im very lucky!

Picked these fungi in the forest in Sweden a few months ago. We dried some of them and brought them home to England.

Aren't they cute?