STRIPY BABY !

Hello there! We have a new baby in the family! My sister-in-law's son and his wife have a little son called Alexander. I made these for him, using Trekking XXL self-striping sock yarn. I love them! What do you think?


It's half-term this week and it couldn't have come any sooner! We have had our son, his wife and Scott (our grandog!) and our eldest daughter and her boyfriend staying with us over the Bank holiday for a few days. We've had lots of fun and 'catching up' time. Our son and his wife left this morning for a friend's wedding in Italy and then to run the Edinburgh Marathon on Sunday, leaving Scott with us until next Tuesday. BIG SMILE!


He loves to run, swim and chase his ball around a large man-made lake close to where we live. It's beautiful there at this time of year.


I have a really sweet baby matinee jacket on the needles, for a friend of a friend and this fab pair of socks. I bought the yarn (Schoppel-Wolle Zauberball in colourway Fuschia) ages ago, especially to knit Mojo by Donyale Grant.



I think the sock looks a little strange here. That's down to my bad photography, because the toe is tucked in. Hopefully I'll be able to show you more the next time I post. The yarn is just scrummy!

HAIKU HEAVEN.....HMMM!

Good Morning!
Yes, I know this was posted last night. I have no time to post whilst at work, so you wouldn't have been able to read my efforts until this evening - FROWN!



(photo taken by me in Pickering, North Yorkshire February 2009)

Sun dips low, heat slows,
Flaming hues streak the night sky
Birds rest, evening falls.

BIG SMILE!!!!! Well, here's my offering for the Haiku Festival. I knew which photo I wanted to include and I used it as the stimulus. It's a long, long time since I have written poetry for fun! The photo was taken in February. We had travelled up to Pickering to spend a few days relaxing during the February half-term. Our son and his wife with Scott (our grand -dog!), and our eldest daughter and her boyfriend joined us. It was Mr Snoopydog's birthday whilst we were there and we smuggled our youngest daughter in from Slovakia (where she is working as a Consultant to the UN). He had no idea.................the memories are priceless. They make me SMILE!

YAY! TWO PAIRS OF SOCKS........

It's been a very mixed Bank Holiday weekend weatherwise. The early part of the weekend was glorious and in between getting jobs done, enjoying a coffee whilst watching the 'world go by', writing school reports and meeting friends for a quiz at our local pub, I finished these two pairs of socks.

This pair are my May Magic Circles (Sock Challenge socks). I have told you about the pattern and the yarn in a previous post. I think they are gorgeous. I just adore the colours. The pattern is so easy, but interesting too and so they grow very quickly. What do you think?



These are 'Broadripple', using Jitterbug in colourway Mardi Gras. They were knitted on 3.25 DPN's and as you may remember from my last post.......they were whizzed up in no time!

Well today the weather has taken a distinct change for the worse, but we did venture out for a walk this morning whilst the sun was making the occasional appearance still. We went to a water park close to our home, which a really excellent amenity only a stone's throw from the centre of our busy city. It's a haven for wild life, dog-walkers and watesports enthusiasts.






There were many families of young ducklings and these sweet little geese. Not long after these shots were taken we had some light rain; Mr Snoopydog hoped it would be a heavy downpour so that his vegetables would get a good soaking, but it was not to be.

We made our way home for lunch and then I settled down to start another pair of 'Circle Socks', this time for one of my daughters.


I'll tell you more about them next time!