I am sick again today so more socks on the needles and blackberry at hand. Luckily it's Thanksgiving in the US today so I don't expect to be too bothered by e-mails and I have tomorrow as holiday as my folks are coming to stay.

I knitted all of the sock you see here this morning. which is really good progress I think. hopefully I can get this done by the end of today. I'm itching to finish up Charleston!

I also had a little helper today although I'm not sure what she was helping with.... Sleeping? Being fluffy?

My migraine from last week seems to have been the precursor to a cold that has me bundled up on the sofa. Watching rubbishy daytime TV and snuggling under the quilt is where it all happens today.

Here is some eye candy:




These are the no tears socks for pay it forward. The yarn is such a beautiful colour - I can't believe I waited so long to use it!

Sadie and Charleston

I have two projects that have been on the needles for a while, languishing in my half finished objects box waiting for me to get on with them.

Sadie - from Rowan 39 - knit in Rowan Wool Cotton (colourway Misty)
I have one sleeve left of this to knit. It's actually quite a quick pattern - the sleeve is only one ball of wool.

Charleston - lacy camisole with beads also from one of the Rowan magazines. I ran out of beads on this months ago and have been rather slack at picking some up. Finally I have some.

I'd like to finish these two by Christmas. There is really no reason why they aren't already finished except my general procrastination!

Spectacular failure!

I've failed miserably at NaBloPoMo by not posting since Wednesday! I have been busy though:

Finished the Embossed Leaves socks and made some progress on the No Tears socks for "Pay it Forward". Pics to follow later this week!

I still don't have details for Jeanette and Helen who posted on the Pay it Forward post. Can you comment again and let me know your e-mail addresses so that I can contact you to arrange sending you your gifts.

Migraine

Sorry no real post today except this. The migraine is descending and I need to get to bed as quickly as I can....

Delurk!

According to my hits counter (not sure how accurate this is) I've had over 500 hits to this blog since it started. It's heartening to know that there is someone out there reading my random thoughts!

It would be good to know who you are though so today is declared "Delurk Day"! If you are reading the blog today please drop me a comment and say hi. I've found some of the regular blogs I read through comments on other peoples blogs. It's always great to see what other people are working on or writing about. It definitely gives me inspiration for furture projects and blog posts.

No Tears Socks for Pay it Forward

I've chosen the yarn and the pattern for my first pair of Pay it Forward socks. It is No Tears Socks by Dee Bamford. Pattern can be found on the Posh Yarn website .

Sunday

There is nothing better than spending a Sunday curled up on the sofa with an old film on the TV, something good on the needles and the cat snuggled in your lap. Actually there is. All of the above but replace sofa with bed and then you will be close to what I did today.

There is nothing like it....

Living For The Weekend

Today I will mostly be playing Call of Duty and finishing the Embossed Leaves socks.

Weekends rock!

Ripen

This is the yarn I have picked for my first Pay/Knit it Forward socks. It's a lovely soft yarn and Lisa expressed a liking for warm colours so it ticks that box too.

Now to find the perfect pattern...

Finish what I started

I knitted this sock in Greece on holiday this year and thought I didn't have enough wool left to finish the second one. I actually weighed the ball that was left today and guess what? I have over 60g left. Plenty to finish the second sock. So I cast on for it.

I've also picked out the yarn for my first pay it forward item but not the pattern yet.....

All full!

I have the final two people to participate in pay it forward:

Helen and Jeanette

Thank you ladies!

Jeanette - I don't have any details for you. Can you comment again with your details or e-mail me at harris_charlotte@hotmail.com with your address so I can send you out your item?

Spread the Love

I have one willing sign up for the Pay it Forward challenge and that is Lisa (Hi Lisa!) at Native Knits. She will be getting her knitted item (probably socks) in the next 6 months (before April 5th 2008). More details soon about what I am making her. She's expressed a fondness for warm colours and I have just the right colour skein of Posh Yarn for her I think.....

There are still two spaces left if anyone is interested. Sign up to any of the posts and I'll contact you for shipping details. Remember if you sign up you have to add the pay it forward to your own blog. It's all about spreading the knitting love.....

No interest

There has been no interest at all in my Pay it Forward idea which is quite disappointing....


I finished one of the Kaffe Fassett socks. The heel is very very odd on them. Pics to come....

Pay It Forward

I am having one of THOSE days today. You know the ones where everything seems like no fun at all and you just want it to end because you KNOW tomorrow will be better.

One good thing I did today is sign up on this. The first three people to comment on this post will receive a knitted item from me within 6 months.

Don't all rush at once ;)

A weekend's work

Here are my plain socks knitted in one of the Kaffe Fassett colourways for Regia. The yarn is actually really nice to knit with, quite smooth on the needles and I love the colour combinations and different sizes of stripe. I also bought this wool in a blue colourway and think this plain non-fussy pattern is perfect (it's Gentleman's Plain Winter Socks from Nancy Bush's Knitting Vintage Socks).

Today was a fairly productive Sunday - we got up early and came back from Surbiton before lunch. As the sun was out I went out and did the final preparations in the garden for the winter - mowing the lawn one last time, pruning the plum tree and moving my herb pots closer to the back door so I don't have to venture out to far when cooking!

Stripy socks

Plain stripy socks are always welcome so I've cast on for the Gentleman's Plain Winter Sock from Nancy Bush's Knitting Vintage Socks.

Still haven't written anything in the book.... I'm such a procrastinator....

Finished Friday Harbor

One finished Friday Harbor sock in Posh Yarn Emily (Sobriety colourway). The other to be finished this weekend....

I still haven't written any thing in The Book.

My new life

is this notebook. This was my first goal I set myself this week on the path to enlightenment about what I want for my future. I am supposed to fill it with ideas, notes, pictures which will set me on the right road.

At the moment it's scary. It's so EMPTY......

NaBloPoMo

I've signed up to NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) which is an alternative to NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month mostly because I love stupid acronyms but also because I wanted to make myself write here everyday and keep this blog up to date.

I will be posting everyday for November. The hardest thing is to have any photos to post so today I will be leaving you with a picture of a sleepy cat. Just because.