Somewhere in a field in Somerset

So we are back from Glastonbury. It was wet, it was muddy, it smelt bad but it was brilliant!! I had such a fantastic time - watched and listened to lots of great music - much more so than if it had been sunny all weekend.
It is good though to be home in the dry and to be clean.
4 more working days until Greece! Bring it on...

"Working from home"

I am working from home today as I had to take my fluffy puss Molly to the vets to be shaved! All I can think about though is how much knitting I could have got done today if pesky work didn't get in the way! Pics of the new improved shaved Molly to come!

Stash

I catalogued my stash yesterday. What an epic task! I didn't realise quite how much yarn I actually had. Nothing really that I can make much but socks out of though which is a shame as I think I am coming out the other side of my sock obsession.

I have plans to make this with some purple Debbie Bliss Cathay in Purple. Will it work out??

Blue Jay-walkers in progress

Blue Jay-walkers in progress
Originally uploaded by charleyfarleypie

Finally finished the Oak Ribbed socks - see Ravelry for the FO picture- and started some blue Jaywalkers in Socka Fortissima Cotton. Not sure I like this wool but it is washable at 40 degrees and I am certain they will be very nice when finished. The colour in this pic hasn't come out completely right - they are "whiter" than this (if that makes sense).

Manna from Heaven

Look what just landed on my desk.....Posh Yarn Lucia in Coral colourway..... Yum yum.

The oak ribbed socks are still not finished .....

Nearly done

The oak ribbed socks are nearly done - really they are... just one more nights worth of knitting and I will be there!

Stairs of justice

So back from France but without much of the sock completed due to a tumble down this flight of stairs. A death trap! I have taken the skin off the palm of my left hand so holding needles is a bit awkward and painful if they slip. Will I ever finish these very simple socks?

Allons enfants.....

Ah la belle France!
We are off tomorrow to Burgandy for the wedding of a good friend. Well technically they are already married as marriage in France is a complicated business - you have to live there for weeks and have a blood test etc etc so the happy couple already married in Dublin last week.

We are staying here and they are marrying here. Simply beautiful. I've never really been to France for any real amount of time. A brief weekend staying with friends in Paris years ago when we were all at university and a couple of French exchanges at school so I'm looking forward to dusting off my francais.

We're travelling by Eurostar to Paris and then another train down which is all very knitting friendly - hours to knit and no issue with needles. YAY!

Oak Ribbed Sock #1

Oak Ribbed Sock #1
Originally uploaded by charleyfarleypie

One down one to go! Here is the first Oak Ribbed sock. It looks quite garish just staring up at you from the page but when you put it on the colours really work. I was struck by SSS (second sock syndrome) and was comtemplating not finishing the second but it was such an easy knit it seemed churlish not to finish the pair.

Completely unrelated

This is completely unrelated to knitting but still very dear to my heart. Glastonbury festival line up has been announced here:
http://www.xfm.co.uk/article.asp?id=365561