quiet days.

The past few weeks have been a quiet time of reflection, my father in law died. Whilst expected, he was 90 and in a nursing home, it always comes as a shock. This was the last of the grandparents and an end of an era. No more tales of the old days or stories from the blitz, no more cheeky chat or inappropriate banter. he will be very much missed by boys and hubby. 

Another day another cast on.

Today is my non working day and I'm feeling pretty much over the lurgy.  The weather is dry and drizzly and I have no plans for anything, other than to attempt a kettle bell session later! so it seemed an opportunity to cast on another knit project, not that I don't have any, I have far too many, but I am a fickle creature and the lure of a new cast on always gets me. 

Last year on my Scottish road trip I was lucky to find yarn stores along the way and picked up some glorious Scottish yarny treats. I do not need another big project so decided to cake up some of the sock yarn I bought from The Handspinner Having Fun on the Isle of Skye. It was a wonderful find and I spent a wee while just squishing all the woolly goodness. 

I tried to get colours to reflect the glorious scenery, the pictures do not do it justice. Today I picked up the orangey/brown. 

Its a merino & Bamboo super-wash mix hand dyed by them. ball band suggests a 3mm needles so I am going to think of it as almost DK weight. 

For the very first time I am going to attempt to knit a sock snake and then put in after thought heels! never tried this before. Louise Tilbrook has kindly published a pattern  that will guide me through. i wonder how long thsi project will stay on the needles?

Afternoon tea with a side of Lurgy.

My friend had bought me an afternoon tea for my Birthday so this Wednesday we set off to The Ivy to indulge ourselves,Wednesday being my non working day. despite having a dose of the lurgy I managed to enjoy myself despite a lack of smell or taste!

she lives on the other side of the bridge so I met her there as she walked across, what a lovely crisp day it was.

A quick beverage before we made our way there.

The Ivy is a wonderful place, I love the decor and the atmosphere, lt was a lovely way to spend the afternoon . I have been lucky to have 2 trips there celebrating my 60th! 

Thursday saw me back to work in the main office in town, my lurgy was really coming out and my colleagues, fearful of catching germs sent me home. So I was home, in PJs on the sofa before 10am, and there I remained. 

Today I made myself get dressed and am attempting some small household tasks, then I shall be collapsing back onto the sofa with a mug of lemsip and a blanket!