Welcome to 2008

Can you believe it??   Happy New Year everyone!  

I'm having some problems downloading my photos at the moment so unfortunately you'll have to wait a little while longer to actually see what I've been doing.   But I can tell you..... 

Christmas was great.  I got Carol's (my mother in law) bag done and everything else.  We went over to the In-Laws on christmas eve and had a lovely time.   Then on the day itself, we went over to my brother and sister-in-laws house to celebrate both christmas and my Dad's 60th birthday, which is on christmas day.  It was just a fantastic day and we all had a lot of fun and laughs.  It was great because my family doesn't usually spend Christmas Day together as Mum & Dad are usually up helping with the organising of Woodford Folk Festival - but as it was also Dads 60th and he is trying to ease off on how much he does up there, we all agreed to get together then, rather than a week or two before hand like usual. 

Now that the new year is here it is time to start working on baby clothes for the babies that will be born in the family this year.  Both my Sister-in-Law Emily and my twin Sister Libby are expecting. HOW EXCITING!!!    Emily is due around about the 4th of April and Libby is due at the end of July.  April and  July especially seems a long way away, but at the rate I knit, I need to start on clothes now if I want to get them done in time.  I have just knitted up a cute  sleeveless jumpsuit thing and it is being blocked at the moment.   It is by far NOT the best knitting I have ever done, and god knows if it is going to fit, but we can only hope that all will be ok and Libby will be happy with it anyway.   Now I have to start on a jumper or something for Emily's baby.  

Between christmas and the new year I have also crocheted a lovely shawl that I made up as I went along - I call it "Butterfly" as the front looks like a butterfly shape.   Back in September 2006 when we went to South Australia, I bought 3 x 50g balls of some lovely dark green 100% pure superfine Alpaca from an Alpaca shop in a little town called Harndorf (but I don't think that's how you spell it.)  I couldn't afford any more than 3 balls and when I got home it went into my stash awaiting inspiration.   Finally I got some (inspiration that is) and used the whole lot in this shawl.  I really like what I've done with it, but although it looks ok on me, really it would sit better on someone who is a fair bit skinnier than myself.  Oh well, I plan to lose some weight anyway or I'll end up either giving or selling it to someone else.  It was nice just to make something like that by myself and have it turn out so lovely.  The yarn was just such a pleasure to work with.   

Will post photos soon (I hope!!)