Snow chaos

Well the snow hasn't stopped and the girls went to school this morning in a blizzard as school was open , only to be sent home again at lunchtime.

I am off work at the moment as my legs have given out on me at the moment and having a bad time with my CFS. So when I have been able to , I have picked up my knitting and have been working on a lace version of the 198yd shawl with extra repeats and it's coming up lovely. It's nice to be sitting in the warmth of the house, resting my legs and happily knitting away.



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Snow has arrived

Woke yesterday morning to a blanket of snow , but had no more through out the day. I sat curled up with a knitted blanket , and knitted quite happily. Then we woke this morning to a blizzard , but it went off mid morning and hasn't returned so far fingers crossed. Am glad I am all snug and warm in the house and have my knitting and Christmas movies to keep me occupied lol. Just waiting for the Strictly and xfactor results and then have an early night I think.


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Oh dear :(

Well had a bad day at work on Tuesday , got to work at 7.45am and parked in the basement and then discovered both front and back lifts were out of order and if you don't know me I have osteoarthritis in my knees , walk with a stick and I do not do stairs. But stupidly as I was worrying about being late I decided to walk up 4 floors to get to my desk. This nearly killed me I was struggling to breathe and my legs were in agony and I was struggling to walk. Very kind work mates helped me to my seat and got me water etc. I struggled the whole day and also missed my chair when trying to sit down and had to be helped up :(. Was so glad to get to the end of the day and I really struggled to drive home as by this time my knee was like z balloon. Got home crawled up the stairs to my bed and looked at my right knee and the swelling was all around my knee and for at least 6" below and above. So it was time to dose up on pain meds and stay where I was.

On Wednesday I had appointment with the doctor and was still not able to drive so hubby had to take me. Doctor gave me a line for 2 weeks to allow me to recover and take things easy. I took things easy for the rest of the day then mid evening exhaustion landed on me and I could hardly move and my eyes kept shutting , thinks the ME / CFS kicked in and it took every ounce of energy to get up stairs to bed. Crashed out and struggled to wake up this morning when I phoned work and then lay back down and am still lying there . Have some knitting beside me , but don't have alot of energy so don't think I will get much done lol

Think I might blog daily if able to as I might go mad being stuck in the house for days. Please feel free to cheer me up if you can either here or on ravelry, Facebook or twitter xxxxxx


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Winter has arrived

Well winter arrived this morning, went out to go to work and the car was frozen solid , took ages to thaw the windows and the car didn't even hear up on the journey to work. Going to sit curled up on the couch with my crochet and design some crochet cowls for a friends charity event.

Knitting group

Was great to actually get to knit group this morning as I haven't been in weeks with one thing or another. I was good to catch up with my mates Nan, Liz , Aileen, Sally and Linda . As usual didn't get much knitting done as we were too busy gabbing lol. Fingers crossed will get there on Wednesday night as we are drawing the secret Santa yippee wonder who I am buying for.


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My new phone

At last I have my new iPhone I have waited 6 months since vodafone started doing the iPhone till my contract was due for renewal and I can really say it has been worth the wait. I have been having so much getting to know everything but the funny bit was working out how to make a call selected friends name and was looking for a call button didn't work out for a while u just tapped on the number on the friends page lol doh moment

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Location:Hamilton,United Kingdom

New iPhone

My long awaited mobile phone upgrade has arrived and I don't know how I have survived so long without an iPhone. Its great and as I am lying here at 5,52am as I can't sleep as I seem to be coming down with the dreaded lurgy in time for the weekend thanks kids and hubby lol

Location:Hamilton,United Kingdom

LIFE

Well it seems ages since I have put a post on here, I have been busy working away and knitting/crocheting/spinning like mad. I have completed lots of projects and have done alot of test knits for people. I am now putting all the ideas that I have had into patterns and have been encouraged to put them on Ravelry and today I have published the first one http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cable-xoxo-scarf and am hoping that people will like to knit it , I have one test knitter so far . I also have another scarf that a friend is doing and once she has completed it I will put the pattern on. There are more patterns floating about on bits of paper and will be added over the next few weeks.

I went to Once a Sheep in Gourock at the beginning of the month for there spin Saturday and loved getting back into the spinning, had a great day there chatting and being very productive, though haven't done much since then, am needing to set time aside for the spinning.

Well am I away to catch up on all the gossip on Ravelry before I get back to the knitting .

FIRST PATTERN DESIGNED

I have started to design my own patterns and the first of these are up for testing and hopefully publishing. It is a cable scarf in aran yarn and is a quick easy knit.

KNITTING, CROCHETING AND SPINNING

I have been busy working away on knitting a jumper for myself and have the back , one sleeve and am working on the front so getting there will be glad to do something for myself for a change. Also I am crocheting a baby shawl that a girl at work asked me to do for her daughter who is due a baby in August , and also have test crocheted a shawl for one of the girls in the prayer shawl group on Ravelry and will post pictures here once allowed to do so.

After my spinning lesson last Saturday I have been working away getting used to my wheel and trying to get the knack involved managed to spin a roving though I think it was slightly over spun in places as it was slightly curly in parts opppss.

Friends Blogs

I love to read other peoples blogs and today it was the blog of Kisbee, and she is approching her 260th post , gosh I think will I ever get to that , but as she is she is offering a beautiful shawl as a give away to celebrate this and boy its a stunner so beautifully made by herself and would be a delight to own , so I wish everyone well in the giveaway competition :))))))))))))))

SPINNING WHEEL

My dearest darling hubby has bought me a Ashford Traveller spinning wheel and I am just patiently well not so patiently waiting for it to be delivered to have my first go at spinning. My mate Liz and I are going to Once a Sheep in Gourock next Saturday for an introduction to spinning and hopefully that will set us up for the next mad phase in our lives :)

HOLIDAY WEEK OFF

Yipeeeeeee I am on holiday from work this week, though Sunday was spent not doing very much as my knee hurt like mad, my mate Liz did text me a lovely picture of some Regia Hand dyed effect yarn that hobbycraft were selling and I couldn't resist the purples mix, so she purchased this for me and popped by with it and for a coffee.

Today is going to be taken up with orthodontist with DD3 this morning , opticians for myself ( blind as a bat lol ) just after lunch , then off to my favourite place Stitching Time Wool Shop, in Hamilton to keep an eye on things while the Nan has to pop out for an hour or so, and she is leaving Liz and I in charge ...................... oh some yarn cuddling will be order of the day , and also will be purchasing my new King Cole Mirage that has been put by for me and is going to be a jumper for myself.

So busy day ahead for my first day of my holiday.

SATURDAY SHOPPING

After work on Saturday I headed into town with DD2 and friend from work to get material for prom dress for Christine (DD2), well for those that know me will know that I have a gammy right knee and walking can be hard, well I had to go up a hill to get to the fabric store and then a very steep ramp to get in , that was me had it. Then the wandering around the store trying to pick the right pattern and right material and colour exhausted me , but we got there and now have one happy daughter, and a very good friend who is going to make her dress for her.

So its off for a fitting on Tuesday night, then it will be sewing time for Helen and its now time for us to get everything else sorted for Prom.... shoes , jewellery, hair etc and not to forget the Limo so its going to be a few fun months

BABY GOODIES

I have been busy knitting for a girl at work who is due to finish up in a few weeks to have her first baby a little boy, I have completed a crochet 4ply shawl and blue hooded jacket, hope she likes them.

MY BIRTHDAY SURPRISE PARTY

My dearest hubby and daughters decided to host me a surprise birhtday party last night and contacted a few of my friends and told me an hour before that folk we coming ..... mad panic on but they had all food etc organised thankfully. I had a lovely evening with some wonderful friends and was spoiled rotten with gifts..... A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO ALL.........

RONAN KEATING IN CONCERT IN GLASGOW LAST NIGHT

Went to see Ronan in concert last night and he was aboslutely fab , we had front row seats and the music was great , he talked about how Stephens death had affected him and sang the emotional song he sang at the funeral , the whole place was in tears . Am off there again tonight for the 2nd night and really looking forward to our front row seats again .

STASH IS GROWING

Well yesterday I wrote about my trip to Aldi , came home from work and DH had been and picked me up some more 4 x500g purple DK , 3 x 500g red DK , 2 x400g silver aran and 2 x 400g raspberry aran , well thats ne sorted for jumpers etc for a while now . Now need to surf for patterns to match the yarn oh dear

WOOL AT ALDI

oh dear my errrmmmm stash has just increased Aldi are doing wool today , and have just bought 4 pks of 500g DK in teal 3 x 400g silver aran , 1 x 400g raspberry aran and 1 x 250g baby blue DK could have bought a lot more , have hinted to hubby if he feels generous what to get me , watch this space till I report back later

Knitting Group

Had a lovely night last night at Janices house as our Wednesday knitting group has been meeting in each others houses since the beginning of the year since our beloved wool shop Stitching Time in Hamilton was flooded out on New Years eve and we were all devestated for poor Nan the owner , and for all the lovely scrummy yarn that has had to be thrown out as it was ruined what a waste. But the group has remained strong and everyone has taken turns to host the night supplying tea and cakes mmmmmm , some even baked for the occasions yum yum. Its great to see everyone pulling together to keep the group going till we can meet back in the shop once all the repairs have been done.

Knitting Madness

I havent blogged for such a long time , my old blog has gone , so thought I would start afresh. i have been knitting non stop and have too many WIP's hiding in corners and cupboards and have decided to allow myself one new cast on for every WIP I finish so will record my progress on here and of course all my other antics.