1 Successful Shopping Trip

So I've made it to my friendly Hobbycraft and bought my wool and needles for my seafoam stitch scarf. I've cast it on and worked the first two repeats of the pattern block. Its nice and simple, and I'm sure that after I repeat it a few more times I'll stop counting each stitch.

I'm in a complete state of relaxed bliss - they ought to put knitting as a therapy on the NHS!

New Project

I've been itching to start knitting again since I saw the seafoam stitch scarf that Gemma is currently constructing. My current calculation is that it has been about 9 weeks since I last picked up a pair of pins. For me that is some break.

The seafoam stitch makes me think that it make a good scarf for my mom. Being that she's vaguely menopausal at the moment, she just doesn't seem to feel the cold like the rest of the world. The nice airy nature of the stitch would mean she could have a nice scarf for those days when it is bitterly cold, but it won't make her feel too muffled. Seems to me that all that is left is for me to go and buy yarn and needles. Hurrah!!

Harry Potter

Last night I spent two hours queuing in the cinema waiting to be let into the screen to see the 00.01 showing of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The film was great, but I was surprised by my spotting of various knitted goodies. Sitting with my housemates (these ones love the randomness of that fact I like to knit) they giggled as I got all excited by Ron's blanket on his bed, and the twins' knitting joke.

Lots of people in the queue were dressed up, from those wearing scarves in the house colours through to people in full costume. Needless to say the cameras that were there covering our madness / obsession for the local news only wanted to interview those people.

Bandwagon jumped

So I decided to jump on the bandwagon and get a blog to talk about my knitting and anything related.

Why now?

Well I've been knitting for as long as I can remember, but with the exception of a few family members plus Gemma no one knows about it. Not having much going for me in the anti-geek sense I never felt it wise to give people yet one more excuse to taunt. But I'm older, wiser and really couldn't care less any more so I guess that makes me 'out and proud'.

To date my knitting has produced more blankets than I care to remember (all brightly coloured and donated to Oxfam for distribution in Africa), a couple of bags, the odd soft toy and lots of clothing options for toys when I was little (amazing what those scratchy plastic needles could create when you put your mind to it). After being told for years that I shouldn't try anything more adventurous I've decided to stop listening, and now I'm ready for anything!!