Why

..... is it a nightmare changing broadband suppliers??

Shameful

I am!! I went to an evening meeting yesterday. The shameful part? It was the first time in almost 2 weeks that I picked up my knitting needles.

I completed the back and have started on the front of the baby sweater

The beautiful weather we've been having (and sadly no where to be seen today) has had me in the allotment. over the last month I have planted lots of potatoes, (the plot has not been used for over 15 years, it was full of bramble s with roots over a foot deep - potatoes are about all that can go in such newly dug and ravaged soil) cabbage, leek, onions, herbs and garlic. Young man has a flower patch. This is extremely useful, it will attract bees for pollination.

where the plot is not ready, or in poor condition I've used raised beds

I'm hoping once all the manure (golden nuggets to my friends) and compost has worked itself into the soil, it will be in much better condition next year and I can experiment with other crops. In the meantime, now that the sun has gone to play somewhere else, I better go and change my shameful ways. I've got the May squares to finish for the Mystery Blanket and squares for the Picnic Blanket never mind anything else that tickles my fancy in the new VK and IK ...........

Quickie

I finished my April squares for the Debbie Abrahams Mystery KAL. We know the name of the KAL but I still prefer to call a mystery!!

I think this has become my new favourite square. It's likely that we have received all the square patterns now and it will be a case of repetition from here on in, but you never know!!
I also finished my first strip of seven squares:

I have since sewed in ALL of the ends - it took ages. I must remember to do them as I go along. I missed the Post man yesterday but my friend Karin received her package so I know whats coming up for May!!

I have so very little knitting to show at the moment. I've been busy digging up the allotment and things are just hectic at the moment!! As usual I'm late as with most things. Apparently I should have been digging over in the autumn and planting out now - Spring time. So I'm digging and planting - a no no in the planting world, I'm supposed to leave the soil to settle or something like that.....

My squares are coming along on both Picnic and the Mystery Blankets. I have one more to complete for my April squares on the Mystery Blanket - just in time. The other reason I have so little to show is because I made an agreement with myself not to start another sweater/cardigan until I finish St. Brigid and she is here still unfinished!!

But baby garments don't count. Again, most of my projects are non mobile so I need something to tag along with me!!

Growing Pains

Presently we have growing pains of every kind in this household! Young man is growing out of everything, I'm in pain from stepping on every cable and gizmo attachment known to man and under the sun that comes with electronic games kids love to leave on the floor, in the sofa, in the bathroom.... you get the picture.

Oh and Picnic is growing:

I've been knitting squares over the past couple of days - I'm still smarting from Capri. My latest book acquisition has thrown up a few possibilities

I thoroughly enjoyed knitting the Madli stole for my sister and have been looking forward to starting another one. I've narrowed my choice down to two shawls from Victorian Lace Today. I have fallen in love with this book, since viewing many of the finished articles on Ravelry. I'm going to start with a rectangle shaped shawl and hopefully progress to a hexagonal shawl. We shall see.

Maths

I don't seem to be able to get this knitting thing right. when I work on Capri it snows, when we should be having sunshine - yet when I rush to get St. Brigid out, we have brilliant sunshine. I'm nearly finished Capri. I have the buttons to sew on. I'm not sure where my brain was at when I worked out the sizing - it's too small. No amount of pulling and blocking is going to change that. It may be Amelia's curse of the Calmer - it's hard to say. My tension seems to be okay, my skirts fit the same, so its not me!! That just leaves my marvelous mathematical calculations - something I regularly suck at.....

I've given Capri buttons - I didn't like the popper things they used. It looks lovely, it's too small!!

I finished the jitterbug socks. The young man is wearing them - he won't take them off! They are yummy. The yarn is slightly thicker than I would normally use, so they knitted material is denser - perfect.