It's My Life

Is it finished yet?

My Red ‘jeans Cardigan that is.  The short answer is NO.  The longer version involves descriptions of flu-like symptoms, snotty nose, hacking cough, being off work sick and generally not having the energy to do much in the way of knitting.  Actually, the knitting bit is finished, I need to sew in the ends, get a button and then I’ll be wearing it.  On the whole I have enjoyed knitting it as much as I did …

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Post-a-week 2011 Challenge.

I’ve decided that I’m going to take part in Dailypost’s  postaweek2011 challenge and blog every week during 2011.  Sometimes it may be difficult to think of what to say but I’ll use the resources on the dailypost site for inspiration if necessary.  Sometimes I may have so much to tell you that I post more than once in a week (I doubt that though as I’m not the world’s most prolific blogger!) I hope anyone …

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Happy New Year.

Resolution number one – blog more often! I hope you’ve all had a lovely Christmas break. We’ve been very lazy and its been wonderful. Lots of sleeps in, full English breakfasts and sitting watching The Ashes. I’m not really a cricket fan, far too complicated for me! Patrick is though and I have absolutely no objection to sitting on the sofa all day eating chocolates and knitting whilst the cricket, sky-plussed the previous night, plays …

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Weekend in Cropton.

Well, we’re back home safe and sound after our lovely weekend away.  It was just what we needed, relaxation!  The cottage was beautiful and the owner Mike, couldn’t have been more helpful.  Even down to getting his 4×4 out to tow us off the yard on Monday morning when our car was stuck in the very deep snow.  There was a wood burning stove in the inglenook fireplace and we made great use of that all weekend.  …

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