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Knitting

4th November 2010 tenfootjill Knitting

I’ve been a bit disillusioned with my knitting lately. I can’t seem to get very enthusiastic about anything, I keep starting things and either leaving them or frogging after only a few inches because it’s just not working for me. I started Mr Greenjeans in some Patons Jet in a lovely bright red, this was after frogging the Central Park Hoodie I had started and decided I wouldn’t like! I also started, with enthusiasm, a February Lady in Debbie …

This week I have….

13th October 2010 tenfootjill General, Knitting

I saw my eldest son off to University on Saturday so it was a bit emotional for me but made much easier by the fact that he was looking forward to it enormously and settled in really well immediately. He’s gone to York to study Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence. We had a time slot to arrive in, between 9.30 and 12.30, I was tremendously impressed with how smoothly things ran, considering around 600 students …

So much to knit, not enough time!

7th October 2010 tenfootjill Knitting

Firstly, I’m not under any pressure, I rarely knit for others so it’s entirely up to me what I knit and when. It’s the deciding that’s the problem at the moment. I’m currently on the last leg of my Ishbel, I’ll get it beaded and finished by the weekend I think. I have a couple of summer tops OTN which have been around forever and are likely to be around for much longer before I …

Holidays part one.

19th August 2010 tenfootjill Food & Drink, General

So, like I said, I’m a few weeks behind with my blog posts but I’ll try to catch up as best I can. This could make for a very long post so I’ll blog in stages to avoid boring you all to death in one sitting. You can die of boredom bit by bit instead! During the last week of July, Patrick and I had a weeks leave from work and we had planned to …

Proud mum alert!

19th August 2010 tenfootjill General

I’m several blog-posts behind and I will catch up soon I promise. I have lots to tell you and lots of pics to share. However today, I am a very proud mum. My eldest son Michael has his A Level results and achieved grade A in Maths, Further Maths and Physics, giving him the required points to be accepted at his first choice university. So, in October, he will be going away to study a …