Keeping the memories alive…
To let the world know that you are still around that is. I’ve been procrastinating on this blog for weeks now, it gets kind of where you have missed so much that you don’t know how to get started again. I mean, do I attempt to back-track and tell of the events that have taken place chronologically? I think not, it would come out like a list rather than a tale. Or do I jump …
Read moreWell, I say FOs…there’s actually only one Finished Object which is the very lovely (if I do say so myself) February Lady Sweater as pictured above. Please excuse the crappy photo (the white dots are light shining through the holes in the lace pattern I think), I will post a better one after the weekend hopefully but I am just so happy to have finished this never-ending project that I just had to share it. …
Read moreA few weeks ago Patrick and I decided to go on the Real Ale Trail in West Yorkshire again, we did this last summer and enjoyed it immensely. Patrick’s two friends had expressed an interest in going with us ‘the next time’ so we tried to arrange it around them. In the event, neither of them could commit to a date so we went ahead on our own, on Good Friday. We stayed at the …
Read moreDon’t worry, not The Rapture again but instead, my February Lady cardigan. Yes, I have actually cast off the body of this long running saga and made a start on the sleeves so the end is indeed in sight for this project. I have enjoyed knitting it, once I got into the lace pattern it has gone fairly quickly. I expect to finish the sleeves over the next couple of weeks but here is a …
Read more..is a river which makes for a very pleasant Sunday afternoon stroll and an impromptu picnic. So that is what Patrick and I decided to do on Sunday afternoon, having availed ourselves of Tesco’s finest scotch eggs and pre-packed sandwiches, a bottle of Leffe and a blanket to sit on. Hull is built on the junction of two rivers, the mighty Humber, at the other side of which lies Lincolnshire, and the meandering River Hull, …
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