Settling down

As nice as the holidays are it is nice to be back in to the routine of work in the daytime and relax in the evenings. Work so far is going ok, No major panics, and when I think back to the teacher I was back in September the difference amazes me!
It's also meant that I now only get time to knit in the evenings, not that this seems to be stopping me. I'm part way through a pair of socks for me, a lace scarf which will be for Christmas next year, and last night I knocked up these. Panic not Mum they're not for me, they're present for someone at school whose wife just had their first baby.


PS. Don't forget about pay it forward, sign up if you want something made by me, there really can't be only 1 taker!

Pay it Forward

This idea has come from Sam over at The Life and Times of me, it seems like a lovely way to start 2009.
Simply if you are one of the first 3 people to leave a comment here I will hand make you something, quite what it will be I don't know yet, it might involve knitting but then again it might not. If you get lucky then you agree to pay it forward and make the same offer to readers of your blog. The gift can be of any price range and you have a whole year to make it. Don't be shy, form an orderly queue and no pushing!

New Years Day

It was a beautiful frosty day today and I was in need of some fresh air after my pajama day yesterday so I went out for a walk around where I live. Not far, and I was only out for an hour, I wandered vaguely, I live on the edge of the city and am surrounded by parks and countryside so new that if I walked in a general direction I would escape the houses, and could walk in a rough circle through the countryside and get back to where I started. There's something nice about not walking with any planned destination.


I now need to get on with knitting the partner for this, as it would have kept my hands lovely and warm today!