Nothing much to say right now, I have 2 days left before the half term holiday and it feels like my brain is oozing out of my ears..... However, I will be blogging for p/hop to celebrate their 2nd birthday, it would be lovely if you could join me in the mammoth birthday posting session!

If you don't want to post, please go and check out the p/hop patterns and maybe donate some cash in return for one? It would be lovely to raise £20,000 in 2 years!

Sheffield wheel

Last night I took my Rainbows for a ride on the Wheel of Sheffield. It's been a fixture of our sky line for 18 months and finally leaves in just over 2 weeks. As part of the centenary celebrations for Girlguiding we've been seeing how many girls we can get on wheel during our centenary year. We had a magical ride, seeing the sun set over the city, and seeing familiar buildings from a whole new perspective!

Autumn

Autumn feels like it's really here. After a misty murky start the sun came out so we ventured out for a walk along my usual route from my house.

It's not very often that you can see a tree with yellow and red leaves, and this one is sat right by the tram stop, no doubt being ignored by all the commuters.


Others however are losing their leaves pretty quickly, it won't be long until the branches are bare.





I've had mushrooms growing out of a tree stump by my front door all week but I've not quite got round to taking a photo and of course they are now rotting and no longer pretty. They were never on the scale of this specimen though.



At times today the sun was blindingly bright, it really felt like winter, the bright blue skies, but with a sun that's incredibly low in the sky.



Lot's of berries everywhere, including on the holly tree's outside my flat, hopefully there will be some left by Christmas this year!

Socks

I love hand knit socks. In fact I have yet to meet a person who doesn't like hand knit socks.....
They're beautifully warm, but don't make your feet sweaty and you can do things like this-



and this



and even this!



Not something you'll ever get in the shops!

However all that knitting with little yarn, on little needles can seem a little scary so maybe a thicker yarn and a thicker pair of needles might help first time sock knitters.....
The wonderful people at p/hop have just released a new sock pattern in DK wool.  I've not knitted it yet, but the next time I want a pair of man socks it might be just the ticket!

Wow!

Isn't this just fabulous!

Photo by Annie Bee

I found it via the Knitty Blog, and immediately fell in love. Don't you just want to touch it, and look how it even makes a grey day seem cheery!
The bridge in question is Cambridge Ontario, and over 1000 knitters contributed knitting to the project.

Happy Birthday

My Dad is 55 today, this last year has seen a lot of changes in my parents' life. A new house, retiring, becoming dog owners..... but some few things don't change, my Dad has always been there for me, and this last year has been no different.

Here's to many more days like this, Happy Birthday Dad.

Final secret pal parcel

My final secret pal parcel arrived earlier this week and was certainly worth the wait.



A pattern book, some badges, and a cone of beautiful bamboo, mohair silk blend.
Even better, the card contains flower seeds so next spring I can just use bits of the paper to grow some beautiful plants. Now I just need to not loose the card before next spring!