I've been soooo norty!

I seem to have been buying loads of yarn again! I have decided, however, that I shall be on a stash diet from January 1st until AT LEAST Easter!

I really don't need to buy any more yarn but I've been feeling really low lately and we all know what happens when I feel low, I spend, spend, spend!

Help!

It's not my fault!

I had to order a skein of yarn this morning - my beloved daughter has nicked my Bias Shawl! I love the colours in it so I've ordered a skein of Handmaiden Casbah in Nova Scotia to replace it but I'm not sure whether it will be another Bias Shawl or a mini clappy yet.

Models!

Susie ...

... is a cat in a million! Just lately I have been having some awful night-time hypos (low blood sugar levels) and Susie has 'looked after me'. She gets off the bed and comes in the bathroom with me, then she sits on the dressing table watching while I'm getting Lucozade/chocolate and then she settles down on the pillow next to me.

One night, I got back under the duvet and was aware of a paw touching my face, then I felt her breath and whiskers against my cheek - I'm sure she was checking to see if I was still breathing!

My Diabetes nurse was really surprised as this is unusual for a cat - dogs are well known for knowing when hypos are about to happen!

Sample Knitting

I am sample knitting at the moment for Robynn at Purlescence. I am making Diamonds and Pearls from The Knitter's Book of yarn and am using Artyarns Ensemble. The yarn is soooo soft, if a little difficult to knit with as it has two separate strands of fibre - one silk and one of very fine cashmere.

The pattern is really easy and has only takem me two or three days to do - I would have probably finished last night but as I had loads of yarn left over I decided to make the shawl a little bigger. I know I will make this pattern again!

Stupid woman!

Last night I decided to cast on Amber's christmas clappy as she was on a sleepover. Got on really well and managed to get up to section three, the straight bit, which was great for knit'n'natter today when I discovered ... I'D USED THE WRONG YARN! I'd managed to used the Possum Paints I bought to make something speical for me instead of the Colinette Cadenza I'd got for Amber! So, it had to be frogged ....

I am now going to make a start on a scarf Ryan has requested instead - that makes a change!

November ...

.... is going to be a better month than October! I vow to get over my knitting lull and to get my blood sugar to stay at a reasonable level instead of always being too low.

I've been ill all the way through October so November is going to be better!