labours and gifts of love
I wanted to knit my best friend Simon something really nice, something cosy yet not too warm, given that he currently lives in Mexico. So a jumper was out but maybe a scarf could be worn on a cool day in a hot place. So I bought some Malabrigo worsted in a gorgeous colour, chocolate brown with robin egg blue accents. And I started to knit...
for some time...
but there is so much more to do....
just before the scarf epic began I managed to knit some pedicure socks
and then I spent a week in Sweden (without the scarf) where it was very sunny, peaceful, and lots of leisure to knit so I made another pair of socks (from Natural Dye Studio alpaca yarn)
then a colleague on maternity leave said she was bringing the baby in to the office so I quickly knitted
then I started on a cardigan for me
But I realised time was getting on, so I went back to the scarf, and it got longer
or so Muffy thinks. But not yet long enough..
However, while all this knitting was going on, I was trying to catch some time to spin. Because on my (special) birthday my partner Mike surprised me with my dream wheel, the Majacraft Rose. What a surprise that was! he had researched wheels, ( I remember now that he was asking quite a lot of questions about spinning and what wheel I would have if I could, but I really didnt realise why) and ordered the wheel to arrive just on my birthday. She is a gorgeous wheel, much as I liked the Ashford Traditional I just love having the Rose. And as much as I love it what I really love is the care and thought that Mike put into choosing the gift for me.
So I am trying to find a few minutes a day to get used to the new spin and get good enough to deserve such a classy wheel! I will be selling the Ashford Traddy - I really cant justify having two wheels, but I hope that whoever buys her gets the spinning bug as I have!
for some time...
but there is so much more to do....
just before the scarf epic began I managed to knit some pedicure socks
and then I spent a week in Sweden (without the scarf) where it was very sunny, peaceful, and lots of leisure to knit so I made another pair of socks (from Natural Dye Studio alpaca yarn)
then a colleague on maternity leave said she was bringing the baby in to the office so I quickly knitted
then I started on a cardigan for me
But I realised time was getting on, so I went back to the scarf, and it got longer
or so Muffy thinks. But not yet long enough..
However, while all this knitting was going on, I was trying to catch some time to spin. Because on my (special) birthday my partner Mike surprised me with my dream wheel, the Majacraft Rose. What a surprise that was! he had researched wheels, ( I remember now that he was asking quite a lot of questions about spinning and what wheel I would have if I could, but I really didnt realise why) and ordered the wheel to arrive just on my birthday. She is a gorgeous wheel, much as I liked the Ashford Traditional I just love having the Rose. And as much as I love it what I really love is the care and thought that Mike put into choosing the gift for me.
So I am trying to find a few minutes a day to get used to the new spin and get good enough to deserve such a classy wheel! I will be selling the Ashford Traddy - I really cant justify having two wheels, but I hope that whoever buys her gets the spinning bug as I have!