Bad Blogger

Haven't been much of a good blogger lately , meant to post every day , oh dear!

Boys are much better now , and we've been busy .

The weekend was taken up with drama classes , a trip to the local Model Railway Exhibition in Greenock Town Hall , and a coffee morning after church to raise funds for our Sunday School Christmas Party .

I also managed to finish two loopy scarfs which will be Christmas gifts for my former teachers' twin sisters .

I also managed to get some more of the stocking stitch section done on my Karise Shawl , and am about to start the lace section now - woohoo! The Old Maiden Aunt merino/cashmere mix yarn is gorgeous to work with , and the Gothic colourway is one of my favourite .

I cast on last Wednesday when the boys were on the mend . They had cabin fever , so I took them out to our favourite cafe for Hot Chocolate and cake , and got started .

This is the most recent picture , taken this afternoon , there is very little natural light , so its difficult to get a true picture of the colour .

You could tell the boys were getting better , one was impersonating a cyberman , as well as annoying his brother !

The other was reading and doing his best to ignore said annoying brother , and everyone else for that matter .

One event I didn't get photo's at was the Debbie Bliss morning at Once a Sheep yarn store in Gourock . Debbie arrived at 10am , and the place was queued out! There were LOTS of garments to try on , and boy did we get a surprise . Garments that a knitter may have written off as being unsuitable , were beautiful when tried on , and suited all sizes and shapes . Many did suit the curvier lady , and my good pal Sandy became a model for the morning! I bossed her into it , and it was the icing on the cake when Debbie took her photo to include in her facebook page!

Lots of kind people had donated baking , so we drank and stuffed our faces too , and got our books signed by Debbie - she was really lovely and very unassuming too . Poor Karen , the owner , was quite exhausted at the end of it all , but thoroughly enjoyed as we all did .

I think the shop may have to restock lots of the yarns and books , as they were flying off the shelves (oops how did that happen!) .

It was such a lovely morning , and we were sad to see Debbie go , hopefully she may make a return visit sometime .

And now back to the knitting!