I think I have finally worked out the issues with this blog, so hopefully I will be able to update it a little more often (though my knitting is going very slowly, so there is not much to update).
At the moment I am on summer holiday once more, which is very good. This past year has seemed very long at times. I broke up last Friday (17th July) and have pretty much been on Brownie Pack Holiday ever since. In spite of the name, this is not much of a holiday for the people running it. It's more like working all day every day. I finished on the one with my unit (leaving a good quantity of them throwing up as some kind of bug went around) and travelled down to London to help out with my sister's one. There was less vomiting on this one, though a girl did step on a nail which right up into her foot. And this time I was the first aider and so had to deal with it. Luckily I know a little bit about these kinds of foot injuries aving very recently decided it was a good idea to walk home barefoot from the pub and having stepped on something which decided to stay inside of my heel. I did the same for her that the walk-in clinic I went to did for me and gave her a big padded plaster.
The holidays have given me a very small time to knit (more than an average day does...), so I have made some progress on the magic loop socks I have been working on. The heel was turned during day 1 of the first one and I am now some way through the foot (probably just under half). I have, however, made absolutely no progress on the two projects I am making for other people. The baby blanket did get off the ground to some extent, but the yarn I picked is too busy for the pattern, so I'm going to go to Stash Yarns in Putney tomorrow to try and get hold of some nice Dream in Color - thankfully baby is not due until September 5th after all. And the other project is for a swap package that has also somewhat stalled. I have picked up a few bits and bobs, but no yarn and am not close to finishing the project yet. I really need to get a move on, but thankfully I will have lots of time over the next few weeks.
Once I've recovered from Pack Holidays though.
Monday, 27 July 2009
Saturday, 6 June 2009
OMG!
Look, I actually managed to sign in again! This site has to be the most frustrating I have ever come across.
Anywho, lots of stuff has been going on of late.
On the knitting front, I have been trying out many new things - mostly socks. I have made one Spring Forward (just the one - the other will hopefully be finished soon) and am currently some way through my first two at a time magic loop project in the shape of Black Rose with some lovely Malabrigo.
Speaking of Malabrigo, I've also cast on for Juno Regina in some of their laceweight, but I went wrong somewhere and have been trying to tink back to find where - something that is easier said than done!!
And I started a new project today as well - Stef and Neil are expecting a baby, so I've started Baby Chalice Blanket (Ravelry link) which I hope to finish quickly and I think she's due any minute!!
In school related news, we have had a girl loose her finger, found out that I do have a job next year, but a very different one to the one a currently have, and I'm not sure I like the changes and found out that the new Academy colours will be black and red.
In other news, I have passed my driving test back in February, bought a car and loved driving around. I have bought a new laptop as my desktop sadly died. I have joined a gym and I graded recently and am now a blue belt.
Anywho, lots of stuff has been going on of late.
On the knitting front, I have been trying out many new things - mostly socks. I have made one Spring Forward (just the one - the other will hopefully be finished soon) and am currently some way through my first two at a time magic loop project in the shape of Black Rose with some lovely Malabrigo.
Speaking of Malabrigo, I've also cast on for Juno Regina in some of their laceweight, but I went wrong somewhere and have been trying to tink back to find where - something that is easier said than done!!
And I started a new project today as well - Stef and Neil are expecting a baby, so I've started Baby Chalice Blanket (Ravelry link) which I hope to finish quickly and I think she's due any minute!!
In school related news, we have had a girl loose her finger, found out that I do have a job next year, but a very different one to the one a currently have, and I'm not sure I like the changes and found out that the new Academy colours will be black and red.
In other news, I have passed my driving test back in February, bought a car and loved driving around. I have bought a new laptop as my desktop sadly died. I have joined a gym and I graded recently and am now a blue belt.
Thursday, 21 August 2008
Lots of updating
So, I haven't been able to log into this for ages, for some reason. I'm not enitrely sure how I got into it now in fact.
So, I've been on summer holiday which has been all good. So far I've spent some time at home, took the Brownies away on Pack Holiday and spent a week on an all inclusive trip to Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt (which was just wonderful, no thanks to the tour company (never travel with Thomas Cook) or the fact that I picked up a tummy bug which I still have).
I've also finished my Adipose for the Ravelry Doctor Who Adipose knit-a-long which should be sent to the BBC by Mazzmatazz (hopefully it will be well knit enough). I've also knitted two Coachellas which have turned out to be my favourite knit in absolutely ages - really easy to do and look fantastic on. Unfortunately the first one has stretched enormously (not sure if this is down to the yarn (Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in New Age Teal) or the pattern). I'm going to try and block it smaller or shrink it a little. I'm a little worried that the second one will stretch as much. Whilst in Egypt I cast on for Yosemite, but haven't managed to get further than the first three rows as BOTH times I managed to twist the stitches when joining for the round - something I've never done before and now I'm done it twice on the same project. I'm not sure this is meant to be! One more try and then I'll have to find another project for the yarn (Rowan Calmer in Chocolate Brown).
Today was GCSE results day, so I popped into school to see the kids. It was heaving with them and most of them did at least what was expected, if not better. There were a few disappointments, as there always are, but most of the kids I spoke to had managed to secure college places or had already got jobs, which was really good news. I'm not sure what our figures are, but apparantly they're better than last year - not that we could have done much worse!
I got to hear some of the gossip as well. Apparantly the school business manager along with her partner the head of facilities (glorified caretaker) were suspended and she was escourted offsite by police! She has since handd in her resignation! Which may mean for once that we could be in with a shot of someone actually listening when we try and tell them that its not far that people who sit in an office all day get paid more than us! Not that there's anything wrong with being school admin, but we're on the frontline, we should at least be paid equal!
Now I've got to try and decide if I'm going to go to knitting club or not. I would like to, especially when I went two weeks ago after not having been for ages to find that a woman I worked with for two years has started going, but due to this tummy bug I've not been feeling to good today. Not sure how good an idea it will be to be out of the house for long, though I did manage it this morning. Will probably be ok as long as I don't eat anything.
This was a massive update. Hopefully I'll be able to get into this before too long so it won't have to go as long with no blogging.
So, I've been on summer holiday which has been all good. So far I've spent some time at home, took the Brownies away on Pack Holiday and spent a week on an all inclusive trip to Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt (which was just wonderful, no thanks to the tour company (never travel with Thomas Cook) or the fact that I picked up a tummy bug which I still have).
I've also finished my Adipose for the Ravelry Doctor Who Adipose knit-a-long which should be sent to the BBC by Mazzmatazz (hopefully it will be well knit enough). I've also knitted two Coachellas which have turned out to be my favourite knit in absolutely ages - really easy to do and look fantastic on. Unfortunately the first one has stretched enormously (not sure if this is down to the yarn (Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in New Age Teal) or the pattern). I'm going to try and block it smaller or shrink it a little. I'm a little worried that the second one will stretch as much. Whilst in Egypt I cast on for Yosemite, but haven't managed to get further than the first three rows as BOTH times I managed to twist the stitches when joining for the round - something I've never done before and now I'm done it twice on the same project. I'm not sure this is meant to be! One more try and then I'll have to find another project for the yarn (Rowan Calmer in Chocolate Brown).
Today was GCSE results day, so I popped into school to see the kids. It was heaving with them and most of them did at least what was expected, if not better. There were a few disappointments, as there always are, but most of the kids I spoke to had managed to secure college places or had already got jobs, which was really good news. I'm not sure what our figures are, but apparantly they're better than last year - not that we could have done much worse!
I got to hear some of the gossip as well. Apparantly the school business manager along with her partner the head of facilities (glorified caretaker) were suspended and she was escourted offsite by police! She has since handd in her resignation! Which may mean for once that we could be in with a shot of someone actually listening when we try and tell them that its not far that people who sit in an office all day get paid more than us! Not that there's anything wrong with being school admin, but we're on the frontline, we should at least be paid equal!
Now I've got to try and decide if I'm going to go to knitting club or not. I would like to, especially when I went two weeks ago after not having been for ages to find that a woman I worked with for two years has started going, but due to this tummy bug I've not been feeling to good today. Not sure how good an idea it will be to be out of the house for long, though I did manage it this morning. Will probably be ok as long as I don't eat anything.
This was a massive update. Hopefully I'll be able to get into this before too long so it won't have to go as long with no blogging.
Friday, 13 June 2008
A Positive Post For Once
Yesterday I had my first ever driving lesson, having never previously sat in a car before. It was so much fun, I loved it and I've spent all day just wanting to drive more!
Haven't been knitting much though - I need to find the time to do more. And stop promising people I'll join in with projects and then not having the time to. It's very bad of me. Still, driving will give me more time to do the things I like as I won't have to walk everywhere. Yay!
Haven't been knitting much though - I need to find the time to do more. And stop promising people I'll join in with projects and then not having the time to. It's very bad of me. Still, driving will give me more time to do the things I like as I won't have to walk everywhere. Yay!
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Everything is rubbish
I was really really looking forward to my birthday this year, but (as usual) everything has gone wrong and it's going to be rubbish.
Have had a rubbish day.
Have not done any knitting for ages because I can't afford yarn.
Bah.
Have had a rubbish day.
Have not done any knitting for ages because I can't afford yarn.
Bah.
Friday, 18 April 2008
Bad week
Just finished a day from hell at the end of a week from hell. Am absolutely exhausted, but I'm going to be so busy over the weekend.
Haven't really been knitting much of late, though I did cast on for Spirogyra yesterday as part of the WoW Ravellers group KAL. Mostly I've been playing a lot of WoW recently - the Ravelry guild is up and running and it's been nice to have people to chat to whilst online.
Haven't really been knitting much of late, though I did cast on for Spirogyra yesterday as part of the WoW Ravellers group KAL. Mostly I've been playing a lot of WoW recently - the Ravelry guild is up and running and it's been nice to have people to chat to whilst online.
Monday, 17 March 2008
So tired.
I woke up this morning with my glands inflamed, my temperature dropped and just generally feeling run down. The best bit of all of this? I'm not ill. No no, I'm exhausted. This is my body screaming at me to take some damn rest. And in three days I will. Of course before that I've got three really hectic and busy days and I imagine I'm only going to feel worse.
Today has been buzzing at school as there was a murder on the estate. Or rather and old man on the estate who sold cigerettes to the underage kids (as young as 8/9) got in a fight and died of a heart attack. Which is of course gross negligence manslaughter, but the guy was arrested for murder anyhow. And as the kids all know the guy who died they've all been rather subdued today. Which led to a somewhat quieter day for us actually.
Haven't done much in the way of knitting as I pretty much collapsed when I got home and then spent the evening searching for some CD's I want to put on my iPod. Ho hum.
Today has been buzzing at school as there was a murder on the estate. Or rather and old man on the estate who sold cigerettes to the underage kids (as young as 8/9) got in a fight and died of a heart attack. Which is of course gross negligence manslaughter, but the guy was arrested for murder anyhow. And as the kids all know the guy who died they've all been rather subdued today. Which led to a somewhat quieter day for us actually.
Haven't done much in the way of knitting as I pretty much collapsed when I got home and then spent the evening searching for some CD's I want to put on my iPod. Ho hum.
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