And my birthday month. Got the best present of all - my other half back out of hospital after breaking his leg (neck of femur) whilst we were in holiday in Malta. It was just too hot there to do any knitting while hanging around waiting for the air ambulance, and been far too busy since we came back with visiting, filling in insurance forms, answering all the queries, rearranging our lives...
I have started several projects back home though. Picked up a pattern in Malta, in a lesser known magazine called Knit & Crochet Style (it has an English price tag, but I haven't seen it over here - may be linked to Sandra magazine, all yarns are Stoeller and Stahl). Very intrigued to find a pattern like my Dordogne Authmn Cardi, for kids, but starting with casting on all stitches. A much neater bottom edge. Worked in the round, no side seams. Absolutely made for a long colour repeating yarn as the yarn is not cut at the end of each diamond module, but stitches picked up down the side then left there until the next round, almost like entrelac. So picked up James Brett's baby Bliss in the LYS, blues for M and pinks for S. I have completed three rounds of modules and now need to catch one of them to see if it is going to fit! They both started walking last week. Now the fun begins.
Christmas is coming - the tins of Quality Street are already in my local Co-op. I think it may be another year of tokens and mini-garments - see the pix.
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