Feeling Poorly

In my previous post I said I might wear my vest at work tomorrow... but I never went to work tomorrow as I've been off with this horrid respiratory virus ever since.

Ho hum.

In my poorly state, I decided to call it a day for my charity Stashalong for Breast Cancer Awareness that I've adhered to stringently for four months now. I've been getting serious withdrawal symptoms from not being able to buy yarn, and I succumbed and bought two lots last weekend, probably a result of me not feeling too chipper. I bought one 2kg lot of blue Kilcarra Aran Tweed from a lovely eBay seller, and twenty balls of Debbie Bliss Cotton Angora aran in a gorgeous hyacinth blue colour from a member of the Crafty Threads ‘n' Yarns forum. But having trawled through several bags of stash this afternoon, I have still have yarns to destash so maybe my Stashalong should entail destashing yarns rather than a ban on buying any.




I have however, in true Stashalong style, cast on the stitches during the week to knit Bonbon from RYC Classic Holiday (shown in the piccie above) which I'm knitting in a vintage yarn from stash - Patons Cotton Soft DK in white; so the Stashalong will be with me in spirit for yetawhile longer. I also finished the Ocean socks for my January Sockamonth knitalong, which Matthew is proudly wearing here, and will be my entry for February's gallery! I changed the type of toe closure on these socks and opted for a three needle bind off on the outside of the sock as Matt hates anything knitted that is remotely tickly or itchy.



And woohoo!! The new RYC, Rowan, and Jaeger books are out now along with the new books from Debbie Bliss and Louisa Harding. Now, where did I put my purse?