Back to Normal Service?

Apologies to all for the lack of blog posts last week(end), most of last week I was laid flat out due to illness (though I did manage a little knitting!). A bug laid me low and whilst my immune system was weakened, the cold that had been threatening for weeks got a hold and played havoc with my Asthma.

What with that and a nightmare drive on Sunday, I've not exactly been on par this week either though I've still managed knitting group both days and a somewhat extended combined knitting machine and spinning session today (you can't keep me away from the place!); I'm pretty much on my knees right now!

On to things knitterly...

...I finished clue 4 last week but then disaster struck. I realized thet the rapidly diminishing ball of yarn contained only 20g of yarn and as the knitted piece so far weighed 27g (minus needle) there was no way I'd complete the stole with the yarn I had...However, the original skein weighed 100g (thie pic's on the blog way back) so my assumption is I only wound half the skein off in the first place..which is fine...but I can't find it! So I'm left with this conundrum, I could knit until the yarn runs out then leave it until the skein turns up or use another brighter yarn on the end in a similar colourway. Decisions decisions which leaves me a bit flat to do anything, frankly.

In my less able moments, I was able to get a little charity knitting done so let me present the 3 bears...

...Daddy bear, mummy bear and baby bear otherwise known as 3 sizes of booties and hats for prem babies! Skip North is affiliated with the Ray of Hope charity this year so I'm doing my bit in between all my other projects! At least I'll be able to bring something to the event and I've knitted up another pair of booties since then.

After another hiatus, the front of the Twilley's jacket finally got past the finishing post so I've been knitting the first sleeve and I'm around 6" up so far. Not earth shattering or anything but progress at least. Whether it'll be finished for Skip North which is a fortnight away now, I haven't the foggiest! I'm looking forward somewhat nervously to the whole event, it'll be the longest drive I'll have done to date but the weekend should be a blinder.

At least I've had one motorway lesson which was useful though frustrating due to the level of traffic and my reluctance to overtake stuff so I'm repeating the excercise next month before I leave to get a little extra confidence boost.

Here's hoping for a quiet day tomorrow!