The trials and tribulations of a life of leisure...

Followers

Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Do Knitters Dream In Colour?

So I made a decision to check out a local knitting group at St. Abbs last Saturday.

And then came down with a cold.

However, it didn't seem too bad in the morning so I set off with my latest partly finished sock and a pack of tissues stashed in my handbag. I had stayed up the previous night to get the heel turned so that I was at the ankle - my first attempt at toe-ups...

A morning of coffee, scones and knitting. There were two other knitters there along with our hostess and a non-knitting friend of hers over on holiday. I felt a little out of it, not knowing anyone but I guess that was inevitable. Will I keep going - time will tell, as I cannot take anything too complicated to do there.

However, they did introduce me to the website Ravelry.

And now I have wasted days on there, logging my yarns, browsing patterns, yarns, groups and forums. And drooling over other people's yarn stashes. And discovering that you can buy yarn from people who are 'de-stashing'. Am waiting to hear back from a lady in the USA on postage costs for a wish list of stuff I just can't get here and the pound is quite strong at the moment so it may be cost effective...

But I'm off to Malta tomorrow - up at some God awful time to catch a 6.55 flight from Edinburgh - so I need to get back in to scrabble mode and stop dreaming of beautiful colours and soft fluffy fibres.


0 comments:

Blog Archive

About Me

I am married to Paul. We left behind the rat-race in October 2005 and moved up to the Scottish Borders. Our house is located in a very beautiful rural area overlooking the river Whiteadder. Since giving up work I have adopted two retired rescue greyhounds, Poncho and Jen, who are adorable. I am a 'serious' scrabble player, and have represented England in 4 world championships. I am now eligible to play for Scotland. I am one of the top rated players in the UK and am back to being the top rated female player in the world. That is how serious about it I am :)