Monthly Archives: November 2008

Monday is usually the day that the post doesn’t make it any further into the house than the doormat. Yes, Monday is junk mail day. However, something curious happened this morning…the junk mail was actually worthwhile and interesting! No pointless double glazing leaflets or improbable free solar power offers. None of the usual Monday rubbish that is picked up and deposited straight into the recycle bin. No, today there were useful offers and money-off vouchers and even some free lightbulbs. Some vouchers for Cargo, ostensibly selling homewares and of little interest usually, but at this time of year, purveyors of quirky gifts for those hard-to-buy-for relatives that you only see at Christmas. Another flyer with discount vouchers for a recently opened local cinema (I was planning a Christmas holdiay treat to Madagascar 2 for the children). And finally, not junk mail, but renewed membership cards for CAMRA containing £20 worth of beer vouchers – and a very merry Christmas to you all. Hic! 😀

My October Esther sock is coming along nicely, though I am finding knitting on two circulars rather tedious. IMO using DPNs is far and away faster, though using circulars does allow me to knit two at a time, so I will persevere. Just about to start on the heel now, so with a following wind, they should be all done by the end of the month.

The pattern is coming out very nicely, though you can’t see it very well in the picture. I’ve alternated the direction of the cables so that there is more of a knotwork feel to the pattern. I hadn’t intended to do this originally, but reached the second cable and thought it might be more fun to do it this way.

…blue and red.

Another wedding and another bride, well, two actually. I have a fascination for the unusual and it is always more fun creating dresses that are not your usual bridal attire. On this occasion, the gowns had a Victorian flavour and did not involve white, ivory or any of the usual shades associated with brides. One bride was in a full length red coat-dress and the other was corseted and bustled in blue, as you can see below.

I hope to have more pictures of both brides to post up soon. Both looked absolutely stunning, though it may be immodest to say so, but I did get a great deal of pleasure in seeing them in my gowns.
The brides also invited me to the reception, so I got a rare opportunity to dance my stockings off (and anyone who knows me will know how much I enjoy that) 😀