Finally finished my cowl after lots of fighting. I just knitted a modified version of the pattern for a shawl I'm making in purple alpaca. I just love how it turned out, it's so lovely and soft, can't wait for it to snow again now, but knowing my luck that will be around next November.
I've been shopping again, my mother is a very bad influence. I got some more clothes at 50% off, lots of yarn, a new pillow, and 2 lovely baskets, one for the paper recycling and one for my special knitting project that I can't wait to get started on. I just have to finish the massive Dr. Who scarf that I have promised to knit for a friend.
The white alpaca is for my dye project, I just have to practise a bit more on the cheap wool from Spar Kjøp first, which I have to order. It's a lot cheaper on their website, so that's good, can't beat a ball of yarn for NOK 7,50. Hopefully I'll be able to control the colours more, last time they were really intense.
Hopefully my purchases from England will arrive soon, can't wait to get my hands on some of that yarn, I already know what I'm using it for. I also got some Noro for my mum, they are having a sock knitting competition where she works, who can knit the craziest socks. She has lots of time though, she is apparently the only one who has knitted socks before. She probably won't win, but she'll have a lovely useable pair of socks, which is a lot better than making something that wins but noone would ever wear. I might have to start knitting socks again too, been years since I actually finished a pair.
Was so hard going back to work this week, got used to sitting up late and sleeping until noon. Only 6 months to go until my summer holiday. Hopefully I'll go somewhere this year, been ages since I had a proper summer holiday. But knowing me I'll just end up at the summer house, spending all my holiday money in the little yarn shop up the road or online.
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