Update

Well, all of the sudden my lace shawl seems to have grown enormously. I'm just about to do my increase round which will take me to 576 stitches. I am so excited. Having done a few jumpers with lace detailing, my lace socks and now this shawl; I feel like it was just too easy a project. Now I know that I needed an easy shawl to get confident. It's done, I feel confident. It's difficult to know how big it will be when I I wash it and block it so i think that I will do a few more repeats after the increase. I am very excited.

Things that keep me busy

I thought I should post about the knitting that I currently have on the go. Too much. I said to Martin last night that I wouldn't start anything new 'cos I had so many big projects that I had to finish. When I finished listing them I thought, hmmmm! that's a year full of knitting; but of course there are other things that I need to complete by mid July for birthdays and which I hadn't thought of.

I wonder how other people manage. I also drew up a list of things that I need to knit for next year, 2 jumper, 2 cardigan, 4 pair of mittens, two hats and 3 pairs of leg warmers, singlets if I have time. Of course I say need but in reality it would be cheaper and easier to buy these things. But the quality wouldn't be the same and that it not where the love is for me. This all makes me happy though. To see my girls' faces when I present them with a new item is great.

Dunedin weather

So today we were all stuck at home. Not only were we snowed in but also our road was closed by the council on account of the snow. Martin couldn't get to work and it snowed all day, easing at times but never really stopping. All schools in Dunedin were also shut. Now it's freezing. I hope it will be safe to get out tomorrow.

We did a lot of knitting, listening to stories and eating good hearty food.

Happiness

Today I was really clever and made tea before I picked the girls up from school. Mondays is a hectic day, we go from school to piano so that the girls can have their lessons; when one is at piano I'm with the other at Port Chalmers library and then we swap. Then home and I start to cook, but not today. Tea was ready, so we sat down in the sitting room to listen to stories, (first in Spanish, then in English) and knit. I worked on Tim's (son in law) hat, Sofia on her dolly that she's knitting and Cristina cast on 5 stitches and was going to do something very long.
Then Daddy arrived early (yay, yay!) and there was a bit of time for all of us to continue knitting. Yes even Martin, he's knitting an 8 ply blanket for the girls' dollies. My happiness is complete. I hope to be able to post a picture of the completed blanket before the end of the year.