What? A CC?

Yep, I am in the CC mood again, no knitting done around here, instead I've picked up my "Tall Sundae" (last stitched back in June, khe-khe)and it is going pretty fast I should say.

All about shoes

Just wanted to share more picture of my currently favourite shoes to cheer me up on a rainy dark Thursday afternoon in a basement ;) Sometimes work is just not fun.

Fhómhar

My final project of 2009 is finally blocked and ready to show. It is yet another shawl, in the colourway I like, triangular, only this time it is a gift.
Fhómhar shawl in colour Pumpkin Spice, more pics on Ravelry

New Year resolutions

This year resolutions are same as last year:
1. keep loosing more weight and get fitter
2. not work too much, try 9-7 with weekends off
3. work to the schedule, not random hours, in the end I get too tired and loose productivity
4. find more motivation to get out and train more often

New ones:
5. run my first half-marathon in March
6. train enough to start marathon distances
7. improve sleeping pattern (probably through more counselling)

I will also try to post much more often and not just on knitting but also on my running training

Happy New Year!!!

Wish you all a great year full of love, laughter and happiness!


PS: It is not snowing now but was last week, I am off to London to see my dad!

Christmas present to myself Part I

Coloumar Cashmerino cobweb yarn, originally uploaded by bb03aav.

new cobweb yarn from Colourmart

Winning another battle

I have been knitting a sweater for my DB for the past two years. The pattern is not that difficult but there are just way too many problems with it. To start I've decided to knit it in the original yarn which have been discontinued for a very long time... Why, because I've done another sweater in it and really like it, so I went ahead and bought enough on the e-bay... Well, I though that it would be enough based on the yardage suggested, little did I know that it was oh so wrong and I would eventually run out of yarn twice!!! Fist time happened last year just when it is been in the making for nearly a whole year, I was lucky and bought 2 more balls on Ravelry (just to be on the safe side).
The sweater was supposed to be a birthday present, so this October I've picked it up... and run out of yarn yet again! Now after over a month of searching I have enough to complete... And what happens.. sleeve caps are completely wrong: they are massive, enormous, gigantic!!!!!!!!!!!! I do not like to assemble sweaters, even less I like to recalculate sleeve caps, this time however, I was forced to do just that... one sleeve is in now, the second is waiting, then the collar... Oh the struggle continues but I will not be defeated by some wool