Wibbo's Words

Project 365 - March 14

March 14 - there are big black clouds overhead, but I'm feel rather sunny myself

Project 365 - March 13

March 13 - Flossie's restless; she's been following me around poking her nose into everything all day

Project 365 - March 12

March 12 - this is the stage when a book begins to change from something that exists inside my head into a reality. I love checking layouts and doing text cuts and fills; the whole process appeals to the part of me that's a confirmed nitpicker...

Weekend

This is the first Whole Weekend Off I've had for as long as I can remember and I'm enjoying myself pottering around, doing nothing in particular. From yesterday, here's the back of Brigid's waistcoat.

I started new socks in yarn that Liz dyed for me. It's wonderfully bright; there are eight really saturated colours jostling for attention and, so far, no pooling.

Flossie? She's happily ignoring her favourite basket and busy burning her bum in the sunshine.

Project 365 - March 11

March 11 - mild, sunny weather yesterday and today. It won't be long before the bare branches sprout into life and give me a nicer outlook.

Project 365 - March 10

March 10 - Saturday afternoon at Stash Yarns - Dawn admires Brigid's Persian Poppies waistcoat

Soundtrack of my life

This seems like a good way to take my mind off not being able to sleep ... pinched from Knittiotherapy

If your life was a movie, what would the soundtrack be?

The rules:

1 Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod etc)

2 Put it on shuffle

3 Press Play

4 For every question, type the song that's playing

5 When you go to a new question, press the Next button

6 Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool ...

OK, engage iPod and let's see ...

The results:

Opening credits: Easy to Love - Ella Fitzgerald

Waking up: Still Crazy After all These Years - Paul Simon

First day at school: Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan

Falling in love: Leaf & Stream - Wishbone Ash

Fight song: Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan

Breaking up: Got You Under my Skin - Frank Sinatra

Prom: Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys

Life: He's A Whore - Cheap Trick

Mental breakdown: Turn! Turn! Turn! - The Byrds

Driving: Roots - Show of Hands

Flashback: It's Raining Again - Supertramp

Getting back together: Georgia Moon - Pierce Pettis

Losing your virginity: You Do Something to Me - Ella Fitzgerald

Wedding: All Tomorrow's Parties - June Tabor

Birth of child: Round Trip/Broadway Blues - Pat Metheny

Final battle: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon

Death Scene: High Roller - Cheap Trick

End Credits: You'll Think of Me - Keith Urban

Project 365 - March 9

March 9 - sunlight through curtains, 5pm

Project 365 - March 8

March 8 - this is the top crate of a stack of five, all containing samples and swatches for my new book. I'm sitting here at 10.15am feeling pleased with myself - everything's been photographed, references for the illustrator are ready to post and the last text file has been emailed. TGIF - and no, the F doesn't mean Friday, it means FINISHED. Now I get my life back ...

Project 365 - March 7

March 7 - washday

My heart belongs to purple

but there's still room for other colors. Pink, for instance.

This pinky goodness is February's sock club yarn from Fyberspates; 90% merino, 10% nylon. The original skein disappeared in the post; the replacement arrived safely this morning. Thanks, Jeni, the colour's lovely!

Project 365 - March 6

March 6 - wet, dark and cold at 7.30am. Given our changeable weather over the last few days, London could well have blue skies and sunshine by lunchtime!

Project 365 - March 5

March 5 - self portrait

Yarn and other stuff

March's yarn from the Yarn Yarn Sock Club; colours are prettier in real life.

After my ill-fated attempt to knit a Forest Canopy Shoulder Shawl in silk, I've cast on again. This time I'm using Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in Purple Club. Yummy or what? The observant amongst you will notice how nicely the yarn goes with the cord of a KnitPicks circular...

I bought the yarn yesterday on a vist to Stash Yarns with Liz. As well as lovely hand dyes (previous post), Liz gave me a Prym shawl pin - I'd not seen one of these before; rather nice.

Talking shawls, just after Christmas I whipped up a winter shawl in some Noro Iro I bought in the Peter Jones sale the year before. It's nothing fancy, merely a warm and cosy triangle in plain garter stitch. I'd been wearing it for several weeks before I noticed the, erm, deliberate mistake. A bodged area of stocking stitch about the size of a 10p piece....

Project 365 - March 4

March 4 - thanks to a friend who dyes, I have new yarns to add to my stash

Project 365 - March 3

March 3 - Saturday sky, 5.10pm

Project 365 - March 2

March 2 - good to see some strong sunshine this morning; interesting shadows too

Project 365 - March 1

March 1 - leftovers, eggs and coffee - I need to go food shopping