And on it goes..........

The purple cardigan has found a home!! Yeehah! My oldest and dear friend has acquired it and it looks stunning on her - but then again she is one of those people that can really "wear" clothes - what is that? Why can't I always look stunning?... never mind, got over that years ago - I am just really happy that my efforts have been for a good cause and, even better, I can SEE how it looks on :)

Have started my new one - a really nice jacket with lots of cabling, bobble things and moss stitch - I really love the look of moss stitch.

Thinking ahead now - when I finish this one the knitting phase will likely be over - thought I might try my hand at home renovation!! Never done that before, so should be really interesting. I don't think Thrash will be terribly thrilled by this, but I'm sure we'll survive....... I'll let you know then......

Lets start that again

Well I've finished it!! But.........

It is at least 2 sizes too big for me! I am a loose knitter but I didn't realise I was that loose. Very nice, very large purple cardigan looking for a new home - near new, only worn once (and that was to try it on)

I'm off to get some more wool, smaller needles and a smaller size to knit another one - not the same pattern though.

How long can this last??

The Obsession Continues

Well I am proud to say that I am nearing the end of the complex cardigan I am knitting - and I haven't stopped! In fact, I am now eying (that word so doesn't look right) up another pattern in the same book and seriously thinking of doing that one next!
What is wrong with me? Maybe this is what happens when you get older - the obsessions last longer and are harder to satisfy! I am over 50 now, maybe I am going to end up being a knitting granny! I am seriously getting worried - not the image I have of myself at all.
Do I give in to it and stock up on wool and various sized knitting needles? Or do I fight it and try something more exciting - like skydiving! - ummm, no not skydiving - something a little safer but just as adventurous?
Oh dear - where to from here?

Something that really irritates me

Next door to my office there is a hall. This hall is used most afternoons by a dance teacher - she teaches dance to young children. In the town where I live it seems to be a status symbol to have your child enrolled in these classes. Each day I watch from my window as mothers arrive with their pretty little girls all dolled up in their tutus, frills and ribbons ready to show off their obvious talent. This does not bother me at all - each to their own - what bothers me is the ignorant and selfish mothers who think it is OK to park their cars half overhanging and blocking our driveway - which is there for our clients use. This doesn't happen occasionally, nor is it just one offender - it seems that the status gained by having your child in this dance class extends to having the right to ignore road rules and other people's rights. It isn't even as if there is nowhere else to park! There are many parks along the street and across the road - unfortunately these poor little dears and their mothers may have to walk 20 metres or so to get to their class though.

We have left notes on windows and tried to speak to them on occasion, but they just look confused and don't seem to get it. It makes absolutely no difference to them - how I wish that the police would patrol this street between 2pm and 4pm each week day and ticket some of these ignorant people - maybe that will get it through to them!

Obsessions

I have a bit of an obsessive compulsive personality. I generally have at least one obsession going at any one time - but they are always fairly short-lived. I suddenly start on something and pursue it with extreme vigor then just as quickly I stop - usually because I have become bored with it, but sometimes because another, more exciting obsession has cropped up.

My current obsession is knitting. In the space of 3 weeks I have knitted myself a rather nice cardigan and a long blanket-like jacket. These were churned out with great speed and did not quench my thirst for this particular obsession at this time, so I have chosen a much more difficult patterned cardigan with cabling (which I haven't done before) and made up of a large number of components. I chose this pattern for two reasons. One was I liked it, the other was because the pattern stated "experience, requires patience". This will be a challenge!! Can I complete the cardigan before my obsession dies? Will it be thrown in the bottom of my wardrobe, unfinished but with a promise to myself that I will pick it up again at a later date? (who am I trying to kid anyway!). We shall see.............

In the beginning...........

Today is the first day of my blogging life. I'm not at all sure what the future will bring or whether this life will be interesting, exciting or just plain boring. Whatever happens though it will be mine.

There is nothiing particularly interesting about my day today, this is not why I have started a blog. In fact the reason I have done this is because I am bored - so that doesn't bode well for anyone choosing to read this - sorry. I apologise now for any future boring stuff that may appear also - but I guess if you have got this far and realised what you are in for you probably wont read any future stuff anyway - so in that case I take back my apology because you don't deserve it.

Anyway - that's it - the birth of Camille's blog........... look out for future exciting postings!!