A little winter trip

I love getting to take a little winter work trip that is almost as good as holiday - a week in Germany - lots of snow - I was staying in this lovely little red house in the woods - good company, good food (great cake....) and a day off in Bonn to go shopping and get some lovely sock wool. Which is just as well as I lied in my last post - I didn't get those nice fyberspates socks - I gave them to Mum who's not been that well and finds them really cosy in the house. So of course she got them and I just cast on the second of another pair for her. Ah well, I'll get a pair soon!

But I do have some place to go....

So why is it still snowing?? Why didn't it wait til everyone was where they want to be at Christmas and then snow... Harrumph. I have become a real woose about driving in snow and bad weather but my sister's is a couple of hours away over some moors etc so here's hoping that the forecast for Wednesday and Thursday really holds up and the snow lets off. This is the matchbox I sent off for our team swap on UKS - surprising how much you can get in a matchbox!

The world is white

The snow started again before I went to bed last night and yep, when I pulled back the curtains this morning it was all white! Today's challenge was hoovering the whole flat and a bit more tidying - kitchen drawers this time. So once the ironing pile is done that would mean the whole flat is pretty tidy and sorted. Now, how does one manage to keep it that way ....? On the whole use up the odd skeins thing I decided to try and see if I could get a pair of cosy socks from this gedifra wool - only 2 odd balls. It took a few tries to make the socks long enough but leave enough wool to finish them off, but just managed to squeeze out something useable. On to the second sock now ...

Blankets of snow

Gosh it was fascinating sitting watching those great big snow flakes all flurrying down this afternoon.... off and on in mini blizzards all day! Not as bad here as some other places, but still made you feel good to be sitting inside knitting a blanket!This is the Moderne Log Cabin from Mason-Dixon Knitting, which kind of slipped into my Amazon basket one night in January, and I've had great fun with it so far with felted boxes and now trying out this blanket. I'm using a mixed bargain bag I brought back from Shetland last year, in Heather Aran, all naturals, so will need to amend the square sizes I think just to fit what I've got, but that'll be all part of the fun! The cough is still there and feels more like a good old fashioned head cold now ... wonder what tomorrow will bring!

Travelling through Narnia...

Or so it seemed, some pics on my mobile phone from the train window at the weekend.