Blue Monday…pah! January 19, 2009

OK, we are still watching old X Files episodes. The following exchange made us both laugh out loud:

(after what appeared to be a spate of killings by a religeous nutter)

Scully: I was bought up to believe God has his reasons

Mulder: Well he may have his reasons, but he seems to have an awful lot of psychopaths doing the footwork for him.

Not saying anything about any religion in particular, just loved the script.

By the way, did you see in the news that a bus driver in our fair city has refused to drive one of the atheist message buses? Well, the last man from our bus company that hit the news wanted to wear a skirt to work, so I guess this is a small step up.

3:15 January 14, 2009

How about this one then, there’s something about the celts I tell you…..dark and dangerous. Sigh.

I give you Mr Dylan Moran

And the best thing is I have tickets to see him on tour, oh yes.

Mmmmm wool for north January 14, 2009

Mitts in the raw, as it were

Is this is a good colour them missus? It’s more tealy in real life, crap lighting.

Start over… January 14, 2009

Knit one, rip one

They look even more different now don’t they……

Pants. Big frilly ones. January 14, 2009

So the mitts are finished. Oh no they aren’t. Look at the difference my naff grip did to them…

non-matching mittens

Frogging time. Rubbish.

Carlton Kirby, you are a god to me… January 13, 2009

He is a presenter on the Dakar. He keeps me sane. Tonights highlights included him saying the pan pipes music they were playing over the film (well they are in Chile now) was Called “My father’s donkey is called Steve” – how random is that?

He does make me laugh…..

Ribbit January 13, 2009

Well, I couldn’t leave the baggy cast off picot thingy at the top. So, here is the result of the un-cast-off and re-cast-off. Much better. See how much of the wool I reclaimed at the end – that’ll be quite a bit tighter then

In the words of The Pub Landlord “Curse these hands! Don’t look at me!”

Back to mitt the left….

baggy now not so baggy

Awkward second mitt underway… January 12, 2009

and here’s proof, oh it looks so much smaller than the other one. Pants.

Look - see how I have got half way up!

And here’s the socks I need to finish while I’m at it….

Poor little lumpy headed bears

Right, finished the right… January 11, 2009

Right mitt is finished, my tension went loose at the top of it cos my grip was rubbish this morning so it’s a bit baggy, I might frog it a bit, haven’t decided yet. Anyway, I really like it.

Baggy topped fetching mitt

You need hands… January 11, 2009

that work, never mind the Max Bygraves stuff. Anyway, I found a lovely free pattern via Ravelry for quick to knit fingerless mittens, which I hope will help keep my hands warm and stop them from hurting so much.

They are knitted in Aran weight on 4mm needles so the needles are easy to hold when your grip is bad. I’ve nearly finished one of them already, just a cable and the thumb bit to do and I only started yesterday.

Happy girl!

one nearly finished fingerless mitten