Back to the real world...

It feels as if I've been away for the longest time. Thank you all for your kind wishes, it's been a difficult couple of weeks. The funeral went off as well as could be expected, all the family were there as well as many of my mother-in-law's friends and neighbours. I think I may have broken the world record for the number of cups of tea made over a short period, comfort for many was found at the bottom of the tea-cup.

We didn't take the children, my mother and father were able to step in and take care of them while we were away. My littlest girl became terribly poorly after I left which heaped bucketloads of motherly guilt upon my shoulders - it's so hard to do right by everybody all the time. Fortunately she's much better now and all three girls are back at school today. Peace and quiet reigns (for the time being!).

So knitting time has been restricted to working on a pair of socks, it just didn't feel appropriate to get absorbed in some huge piece of work while I've been away. The car journey afforded some solid knitting time - enough to turn the heel of a sock! I've looked back through my archives and noticed that one of my earliest entries makes mention of the start of these socks (almost a year ago!) and I thought that wasn't a situation I could allow to continue.

Yes, I really do have short fat feet

Yarn - Regia 6fadig Crazy Colour 5402
Needles - 3.5mm bamboo
Pattern - free leaflet with Regia purchase - the reprinted leaflet makes much more sense than the original issue!