We had a birthday here this weekend - the middle Bohemian daughter turned nine on Saturday (Happy Birthday, darling!). One of her presents was a round shiny hunk of purple plastic which KNITS! Oh, the joy....
Round, shiny hunk of purple plastic
I offered to set it up for her (as you do) and set the goal of seeing how much scarf could be produced from two 100g balls of some acrylic-y blend which was lurking in a drawer (it's around 12 feet of 4-inch tube, if you're interested). It took around an hour and a half to turn out that much stocking stitch. I'm trying to think how else I could utilise that potential.
The postman was also rather kind to me this last week - bringing some new (to me) knitting books.
I'm saving the new Harlot book until I can do it justice (pehaps when travelling to Ally Pally? Not long now!) and the knitting of socks on two circulars will have to wait until I possess two circulars of the same small size. The Rowan book was a pleasant surprise - several items that I could actually see myself wearing when I'm striding along the Cornish coast looking for seals.
See those black rock-like things at the water's edge? That's a group of seals.
They've only recently arrived on this North Coast beach and, as it's a pretty inaccessible spot, we're hoping that they will stay. Such a wonderful sight.
Posted by Anita at October 3, 2005 02:27 PMDid you buy the purple knitting thing as a present, in the hope of getting to try it out, or was it from someone else?! Lovely picture of seals, so nice to see them in their natural habitat.
Posted by: Mary at October 3, 2005 05:59 PMGo on tell the truth, it's for you really isn't it ;)
Everyone will have a scarf for Christmas this year, wish her a belated happy birthday from me.
Happy Birthday to the little Bohemian. Hope you let her play with her present from time to time...
Posted by: francoise at October 3, 2005 10:38 PMIt's official: you live in the most beautiful spot on earth.
I hope the middle Bohemian enjoys her last year in single digits!
Posted by: Erica at October 4, 2005 12:59 AMThat purple knitting machine is a riot!! Did that scarf really come out of that machine?? I should get one for my nieces... they would love it!
Posted by: Kathy at October 4, 2005 04:44 PMHappy Birthady to your middle bohemian. fab scarf - what a fun gadget to play with! Lovely photo again of the coastline. Cornwall is just so beautiful.
Posted by: carol at October 4, 2005 05:44 PMHappy birthday to the middle Bohemian. That knitting machine looks pretty nifty. Are you anywhere near the Tate St Ives art gallery? It sounds like a place I'd enjoy visiting if only it were a bit closer. I'd love to visit Cornwall sometime.
Posted by: Anne at October 6, 2005 11:42 AMis it wrong that i'm 20 and still want one of those machines? can it make legwarmers and stuff too?
Posted by: katie at October 6, 2005 04:42 PM