Yes, finished and on my feet! Trying to get some work done now and this afternoon our car is getting MOT'd. (wish our little Astral beauty good luck...)
Our third day in Shetland, and a very special one. Not only my wee boy Samuel celebrated his birthday - he turned 6 - but Monique as well. So while I phoned home early in the morning to sing Happy Birthday to my son, Monique had her own choir on the phone ;) After a quick breakfast, we set out for Lerwick, and on the way there we decided to go for a walk along the beach first, before venturing into town. Wearing my Shetland hat, which became a very welcome, warm and trusty companion The cemetery at the Knab We drove around Breiwick Bay and parked our car at the Knab, a natural promontory facing Bressay, where there are several relics from WWII and also a huge cemetery, with some amazing and beautiful headstones. Almost a view to die for... The view from the cemetary Although the weather was lovely when we arrived, quickly the wind picked up and it started raining. We ran back to the car and drove back into town. Time for some birthday cake! The Museum was an obvious c
I don't know what happened, but for some reason Carolus ' head is not really sitting straight on his body... Is this what happens when you're so engrossed in 'Celebrity Masterchef' that you're not following the instructions right? Or is it because I'm knitting on circs and just counted wrong? The poor little mouse... I'll see what I can do for him... But, he's already much loved! Before finishing him off though, I'm thinking over my sins by knitting a Lodewijk first... Both in jeans blue acrylic Lisa-something: this is stash busting time! And here my mitred square blanket. It's getting along slowly, but it's a much better project for watching telly ;) Looking at it from a distance, it can use more dark, muted colours... But it's not as 'pink' as I expected, haha... So, if anyone has any leftover bits of sock yarn, gimme gimme gimme...
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