We're still here!

Time goes so quickly doesn't it?

It's a funny thing time, at the beginning of another week on my own with only Tag for company a week feels like forever, once Monday is over it soon goes quickly and then another one is over and we're another week closer to seeing Jeffwa again.  On the one hand I feel like he's been gone forever, the summer is long forgotten about once the nights start to draw in and the dreaded de-icing of the car before work starts!  But when I think about how many weeks he's actually been gone it doesn't seem like that many can have flown by!  It all depends on how you feel, I think, whether time flies or not.

Tag and I have been keeping fairly busy, we've started doing some agility training ( I can't really take photo's cos I'm the one that runs around like a mad thing after him!!) I've been working my way through the Jeffrey jumper.  It now has a front, a back and one whole sleeve.  The other sleeve is half completed, I forgot to take any pictures of it but I will endeavour to take some this week.

We're ok.  Tag is his usual mad self and I'm counting down the days until I get to see the most wonderful man in the world, my soul mate, the love of my life, my Jeffwa.

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Keeping Busy

A whole month has passed since Jeffwa went away to the desert and Tag and I have been doing a grand job of keeping ourselves busy.  We've stepped up our training sessions because I am determined to have a (slightly) better behaved puppy for him on his return! It's very hard work but I will NOT be beaten by a small furry black terrorist!!!  I've lost half a stone too, I'm so glad I went back to Weight Watchers and took control of my shocking eating habits again.  The class I go to is on a Sunday morning which is perfect for me as Sunday's are the hardest day of the week when he's gone.  Yes, we're doing OK.  Of course I have my wonderful friends and family to thank for their amazing support as well, I really am a very lucky girl.

Now as we all know the best way to pass the time is to indulge in some yarn filled indulgence, so that's precisely what I've been doing...yes a large proportion of my salary goes on yarn but look what I've been making!  

 I've done all the squares below since he left, they're for the Never Ending Forever blanket which I showed you a little while ago.  I've been mixing the patterns up a bit and also added in some new colours, I wish I'd gone for more brights initially now but it's a long term project so I'm sure it will be fabulous when it's finished.  You can find the patterns for these squares here on Ravelry and here. The second pattern is on a blog I've only just discovered and I love it, if you feel inspired to make her lovely granny squares please take a look through the rest of her posts they're fabulous!

I've put the square away in their puppy-proof box for now though, while I'll start on a new project!!!

 I splashed out (again) on some gorgeous organic pure wool to make a very special present for a very special man...Jeffwa obviously. I was so excited when the postman brought the package with all 16 balls of woolly loveliness to me, I tried to start it straight away, forgetting Tag the terrorist.  he seems to love this wool more than any other. It could be the organic (slightly sheepy) smell of it I suppose, on the other hand I think he just can't bear to be ignored!!!

I can't wear pure wool as it's too itchy but he will wear a shirt under his gorgeous new jumper which he WILL, I repeat WILL wear!!

Here is what I've done so far of the front, it's quite hard to photograph as it's quite wide and I don't want to spread it out and risk dropping stitches (I might actually cry if that happens).  It's a simple cabled design, which is lovely and repetitive. Perfect for winter evenings in front of the television on my own. Winter time is perfect for knitting, it's too cold to go out lots and there's something really comforting about the sound of knitting needles clickety-clacketing in the evenings.

You can see the design better in the pattern, can you see why I just HAD to make it for him? Spelt differently but still......I just couldn't resist. He's going to need a lovely warm sweater when he comes back in the middle of an English winter from the desert.  I'm on a mission to get it finished by Christmas so I'd better go and do a few more rows while Tag is sleeping!

Take care

Vickwa

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Rainbow Socks Ta-Dah!!

Ta-Dah!!!! I just finished them and I'm so excited that I sewed in the ends of doom, popped them on my feet and ran, actually ran, into the garden to take some pictures to show you.  I'm so pleased with them I can't tell you. I don't want to take them off my feet...ever!  

Now for my next project, hmmm what to make? I'm tempted to do some extreme knitting with my ENORMOUS knitting needles that I bought a couple of years ago at the knitting and stitching show.  The lovely Ingrid Wagner sold me a kit for a hearth rug which included the fabulous recycled yarn, she did tell me that if I was desperate to make something else I could use 9 strands of double knitting yarn and make a throw.  Sounds like a good idea to me apart from one fatal flaw in my plan....Tag! I might disappear upstairs for a couple of hours while he's asleep, or I could do some of my Forever Blanket.  I feel like a new challenge (I will get the blanket finished eventually).

Jeffwa is away now and won't be back for good until some time in February so I need to keep myself occupied right?  Sundays are hardest when he's away but I've been determined to keep myself busy this week and that's exactly what I've done.  I've been to the gym, started a new dog training course with Tag and today I went back to Fat Fighters.  It wasn't too much of a shock when I got on the scales but enough of one to make me determined that he will NOT have a dumpy wife when he returns!  No more baking for me, just lots of soup and salad!  

Have a fabulous Sunday.

Much Love

Vickwa

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