Super Secret Knitting and A wonderful guest

Hello Dear Readers,

What a tiring (in a good way) week! Last Wednesday I went with some girls from Kew to see the Bolshoi Ballet do Le Corsaires at the Royal Opera House in Convent Garden. We had 'seats' in the upper slips, the top floor, on the far side of the horseshoe shaped auditorium. We had to stand for a lot of the performance and lean over to see, but it was still FANTASTIC. They were so talented, and the costumes were a feast for the eyes. I stayed out in the city until 1 1pm on a School Night (as it were) but it was fun and well worth it. Except Friday afternoon when I had to leave work early because I was so tired out!

I have also been very busy working on super secret knitting projects, some of which I can now reveal because they are already wending their way to their recipients.

These are some flowers and bugs that some of you that may or may not read this blog will see in a few weeks. It's from a book I picked up at Knit Nation for my friend in Amarillo.

We had seen this book together and both liked it, but when we went back later it was gone! I saw it straight away at Knit Nation and knew it was Kismet.

The flowers are really well done, and there are a large variety of fruits, veggies and insects as well. It's both Knitting and Crochet, and it's the perfect way to use small bits of yarn.

These socks are the Skew pattern from Knitty Winter 2009. I used some yarn Madeleine's mother sent me for my birthday, it was pretty nice to work with, even though it is superwash.

The pattern really turns knitting socks on it's side, literally and figuratively, and they were a really nice mental exercise to work on.

I also had a visitor this week!

The aforementioned Madeleine who is back in Jolly Old England for her friend's wedding. We went shopping on Saturday and had lunch at the food court, it really felt like the good old days, but better because Chris was there too.

Busy busy week, just spending today catching up with chores and spending some time with my brother. Madeleine brought some special food items for me from Amarillo and we are going to make a special dinner together.

Finally, I leave you with a last piece of knitting so super secret, that it cannot yet be revealed except in part....

oooh, the suspense!