March already!?!

Hello Dear Readers,

 How can it be March? I know February is a short month but this is ridiculous!  We celebrated Chris's birthday with a lovely chocolate peanut butter fudge rice crispy thing from my still favorite blog.  Yesterday was my good friend Jennifer's birthday (shout out!) and tomorrow is Adam and Melch's birthday (shout out!), was that last year already?  But this also means that I can reveal some more of my secret knitting projects,

Can you tell what it is? It's the bigger on the inside shawl/scarf that I made for Jennifer's birthday.  You'll remember we exchange Dr. Who related crafts, and when I saw it in Knitty, I just couldn't resist!  See all the little Tardis' along the edge? Subtle, yet for the true hard core nerds, very very clever.

Last weekend I was seized by the start-itis bug, and got a little crazy with the knitting, most of it wasn't even baby related.  Well of course SOME was, but only the most adorable hat you've ever seen.  For reals.

 Didin't I tell you? Cute coming and going! I also need to make sure to send my sister those clips that go on the back of your hat to the back of your coller so the little monster doesn't throw it out the pram.....of course if s/he does it IS basically a cry for more knitting, that's how I would treat it.  "I'm throwing this hat out in a demand for more knitwear Aunty Heather."

Then of course I had to replace my most favorite wool socks which bit the dust this year. The trip to the Scilly Isles was the last straw, I darned them but it never took.  I've now used up the last bit of the glorious yarn made of crab shell (so soft, and of course it wears well in water, as you would expect of crab shell) which have already been matching socks for Molly and Katelyn.

 There was much debate in my Stitch n Bitch group about the accent color, I see it as blue but the words "mint green" were thrown around. Either way, I think this stitch pattern and color combo make these the most beautiful socks in the room.  Depending on the room, of course.

Finally I had this hat pattern from the glorious designer Ysolda Teague (great name for a girl btw, Isolda.  Just saying.  Cat and Jeff.)  I also had most of a ball of red yarn left over from a fornicating raindeer hat, and somehow I couldn't resist making it.  I think it'll go great with my powder blue coat, and the second of my two new dresses from Oliver Bonas, which you can see the top of in this photo.  It's so cute, I wish it wasn't 3 C still, hurry up spring!

House hunting continues apace, with the usual setbacks and dramas.  Looked at a few places, some are ok, the ones we can afford need some love. We'll see how it goes.  Sigh.  I should be more excited but I just know it will suck away my soul and desire to live by the end of it.

Also, next week officially marks the end of the Year of Me, but I'll have a review of that next time.

Cheers!

Dr. Who?

Hello Dear Readers,

Look at what Jennifer sent me from around the world in Hawaii!!


How much fun is that? For non Who fans, that is an old Dalek on the left and a new one (as premiered earlier this month) on the right with their motto EXTERMINATE! I framed it in some heavy cardstock and it's sitting on my mantle for me to enjoy. I even got Chris into watching Dr. Who, I think he's going to start with Christopher Eccleston and work up to the new Matt Smith who is my age! Hard to believe. Also hard to believe Chris and I could get much nerdier, but with Star Trek over, have to find a new world to obsess about.

In a crossover for Chris, here is a clip from Craig Fergison where he mentions Dr. Who. It sounds exactly like something MY dad would say if I said I was watching Dr. Who.....

P.S. If anyone wants a pair of knit hotpants of their very own (Jeff, I'm specifically thinking of you) just place your orders, I already have one person interested :-P.

THE Boat Race

Hello Dear Readers,


Yesterday was a big day for Putney, the world famous Oxford/Cambridge boat race! The banks of the river were packed with people from Putney Bridge to Cheswick Bridge. I went down to Thames Rowing Club boat house (where my brother rows) to watch the start(s). First off were the second best boats. The crowd there were sitting along the concrete launch that slopes to the river. The race officials kept pushing us back and back, finally to the road, claiming a giant Tsunami sized wave was going to wash us away. With typical English grumbling we all backed to the road. When the boats finally went by, a feeble wash of about 2 feet came up onto the launch. This prompted a lot of jeering from the Foster's swilling crowd, to which the official responded "Oi, you lot, if you don't cut that out I'll make you go to the other side of the road!" But all in good fun of course. The 'first' boats launched second, at 4:30, to a great deal of excitement. Oxford was pulling out ahead as they passed us. By the time I walked from the river back to my house, I put on BBC 1 to watch them heading in to the last mile (it's about a 4 mile race). Cambridge edged their way to victory, securing a boat length and a half ahead of Oxford, what excitement! They hadn't won the past two years, so it was a good win for them. Better luck next time Oxford.
I did take some pictures on Patrick's camera phone, but I'm not sure how to get them from his mini SD card to this computer. They weren't that good anyway, just a bunch of guys in a boat....


Even more exciting, the new season of Dr. Who (with a new, young sexy doctor) premiered last night, also on BBC1. How nice it is to watch it as it comes out, then flip over to BBC3 to watch Dr. Who Confidential. Eat your heart out Stephanie! (Think the Monkey-Butt will come out rude, but not Ginger?)


Hope everyone is having a happy Easter. I polished off the chocolate cake I made!!! Chocolate seems to be an important part of Easter here, it's almost like Halloween!

P.S. Apologies for the awful spelling. Both Chris and Patrick are gone this week and the computer I'm using doesn't have the good spell check that I'm used to, and I'm a rubbish speller.
eta fixed spelling New Years 2011-12, updating blog as part of new year refresher!