FO: Mosey

Lizi wanted some legwarmers...

(Top photo taken by me, the other two kindly and more artfully taken by Hobnob)

Pattern: Mosey by Susan Power.

Yarn: Patons Wool Blend Aran, in colourway Beige, from The Indoor Market, Lancaster.

Mods: None to speak of.

Project: online at Ravelry.

New camera!

I have a new camera!

Hehe :)

I think Hobnob has more camera skills than me, I am a bit too simple to know things - this is his self-portrait, my pictures are still a bit blurry.

Back in the World!

Back from our holiday in sunny Stoke :) Been on the canal with Hobnob and his parents and had rather excellent weather. We saw Lizi today on our way home too which was lovely. I had some coursework due in today so I hastily finished it off on the train and submitted it when we got back. I also managed to pay for my driving lessons ~£450 :( but then didn't have one because my instructor never showed up. Oh well, made the evening longer.

Book Shopping

Went round Lancaster with Dave today. Was very good to see him but I got a bit excited with my book shopping again. Started out in the charity shops where I picked up three Christian books in Banardos: Jesus Freaks, Cover to Cover and Cover to Cover 2: God's People and then one more in Oxfam: Counting Sheep. Moved on to Waterstones and spotted Son of a Witch which got me all excited. It was on 3 for 2 but as I very quickly afterwards found The Children of Hurin (in paperback, that's one off the list!) also included in the offer this wasn't too much of a hardship :). My last book from the 3 for 2 was The Painter of Shanghai and then I also bought The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog.

I think I need to find some more reading time!

Talk Like A Pirate Day knickers!

Went to Buxton today and bought some knitting needles and wool. I haven't tried to knit in years but remember being quite useless - seemed like a fun thing to try again (and might save me ploughing through so many books, maybe). I sat down when I got back and attempted to understand some instructions that supposedly told me how to cast on - I got as far as tying a slip knot.

Am going out with Dave tonight to see a film, we haven't decided what (it was my job and I haevn't done it), should be good.

In other excitement... I'm wearing my Talk Like A Pirate Day knickers!

All the people in the world

(Or at least all my friends in the world) ... should live in the same place.

It seems a bit rubbish that wherever I am there are people to be missed. I like knowing all the people I know and I'm glad they're my friends but I don't like not being able to live near all of them at the same time.

The Facebook Phenomenon

I've just got a friend request and private message on Facebook from a girl I knew in High School. It's funny this Facebook lark - you get friend requests from people you'd completely forgotten existed but as soon as you do you remember them all over again!

I have rather more than the ideal number friends on Facebook which makes it pretty hard to actually follow what people are up to, but it it is nice when you suddenly find someone you'd completely lost touch with. All of a sudden, all those people trapped in school uniform in your memories are real people with degrees and jobs and lives. Very odd!