Right, I’m off to France for a week with the W.  While I’m away I’m hoping to teach my friend J how to knit.

I shall return with pictures of my new yarn and the skirt i made, plus hopefully a slight tan, some wine, and lots of good memories.

Have fun!

ps. Thanks for the supportive comments about my interview. It’s slow but I’ve got a second interview for the same job at the end of the week we come back.  *crosses fingers*

This is the camel yarn that came back from Italy with me last year. It’s still one of the softest yarns i’ve ever petted – only bettered by my pink socks after they were washed.  <3<3<3

Anyways – look! Acorns!  Or lookalike weaving!

And obviously at the end of a long winter, just as it starts to heat up, it makes total sense to start knitting a scarf!

No? Well I have 5 balls of this yarn and I want to make a long, fine, thin scarf, because the yarn is pretty delicate and this way it won’t get worn-away. I can just bundle myself up in it’s softness and feel hugged. Or something. And maybe cuff warmers too, if there is enough wool left.

Actually knitting winter stuff in the spring/summer makes a sort of sense to me. It means i can pick up and put down the projects as and when i want to, and have something to look forward to wearing when the weather gets cold.

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Still no news about the job – which means i didn’t get it – or the yarn, which i’m hoping will arrive tomorrow.

Obviously I have been knitting more dishcloths. Actually the colour-worked one is going to be a washcloth, for my mum as a birthday present.

And while I’m on an image posting roll here is a shot of the tarts our neighbours brought back from their holiday for us, as a thank you for watering their plants. Both the lemon and the raspberries were incredible.

(Also, i love this shot because it really shows of our Meakin plates. Originally they were my parents’ best set, and W and I have been adding to them for the last few years. I’ve had them with me since i first went to university in ’96, and I just love them very much.)

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Today I am waiting to hear back from a job i was interviewed for last week. I really want it, and i’m at that point where i’m sure it won’t be mine. it really won’t be.  but i need to get a job soon, and it would have fitted me very well. i would have been useful to them.

i hate this period.

Also I am waiting for nearly 4km of yarn. Hopefully it is in the mail today and should arrive tomorrow, since it’s doesn’t even have to leave the county to get to me.  As i don’t have a ball winder, i will be hand winding it for about a year – but at least that way i can spend some quality time enjoying the colours.

I will post pictures as soon as i have something to photograph.