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So - I spent the weekend finishing things off. Had to embroider all the things Tracey had been knitting for the photo shoot this weekend - that took hours. Mind you, she spent all day Saturday sewing them up so we're even stevens now.
Then I sewed up the tea cosy and decided it needed crochet edges to neaten it off (I'm not the world's greatest crocheter but I managed that) and then I decided it needed a flower on top so I knitted that.
Then I finished the first of Dad's socks. You may remember that I started that some time ago, well the first one is now finished and in the window for Easter so now all I have to do (as the pattern charmingly states) is knit the second one. Ever heard of Second Sock Syndrome (SSS). It's only his birthday at the end of May that's driving me on.
Now all I have to do is get FB to photograph the Hot Water Bottle Cover and Tea Cosy and for me to write up the patterns and those two patterns are done and put to bed.
And tonight? ............. Well, tonight I start swatching for the next hot water bottle cover and tea cosy combo which is currently whirring around my head.
There's never a dull moment!
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Saturday, 27 March 2010
Coast 2 Coast
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Yesterday was the inaugural Bolitho School Coast to Coast Challenge, which basically involved the entire school either walking or running from The Gurnard's Head Hotel on the north coast to The Bolitho School in Penzance on the south coast - a distance of some 7.25 miles.
This was a challenge so it wasn't by road but up and over the moor on footpaths and bits of road and lane. The weather was also a tad challenging with a cold wind and intermittent rain showers. The three houses at School were raising money for three local charities: The Cornwall Air Ambulance, Cornwall Hospice Care and The Handstand Appeal. G & T's house is raising money for The Handstand Appeal and, obviously, they both decided to run the course!
The walkers left in groups in the morning and stopped for lunch half way across. The runners started at 1.30 and the hope was that most of the walkers would be back at school in time to cheer the runners in. FB and I went to The Gurnard's to see the walkers and runners off and, to our dismay, had to spent over an hour in the pub waiting for the runners to arrive - what a dreadful hardship that was, in front of a roaring fire, chatting to Charles the landlord and drinking organic ginger beer (me) and local cider (FB). Oh, yes, it was hard work indeed.
Once the runners were off, we (I!) drove up to the top of the moor to photograph them as they came past. G was first:
Followed by T:
So we were cautiously optimistic for a Hopson 1, 2. And so it turned out to be. By the time we'd photographed all the runners at the top and then driven back to School, G had finished! So, no triumphant photo of him across the finishing line yet - although I'm sure the School has one. T came in 8 minutes later (which means that G was over a mile ahead of T at the finish!) and, oh yes, the final bit to the School is, of course, a hill!
Here's T powering up the final hill.
G completed the 7.25 mile course in 49 minutes 38 seconds and T came in at 57 minutes. We are, needless to say, ridiculously proud.
This morning T was at school at 8.30 to go for an overnight Ten Tors training weekend on Bodmin Moor, spending tonight under canvas, carrying all his kit. I tell you something - he'll sleep well tonight, and tomorrow and probably for the rest of next week.
***
In knitting news, Tracey has finished four samples for an Easter weekend photo shoot - about which, more later - I have finished the tea cosy which matches the hot water bottle cover - it just needs sewing up and the patterns will be written up next week. Next hot water bottle/tea cosy combo is designed in my head - just need to get them on paper and samples knitted up. Tomorrow I'm hoping for a quiet knitterly day. I'm exhausted and I only watched them run.
Yesterday was the inaugural Bolitho School Coast to Coast Challenge, which basically involved the entire school either walking or running from The Gurnard's Head Hotel on the north coast to The Bolitho School in Penzance on the south coast - a distance of some 7.25 miles.
This was a challenge so it wasn't by road but up and over the moor on footpaths and bits of road and lane. The weather was also a tad challenging with a cold wind and intermittent rain showers. The three houses at School were raising money for three local charities: The Cornwall Air Ambulance, Cornwall Hospice Care and The Handstand Appeal. G & T's house is raising money for The Handstand Appeal and, obviously, they both decided to run the course!
The walkers left in groups in the morning and stopped for lunch half way across. The runners started at 1.30 and the hope was that most of the walkers would be back at school in time to cheer the runners in. FB and I went to The Gurnard's to see the walkers and runners off and, to our dismay, had to spent over an hour in the pub waiting for the runners to arrive - what a dreadful hardship that was, in front of a roaring fire, chatting to Charles the landlord and drinking organic ginger beer (me) and local cider (FB). Oh, yes, it was hard work indeed.
Once the runners were off, we (I!) drove up to the top of the moor to photograph them as they came past. G was first:
Followed by T:
So we were cautiously optimistic for a Hopson 1, 2. And so it turned out to be. By the time we'd photographed all the runners at the top and then driven back to School, G had finished! So, no triumphant photo of him across the finishing line yet - although I'm sure the School has one. T came in 8 minutes later (which means that G was over a mile ahead of T at the finish!) and, oh yes, the final bit to the School is, of course, a hill!
Here's T powering up the final hill.
G completed the 7.25 mile course in 49 minutes 38 seconds and T came in at 57 minutes. We are, needless to say, ridiculously proud.
This morning T was at school at 8.30 to go for an overnight Ten Tors training weekend on Bodmin Moor, spending tonight under canvas, carrying all his kit. I tell you something - he'll sleep well tonight, and tomorrow and probably for the rest of next week.
***
In knitting news, Tracey has finished four samples for an Easter weekend photo shoot - about which, more later - I have finished the tea cosy which matches the hot water bottle cover - it just needs sewing up and the patterns will be written up next week. Next hot water bottle/tea cosy combo is designed in my head - just need to get them on paper and samples knitted up. Tomorrow I'm hoping for a quiet knitterly day. I'm exhausted and I only watched them run.
Thursday, 25 March 2010
Dream - Tuesday night
Knitwits Yarns knitwitspenzance.co.uk
My late father-in-law always said that other people's dreams are boring. However, this one is knitted related so I thought I would share it with you.
I dreamt that FB and I were one some sort of 18-30's type holiday (so there goes the first bit of reality as neither of us has been within that age bracket for some time). It's sunset and we're sitting round the pool at tables with parasols drinking lovely drinkies - you get the happy picture.
We are also competing in a knitting quiz (second piece of reality just dropped off there too). The questions was, "how many self patterning acrylic yarns can you name"?
And I said, "Samba".
And then the men (third piece of reality slipping away here), just the men started jeering at me, saying, "Samba isn't acrylic, it's pure cotton" in a sneering kind of way.
And then I woke up, slightly sweating, knowing that - of course - Samba is pure cotton.
Sometimes I think that, maybe, I need to get a life.
My late father-in-law always said that other people's dreams are boring. However, this one is knitted related so I thought I would share it with you.
I dreamt that FB and I were one some sort of 18-30's type holiday (so there goes the first bit of reality as neither of us has been within that age bracket for some time). It's sunset and we're sitting round the pool at tables with parasols drinking lovely drinkies - you get the happy picture.
We are also competing in a knitting quiz (second piece of reality just dropped off there too). The questions was, "how many self patterning acrylic yarns can you name"?
And I said, "Samba".
And then the men (third piece of reality slipping away here), just the men started jeering at me, saying, "Samba isn't acrylic, it's pure cotton" in a sneering kind of way.
And then I woke up, slightly sweating, knowing that - of course - Samba is pure cotton.
Sometimes I think that, maybe, I need to get a life.
Friday, 19 March 2010
COW 4ply & Bamboo Cotton
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Had a pretty manic day in the shop yesterday plus the GOOD NEWS is that Cornish Organic 4ply is back in stock - yay! FB has been dyeing like fury (kitchen full of drying wool) and then had all the labelling to do once the new computer was playing ball. So - all colours (apart from Sennen) are now in stock, all pending orders have been despatched and he now has to dye some more!
I also managed to input the new King Cole Bamboo Cotton yarn. This is flying out of the shop already so is proving that it's going to be a real winner. It's 50% bamboo, 50% cotton and is a really lovely yarn for lighter, summer knits. Tracey is knitting with it at the moment and says it's a joy to knit with. I've managed to input some patterns but the rest will be on tomorrow (Saturday). If you go to the Bamboo Cotton page (link above) the patterns, as always, are down the left. It's a standard DK though so you can use the yarn convertor to another pattern if you want.
Eldest son - G - is off to Manchester today for the National Cross Country Finals tomorrow - he's representing Cornwall and we are very, very proud. Go G!
Had a pretty manic day in the shop yesterday plus the GOOD NEWS is that Cornish Organic 4ply is back in stock - yay! FB has been dyeing like fury (kitchen full of drying wool) and then had all the labelling to do once the new computer was playing ball. So - all colours (apart from Sennen) are now in stock, all pending orders have been despatched and he now has to dye some more!
I also managed to input the new King Cole Bamboo Cotton yarn. This is flying out of the shop already so is proving that it's going to be a real winner. It's 50% bamboo, 50% cotton and is a really lovely yarn for lighter, summer knits. Tracey is knitting with it at the moment and says it's a joy to knit with. I've managed to input some patterns but the rest will be on tomorrow (Saturday). If you go to the Bamboo Cotton page (link above) the patterns, as always, are down the left. It's a standard DK though so you can use the yarn convertor to another pattern if you want.
Eldest son - G - is off to Manchester today for the National Cross Country Finals tomorrow - he's representing Cornwall and we are very, very proud. Go G!
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Special Offer!
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Spot the Special Offer on the front page of the web site.
We have a dozen Debbie Bliss magazines (Spring/Summer 2009) to give away before this summer's magazine comes in to us. So - the first 12 orders of £20.00 or more (ex P&P) will receive this Debbie Bliss magazine FREE! With 35 patterns inside that's a very good deal (!) and, with Debbie Bliss, there's always a garment you just have to knit!
Place your order soon to avoid disappointment.
Tomorrow I'm inputting King Cole's Bamboo Cotton so there's even more to tempt you.
Spot the Special Offer on the front page of the web site.
We have a dozen Debbie Bliss magazines (Spring/Summer 2009) to give away before this summer's magazine comes in to us. So - the first 12 orders of £20.00 or more (ex P&P) will receive this Debbie Bliss magazine FREE! With 35 patterns inside that's a very good deal (!) and, with Debbie Bliss, there's always a garment you just have to knit!
Place your order soon to avoid disappointment.
Tomorrow I'm inputting King Cole's Bamboo Cotton so there's even more to tempt you.
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Site Updates
Knitwits Yarns knitwitspenzance.co.uk
It's been as quiet as the grave in here today, which is unusual but - every cloud has a silver lining - has given me time to update the site. (As you can tell, FB has now got his new computer up and running)
Firstly, I updated Stylecraft Life DK and 4ply. 4 new colours in each - very summery and zingy - in fact, one is actually called Zing.
From left to right the new colours are: clover, melon, zing and aqua - sure to brighten up any summer wardrobe and there's a new pattern in each colour. Examples here:
This one is DK in Clover,
and this one is 4ply in Zing.
I also added two new, really popular colours, in Tivoli Blizzard. These two came but the equally popular brown and lime green combo and blue/brown combi didn't come as they were out of stock. I think the success of this yarn (partly due to its incredible softness and, obviously, colours) has taken Tivoli by surprise! Popular purple looks like this:
and ravishing red is here:
Finally, I uploaded a new yarn for us, Splash from King Cole. We're stocking more and more of King Cole's yarns and they're really popular and you get the added bonus that nearly every pattern has two designs on it so you get 2 for the price of 1. Splash is a self patterning DK acrylic in a fantastic range of colours. For some reason the patterns didn't come but they are on their way and, in any event, you could use any DK pattern as it's a standard weight. Here's a photo of all the colours to whet your appetite:
The only problem is which one to knit first!
Trundling along merrily last night knitting the hot water bottle cover and went to check the length and, yes, I'd gone way, way too far. Tonight's job is to tink back 11 rows (with cable) - what an idiot - too busy watching telly and not concentrating. Sample swatch looks like this:
That's space dyed Peruk not yet available but will be soon - as soon as FB get the pics done. It's strange how it looks really bright in the skein but much more muted when knitted - pretty though, I'm sure you'll agree. You can get this colourway in both Cornish Organic Wool DK and Wool Britannia, should you not be able to wait for the Peruk. AND the really good news is that the Cornish Organic 4ply has been delivered to us and my kitchen is festooned with drying skeins - red, green, navy and rose were the colours of choice this morning. FB is currently labelling it all up and then it'll be here on the site, and on the COW site as well.
Tonight we have a parents' evening for T - oh dear.
It's been as quiet as the grave in here today, which is unusual but - every cloud has a silver lining - has given me time to update the site. (As you can tell, FB has now got his new computer up and running)
Firstly, I updated Stylecraft Life DK and 4ply. 4 new colours in each - very summery and zingy - in fact, one is actually called Zing.
From left to right the new colours are: clover, melon, zing and aqua - sure to brighten up any summer wardrobe and there's a new pattern in each colour. Examples here:
This one is DK in Clover,
and this one is 4ply in Zing.
I also added two new, really popular colours, in Tivoli Blizzard. These two came but the equally popular brown and lime green combo and blue/brown combi didn't come as they were out of stock. I think the success of this yarn (partly due to its incredible softness and, obviously, colours) has taken Tivoli by surprise! Popular purple looks like this:
and ravishing red is here:
Finally, I uploaded a new yarn for us, Splash from King Cole. We're stocking more and more of King Cole's yarns and they're really popular and you get the added bonus that nearly every pattern has two designs on it so you get 2 for the price of 1. Splash is a self patterning DK acrylic in a fantastic range of colours. For some reason the patterns didn't come but they are on their way and, in any event, you could use any DK pattern as it's a standard weight. Here's a photo of all the colours to whet your appetite:
The only problem is which one to knit first!
Trundling along merrily last night knitting the hot water bottle cover and went to check the length and, yes, I'd gone way, way too far. Tonight's job is to tink back 11 rows (with cable) - what an idiot - too busy watching telly and not concentrating. Sample swatch looks like this:
That's space dyed Peruk not yet available but will be soon - as soon as FB get the pics done. It's strange how it looks really bright in the skein but much more muted when knitted - pretty though, I'm sure you'll agree. You can get this colourway in both Cornish Organic Wool DK and Wool Britannia, should you not be able to wait for the Peruk. AND the really good news is that the Cornish Organic 4ply has been delivered to us and my kitchen is festooned with drying skeins - red, green, navy and rose were the colours of choice this morning. FB is currently labelling it all up and then it'll be here on the site, and on the COW site as well.
Tonight we have a parents' evening for T - oh dear.
Monday, 15 March 2010
Random Monday
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Not to be outdone by the boys winning the rugby 7's tournament on Friday, the girls went on to win the ISA netball on Saturday! Obviously, I don't have girls but still - congratulations to the girls from Bolitho! That's the second time in 3 years they've won it. I don't want to labour the point but for a school of less than 300 pupils (from Reception to VIth form) in the very, very far west of the country, that's an extraordinary result - must be something in the Cornish water.
My Mothering Sunday didn't quite turn out as planned. Did manage some knitting in bed once FB & T had gone to rugby but then spent most of the day cooking and washing up - not sure what happened there. Did manage to watch some of the Grand Prix in the afternoon (not very thrilling) and caught the end of Pride and Prejudice - aaagh, and also plucked and roasted a brace of pheasants brought home by my boys some time this winter. They were delicious and I had pheasant sandwiches today - how decadent is that? Didn't manage any more knitting but plan to put that right tonight - hot water bottle cover is nearly done.
Not to be outdone by the boys winning the rugby 7's tournament on Friday, the girls went on to win the ISA netball on Saturday! Obviously, I don't have girls but still - congratulations to the girls from Bolitho! That's the second time in 3 years they've won it. I don't want to labour the point but for a school of less than 300 pupils (from Reception to VIth form) in the very, very far west of the country, that's an extraordinary result - must be something in the Cornish water.
My Mothering Sunday didn't quite turn out as planned. Did manage some knitting in bed once FB & T had gone to rugby but then spent most of the day cooking and washing up - not sure what happened there. Did manage to watch some of the Grand Prix in the afternoon (not very thrilling) and caught the end of Pride and Prejudice - aaagh, and also plucked and roasted a brace of pheasants brought home by my boys some time this winter. They were delicious and I had pheasant sandwiches today - how decadent is that? Didn't manage any more knitting but plan to put that right tonight - hot water bottle cover is nearly done.
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