20somethingknits...

2010-09-06T12:51:00.000-07:00

Well it's been a while as it often is between my posts so i thought i would post.

I AM GOING OUT FOR A RUN TONIGHT!

I though i would put this in capitals because this is a big thing, it will be the first time i have been out for a run since my foot injury. Damn that abscess, i am still really pissed off about the whole thing! This has been so debilitating at a time when i had finally gotten my act together and was quite happy going out and exercising.

For those of you who don't know what happened and i don't think that will be many people as the entire world seems to know, someone stood on my foot whilst wearing high heels during a ceilidh. It was not the best day of my life and i have a feeling it will be with me for a long time. I just thought my foot was sore and swollen but a fluid filled lump began to form and then proceeded to become infected. So i ended up with an infected abscess but instead of stopping there the infection spread until it was across my entire foot and starting to spread up my leg. It was so painful, it felt like my foot was on fire every time i tried to take a step. I eventually got taken into hospital for iv antibiotics and that was a fun three days. So now it is a lot better, this initially happened SIX weeks ago. I can't believe how long this has taken and is continuing to take. This has been a bad time in my life.

I want to say thank you to everyone who has supported me and sent me supportive messages.

Not much else to report at the moment, my life for the past six weeks has been sort of foot oriented. I will try to post more often but there are no promises.

Excited much!

2009-05-25T13:26:00.000-07:00

So whats happened recently. Well we did the race for life which was great fun and also raised alot of money for charity. See photo's stolen from Karen. I learned a new knitting technique for the race for life as we were knitting on our way round the course. I now love magic loop, i managed to complete a pair of socks in just over a week. But i think the best thing to happen to me all week is the fact that i was on Saturday Kitchen. There is a section of the show where viwers can call in and ask a question so i did and i got on. I was so excited! I have a clip that my sister took an her phone but i'm not sure i can post it.
Oh wait i did it! I am really chuffed with myself for doing it! They did spell my name wrong though, never mind!

Burial at sea

2009-05-03T14:03:00.000-07:00

So bad news, Mr Hermie died. Mr Hermie is my pet hermit crab, incase you didn't know. Most of you probably didn't because he never did anything really worth telling people about, he mostly slept inside his shell. I am still a bit upset about it but such is the way with small pets. So, firstly Lewis suggested a viking funeral and i, for obvious reasons, said no, so we are going to give him a burial at sea as a compromise. I want to go to bed but our broken cat clock says it is 4.45(real time 10.10pm) so we are heading out to do it now, in the cold and dark.

Goodbye Mr Hermie.

2009-04-28T14:04:00.000-07:00

Well not posted for a while so i thought i would give a wee update about what is happening in the world of kimmie. My current knitting project is a pair of sock for my extremely large footed husband. This picture illustrates the scale of this project.

I have a bit more of the foot done now but it is taking me ages and this is only sock number one! Doh!

A couple of weekends ago the weather was fabulous and my family were down so Lewis and i took a trip down to Largs to take out my wee brother and sisters. It was lovely weather so we got some chips and sat down at the beach. Here is a picture of Lewis, Catriona, Cara and Innes. I have also added in a wee pic of me and Cara squinting in the sun to prove what a nice day it was.

As it was still nice the next day Lewis and i took our bikes over to Dunoon. We cycled out to Ardyne Point where we sat on the beach and had a nice lunch. As we were out for nearly the whole day in the sun without any sunscreen we both got really nice sunburns. Lewis's was worse than mine but i still got laughed at! Here is a wee photo, i don't really do cycling shorts hence the skirt.

On a more depressing and less sunny note i am very stressed out with my S.V.Q. assessors qualification. I have just found out that with one month to go that i am going to have to change to a new student. This is a bit of a pain but it is doable. The only problem is that it stresses me out alot. Yesterday i had a little cry at work before getting a sore stomach which i still have today. This my way of letting stress out, i get a sore stomach! As i am going to be very stressed for the next month i will probably have a sore stomach for the next month or longer. This makes me sad! :) Although the promise of a day at Carrie's soon cheers me up! :)

2009-01-27T14:11:00.000-08:00

I went to vist my friend Laura and her new baby girl Eden today. She is so beautiful. I can't believe how small she is. She was 7lbs 11ozs and she was born at 11am, so she was only 9 hours old when i met her.

Here is a photo of her lying sprawlled out on the bed.

2009-01-21T13:40:00.000-08:00

Well i think it is time for a bit of a clear out. I know, i know, it is a bit early for spring cleaning but i really need to sort the clutter out in this house. I have decided that as part of this i will sell some of my precious stash. I don't really want to part with any of it but at the rate i knit i will have it for a very long time. I have decided that i will sell it in order to raise funds for a new drop spindle as i am suffering from major spindle envy. I have been looking at all of the pictures of lovely spindles on ravelry and have decided that i need one. I don't need anything too flashy just something nice and functional. I can't wait till i can start spinning up some of my lovely fibre.

Lewis and i have also decided that is time to get a new bed. We took a trip to Ikea on Monday to look at their selection and after much lying down we settled on one we liked then we had to choose a mattress. I didn't realise there was so much choice so more lying down followed and we eventually settled on a mattress we both like. Yippee! We are going to go next Friday to buy it so i can't wait, the only problem is we will have to build it before we can go to sleep in it.

On the knitting front i am knitting a pair of socks for Lewis. They are knit on impossibly tiny needles and are therefore going to take me an age, i am going to try not to pick up any other project until i am finished them as poor Lewis has been asking for socks for a long time. He will get them one day...

Excited

2008-11-15T15:11:00.000-08:00

Well it has been a while since i updated, this is mostly because i keep forgetting my password. There isn't much to report at the moment mind you. I am really looking forward to going round to Karen's tomorrow to learn how to spin some yarn, it should be a really good day. I will take my camera and post some pics hopefully will be able to get some action shots of everyone doing their thing.

I have started my Christmas knitting, i am nearly finished one loop through scarf for Lewis's mum, i had originally been knitting it for my friend but i decided that the colourway was not really suited to her so i will make another in more appropriate colours. I am really liking the pattern so i won't mind knitting it again, i am also going to knit a pair of fingerless mittens for my friend and i have seen a nice pair in garter stitch that would match the scarf nicely.

Going to bed now, lots of spinning tomorrow!

2008-09-15T13:42:00.000-07:00

Well, since Mhairi told me to i am updating my blog. I had a little difficulty getting into it mind you, i forgot which e-mail account i used and i also couldn't remember the password so i had to try and reset the account, it took ages, but i did it. I will try to update this regularly but i am a bit useless at that so it might not be regular.

Well i think the most exciting thing that has happened recently was the IKnit day down in London. Karen, Val, Mhairi and myself all travelled down for it and it was so worth it, we had a fabulous weekend. We got to see (and purchase) lots of lovely yarn, we also got to see a great talk by The Yarn Harlot, she was very amusing. We also got books signed by her after waiting in the worlds longest queue. As well as the IKnit day we also got to see a little of London, we got lost trying to find a Wagamama that was about 30feet away from where we started, we went to Liberty, we went out for a fabulous meal after the IKnit day with some of the girls form the Glasgow group and we went to the V&A and met some very nice knitters from Geneva. All in all it really was a super weekend but we were all exhausted and very subdued on the trip home, it was a bit non-stop.

Something else that happened recently was that we were evicted from the regular gathering place of our s&b group. We seemed to have received a couple of complaints and we were taking up a lot of space. We decided that we weren't wanted and we relocated to a local pub for last weeks get together. It was nice enough, there was enough space and plenty of light and a pub quiz to keep us entertained at our complete lack of general knowledge. However, the people at Flava(our regular haunt) have had a bit of a change of heart and have invited us back which is nice, i guess we are not as much of a radical and subversive group as we all thought.

Anyway that's all for now.

2008-01-20T11:30:00.000-08:00

Right it's been a while but i'm back.

This is gonna be short and sweet.

My New Years Resolutions(yes i know it's a little late):

To knit more;

Post more blogs;

Buy less;

and to loose some weight!

Okay now i have to work out a way to do all of this! Damn!

Christmas has landed.

2007-11-17T10:05:00.000-08:00

Well, i didn't get the hat finished for Tuesday, it was Wednesday before i gave it to the woman at work. She didn't mind though, and she was delighted with it. It was for her niece and she was picking he up at the airport that night so my timing worked out well. The only problem is, that because i am doing such a good job ( yes, i am so modest) more people are wanting me to make things for them.

Oh no!

How on earth will i fit it all in. So far i have to make four hats and two scarves. I can get one knit this weekend. I am making it out of big wool tuft in a lovely chocolate brown shade. I hope it goes down well. I think at the moment i have taken on enough, i don't think i will take any more orders until i have completed the ones i have.

My own knitting has been taking a bit of a hit lately with all the things i have been making for other people. I have a lovely shrug in Noro Yoroi to complete, i am nearly finished it, just have to finish one more sleeve. I also have a jacket in Rowan Biggy Print to finish although i think it is going to get left to one side for a while. At the moment i am trying to knit up a wee cosy for my new tape measure. The girls at my stitch&bitch group went to the I Knit London event last week and brought me back a selection of goodies. I got a cute little Lantern Moon tape measure, some dye for this gorgeous cotton we received for winning the Simply Knitting group of the month and the best of all a signed copy of Son of a Stitch and Bitch. OK, that one was for my husband but i get to use it too, see how my plan worked out. Back to the cosy, didn't want him( my new tape measure to get dirty) so he gets his own special little pouch. I love my goodies, thanks to Karen for getting them for me. Here is a pic.

Isn't he cute.

2007-11-11T11:13:00.000-08:00

Ah my little knitting blog is underway. I thought this might inspire me to finish some of the projects i have on the go. It's down to a reasonable number at the moment but i still need to get cracking. It seems that i have started up a business, well so some of the people at work seem to think. I wore a lovely hat i'd made and have now ended up making them for several people at work, it's a good thing it's an easy pattern. Hee hee. Actually i had better go get on with it, i said i'd have it for tomorrow, it seems unlikely, i think it may have to be Tuesday now.