December 10, 2005
Busy, busy, busy. Unfortunately, I'm not very busy knitting. Some has been happening.
Here's the swatch (for lack of a better word) for the shawl.
I've just run out of green sock yarn, so it's going to be continued in white acrylic baby yarn. I've done the shawl as far as the swatch.
I haven't decided where to go next with the pattern yet. Em's dance concert is tomorrow, after that I'll hopefully get some life again. Yeah, who am I kidding?
Our lino is laid!
I should've taken a picture of the old crap to show you what a vast improvement it is! For a start, there's no holes in it, and no bunny chewed edges.
Twinkie isn't so happy with the new stuff, but she's starting to lay on it now.
Still life Lino with Rabbit.
And the Christmas preparations have finally begun at Casa Del Random.
Em put up our tree today.
We actually have a beautiful 7 foot tall tree, but the house is too small, and we have nowhere to put it, so we have this little 4 foot one that fits on top of the table.
And DH started soaking fruit for Christmas cake!
Because I'm too impatient to wait, he baked me a Dundee cake.
I love a man who bakes!
Posted by Donna at December 10, 2005 08:04 PMComments
My hubby doesn't bake...but he does cook, and I can get him to do laundry (but not fold it) and to clean. :) It's wonderful!
Posted by: Cathy at December 11, 2005 12:23 AMSteve is not too flash at baking - but he just let me sleep in and whipped up Bill Grainger's Scrambled Eggs and Toast - does that count?
Posted by: Donyale at December 11, 2005 09:14 AMMy husband actually used to work as a baker! It rocks to have a man who loves to cook, huh?
Posted by: cece at December 12, 2005 03:49 AMDo you always swatch before a project? I'm always too impatient to do that.. (^_^)> New linoleum looks pretty.
Posted by: kessa at December 12, 2005 10:57 AMHi Donna, I've been following your blog for about a year and am impressed with the speed and quality of your knitting. We're coming to Sydney on vacation this winter. What's with the riots I'm reading about in the newspaper?
Posted by: Patty at December 13, 2005 06:01 AMMy husband doesn't bake...he eats!
What does your husband use to soak his fruit? I soak mine in Baileys and it tastes great. I do this hybrid chocolate/fruit Chrissie cake and it seems to get eaten really quickly. I wouldn't know how it tastes - I don't eat fruit cake. I eat every other sort of cake though!
Posted by: Meaghan at December 13, 2005 06:39 AM
Your new floor looks great. Don't you love how something like that changes the feel of everything?
Posted by: wool winder at December 11, 2005 12:02 AM