A visitor from last year here; published by bigskyknitting.com last December, this hat got lots of wear since. Knitted in New Lanark Aran Heathers, although the colour escapes me at the moment, with the leftover yarn I had from my Patty Sweater (Rav link). It worked up quickly and was fun to knit once Chriss helped me to work out the way to increase stitches for the beginning of the cable without getting a massive hole at the base :) The crown is shaped through pleats and then rapid decreases toward the centre to keep the edge perky and the top flat. Ravelry link.
I had this plant pot by my kitchen window since last autumn with a clematis cutting in it. Sure enough it looks dead, it looked dead for most of the time it was in the pot. The leaves got this brown trim around the edge shortly before the whole lot became a twig. Nevertheless I did not chuck it away although the thought crossed my mind more than once, but as there was no algae on top of the soil I just kept it there, watering when I remembered and the water was disappearing which was a good sign. I was kind of expecting it to resurrect itself one day, which sounds a little ridiculous but stranger things happened in our garden, including cut canes starting to spring leaves left, right and centre while left in the ground over winter and tomato plants growing where weren't planted, you get the idea.
I just wanted to say a big big thank you to everyone who helped to raise money over the last couple of weeks for MSF. I donated £288 today, that is just over $450, which is terrific! This wouldn't have been possible without you guys. Thank you!
From 17 January until the end of January 2010, I will donate 50% of all pattern sales from Ravelry and my website to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (you can donate directly to MSF thorough their website).
You can browse all patterns tagged *help for Haiti* at Ravelry over here, in only few days the list has grown to include over 50 pages of patterns who's designers are donating part of their sales to the relief effort. I realize that what I am doing is just a drop in the ocean, but every bit helps and I am just glad to be able to make a small difference.
Our little man turned 5 yesterday!
After unwrapping the presents (and playing with them a little) in the morning and exclaiming "WOW, it's what I always wanted!" with kind of sincerity in his voice that you don't tend to hear much in the grown ups' ones we headed off to school making sure that every single person we met on the school run knew that it's-his-birthday-today; only to have a total meltdown after swimming that evening when he realised that the party is not until Sunday.
