Happiness is...

successfully making a (slightly wonky) crochet flower, after many failed attempts at crochet!

The guidance on Attic24's blog was brilliant! http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/teeny-tiny-flowers.html

Today I'm thinking of the simple pleasure of holding a new skein of wool and wondering what it wants to be...

Lots of knitty gifts!

My birthday brought me this fab sock book and a knitting magazine from my hubby and some lovely yarn earrings from my pal :-)

There are soooo many lovely socks to choose from in this book, that I think that I will be busy for the next decade at the speed I knit!

Obsessive knitter on the edge

This video shows how knitting is not for the faint-hearted and it can put your life in peril...

When knitting becomes an obsession. Directed by Laura Neuvonen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6ZjMWLqJvM

Christmas gift reactions

I spent lots of 2010 knitting presents for Christmas (samples of said gifts shown). These have now been distributed with reactions varying from amused indifference to clear delight. I was braced for less good reactions - I am satisfied that I made the gifts in a spirit of love, I enjoyed making them and I can't control how they were received. You win some you lose some! The delighted reactions made all my efforts worthwhile.

By the way, not everything that I knit is green!

My friend made me a gift - gorgeous bunting!! I was totally thrilled with it.