One year gone!

I can't believe that I have been a Ravelry member for over a year now. The list of things I have learnt and friends that I have made would go on for an eternity. Back on the home front I have a serious case of startitis and just keep casting on for new projects. Some will get finished, some...probably not!! I joined the gym last week in a last ditch attempt to get fit and lose some weight - so far so good. Knitting wise I recently finished a bolero for myself, a summer top for Kayla and a bunny for a friend.

Knittingnix's first blog birthday...

Well this blog is officially one year old today. Happy birthday!! The needles have been clicking away furiously since the last post. I have been churning out birthday gifts, dishcloths, secret suprises and gifts for my RAK group ten to the dozen. As some are surprises I cannot reveal them as yet - but all in good time. So in the meanwhile here are some pics of some of the other projects I have been busy with. One is a shawl I recently made for my mom's birthday (another Ishbel) and the other is washcloths I made for the kids. Our bathroom is now full of bright washcloths!!

A month of birthdays

This month is a crazy month for birthdays and I have been knitting my socks off. I finally finished Kevin's jumper and I have knitted a shawl for my sister with another on the needles for my mom. The shawl is beautiful and even though the lace nearly drove me around the bend it was worth it. Anyone who wants to knit a shawl that only has a small lace portion but looks spectacular should knit Ishbel by Ysolda Teague.

Tollymore Forest Park

Pics from our mother's day walk.

Cave Hill

This morning the walls of the house felt like they were closing in on me. I just HAD to get out the house for a bit. It wasn't raining for a change, so off we went for a hike up cave hill. I thought at a stage I might die. I am so unfit! The views from up there are magnificent. I was surprised as to how cold it was up there and very windy. I am convinced that tomorrow I will not be able to walk!

Sock it to me!!

Over the past two week I have discovered sock knitting. Man I love knitting socks. Such fun and fairly quick, not to mention useful and super practical. Yay for socks!

I have also discovered facebook. I have made contact with so many old friends and family members over the last two weeks. It has been amazing to see what people are up to and catch up.

The finished orange variegated socks are mine and the brightly coloured one is Kayla's, I have to finish her second sock.

I must carry on with Kevin's never-ending story now, I am running out of time.

Stash

I decided today to have a little fun taking some stash photos. Needless to say I didn't even get a quarter way through my embarressingly large stash, but I did some and thought I would post up my favourite ones. I need to get a better camera and go on a course - taking photos is so much fun!!