Congratulations, mazeltov, to SHARE!!! You were picked by the fair hand of my 12 year old Josh who shut his eyes and put his pen on my list of names to win my comp. I will find you on ravelry and convo you.
A HUGE Thank-you to everyone who left a comment about my Etsy shop. I have taken all suggestions on board and have and am making changes as I go along and learn
I've altered some of the shop announcements so hope they make easier reading,
I've re-categorised the yarn into types rather thatn just sock and lace,
Photographs are being worked on as we speak
I'm dying some semi-solids to make lace/paterend socks so whatch out for them.
On the shop front I have some Gorgeous Alpaca,silk,cashmere lace weight in in semi-solid pastels
Just a few of the colours. just realised I need a pink and an orange/yellow. off to work on that!!!
I've been busy dyeing more sock yarn too
These are machine washable BFL -gorgeous soft stuff.
Glacier
Honeysuckle Boating
This one is Bamboo/merino
below is also a new line of BFL DK
Colourways Rachel and Disco fever.
its funny what inspires me with colours, for instance, one morning my daughter rachel came downstairs wearing bright pink pyjama bottoms, an orange T-shirt and a rred dressing gown. Instead of going 'Hi, good Morning' etc I went 'oh they'd make good colours for a skein!!!! caring mum that I am!:-)
Knitting
The Clapotis is nearly finished but I cant photograph it as Rach has taken my camrera to Spain and hers seems to be broken!!
FM
What can I say- business as usual. I was only thinking the other day that life is shit with this syndrome, but I do try and be cheerful if I can. It was a really mixed week. Saturday I felt dreadful. But we'd promised Josh we'd take him out for the afternoon to the coast. Norman put my scooter in the back of the car and I tried to look awake and lively. Nearly at the seaside Norman turned to me and said did I have the key for the scooter?-Deadly silence punctured by -Oh Shit- and other expletives. I wanted to cry!! so we turned round to head for home to pick up the key!!! I felt so ill and exhausted that I decided to stay home whilst norman and Josh headed back up the motorway-good job its only 1 hrs journey!
I fell into bed. I'm not sure how I crawled up the stairs and I slept and slept.
We were invited out to a Bar B Q at night and I phoned my cousin at 6 as I was still stranded in bed and didnt think we'd make it. It was awful feeling the way I did on Saturday as the house was empty and I needed a drink and couldnt go down to get one. I do wonder how people who live alone get on if they're bed bound. any how by 8pm I forced myself to go out. I'm really glad I did. In a perverse way I'm glad my friends and cousins saw me so bad. I only tend to go out If I'm O.K so I dont think they can really understand how awful FM can be. Norman had to help me up all the steps and to the loo upstairs.
on the social side though I really enjoyed myself. my cousins wife is a marvellous cook and we always get an amzing meal there. She even manages to make simple things like bar-b-q burgers and sausages different!!
The reast has been mixed. it was burning hot here for 3 whole days and I sta in the garden. the heat really helps my pain. My joints finally dried out from all that rain!!
yesterday I took Josh into manchester for some shopping. we enjoyed ourselves.
Home Life
rachel is sunning herself in Spain and I really miss her. I miss her lively chatter and her mad sense of humour plus all her friends constantly coming round. The house is very quiet. Plus sam and Josh dont get on and friday night dinner last week was murder with those two killing each other and the snidy comments and jibes at each other. I tell them to stop it and you get ' well he started it' no he started it' on and on -'no you started it. You invaded Poland!!!' etc/ I could cheerfully bang there heads together.
Sam , much as I love him, is irritating the hell out of me and Norman since he got home from Uni. he's done nothing in the house apart from sit on his bloody computer and play some on-line fantasy game to which he subscribes! he's working for the summer only because Norman secured him a job where he works.
that child is so lazy! At nearly 19 I'm shouting at him to get off the computer and help, go for a shower, etc. he's driving us potty. I worry about hubby as he's stressed at work, he's caring for me, he shops, cooks wahses up etc and in between he's trying to decorate the lounge and dining room and garden. Theres only so far a person can stretch themselves and I'm very worreid about how far he can go before he breaks. he's constantly exhausted. I wish we could afford a holiday but its out of the question.
Josh is having a mixed holiday. He is signed up for a local shceme that gives free travel to loads of free activities, but he would've had to travel salone this week and didnt fancy it. his friend is here next week so they'll travel togehter. he's also part of Bury young carers and is having a couple of days out with them plus 3 nights way in the lake district!!
Then My MUM and dad are treating us to a week in St Annes again.
