MORE MOHAIR

I'm now at the halfway mark with Mrs DEagle's wrap, It's been a fast knit thanks to the Tour De France, so hopefully she'll get it this winter rather than next years. First we had gastro now we have flu all thanks to D's work, I've been so cold, sore and achy all I've managed to do is a quick visit to wool shop, knit a little and plant some kale. kale's the most fantastic veg, I add it to everything! usually just wilted.

SNOW DAY

Mt. Wellington 7.00 AM, this photo's about a month old , the first real snow day of Winter. I love snow and cold weather, gumboots and mittens. On really cold wet school nights and after a hot bath, as a special treat we used to have grilled cheese and tomato on toast with mugs of hot Ovaltine made with milk. My brother would have five heaped teaspoons of Ovaltine, I'd have three.

GRAVEL MOHAIR THROW

This colour way's called GRAVEL (TeAwaWools Soft Spun Mohair/col-1233/12PLY/100gm), it's a lovely mix of black-grey-off white and a touch of midnight blue. So this is going to be another throw this time for my flatmate's Mum. I'll use 2x hanks, 10mm needles, cast on 90 stitches and the pattern will be blocks of knit x10 st./purl x10 st.

There's been two confirmed cases of Swine Flu at Mr. D's work ( my flat mate) he works in a hotel so it's not surprising. There were lots of protocols everyone had to follow while they were waiting for the test results and special gloves/masks/cleaning products to use. Mr. D said pigs around the world would be breathing a sigh of relief as they're not a favorite menu item at the moment.