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.

SLIPPER BOOT UPDATE

The Aunt Alm Dorm Boots originally had two rows of purl in between the shaping rows of knit (k-p-p-k) if that makes sense, the outer (k) rows are the decreasing rows. I changed the purl to knit, it looks much neater. There was also a rib cuff that I've deleted, I'm sewing the two layers together and I'd like them to come just over the ankle so there's no need for it . I've struck a bit of a problem with the inner boots. The wool I'm using for them isn't as stiff as the carpet wool they're the same size and shape as the outer boots but when I joined the sole seam the shape changed and the seam doesn't fit well. So they've been frogged! and I'll try knitting them using a Turkish cast on.

ORFORD

While some major electrical work was being done my flatmate and I left the electricians in peace and drove to Orford. We stopped at Scorcher's Cafe for coffee and a piece of caramel cheesecake which was totally over the top in a good way. Spring beach was perfect, Orford always seems warm even in winter. Here are my new sensible boots that cost only $33.00!!! boys size 5 they're a little bit big but are fine with thick socks.