Happy new year

Happpy New Year to you all! I hope that it proves to be a happy and peaceful year for all of you. With plenty of knitting but I guess that goes without saying...

I have had a lovely break with both my family and my inlaw family and came back feeling really bouncy and ready to get on with all kinds of things that I have been putting off for ages.

Wales was lovely. Sadly the weather wasn't quite what one might have hoped for. I have been really unlucky, in 6 years of going to Wales at least once a year, often twice a year, I have only once had really sunny weather. But then, looking back at these pictures, I somehow think that the dramatic skies are probably part of what makes Wales so beautiful. Sadly the husband is not here so I don't have the names of the various mountains below but they were all taken at the bottom of Snowdon.

This is taken from the top of a mountain pass. Looking back on to the valley.

This is Caernarfon Castle which is by the river in the middle of Caernarfon. It's a really big castle, with a lot of history to it and it is quite beautiful. The small statue on the left hand side is of Lloyd George, the British Prime Minister (1916-1922) who lived in the area (that's my cultural moment done).

The Christmas knitting appears to have gone down very well. I did manage to finish the scarf for my mother in law on time (just on time, admittedly) and here it is finished.





Someone asked me what the stitch looks like close up so here's a picture of the stitch.





I have to say that I think that I should have gone up a needle size or two more. For once this is not because I knit tight (I automatically take that in to account) but because the yarn is quite thick. Although the scarf is lovely, it doesn't quite have the drape that I would ideally have liked. Note to self, rely on your instinct when after 40 rows you think that it looks a bit stiff, and don't think 'Ah, it'll be fine once I have done the whole thing'. This is quite simply not going to happen and frogging is the only way forward.

Posted by Amelia at January 5, 2005 10:03 AM | TrackBack