January Blues

It seems that we are no longer waiting for our buyer as we thought we were, just any buyer. It is really frustrating when people don't let you know and we are both feeling a bit down. But having said that, I haven't been idle.

So what have I been up to. Well, over Christmas, I knitted two socks, (unfortunately not the same pair, but the second one of pair one and the first one of pair two); two moebious scarves (one was too small so I had to knit a second) and a crochet curly wurly scarf! Well there wasn't anything on TV that we wanted to watch and it rained quite hard.

Then back home to a festive meal with the DD and her family when we demolished an extremely large joint of beef at one sitting followed by a very dubious sponge pudding!

I have now finished spinning the 50 grams of Camel and Silk I started back in the summer, the Merino and Silk I started in Autumn 2010 and am now setting out to spin the silk singles for my intended weaving project, unless something more interesting comes along. It just might because I have decided that spinning a very fine yarn, not only takes ages, but gets a bit boring!

The DH has a very fetching pair of fingerless gloves, just completed and the second sock is underway! Another moebious has been cast on, but I may need to find a bigger circular needle because the yarn is quite thick and I may have cast on too many stitches.

We went to London for the day to see the Leonardo exhibition at the National Gallery which was very enjoyable apart from a rather injudicious choice of footwear that caused me to have very sore feet. No photographs allowed, but we treated ourselves to a catalogue ( reduced of course!) and also a very nice cream tea. Although the lighting was very low, and it was very crowded and hot, it was possible to get quite close to the paintings and drawings and there seemed to be an innate understanding between everyone as to when to move on and let someone else get close.

My favourite exhibit was the little notebook in which Leonardo had made some drawings and had written some notes in his famous mirror writing. The book was tiny and quite tatty and you could imagine that he had just put it down even though you know that he last handled it 500 years ago.

Not much to photograph as it's been so dismal, so  here are a few shots taken in Trafalgar Square on our day out. This is "Tom" a young street artist pushing a tennis racquet over his body while riding a huge unicycle! A true artist!

 Here is a magnificent ship in a bottle which occupies the Fourth Plinth.

 Here is yours truly. Head and shoulder's only please Dave!

 And the Olympic Clock, which it seems is the tourist's choice of photographic background!

Back to the knitting!