c h i l l y

While the rest of the country has been blessed with warm sunshine, Glasgow has continued to be cool, windy and rainy all weekend. Still wearing woolly clothes, like this cardigan that I finished from this really nice pattern over Christmas. And drinking lots of lemon and ginger tea to help with one of the worst colds I've ever had. It's not springlike at all.

b o b b i n

 

 

While we were in America I went on a bit of a yarn binge, but much of the yarn there is sold in skeins. I bought this Japanese winder quite a few years ago, but I decided to go for it and get the umbrella stand to go with it (both are much cheaper online -- around 1/3 of the price -- than in the fancy yarn shops). It's great! It was taking me ages and ages to wind by hand (partly because the Purl Soho fingering weight yarn comes in generous quantities), but this did it pretty speedily. I finished winding the last balls on the weekend, to the accompaniment of my niece singing 'Wind the Bobbin Up'.

t u l i p

Home grown tulips this Spring. In a beautiful mid-century Danish vase, that was a very thoughtful birthday present.

w e e k e n d

A wee belated birthday celebration, and excellent jowls.