I remembered how to knit!

No one is more surprised by this than me. There was a lot of chocolate for a little monkey to get through and I must confess I was a bit overwhelmed there for a while.

But I’m back and I brought socks.

I think the green galaxy is a little more convincing that the red galaxy but not convincing enough to convince me that I’m convinced. I don’t think I’ll buy anymore. If I want my feet to look like a galaxy I’ll just smear them in chocolate.

This is the imaginatively named Large rectangle in spider net from VLT. As you can see, it’s a large rectangle of spider net lace.

It was tricky to get a decent photo on account of I really couldn’t be arsed. The yarn is a deeper red than that photo up there, but it’s pretty close.

It’s Mama Ocllo Baby Alpaca laceweight from Knit n Caboodle in Merlot. Very light, but still pretty warm. It’s also two quid off at the moment on the website. This is coming on holibags with me in case I have to look posh in the hotel restaurant.  The holes will add extra drag compared to my usual cape, but that’s the price you pay for elephants elegance.

Move along please.

It’s that time of year when knitting must be forsaken in order to do important works in the garden.  By which I mean, falling asleep in a deck chair.  I surely can’t be alone in not wanting to sit with a pile of alpaca on my lap when the mercury starts rising?

The good thing about the sun coming out is it encourages me to stop eating wintery stodge and get back to healthy eating.

What?  It’s banana chocolate.  That’s a sort of fruit.