Thanks so much for all of your kind wishes for the New year. I hope that 2019 has been good to you so far and that you're doing better with any resolutions or plans for the year ahead than I am!
We did have a lovely Christmas with Amy back here. Every time I opened the bathroom cabinet I smiled at the sight of 4 toothbrushes inside rather than 3 and it was nice to have her company curled up on the sofa in the evening and to see her so animated as she talked of her adventures so far. Toby was definitely pleased to see her too, he got very excited and playful when she arrived back and they had lots of lovely tickles and cuddles over the two weeks. She'd lost a bit of weight and arrived here with a stinking cold so I made sure to feed her up in the hope that it will help her immune system function a bit better throughout the next term. And she was so pleased with the new bedroom. It's not easy to know how someone will react to having their old, familiar comfy space obliterated and I wish I'd taken a picture of her face because it was an image of utterly delighted surprise, which is just what we were hoping for. After 2 weeks she was itching to get back to uni though, which I'm pleased about because it shows how well she has settled in and is enjoying being there, so I dropped her back last Monday and we spent the afternoon looking at some properties so that she can start planning where she's going to live for her second year. It's a much more complicated process these days and the contracts are 20 or more pages of legalese, so it has taken most of last week to read through and make a list of questions, which the Uni housing team have been really helpful in answering.
Anyway, after a delayed start I'm hoping to get back to knitting activities this week. I did treat myself to a long lie in yesterday - tea and toast and sock knitting in bed on a Sunday morning is, in my opinion, as good as a holiday and so I'm feeling refreshed and ready to get to work on pattern writing again. I have lots of ideas rattling around my head, so it will be good to get some of them down on paper and free up a bit of brain space. I'm very much looking forward to being able to share them with you.
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The socks pictured are being knitted from Helen Stewart's Fragment pattern, published in issue 4 of Laine magazine, with Madeline Tosh Twist light yarn in 'well water'.