Hello February

February....hello......you arrived with snow.....which was a nice change from the rain. There was a decent covering over everything and I ventured out before it was completely light to take a photo. As I walked down to the road through the snow I knew it wouldn't last.......it just felt too light and fluffy....does that make sense?

Country Living magazine arrived in the post and an American crochet magazine I had ordered to have a look at arrived too. Just the thing to while away the afternoon on a snowy, then wet weekend.

I was working for a friend on Saturday night at a catering function. They are always hard work, but usually fun too and it's a nice team of people to work with. It's a change from my normal work, which sometimes, is no fun at all!! When you live somewhere rural and a bit remote, you sometimes have to turn your hand to all manner of things. It makes for a varied and interesting life sometimes. Anyway, feeling confident that there would be some hanging about time during the evening, I put some yarn and a crochet hook in my pocket before I headed out. Needless to say we were constantly on the go for the whole six hours and the yarn and hook stayed in my pocket, but it was somehow reassuring to know it was there.

I tackled a mountain of ironing on Sunday - how did it get so big? Why does it get so big? One of the great unanswered questions in my day to day!

I also helped Mr M with a burn clearing project - part of the route downhill was obstructed by a stump and had silted up with peat so the burn was overflowing and running down an alternative route swamping a lovely oak tree. Well, when I say I was helping, I was sort of making some dams further down the burn and generally getting wet and muddy. Some things you never grow out of!

I decided to use up the rest of the Mini Mochi yarn to make a pair of gloves to match the beret. One glove done and the second nearly finished. I thought the vintage washboard needed an outing - I don't think it's ever been used.