Entries from June 2005

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

Knitting interview

The knitting drought is over! What with the arrival of two new knitting books and the Ballymena Knitting club, it was impossible to keep away from it. Besides, turning up to a knitting do with nothing to knit seems a little daft to me. I am relieved. I was getting [...]

Friday, June 24th, 2005

Knitting Circle

Contrary to opinion I am not much of a bitcher. Which leaves me in somewhat of a difficult position, having been told of a planned knitting meeting in Ballymena on Mondays. I would like to attend, I am a knitting nut, but I am worried that my shyness will lead to me [...]

Friday, June 24th, 2005

Shy Girl

I’ve spent much of my day uploading photos to my Flickr account. I’ve had it a while, just haven’t been using it - seems a little daft when I have my own photo gallery here. I will use it for posting some pictures that would otherwise not appear here, and also for some [...]

Saturday, June 18th, 2005

Zoe & Nelly

Inspired by Nelly’s betrayal of Ganching, here is a picture of me and Nelly way back when Nelly was a clog-wearer and I wore nappies. No doubt she will get me back.

Saturday, June 18th, 2005

The Row

I woke up this morning feeling pissed off and blue. Because I went to sleep feeling pissed off and blue. Why? Well, D had added to our online shopping list: ‘Tony’s Chippy 10 Pork Sausages in Batter 400g’. My food morals could not deal with this abomination being on [...]

Monday, June 13th, 2005

Red Socks

My Grandfather was buried wearing a pair of red socks that I knit him.
My recent adventures in crocheting have resulted in a couple of items:

Granny square blanket
Heirloom Bag

I’m about to take a break from knitting and crocheting. A girl needs a break every now and again. I took a rest from knitting [...]

Sunday, June 12th, 2005

The way it is

My Grandfather died on Friday 3rd June.
I will miss him.
This is the picture Nelly mentioned.

On Friday I took my wee sister for a sail to Downhill and then to Portstewart. We took photos of Mussenden Temple. The Temple was closed as they were holding concerts in it - hench the port-a-loo spoiling the [...]

Friday, June 3rd, 2005

Goodbye