Alnwick Castle

Here is a picture of Alnwick Castle where I am getting married.

Going to a wedding fair there on Sunday. Hoping to pick up some more hints and tips and get a few more things arranged, like florists, bridesmaid ideas etc.

Update on knitting

Gone back to my sorrell jumper. Picked up a massive 226 stitches for the neck - it seemed to take forever. Happily knitting away at it again. I always seem to stall on projects when I get to a part that requires a bit more concentration or time and then when its over and done, I happily get on with it - weird isn't it?

Anyway, not had a great deal of time for knitting, what with trying to arrange wedding and now my Dad being taken into hospital unexpectedly with my Mum going for her op on 11th October. I seem to be carrying my project bag of socks everywhere and not getting anything done.

I'm back up at Glasgow this weekend. The hope is that my Dad gets released from hospital, but if not then I'll bring my Mum back to stay with me for the week. My aunt is living with her at the moment and I think tempers are beginning to fray on both sides so its probably best if she comes and annoys me (joking) for a week and gives my aunt some rest.

Finished Baby Blanket

Yeah, the border is sewn on and the blanket is finished. Now what am I going to do with that 600g of leftover baby yarn?

Back to knitting

I AM going to start sewing the border to my baby blanket - I really need to be quite strict and make myself do the sewing up jobs otherwise I end up with bits of knitting everywhere and no finished items. The border looks far longer than it needs to be and since I still haven't blocked the blanket, I'll need to stretch it as I sew it on (as you might have guessed, I am a reallllllly lazy finisher).

I thought that the blanket would have made a dent in my stash but I still have over 600gms left of this baby cashmerino! It was a bargain from Coldspring Mills but I think it'll be going back in the stash cupboard for a while as I am sick looking at it.

My Friend's wedding

This is me (and hubby to be) at my friend's wedding. We are both looking very dapper as James was best man and I was bridesmaid. The dresses were made by a local dressmaker and I have to say the quality was awful I know that being an experienced dressmaker, I can be over critical, but honestly I have never seen such a bad example of workmanship from a supposed professional. The dresses only got delivered at 10pm the night before the wedding and none of them fitted and they were so badly made that it would have been a start again job if I had to try and do anything with them. We improvised by sewing them to our bras and using tit tape to keep them up!!

Thankfully they were functional enough for an hour or so for the ceremony and photos before we all changed into our own more comfortable and fitting clothes for the rest of the day. It was a shame because they could have been really nice.

At least I know not to use this dressmaker for my bridesmaid dresses.

the new bride and groom - cutting the cake. A delicious chocolate one at that!

The Hen Night

The hen will kill me if she ever finds this on the web but what the hell, she refused to wear it in public so the least I can do is put it on the web!!

Update on knitting

I've finished the entrelac baby blanket - still got the border to sew on and then I will take some photos.

I've gone back to my Sorrell jumper from Rowan in Tapestry. I frogged the sleeves back last night and have started the sleeve top shaping. Might manage to get it finished for this winter!