One of the casualties of last Thursday's stormy weather was the pole the holds up our satellite dish. Malcolm had a very frustrating time on Friday, trying to get through to Sky to arrange for it to be repaired (it's somewhat annoying to have to speak to a call centre in India to arrange for a man to come from two miles away!!). After enduring menus and queues, finally he was told that it would be fixed on Sunday morning. So that meant he was deprived of his weekly fix of football on Sky Soccer Saturday. He was very glad when the engineer turned up early in Sunday morning
While Malcolm was chatting to the engineer, I had a wander round the garden and was surprised at how much I found to take photos of
the clematis is still flowering
a tiny primrose
snowdrops just peeeping through
a single yellow daisy
honeysuckle!
the climbing rose is still flowering
As Malcolm wasn't ensconced in front of the tv on Saturday afternoon, I was able to put up the Christmas tree without getting in his way, turning the contents of the boxes ......
........ into this
The gnomes are delighted to have their Christmas cushions on their chairs
After all the bother with jamming thread and breaking needles, I had a rethink yesterday about how I was working. First, I changed the type of needle I was using, abandonning the metallic needle in favour of my favourite jeans needle. Then I fitted the extra spool holder, which is really meant for filling bobbins if you don't want to unthread the machine, or for when you are using the twin needle
Hooray - no more jammed thread. It ran smoothly from the upright spool, and the jeans needle coped fine with the metallic thread ....... there was just one minor irritant - the bobbin thread ran out when all that was left to quilt was the small area at the top where the two pins are!
By the time I had stitched so many spirals, I felt like a cartoon character when their eyes spin round!
The scarf continues to grow
..... I have actually knitted the number of repeats given in the pattern, but I will just keep knitting until I have used up the rest of the yarn
When I decorate the house for Christmas, I put the wallhangings on the hall doors - rather than fill up today's post with all the photos, I thought I would show you one each day
I went for a walk after lunch today and took lots of animal and bird photos, to add to others that I took yesterday and this morning. Here is a little taste - do come back tomorrow to see the rest!