http://andallthatstash.alltangledup.com/ ... or what can I do with hundreds of odd balls of yarn? en-us 2010-07-20T22:44:47+00:00 http://andallthatstash.alltangledup.com/archives/002093.html Back to work today and an inbox with a mere 400+ emails I kept my head down and managed to work my way through most of them! Commuter knitting is made from the discontinued Rowan Bamboo Tape - one of... Yvonne 2010-07-20T22:44:47+00:00 http://andallthatstash.alltangledup.com/archives/002091.html My thanks for the get well wishes, I think the cooler temperatures and the 3rd type of antibiotics may be the winning combination. I have very hazy memories of the first week but do remember the look on Matt's face... Yvonne 2010-07-17T00:14:46+00:00 http://andallthatstash.alltangledup.com/archives/002090.html I want to get off! The last few weeks have been a mix of the Good, the Bad and the downright Ugly. The good bits include an all too brief visit from Stash Haus.We managed to sneak in an hour... Yvonne 2010-07-14T23:57:11+00:00 http://andallthatstash.alltangledup.com/archives/002082.html Matt & I escaped for the weekend - we didn't decide until Friday night that we wanted to get out of London so I spent a hasty few minutes on the internet checking out where there were kite festivals... Yvonne 2010-06-06T23:42:54+00:00 http://andallthatstash.alltangledup.com/archives/002080.html Yesterday was Una's funeral - a lovely service in beautiful surroundings. The crematorium had two chapels and she would have got a kick out of watching the people at the other service - lots of motorbikes, crazy outfits and very... Yvonne 2010-06-04T14:39:26+00:00 http://andallthatstash.alltangledup.com/archives/002078.html Today was a self indulgent day that did not involve knitting per se. It started at 4am when I left home and travelled over to Westfield to join the queue for the iPad launch in the UK. Westfield was a... Yvonne 2010-05-28T23:24:39+00:00 http://andallthatstash.alltangledup.com/archives/002077.html My Aunt died yesterday evening, peacefully at home with her sons there. A fairly swift end only 3 weeks after she'd been taken ill, a shock for the family but she would have hated to have kept living in that... Yvonne 2010-05-26T08:06:39+00:00 http://andallthatstash.alltangledup.com/archives/002073.html I haven't fallen off the edge of the blog world, I'm just taking time out to spend with one of my favourite Aunts. Some of you will have met her in person as she used to volunteer with me for... Yvonne 2010-05-16T21:14:17+00:00 http://andallthatstash.alltangledup.com/archives/002070.html I can't believe it's a month since I last blogged - where has the time gone? I've been hanging out at the Royal Festival Hall having treated myself to South Bank membership; I had a great afternoon out with Liz... Yvonne 2010-05-04T22:25:41+00:00 http://andallthatstash.alltangledup.com/archives/002064.html The journey home featured a meander along Hadrian's Wall - I can't believe how much work has been done to preserve this since I lived up here in the 1970"s- my only regret is that we weren't there the week... Yvonne 2010-04-04T23:54:50+00:00 http://andallthatstash.alltangledup.com/archives/002063.html We had such great plans for our week away,far too many places to explore in such a short time! We enjoyed days pottering up and down the coast and on our last day we'd planned to visit Bamburgh, including the... Yvonne 2010-04-03T22:04:07+00:00 http://andallthatstash.alltangledup.com/archives/002061.html Yesterday we explored the coast between Bamburgh and Berwick Via the Holy Island of Lindisfarne We'd got across the causeway to the Island so early that the Castle wasn't open to the public, so we played along the shore where... Yvonne 2010-03-24T10:35:06+00:00 http://andallthatstash.alltangledup.com/archives/002060.html Holiday time - offered to take Matt anywhere he wanted for his birthday - so we're in Northumbria exploring the coast. I haven't really explored up here for at least 34 years so it was wonderful to find some of... Yvonne 2010-03-23T01:03:51+00:00 http://andallthatstash.alltangledup.com/archives/002054.html Here's the photos as promised First the February Lady Sweater knitted in New Lanark wool bought this time last year on my annual visit to Glasgow. I had a limited amount of yarn so knitted the sleeves first and then... Yvonne 2010-03-04T23:12:20+00:00 http://andallthatstash.alltangledup.com/archives/002053.html Yesterday saw me complete the February Lady Sweater for my Olympic challenge - I knew I wanted something that would come to top hip length - the challenges were to see if I had enough yarn and how much the... Yvonne 2010-03-01T23:42:56+00:00