The snowdrops in my garden are shooting up into the world again, won't be very long until their flowers come with the promise of Spring approaching.
It's been a cold hard Winter here this year, lots of coal-tits and robins about though, they seem to love perching in the bare Hawthorn and springing up off into the air again.

Winter is a fabulous time to be snuggled up warm indoors of an evening with a ball of yarn and the clicketty of needles working it into something special. My current project is a pair of very special Zebra longies for a customer, and in my spare time (what_is_that?) I've been working on a clapotis for meeeeeeeeee

I had a scrummy delivery of yarn in the post last week, a big squishy package from Jimmy Riddles *squeeee* with new colourways and new yarns too! I shall get it photographed this week and add the yarns to my "instock" gallery.

I've also placed an order with Babylonglegs, who is dyeing me some custom yarn colourways in addition to a couple of her new colourways. It's all very exciting

November and December were very busy months for me, both at home and as a WaHM.
In December ran a charity auction for a custom slot which raised £51 for the CF Trust, here are the longies I made for the winner:



January is also proving to be a busy month. I made this soaker for a customer using some beautiful yarn, handspun by the talented Spindigo:


and I knitted up these snuggly longies with Babylonglegs yarn, dyed in the "Purple Tempest" colourway she created for me



and this "Bluebell Twirler" soakerless skirt using Lorna's Laces "Hawaii" yarn:


and for good measure, this....

...is my gorgeous boy Edward helping to decorate the Christmas tree!

Here's to 2009 and being a productive year

Julie x

Oooooooooh these are pretty!!