Snowy Skywatch Friday

We had a sprinkling of snow last night and again this morning. This picture was taken this morning for Skywatch Friday.

Industrial Skywatch Friday

I took this on the way past the power station this morning for Skywatch Friday

Scrapbook Drought

I've had a little bit of a drought just lately but today I thought since it was a week since I set the December challenge over on the shop blog then I really ought to get my rear end into gear and do an example.

It is very rushed and certainly not one of my better pieces of work but it is a layout for a change.

I did a bit of a spring clean of my scrapbook stash last week - or maybe that should be autumn clean since we are still in the autumn equinox for another week or so. I found a few bits and pieces of christmassy paper and this 12x12 album so I scrapped straight onto the page and hope to do quite a few of the prompts from the Holidays In Hand course.

Frosty Skywatch Friday

This week's Skywatch is a photo I took earlier this week on a dog walk when it was frosty. The sun was out and the frost was just starting to melt so you can't see much of it but yeehah another blue sky. I even managed to get myself in it lol. That wasn't intentional.





Edited To Add:
Somebody just commented that it looks really peaceful. Anybody who knows where this picture is will agree with me and say that it is anything but peaceful. Directly behind me on the shot is Asda and a very busy main road. I love how we can create an atmosphere through a photograph.

Yes I know it is December and no we don't have anything remotely festive up yet although my son is sat at the kitchen table writing christmas cards as I type this. Bugs have hit big time this week with 4 out of the 6 of us down with a 24 hour sicky thing so maybe I might have a christmas tree picture to show you sometime next week provided I don't get it too.

Instead I have given my blog a christmassy makeover.

Miss Marple Solves The Mystery

Miss Marple actually was the name of the November mystery sock in the Sock Knitters Anonymous group over on Ravelry. The clues were released over the space of 4 weeks and I must say that I really enjoyed this one.

It's very rare I knit anything with more than one colour of yarn. If I don't want plain socks then I use a yarn that has a few colours in it. The method of knitting for this pattern was mosaic which is really easy once you get the hang of it. Instead of hauling both colours around the round of the sock with you lots of slip stitches are used and you just one one colour per row so you don't get that awful pulling or holes when you are going between colours. It's definitely a technique I will try again.

In answer to Carmen who asked a question about the wooden foot shape and whether I knit on it. No I don't. It is called a sock blocker and is used for shaping the sock after knitting it but it is also a good way of photographing my socks without putting them on and getting into odd unnatural positions to get the same sort of shot.

The new challenge is up over on the shop blog so if you want to win some flowers hop on over there to find out how.