Maneki

As promised - Maneki Neko, our sweet kitten.

Wind

Oh, there is something else - it was Very Windy in Brighton. And here is a proof:

Brighton Pics

Hurraaaa!! I have finished my Drops Tank!! Im so proud of myself. That has been the hardest thing i have done so far and i've done it. Spent most of last night weaving in the ends and correcting things. Now just to block it and its ready. Oh, i could just kiss myself!
Anyway, here are some pictures as promised:


So here we are. Today im starting on "Feather and Fan Comfort Shawl"
And here are some pictures from Brighton

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Its Super Leo!!!




So there, a mini holiday!

Struggling on.

My sweet cat Maneki has finally done it. She bit my circular needles in half. So i had to stop again, so tantalizingly close to completion. Im determined i will stay p today and finish the bloody thing.
We went to swimming pool on Sat, took Talik and Alex, neighbour's boy with us. On Sunday we went to Brighton. It was great - completely spontaneous. It is such a rare occasion to do anything spontaneous when you have a family. And we managed to leave the house so early that got there before 10am! It was so windy by the sea though that we spent most of the time in a little park next to the Pavilion. Leo had the best of time. I got him a candy sword and a little toy dragon so he spent most of the time running around trying to spear seagulls. It was great. And then he went on a sort of super bounce thing, where they strap you to some thick elastic ribbons. That was great as well because he was wearing his Superman t-shirt, fantastic coincidence. I'll post some pictures soon.
And now i have to brace myself because i have my least favorite client in the whole wide world. I can't stand her, her work or her edits. I just can't stand her because she is arrogant, self centered, egoistical, constant mind changing, forever backtracking, other people blaming, deadline ignoring, humorless beatch. And the worst of it is that i have to be nice to her, even if i have a volcano the size of Vesuvio in my heart. Last time i got a bit pissed off and got really told off.. And when your boss is your husband it doesn't stop at work, he is then grumpy at home as well. So i better brace myself for next 2 weeks or so.

Neverending knitting

Im still hanging on there, although yesterday i managed to only do a little bit of my top. I have binded the neck on the front bit. And i finally admit that kittens and knitting are not compatible. I had to take Maneki into another room and close the door. I know she was upset about it but if im EVER to finish this project, i cant have a wild kitten jumping all over me.
Yesterday we were so busy i didn't have time to even open internet. I had a client sitting on my head all day. I didn't mind it though, i quite like his work, he uses a lot of colors and textures in his images and i find that quite creative for fashion photographer.

Back to knitting

I have knitted a bit last night, i reckon im gonna finish my drops tank this week.
And, to my excitement, i got an answer from Tahki and they have sent me the pattern i was waiting for, it is diagonal slit pullover. Im happy. And i have won the beautiful Rowan DK yarn in rich violet on e-bay, perfect. There are more yarn im planning to bid on today, so fingers crossed.

Cycling

I have cycled all the way ( or should it be ALL THE WAY) last night. Thats about 8 miles. Most of it up the hill. So naturally i have a great sense of achievement. The only thing that tarnishes it is that cycling so far makes me so bloody sore. I don't know how those couriers do it, may be they have developed a callus or something. I even wear special cushioned lycra pants, still no use. I might have to invest in that ugly fat silicone seat. We'll see.

There is an interesting pattern i have noticed in my cycling behavior. When there are other cyclists on the road i try to overtake them, especially up the hill, because to be perfectly honest, im great up the hill. And sometimes i succeed, leaving them behind and thinking "ha, sucker! there i showed you on your big fancy bike." Or if its a girl: "Just give up, you flip flop wearing helmet law ignoring silly person." Nothing perplexes me more that girls riding their bike wearing flip flops and skirts, with no helmets. Every time i see one i just want to shout: "You are a gonner!" I mean we all know that car drivers want to kill all cyclists off. Or is it me being slightly paranoid again?
So anyway, then of course most of the time i get overtaken, not being very fast and riding a small Dahon 20" wheel, and i always think: "oh well, its not like i am competing anyway. And they are probably breaking the law going so fast." Its absurd because i know i was competing a minute ago, still my brain finds an excuse. It reminds me why i have given up my tarot cards. My dear friend gave me a pack of tarot cards few years ago and i got really into it for a while. It was ok when i did it for others, and only when i was doing it for myself i ran into the same kind of dilemma. When the cards were predicting great things i happily embraced it, totally believing it. However when the answer was not what i liked, i always thought to myself: " well i don't really believe in this things anyway, its is more of a game to me." After i noticed that pattern i decided to give it up all together. You ether believe it or not.
So i guess with cycling i have to embrace my competitive side and admit that i'm just not very fast. Most of the time. Yet.