Well we've moved ten miles down the road, which for my other half, is the first time he has ever lived this far away from his parents. It's practically foreign shores for him :) The house is nice but smaller downstairs due to having the garage integrated into the front which allows us to access it from the kitchen, but takes a lot of space.
I no longer have an understairs cupboard, which means that we have suddenly realised just how much stuff I have. So I'm working my way through it all to make craft fair goods and Christmas presents. I've even had to consign my large dining room table to the garage and make do with a smaller table for sewing and knitting. Mind you it does make me much tidier as I have much less room to dump stuff now :)
I'm currently working on a fairisle sleeveless pullover in Excelana 4ply. Knitted in the round until the sleeve shaping, it took ages to knit the 1x1 rib but it is going faster now that I have moved to the 3mm needles and the stranded colourwork. 2 x2 rib is nice to work, 1x1 hurts your hands, but it does look nice. I guess quality comes at a price for the knitter as well as the customer. My customer for this, is a wonderful lady who appreciates good quality and would rather spend £120 on a handknitted garment made from British wool, than £20 on a manmade yarn from China.
I've also just finished five teddies made from two sweaters and three brushed cotton shirts. I'm going to make each one a waistcoat and dickie from one of the shirts as I could only include a little of them as ear linings and paw pads, because the thicknesses were so different from the sweaters.
