Well better late than never

I thought I'd better put a post on here as its been two weeks since my last. It just seems that work has been so time-demanding on me that a few things have had to suffer.

I've managed to finish making all my Christmas cakes. I was going to marzipan them this weekend. I got the marzipan for all 7 yesterday. Got them out to do and then realised that I had not bought any apricot jam for the glaze!!

I went and saw Harry Potter & Goblet of Fire yesterday as well. Got there slightly late but fortunately it was still on the trailers and the main movie had not started. Really enjoyed it and found it a lot better than the last one (Prisoner of Azkaban) as I had found that a chore to watch. I knew that there were several things that had been deleted prior to watching it already but as JKR was involved in the film knew that anything left in would likely to be of relevance to the storyline. I will say though that I didn't like the way they had portrayed Fleur.

Cargo Jumper
A couple of people have asked me recently how this is coming on. Unfortunately with work having had such a demand on my time I've not been able to touch it. I have howevere made up for it today. I've got to the point where I had to drop 1/3 of the stitches for the loop effect so at least this time I know the lengths will definitely be even and won't find myself having to frog it yet again.

This has put paid though to my having it ready for Harrogate on Thursday.

I've also decided that when I go to Harrogate I'll be knitting a carpet draught excluder snake. The way I was thinking of doing it was to knit two separate sections and intertwine them at separate sections so as to create a quilted type effect and stuff each of these pockets with stuffing as well as the main tube. I'd planned to do them on double-ended needles and so pass the stitch on one needle through the stitches on the other needle when I got to the change over section. I hope that makes sense to whoever is reading this as I know what I mean!

Secret Pal
Well I do have to say that my SP has been somewhat quiet for the past couple of weeks. I did get an e-mail from her saying that something was on the way the following week but unfortunately I've not heard anything else from her since either by way of an e-mail or a parcel. SP if you are reading these please let me know you are still out there!