Celebrity knitter

Elizabeth: Oh, Mummy, do look at this. I have just turned the heel all by myself.

Mummy: You are a clever girl! I think you could take over running the country. Don't you think so Daddy?

Daddy: Yes, I am sure she can, but she will need to finish that second sock, before I let her give it a try.

Margaret: That is so unfair. Elizabeth gets to do everything first - running the country, learning to knit and you will probably find a prince for her to marry one day, too.

Mummy: Don't worry about it. Running a country is really not all it is cracked up to be.

Elizabeth: What a silly girl you are. I will have to marry a fusty old prince, but you will be able to choose whomever you like. Won't she Mummy?

Sulky Margaret: Oh, whatever! Mummy, when are we going to stop these silly poses for the photographer? I want to kick off my shoes again and put my feet up on the couch.

What is their occupation?

Tina and Tim are very seventies, new-agey and trying their luck at a new occupation. Can you guess what it is?

A clue: It is farming of a sort.

Watch this space and in a week or so all will be revealed, the occupation as well as the specially designed outfits.

The Afghans are rioting!!

Really? It all looks jolly peaceful to me.

Mandy contemplates giving up modelling

Mandy has had second thoughts about being a knitwear model. Her agent, Scintilla van der HoHum, called to ask her to take on a new assignment. "Its a knitwear shoot, Dahling! Perfect for you, rather revealing and sexy knitwear. It will be great for your portfolio and future work."

After a bit of internal dialogue, involving what Cedric, her boyfriend might say, Mandy is now on the shoot. But its not going at all well. This is just not how I thought I was going to look in skimpy knitwear. I may look like I am laughing, but inside I just want to curl up and die.

Just wait till I see you again, Scintilla - you are fired!

Bob and Clarissa

Bob: Hey, Clarissa. You look so cool today.

Clarissa: I know, Bob.This dress is just the thing, so swingingly modern. I just feel like dancing.

Bob: Me too, well singing actually. I am going to join a band and play my guitar.

Clarissa: Join a band? You are such a nerd in your grandpa button up cardigan! No band would have you.

Bob: Why not? This is a bright red cardigan, which is trendy and look at my knitted tie. That is special.

Clarissa: Next thing, you will tell me that your barometer is a guitar. What are you doing with that anyway?

Bob: (mumbling) Well, I just thought I would see how I looked with a geet and well, you know, ...I think I look pretty cool myself. (Thinks to himself: that girl has such a way of making a man feel like a like a complete idiot)

Clarissa: (Thinks to herself: that man is a complete idiot)

Poolside glamour

Here is the next in the series of poolside wear. My only thoughts on this are "did anyone really knit that?" Of all the 60,000 magazines sold, did even one buyer knit the complete outfit?

Back to blogging

So I did not blog in 2010. Not that I care. It was a year best forgotten for various personal reasons - enough to slow down the rate of knitting to a virtual crawl.

But I am back and having fun with fibre - knitting, spinning, dyeing and soon weaving too, I hope.

The past weekend was spent with my sister-in-law, sorting through my mother-in law's old knitting stuff - mainly patterns. Sadly she is no longer able to knit.

What a treasure trove! I could not bring all the stuff back on the plane, but I have enough patterns from the 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond to keep me amused for years to come. We had a good laugh too, as the accompanying picture taken from one of the old Stitchcraft magazines will attest to. More to follow in that vein.