Off the needles

Off the needles recently have been:

new curtains for our bedroom, made from some cut up double sheets from a charity shop in town and edged with cotton lace. Our old curtains were looking rather dingy and miserable. These are Spring-like and let a lot more light in. Can you see our beautiful view of the herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plains???

Then in a flurry of knitting I made these tiny booties for a friend when she confessed the reason she was pouring all the wine into my glass rather than having any herself, a most unusual occurrence!

And a few baby hats for her too.

I also finally completed a lace scarf I had been working on, lots of mistakes, but that's hand knitting for you (well, it's my hand knitting anyway).

This one is overexposed behind me but I liked the way it made me look like I have either a halo or that and angel has landed behind me and I just haven't noticed...

Numbers back up in the teens today and so much larger amounts of insulin being administered. I am still working on understanding that more insulin doesn't mean Frank is sicker, just that he's growing and eating more.

I cycled into town to meet my lovely friend Lynne this morning for a coffee and took half an hour alone with the paper and Jarvis Cocker on the ipod to try to regain something of the Jules that used to exist pre-diabetic child.

She is in there somewhere, I hope.

I'll keep you posted of any sightings of this elusive creature that actually finishes reading a paper, listens attentively to music and has some conversation in which adults might be interested