Yarnivorous

Gd'ay all! Sorry for the delay in posting - I had clear forgotten about DH's BBQ. I had ten comments of one form or another that weren't duplicated, so I sequentially numbered them one to ten, then stuck them in a random number generator I found online, and then came out! KittyKat, you are the winner!  You get your choice of one of: a nice skein of yarn either from my stash or undyed or hand-dyed by me, some Liberty fat quarters a mug rug or similar (undoubtedly in bright colours because that is what I keep!) a printed, matted photo of a pic from my blog or flickr. Let me know - email me at natiel311atgmail (the last two characters before the at are ones, not Ls). Have heaps to relate but no time to do it in at the moment.  Been a bit busy.. anon!

G'day all! This post is brought to you by ten. Ten what? Ten green bottles, hanging on the wall? Ten toes? (Sorry, no pic because my toes are filthy after spending half of summer in the garden in my Tevas... and DH's toes are hidden in shoes and aren't coming out for love nor money!) Ten t'riffic flowers? Hmm, that photo is a bit fuzzy... Ten homegrown strawberries? Tiny tasty berries! Ten skeins of yarn? Acquired this year.  Oops. Ten quilts? I forgot one... sorry, left out quilt, two are quilted items, not quilts - I cheated! Ten finished objects?  (Ahem, too lazy to find these, though I certainly have them.  Anyway, who wants to see pairs of well loved socks?  No, you are in luck, I have ten finished tops to share with you.  I've knitted all bar one whilst in Seattle!) Ten works in progress? There were ten in the bed and the little one said? Why the focus on ten? Can you guess why? Leave a comment a...

G'day all! Four years ago today I had a cancer cut out of me.  Two cancers, really, since I had a bad lymph node as well. It's strange, looking back on those times.  I was terrified - I'd never had a "proper" operation before.  I didn't count my wisdom teeth as a proper operation for whatever reason, even though it meant having a general anaesthetic and staying in hospital overnight (I was the last operation of the day and they were running an hour or two late by the time they got to me). Surf's up!  Again! I remember the nurse asking me to open my eyes when I was in the ward and me refusing to (and they said I was not responsive - I told her I wasn't opening my eyes as the dizziness/nystagmus weirdness was so bad I shut them again.  Anyone who has dealt with an old fashioned tv when the horizontal or vertical hold has gone will understand what I'm seeing if I say that my vertical hold had gone.  It was very offputting!).  I...