In the work basket...

In the work basket there are lots of balls of cotton yarn. However, they are obliterated by one thing in particular. The ripple blanket.

The ripple is finished. Well, nearly. I have finished the main part of it and now I'm onto the border. Sadly, the only thing not in the basket of random cotton yarns is any more of the blue I was using on the border.

So work has temporarily ceased on the blanket while I order some more yarn (yes, MORE!). Then it should be a quick enough job to whip around the border in another round of red to finish it off. I can't actually wait.

In the meantime, in accordance with my January resolutions, I have been knitting. More about that anon.

Small things

Bit late, but happy New Year! I know it's a few days old now, but 2013 still feels all shiny and new.  The year is a clean slate and as is traditional, I've been pondering a few resolutions. They always seem to follow a theme: spend less, eat less, save more, run more, weigh less. I'm a bit bored of them to be honest. I'm in the mood for something different.

I recently read A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen. If you haven't heard of it, it's about a London busker who finds - or is found - by a stray tom cat and how they turn their lives around. It's an interesting story and a theme which seems to run through the book is how James makes a series of small changes to his life which gradually set him more firmly on the path he wants to tread.

Hm, cat is ginger. Ooman is ginger. Ooman...?

And that's where I'm going to start. I'm going to pick a couple of little things to change each month.  For January, it's to knit a bit more and to eat fewer biscuits. Small things, but with (I hope) bigger consequences further down the line.

How about you? What are your plans for 2013?