A post to catch up on a few WIPs and answer a few questions that came via the comments.

Firstly, thanks for all the congratulations on my 4th Blogiversary. I tend to get a bit introspective when it comes to anniversaries. Imagine what I’m like on my birthday! I am proud of my little blog in that I have managed to keep it going for so long and that it proves I do a heck of a lot of knitting. So I imagine I’ll gladly hand over the money to keep it going for another year when the time comes. To clarify the paying part: I have my own domain name (http://www.hauntedyarns.com) where I host my blog. So I pay for the webspace each year and to keep the domain name every two years. Back when I decided to buy my own webspace rather than having a free blog, the advantage was that I had somewhere to host pattern pdfs; this was pre-Ravelry which of course has made it less of a need now as I host them all there.

I am woefully behind with the second clue for the Aurantium Shawl. Clue 3 came out early on Tuesday and is the edging, so the end is in sight, if only I can knuckle down and knit it!

I’ve not even finished the first chart of Clue 2: my excuse being that making 9 stitches from 3 is bloomin fiddly with laceweight yarn and takes too much brain power. Though I can tell it’s going to look stunning when it’s done. Probably too stunning for me to get baby sick on, so I may give it to my Grandma as an early Christmas present.

The February Lady Sweater is also making slow progress. Each row is long and the yarn is in 50g balls so runs out really quickly (the number of ends I’ll have to weave in at the end is depressing) but it’s enjoyable knitting.

Of course, I could get both things done a lot quicker if I wasn’t so easily distracted by shiny new patterns like some sort of knitting magpie..!

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