I am going back to school! This is entirely because I want to buy a pencil case and a shiny brown satchel, of course. 
This is something I have wanted to do for a while, but now Rose is almost three (yes, really – it’s gone that fast!) it’s the perfect time to dust off my brain. I am starting off with AS Level English Literature, which is three hours of classes a week and then a mountain of reading and writing. But it’s something I’ve longed to do for ages. I left school at sixteen and feel like having a handful of GCSEs doesn’t really count for anything, when I still have thirty odd years left of being employable. I am not sure what direction to go in afterwards, but I am hoping this will give me the confidence to do Other Things.
All this means that I doubt I will be blogging very much from now on. I have been finishing up outstanding projects these past few weeks and have also resigned myself to not starting anything new; maybe not even the Annual Festive Socks. 
I will still pop up from time to time with updates, like Rose’s birthday cake (she wants a hedgehog-shaped one!) and perhaps if the workload doesn’t completely wear me out, a bit of crafty stuff as well. Plus much squeeing when Tudor Roses is finally reprinted! I don’t intend to abandon the blog; it’s been a huge part of my life for seven years and given me plenty of opportunities that I might not otherwise have had. I seriously love everyone who takes the time to comment on the blog, and will miss the interaction very much. I hope that you all have a brilliant and yarn-filled rest of the year. 
Good luck!
Best of luck with your studies! I will miss the regular blog but look forward to updates.
How exciting for you! Good luck!
Wish you all the best for your studies, and happy that you aren’t going to abandon the blogging entirely! Happy reading!
No, you need a PURPLE satchel!
Good luck! That sounds so exciting! Please share your reading list! My daughter is doing AS level Eng Lit this year (in London, so not living with me) and I hope to read along with her (at long distance) just for the fun of it
ooohh..!! You go girl! Ollie and I have just been discussing ‘going back to school’ too. OU is available internationally now so Ollie has been looking into studying Science and History.
Good Luck with your studies babe. It should be fabulous!
I will so much miss your beautiful blog!!! Do, do, do, give us school, knitting, or anything updates…Good for You and my Best Wishes~
Wow!! That’s really exciting. Enjoy it all!
I’ll miss you, but wish you all the best and good luck with your studies.
I was in Cambridge yesterday and saw these gorgeous satchels in Heffers – and they have a purple one!! Go on, you deserve it!
http://cambridgesatchel.co.uk/buy/the-classic/
Congrats and good for you! It’s not an easy thing to do by any means but it’s a good thing – I’m working on going back full-time myself and the thought scares the pants off of me all the time. I wish you the best of luck and hope that you remember to take time out for yourself!
HUGS!
How wonderful for you Kate and how exciting!!! Best of luck and have loads of fun
Hugs!
Congratulations and good luck! You’ll be a great example for your children! When you feel a bit overwhelmed with the work, just remember that old joke – how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time! You’ll get there. Just break the work into small, manageable bites!
wow, that’s awesome news! good on you – what a great thing to do, I wish you all the very best with it. I’m sure you’ll totally breeze through English judging by your word skillz on this blog, you are one of the more eloquent knitters around! Good luck anyway
I’m late to the party as usual, but just wanted to wish you luck and hope it all goes really well.
As one who recently went to uni on a correspondant course (along with a full time job, beinga single mother, and teacher of spindle spinning) I know what being short on time means. I am happy for you to go and try to make something of this , on the other hand I am sorry to see you go, just as I found your blog…All the best, and we’ll be right here waiting for..updates.