The arrival of Knit Picks and Dee's Goodies.

My package from Dee (Yarn4kalei) arrived she really is THE BEST, I am so thrilled with it , she sent me Coffee and Scrumptious Orange and Spice tea, 2 pairs of Fiddlesticks Knitting Needles (Love them ) a clover circular needle , and 2 hanks of the most beautiful Malabrigo wool.It is so soft and a really gorgeous vibrant red, I am leaving it on my desk at the moment, I give it the occasional stroke and I am waiting for it to tell me what it wants to be when it grows up . And of course, the Knit Picks Options arrived, what can I say , they are so smooth to knit with , the cables are wonderfully pliant , why , oh why can't we get things like this in England ? The photo was taken of my outdoor knitting corner , I love to get tucked up there , with a good audio book and a cup of coffee.

Whilst reading through Rebecca's blog , I saw that she had taken a picture of a Norwegian cardigan . This reminded me that I had started a Sedestal sweater about 4 years ago , and if I remembered correctly , it just needed the neck finishing off , I can't remember why I didn't finish it off now , but I decided to try and find it (easier said than done ). After searching through the loft I finally unearthed it , it looked a bit sorry for itself, but after a few judicious pulls here and there , it resembled a jumper again. I cheated with this , and chickened out of the steeking , I just couldn't bear the thought of cutting through the knitting with SCISSORS, so when I got to the arms , I just worked backwards and forwards , then picked up the stitches around the arms and knitted the sleeves from the top down to the cuff . As we live near the coast I couldn't resist adding an anchor or two instead of following the pattern religiously .

Whilst I was knitting, my other half was busy tidying up the ponds, and generally waking everything up after the winter .

Can anybody tell me how to position the photos properly ? they just clump themselves together , and have a mind of their own .