Busy busy busy!!!

Wow! It's been a hectic few weeks!!!!! Well, I'm now a proper student at London South Bank University studying diagnostic radiography. Cool! I've completed the first 5 weeks of my course and I'm loving it. I'm not so sure about the physics though - I haven't done any classes in physics since 1982 (before half my class were even born!!) so I'm just a bit rusty. We do have an excellent (and VERY patient) lecturer though so it's going ok. I have my first clinical placement starting in just over a week so if you're thinking of breaking a bone, best not do it in the Dartford area until December!!

I'm also enjoying (!) the thrills of C2C and London Underground. Having always had jobs where I could walk or drive, taking the train is something of a novelty. And boy are there a LOT of steps on the tube network!! Still, I'm not only going to have a professional qualification at the end of my course but also thighs of steel so it's not all bad!

Back to the books now. Wish me luck in Dartford!!

I'm on my holidays!!

I would have blogged before but mum says O2 mobile broadband is rubbish. well, she didn't say 'rubbish' but apparently I'm not allowed to use the word she did.


Here I am with my mum on the Malakoff. That's mum's favourite view, ehind us. Funny, I thought she liked looking at ME best.

And here I am on the beach. I like the beach.

I got a bit of daddy's pasty yesterday. I can't have a whole one for some reason. I don't know why. I could definitely eat a whole one.....

XX D

No new blanky for me, I see

Just because I rip them up, that's no reason for her not to knit one for me. Good job they are taking me to the seaside soon or I would have to sulk. Can't wait for my holiday *happy dance*

XX D

I'm rather proud of this...

My latest knitted shawl. I don't care if I'm bragging, I think I'm clever!!!!!! Tee Hee ;-)

Sorry! I've been busy......

Well, after buying all that wool you couldn't expect me not to want to knit any of it, could you? ok, so I haven't actually made anything with THAT wool yet (although I have started a shawl....) but here's a few bits I finished recently.


This is a cardi I made with some fab wool from Joanns in America. I loved this pattern - the body is knitted in one piece and then the sleeves are picked up and knitted in the round. No sewing up!! Woohoo!

This is a shoulder shawl, made from sock yarn. It's actually a semi circle (I folded it for the picture!) and by the end you have a RIDICULOUS amount of stitches on the needles.




This is a kit mum got me for Christmas (after some subtle hinting on my part...). I do like a rainbow.




This is known as 'knitting crack' on www.ravelry.com! It's 'Ishbel' by Ysolda Teague and a deceptively simple lace shawl. Why the nickname? Well, it's so simple and so pretty, as soon as you finish one, you want to knit another!! And, yes, mum has already suggested that she might like one....


Well, back to the needles.......

SHE'S off buying wool

and I don't get any lunch. Not a thought for MY tum. Hmph.

XX Digey

OOOH my feet hurt....

But not as much as my wallet!!!!!

I went to Knit Nation at Imperial College, South Kensington. Wow! What a lot of lovely woolly balls all in one place! I brought home as much as I could but there is still lots left!! I got some GORGEOUS red cashmere, some scrummy merino wool and bamboo and a dyeing kit to have a go at colouring my own wool. Look out for a multi-coloured Digey some time soon.....

Here's a close-up of my new needle case for travelling with needles and not breaking them (I hope) and my snazzy new buttons. Just got to knit something to sew them on....

Oh, and another close-up. Just in case you missed anything!

Wish I could go again tomorrow.......