It's been a long time.

First I had the Flu jab. Then I had the -not flu - but I really have not been very well. USA election night it was clear that for me lying down was not going to be an option, so I got myself established with plenty of pillows and rugs, and a pair of election socks. Well, they are blue(ish) and the yarn is Cascade Heritage Hand Paints bought here, so I felt that was the best I was likely to do. As it was, I couldn't stay awake for long enough to see anything very significant, but at least I knew that I had "done my bit".



I have also been working on the other batch of Jaeger Extra Fine, using an adapted pattern.



I used the tubular cast on as it doesn't pull in quite as much as my usual thumb method. I am pleased with the fabric that is coming off the needles.

Knititch - I like that pattern, especially the shoulder shaping. It has a lot more twisted stitches that mine though - I am not sure I could manage that many, especially the purl ones! My dear old stitch pattern has just the knit stitches on the right side twisted and that is enough for me.

Callie - The situation about the school and Feast is one that we see in Cornwall quite a lot - it is really down to new residents failing to appreciate just how important our local traditions are! The poor Head of the school had only been there since last January, so she had never seen Feast, and didn't know what it was. However that didn't stop her thinking she could make a difference! I am hoping very hard that it was just a failure of judgement on her part - it is, however, entirely possible that somebody 'fed her a line' to see how she would respond, and thereby dropped her into the situation. the Cornish are independent minded people, but they can also be pretty underhand and treacherous - comes from centuries of being patronised by the English.

Mind you, these things don't just happen in Cornwall. My Husband remembers his Grandfather saying of some enthusiastic newcomers to the village in rural Berkshire "Been in the village five minutes, and already they think they can make water run uphill."