Batteries are flat

I took some photos of the Hemlock blanket and the socks I am knitting, then I went to download the photos and guess what....the batteries went flat. So they are on charge now and I will add photos to this post tomorrow night.

I am doing the second pair of socks for the Tofutsies sock of the month (every second month) sock knit. It is a nice bright green with black and white through it. The pattern is sort of a mock cable, they are looking pretty nice at the moment, I am on the third pattern repeat.

When I went to cast-on on Saturday morning, I found I had lost one of my addi turbo 2.25mm circular needles. Bugger. I looked everywhere, I did have it in my bag with the pattern, sock yarn and other circular, but somewhere along the line it must have fallen out.

As I was going to the bike shop in Fairy Meadow I decided to go to my LYS, CR&K Daisy Designs in Daisy Street, Fairy Meadow (NSW Australia). I bought another addi 2.25mm circular but it is only a 40cm, I like to work my socks on 2 x 60cm needles. This is the LYS that a few of us get together every other tuesday night and knit etc.

The date for my bikes arrival in Australia (at Melbourne) is 21 December, I am hoping it may arrive a bit earlier that week so it can get to Sydney, be compliance plated and send to Fraser's at Fairy Meadow (near Wollongong), and they do all the modifications (as in lowering it and putting mid mount pegs instead of the forward controls) before Christmas. I already have my cars registration and insurance due on 23 December, and with the bike, next christmas is going to be expensive for all the registration renewals and insurance. But what the heck.

Only 13 more days of work and then I am on holidays for 3 1/2 weeks. Come on 21 December (my last day of work and the day I go to Sydney airport and pick up #2 son and his fiance for the 2weeks holiday they are having back home here. It will be great to have all the kids in the house at once. (well I am hoping it will be great).