Feeling better

Thank you everyone for your kind wishes. The initial shock is wearing off as is the morning, noon and night sickness. I am now only feeling sick in the afternoon and occassionally at night. Still totally exhausted. I am sleeping so much at the moment. For anyone who knows me, I'm not a big sleeper. I really dislike having a lie-in. I survive quite well on 6 hours a night for prolonged periods. BUT, at the moment, I'm sleeping 10 - 11 hours a day. My poor kids are watching way too much TV during the afternoons. Here's hoping the tiredness will pass soon.

I have managed to grab some crafting and knitting time too. Finished 2 hats - 1 for the BIL (a ribbed hat in Lang Tosca) and 1 for the SIL (Flora Hat from Louisa Harding's Accessories Collection in LH Impression). I am so behind in the Christmas knitting and crafting. I had plans to make Christmas cards (had to buy them instead), make an activity Advent calender for the kids, like last year (they're having a chocolate one instead), make more decorations for the tree, like beaded snowflakes, knitted ornaments etc (no chance!) Well, maybe next year.......

I've also started knitting Kiri for my mother's 60th birthday. I'm currently on repeat number 5 and I've got 7 more to go. I need to finish this by 10 January. I wonder if this is achievable........
I'm knitting it in Kaalund Expressions in Anemone (pink, purple, blue and greens), it's a little less fluffy than Kid Silk Haze. Just gorgeous. (In fact, someone stopped to ask about it when I was knitting at Starbucks!) The other plus is the pattern - it's easy to memorise and it flows very well. But with any lace project, it looks just like a blob of yarn.

I also managed to meet up with Kate at Liberty today. We had a lovely lunch at the Art Bar Cafe and managed to catch over an hour of knitting over hot chocolates at a local Starbucks (i think). Excitingly, she brought back from the USA some Socks That Rock. On the left is Scottish Highlands in lightweight and on the right, is Love-in -the -idlesness in middleweight. I am loving the yarn. Yumm. Can't wait to start that!!