Just popping in very quickly to wish you all the best for 2016. Here are some of my happy moments from 2015. The year we got a new flock of hens; Toby had a hair cut and was very excited by his new appearance; Amy started her GCSE year and did brilliantly in her mocks just before Christmas (mostly As and A*s and a few Bs) now she just has to do it for real in May; there were lots of wood walks; a makeover for our bedroom and of course lots of knitting for me.

 

 

While I'm here, I thought I'd look back on some previous years mosaic round-ups and feel all nostalgic now!

2014

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

2009

 

 

2008

 

Will be back soon, once the Christmas dust has been hoovered up and I'm in the swing of things again, til then I wish you a happy and healthy beginning to the new year x

 

 

Today I am knitting lace, eating clementines and brazil nuts, listening to the sweet voice of Kate Rusby and feeling a deep sense of well-being, calm and gentle joy. Because today the postman has brought a brown envelope containing not more forms but some actual good news. Thanks to some extra evidence that we submitted a couple of weeks back the decision regarding Toby's entitlement has been changed in his favour and we will no longer need to go to a tribunal. I am so deeply grateful that we've had the support of Toby's head teacher and the very eminent clinical psychologist who originally assessed and diagnosed Toby's autism. They both took time to write very succinct and compelling evidence about the severity of his condition and these two letters have obviously made much more impact on the decision than anything we as parents submitted. Anyway, it's resolved and a great weight has been lifted from me – today I am relief personified 🙂

While I'm here I'll show you some pictures of what else I've been knitting lately.

 

 

There have been socks on my needles! My first ever pair knitted in a soft dove grey and a second pair in a mustardy yellow. Both of these pairs from a lovely simple pattern- Laule'a by Cabinfour using worsted weight yarn (which means they knit up quickly). I've used lovely soft Rooster Almerino aran in 'shimmer' and 'custard' which I had in my stash.

 

 

In other news I had a very nice mention on the Love Knitting blog the other day as part of their '5 minutes with…' series. If you'd like to read it you can find it here.

 

 

Lastly, I'll leave you with some of the glorious skies that I've snapped over the last few weeks and put on Instagram. The last few days have been flat, dull and grey but when it has been clear the sky has been beautiful.

 

 

 

Thanks for popping in and visiting with me. The School Christmas break starts this coming Friday at lunchtime and so I don't expect I'll be around as much but I will be back to wish you a very merry Christmas so see you then x