What's new?  Well, I stayed ill right up till Christmas and after - managed to get the norovirus (vomiting and diarrhea bug) after the abscess cleared up and that was immediately followed by the flu, which has left me with a bad cough that will not go away!

What's astonishing is that usually I'm never ill and don't get all these bugs going around.  I'm like Typhoid Mary, a carrier but never getting them myself!

Here is my latest creation, modelled by my Mother.  Here she is modelling my Christmas present to her, along with a stunning "deer caught in the headlights" look!  This knitting pattern wins a prize for being the pattern I had to unpick and rework the most times ever - thanks Noro for that cryptic pattern.  For those with a technical curiosity, you go from a 12 stitch and 6 x 2 stitch pattern repeat to a 5 x 2 and 10 stitch pattern repeat with NO INSTRUCTIONS whatsoever!  Ah well I have a history of staying up till 2am Christmas Day finishing my Mother's Christmas presents...