Anyone would think that....

... this is a trainspotting blog.

It isn't.

However, Wednesday afternoons seem to be a regular time for the trains at Bitton to get an outing and I just happen to be passing by.  There is something irresistible about these fabulous old machines. So as instructed, I took the opportunity to Stop, Look and Listen.

It seems like it has been the only time recently that I have stopped!

On Monday afternoon I ventured out into the homeward commuter traffic on the M5 at Aztec West to go to the monthly Spin-in at Spinning Weal in Clevedon. 

 I think I should have one of those signs - " I'd really much prefer to be in the passenger seat knitting."  There are some folks who really do want to go places in a rush!  

I spent a lovley evening in great company and I made this

which is an improvement on my first attempt.

I collected my big sister of all embroidery frames so that I will be able to start work on my Omega tapestry. Watch this space.

The homage to a 1980's Wendy pattern of an aran jumper with a Wheatsheaf on the front has progressed  I knitted the pattern up at the time and vowed I would never do it again.  I did love that jumper though, but, as I made it in cheap yarn it has been in jumper heaven for some years.

I had 3 balls of aran weight wool from Jo's Mums stash, not enough for a jumper, but hey, enough to make a bag, with a panel of a wheatsheaf!  Yeah!  As all aran projects tend to do, (well in my inexpert hands) it has grown a little bit bigger than planned and I have now run out of the yarn, so it will have a base of a different colour.

I am still not going to make the jumper again. 

However, there are some ladies in Scotland who can knit for Inverallan Ltd , they must knit at least 100 times faster than me. They make a jumper similar to the original design which was promoted in the Sunday Times all those years ago... I really, really, am not going to knit the whole jumper again so one day..... I may just buy one!  

In the meantime. Life goes on at the speed of a ....