C6B, T5F ?

If I hadn't already decided not to go on the walk today the steadily worsening rain which reached a state of deluge by mid-day would have put me off.

We had our usual leisurely breakfast listening to The Archers. Then before starting on my main project I browsed a couple of fabric sites and ordered some samples. Hopefully one of those will be a better colour match for the wardrobe curtain.

That done I turned to my knitting project which I was determined to complete and by the end of the day had done so.

Yesterday I had experimented with using three colours of wool on a simple cable but that didn't work out. Instead I turned to my encyclopaedia of knitting stitches and found a Celtic cable that looked interesting. I don't often knit which made it a challenge but I'll give anything a go. I had instructions so what could go wrong? I found out that dropping a stitch in the middle of a pattern composed of cables and twists where sometimes it was three stitches on the extra needle and sometimes two took a long time to put right. Peter came in at one of those moments and beat a hasty retreat when he heard me counting and muttering darkly. It got easier each time I completed the eight pattern rows and using blutack as a marker helped me to keep my place both on the main pattern and on the explanation of the codes for the stitches.

I was very glad it was only a small cosy that I was knitting though long ago I knitted Peter a chunky traditional Aran sweater. He still remembers it but no amount of hinting will get me knitting a replacement.