Do you see a dragon?

Looking at this fallen tree on our walk today, I was immediately struck by its resemblance to a flying dragon. Isn’t nature amazing?

New day, new project. I cast on a puff daddy footstool/floor cushion using three strands of the Marble chunky and one of aran.  As I had over ordered in the yarn for the ten stitches I thought this would a good use. I have some old duvets to use for stuffing so no extra outlay.

Whilst out today we passed the old telephone box in Hemingford Abbots. A while back it was turned into a library/swap box. You help yourself and then drop off any books (mainly) or dvds/cds you are finished with. It’s a great idea and well used.  Anyway this old knitting book caught my eye today. Printed in 1985.  My mum used to take the Woman’s Weekly magazine when I was a child and I had it when we were first married.  The patterns and recipes were always good.  I stopped buying it when knitting went out of fashion for a while. Over time the magazine changed and I never went back to it.  They ended up publishing their patterns in a separate monthly magazine, which I bought occasionally if something took my fancy. This book was a trip down memory lane. Some of the patterns awful but others you can imagine knitted in todays yarns and colours, styles not that different.  There are certainly some patterns I will knit, especially the baby and children ones.