I saw my eldest son off to University on Saturday so it was a bit emotional for me but made much easier by the fact that he was looking forward to it enormously and settled in really well immediately. He's gone to York to study Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence. We had a time slot to arrive in, between 9.30 and 12.30, I was tremendously impressed with how smoothly things ran, considering around 600 students would have been arriving that morning. Upon arrival at around 11am, we were directed to where we could park and unload, a lovely young lady who was a second year student came to meet our car as soon as we had parked up and introduced herself and offered her help. Michael was taken to where he needed to be to collect his key and she helped unload the car and took us to the flat he will be living in for the next year. The accommodation is all brand new having only opened last year. Michael is in a flat for 12 people, all rooms are en-suite and the shared kitchen is huge! After helping him to unpack and make his bed (his priority was his computer - no surprise there), we asked if he wanted to come and have lunch or if he wanted us to leave him to meet his flat-mates and get on with things. He opted for the latter which, although I was a teensy bit disappointed at, I was also very happy that he felt confident enough to be alone in this new environment. From subsequent chats on facebook etc, I'm happy to report that he is settled and enjoying his new life. Michael will not be a party animal, that's not his bag but I have no doubt that he will embrace all opportunities that appeal to him and will enjoy a full and satistfying life over the next four years. I'm very proud of him.
By coincidence, I'm going to be in York this Saturday too. I am doing a Rowan knitting workshop on finishing techniques at Poppys, a beautiful yarn shop on Colliergate in the City. I'm looking forward to this greatly, it is a workshop I have wanted to do for some time now as I feel it is often the sewing up and other finishing bits and bobs that let my knitted garments down. I'm looking forward to learning how to finish more professionally as well as a good old natter with like-minded souls.
I always enjoy going to my knit group each month for the same reason. I don't have any knitting friends that I see regularly, so it is always a joy to be among a room full of other women, all knitting and chatting, comparing our projects and sharing tips and techniques. Last night at knit group, my lovely friend Shona had given me a ball of Merino so that I could knit the squares we need to take with us to the workshop on Saturday, so that's what I was doing last night and I've almost finished all four of them now. In other knitting news, I finished my Ishbel and I am so pleased with it, it is really beautiful.
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| Ishbel for me |
I've started Mr Greenjeans in red and frogged the February Lady in the Adriafil Soffio, I also frogged one of the summer tops, I needed the needles and when I tried to transer the stitches over to spare yarn, I got in a muddle and lost some. I hadn't done much of it and couldn't quite remember where I was up to in the pattern either so it's no great loss. I also started Clothilde in Arauncania Ranco Multy and have wound the yarn for Propello.
I have quite a busy weekend ahead what with the Rowan workshop on Saturday and then on Sunday, we have having a family party for my mum who will be 90 next week. More on that next week.
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