New Year New Beginnings

Another new year has begun and I never make New Year resolutions but I am going to try this year to take pictures of what I am up to . Having sold or given so many of my handmade things this year and no records of them has spurred me into thinking this way. I used to do this many moons ago when I first started my blog but somehow life became more hectic and of course that was all before Ravelry which ate big time into my online time. Now that I have cut back on Ravelry (still love it for patterns and ideas ) I am going to spend more time blogging like I used to .

We had a quiet Christmas this year as I was poorly and then we went away to our fav spot on Anglesey for the New Year and there without any distractions I finished Tony's jumper at long last.

He loves this pattern and I have already made him one in it before but he wants another !! but I am not doing dark navy for a while as its a pain to do patterns in it even with my daylight lamp. Any way he loves it and the colour does suit him
Next is a cowl I made with some hand spun camel I spun over Christmas and my SIL has fancied this so it will probably go to her for her birthday later this month .

Then I started this mindless knit which I treated myself to a few weeks ago . It was perfect for sitting in the van and I was able to read a whole book on my Kindle at the same time(love my Kindle, although the whole 'real' book issue does worry me at times).This should be finished in a couple of days I hope . I find this style of jumper perfect for winter and have another pattern (Idlewood) planned for the next one.
We did manage to go walking on the beach a few times which is always lovely but on the whole we did a lot of this....
and this .....
So I have started well , lets see how I carry on LOL.

I have a date for my pre-op now in a weeks time so it looks like things are going as planned and that I will have my op soon ; I so hope I am doing the right thing but I have run out of options.