New Year ….. New Start?

Well that’s the Christmas holidays over for another year (well almost) so Happy New Year to all.  I have absolutely no idea how I am going to get out of bed at 6.30 on Tuesday to go to work.  I seem to have been staying up late and getting up late for so long now I can’t imagine getting up that early .  I’m determined to get a bit fitter this year, I’m not going to diet because I don’t think that works well for me (and I love food too much anyway) so I’ve made the decision to get more exercise.  Lola has really helped as I’ve been walking for an hour a day recently and I shall be keeping that up.  We’ve done three 5-mile hikes over the holidays – a couple of them guided walks with the Woodland Trust and we’ve really enjoyed them so we’re going to become members and do more of that.

My other (half-hearted) New Years Resolution is to only start knitting with yarn in my stash.  I decided to have a sort out during the holidays and I’ve been photographing it all and cataloguing it on Ravelry.  It makes sobering reading!  I dread to think how much money is tied up in yarn in my wardrobe!!  So far I have put on 40 different types/colours and there is loads more I haven’t done yet.   I really need to try and stick to this one as I don’t have that much spare cash.  I just find it soooo hard to resist when I go shopping and I always buy with a project in mind but never seem to start said project. 

I’m hoping to make the yarn dyeing work too.  I’ve just bought some lovely angora/merino lace weight to dye.  I hope to have it on Folksy by next week so watch this space!  I’ve been fiddling around with the settings on this Blog and I’ve managed to create a link directly to the shop.  Just need to work out how to drum up more business now!  Huge thanks to everyone that’s bought yarn already