Socks For Me and Garden Progress

I managed to knit this sock over the weekend, it's very thick, knit in aran yarn on 3mm dpns. I need some new wellies so, I'm knitting these for myself and shall wear them when I am trying on new boots.

I learned a new cast on for these socks - it's a tubular cast on and very stretchy which I like. I haven't found if it is possible to cast on this way with a 2x2 rib. I hope so, I don't enjoy knitting a single rib - it's so time consuming throwing the yarn backwards and forwards and getting it tangled around the four needles. The yarn is Texere BFL aran in duck egg blue; I like it lots. There are 54 stitches for a 6 stitch repeat.









The garden is beginning to take shape at last. The yard edge is marked out in red bricks, the rest is going to be a greeny, yellow stone.

Here you can see the pergola, I just can't make up my mind what I want to plant over it. I think I would like something fragrant like Jasmine or maybe honeysuckle would be less overpowering. Then I would like something colourful too. I don't think clematis would be quite right here.


The yard is quite large just here and I think I shall break it up by growing something small and low growing between the paving. I must remember to give them the spike to cement in for my rotary drier. Looking forward to drying outside again.

This is the bottom of the garden with a brick paved area for more seating. I could put the table and chairs down here but it doesn't make much sense as it's a long walk from the kitchen. I'm thinking maybe roses along the screening, though I haven't made up my mind yet.

The screening and pergola are now almost complete. It's been raining almost all weekend and the pond has started to fill up with water. I don't think it was supposed to because it hasn't been lined yet but at least I know it doesn't leak.

I am becoming a little anxious that I shall be able to manage it all. The garden was so overgrown before, it looked much smaller. Perhaps if I can find someone to cut the grass I could then devote all my time to the flower beds and all the pretty stuff.