Buzzing around

Hopefully this will be the end of the bee-themed knitting for a while.

So that Rach didn't feel left out I knitted her some striped like a bee socks, I hope they fit as I kind of guessed what size feet she has.
And as there was more yellow and black wool around I thought I'd knit another pair of bee booties for her bump (due any day now).
Looking at those photos you wouldn't think that the top one was taken outside with a flash and the bottom inside without a flash.

We're having some technical problems at home at the moment - in that the phone line into the house has been disconnected and will apparently take three weeks to reconnect - I'm not going to rant - I'm past ranting. It makes blogging a bit random.

Sunset

There was a beautiful sunset here in Helsinki this evening - not a delicate wispy multi-coloured affair, but a stong, vivid, bright, the sky is on fire, deep pink sunset. Red sky at night, shepherds delight - I'm now excited about what tomorrow's weather is going to be like. I did think about taking a picture, but I think in order to do justice to a sunset you must have a super-dooper camera and a certain skill for taking sunsets, otherwise I think it's best to just enjoy them while they're here.

I've now properly finished my koolhaas hat (photo to follow) and have managed to make a decision about what to knit next. I finally decided to start a pair of bee socks for Rach - part of what has become the Poulton bee series! Not a lot done yet, but the stripes are taking shape.

I'm using the same basic Sirdar pattern as I have for quite a few of the socks I've knitted and some suitably bee-coloured wool. I'm using a random stripe generator to figure out the stripes and am trying to do stationary jogless stripes.