One I prepared earlier.

Hello!

It's been a while....

So, what have you all been doing since I was last here?  Me?  Well I've been, eh.  Emm... One sec... Er...

I don't know what I've been doing.

Unless you count knitting.  I've been doing a bit of that.  What's that I hear?  The sound of footsteps running off into the distance?  A door slamming shut?  Wait!  Don't run away, I promise I'm not going to turn this into a knitting blog.

But I do just want to tell you this story.

A while ago I told you that my sister Deirdre was a bit of an international knitter, knitting jumpers for hens and other small things (children!) and had sent some garments to her nephew in Holland.  Do you remember?  Try to keep up!!  Well shortly after I posted that message, I got a Facebook message from my cousin in Las Vegas, (who, just to confuse things, is also called Deirdre) with a picture attached of an Aran cardigan that I had allegedly knit for her about 30 years ago.  At first I thought it was a mistake, because as you all know I'm only 25, so I couldn't possibly have knit it.

Anyway, after careful consideration, (and a quick check on my birth cert) I had to admit that I vaguely remembered knitting the sweater.  And once I remembered that one, I also remembered the others that I had done for various other people.  I had a proper little cottage industry going!!

So, here is Exhibit A now, in all it's glory!

Apparently she still wears it from time to time, but not so much now as it's very hot in Las Vegas!

Deirdre (the Las Vegas one, not my sister) has two granddaughters now.  I see some photos of them from time to time, and thought it would be nice to carry on the tradition of sending Aran sweaters to the US.

So I knit these two for her granddaughters!

So now they can be just like Grandma.   That's a good thing?  Right Deirdre??

Apparently Deirdre was having a bad headache day when the postman arrived with the sweaters.  She was so delighted when she saw what was in the envelope that she forgot all her troubles.

So, not only can I knit Aran sweaters, but I can also cure headaches!!

All that talent, and I'm still only 25!!

Imagine the things I will be able to do when I'm old...