I started knitting a scarf last night. It’s nothing fancy, just a one-skein free pattern from my local yarn shop, but I love the colors of the yarn. This phone snap doesn’t do them justice.

My skills are rusty so it is slow-going, but knitting is one of the most effective ways I have found to lower my stress levels.

I can’t wait until the rest of my knitting supplies arrive from Scotland because I now know how to finish that sweater for FunkyPlaid that I’ve been working on for years.

Writing from: my makeshift study in the dining-room. Listening to: “So I Married an Axe Murderer” on the TV in the living-room.