I hope you are all feeling loved today! I am, but then I'm a smug married person, so I'm told! I got a lovely surprise this morning of these flowers and chocs...

...they are currently making my craft room smell lovely! J managed to wangle the day off work so we could hang out, we went into town for a nice lunch and had a trip to the library (How romantic!). I found a few knitting books with sock instructions that I'm going to try before I buy the sock book. There wasn't really a large knitting selection, it was a little on the disappointing side :(

I had a busy morning. I got up bright and early to make a cake to take to Fran and Pete's tomorrow, along with some leek and potato soup. Then started on marmalade making. From this....

To this...

...then we went to lunch so I just have to clean my jars and boil up the lovely orangey mixture with lots of sugar. I'm going to add a bit of whisky to a few of the jars as a bit of an experiment, never done it before but other people I know have and it's quite nice...I'll let you know the outcome. I'm only making 2 batches this year as we've still got 10 of last years even though I always seem to be giving it away - I don't really like my marmalade but I'm told its nice. I prefer my sweet orange and ginger marmalade! YUM!

ALMOST finished the giraffe hanging tidy, just have Velcro to add to stop the big pockets gaping open and making the poor giraffe look like it's been chopped up, and the top fastening bits so it can be attached to the side of the cot. It'll be finished before I get there Franny! Don't worry! Hehe! :)

Oh, and here is the blanket again WITH blanket stitch! I really like it, I might start making one for myself. I'm sure if I start now it'll be finished for winter 2010!