The news in brief:

• Went with Frax and Kauket to see Brenda Dayne knitting on the fourth plinth on Saturday, and then went to the pub with aforementioned plus a load of other knitters who had come for the same reason. F, K and I were by chance all knitting Coriolis, and we all made decent progress, and I made the acquaintance of an Oxford knitter who knows lots of the same people I do.
• On the same trip, went to iKnit, and bought a Zauberball in shades of reds. Have made plans for a flame-patterned scarf.
• Ella is finished and soaking, in preparation for my first ever excursion into blocking. It’s very three-dimensional at the moment, so I’m eagerly awaiting the lace-blocking miracle that’s reputed to happen.