and the winner is...

...me!
I was lucky enough to win a skein of wollmeise from a draw on LixieKnitsIt and it turned up in the post today.

I was thinking of making myself some socks with it, but D suggested some fingerless gloves, which does sound very appealing. I'll have to wait until January though, I've got to get through my Christmas knitting first.

I spent a good hour sweeping up a million leaves today (only 30 million to go!), planting 2 new fruit trees and planting bulbs while listening to stories from Escape pod. I loved the kids' story Squonk the Dragon. I must let J2 listen to it too.

...and the winners tonight are Newcastle, beating Aston Villa 2-0, and moving from 20th place to 14th. The bottom half of the table is very tight: Man city at 10th with 13 points and Spurs at the foot of the table with 9, only 4 points separating them. There is going to be a lot of turmoil in the table before it is clear who is for the top and who is for the drop!