This is the latest free pattern from Berroco, cute little chicks and a felted basket to knit. Aren’t they cute? LOL I saw these and immediately remembered peep jousting (was anyone else on the Knit List ten years or so ago?). A group of little chicks will never be the same after that… LOL These […]
One of my favorite authors, Lawrence Block, has a new book coming out, Hit Parade. I probably wouldn’t ordinarily mention it, but I don’t have anything else to write about just got a newsletter from him today. This is his third novel with this character, John Keller, who is, you guessed it, a hit man. […]
The socks progress, though no exactly at the rate they did when my father-in-law was here. I’m no longer spending hours each day on the couch listening to father and son, but am back at my desk during the day, so projects are progressing at their normal slow rate again. I have to admit to […]
I started HAED’s Winding the Skeins over the weekend. So far I have this 20 x 30 stitch blue-gray blob. Hard to believe, but there are four colors of floss in that blob. This pattern is going to take a very long time to stitch. It’ll be so worth it, too. I’m still in love […]
I’m making it up as I go along. Can you tell? I’m indecisive… I have more of the speckled white than any of the other colors. A lot more. I’m considering crocheting a double, or perhaps even a triple, repeat of the white before starting in on the other colors again. When I do the […]
I couldn’t resist this tangle of sleepy paws. Ricki didn’t move a muscle when I tickled one of them, so I thought I’d try taking a picture. We should have named her Ms. Mellow. Didn’t even flutter an eyelash.
Had to share this. There are several warrens of wild bunnies in the fields below us. They […]
As previously promised, I hereby provide status on my latest pair of socks, the Pomatomus from Knitty magazine.
For a while I thought these socks were going to beat me. I cast on and knit the ribbed portion of the cuff without problem, while completely loving the spring and loftiness of the STR yarn (lagoon). Then […]
Have you ever participated in a needlework mystery (i.e., a design that you started before knowing how it will look in the end and by which you receive parts of the design via the internet, magazines, or leaflets at spaced intervals)? If so, why did you decide to do the mystery? What appealed to you […]
Angela, you are such a doll. Thank you so very much for the four wonderful floss boxes. You quite take my breath away. Here they are in all their glory. As you can see, two have already been moved into.
While Dave’s dad was here he (Bill) wanted to help us get a few things done around the house. You know, those projects that never seem to get done.
The oven
First on the list was the oven. For some reason, it decided to work just fine on the morning of the ides of March, but it […]