Now that I’m finally done with that baby blanket, I’m gleefully knitting away on my Pomatomus again. Sock one is nearly done. I’m at a point, though, where I’m worried about the length. I don’t think I started decreasing for the toe soon enough. Well, I’ll probably find out later today if I have to […]

I still want to make one something fierce. I’m no closer to choosing a pattern than I was two months ago. Sigh. My current favorite Fassett patterns are the Large Steps and Stone Patch from Glorious Knits, AND patterns 16, 161, 172, 173, or 178 in his Pattern Library. Uh, no. I can’t say I’ve […]

Someone on the Townsend sock list passed this along today. She thinks it’d make a great group project. Probably would. I’m not currently sure why anyone would want to do it once, much less again, but it sure does tickle my funny bone. Doesn’t everyone need a pink cozy for their tank? My favorite part […]

Do you do obligation or deadline-based stitching? Why or why not? If you do, do you tend to get in over your head and why?
Nope. Not normally. The only time I do any obligation stitching is self-imposed, such as a gift for someone. If they know about the gift I’m making, they always know that […]

I just got this link from an old friend of mine, Pete. We’ve been friends since we were four years old. Kind of scary, that. Anyway, he and his wife love Yosemite, and go whenever possible. So, when I got this link from him it didn’t surprise me at all. The only surprising thing, […]

I hope my friend doesn’t think so. I hope the baby doesn’t think so (he’s guaranteed to, if the blanket lives that long). I hope the ladies at the shower don’t think so. But I do. I’m not sure if Dave thinks it’s that ugly, per se, but the fact that it’s not a regular […]

A tiny bit more yellow, some of the silk flowers in another cobalt vase.

Yup. I changed my Yahoo avatar. I’d really, really rather be on a deserted tropical beach with my dearest Dave right now. Sigh. Sounds lovely, doesn’t it? I sure think so.

Angela, when counting stitches for Winding the Skeins it’s pretty easy. Since […]

Well, Dave’s now read the entire book, Incredible Vegetables from Self-Watering Containers: Using Ed’s Amazing POTS System, except for the specific plant descriptions at the end. It’s a good book, over all, giving a ton of information about soil, composting, planting, pruning, harvesting, preparing a yard for winter—which he also skipped, this not being an […]

I don’t even know when the last time was that I answered my own meme. Too funny. Here goes… The book: The Mirror of Her Dreams by Stephen R. Donaldson.

Reach out a hand, and grab the book that is closest to you. Turn to page 231, or pick a page at random if the book […]

Winding the Skeins
Well… I only put in about 400 stitches last week. Egads. At this rate it’ll take the rest of my natural life to finish this piece. Good thing I like it. LOL I’ve now stitched to the far right edge of page one. I’m nowhere near the bottom edge of the page. It’ll […]