Poor Dave spent all day Saturday in a business meeting, while I had a quiet yarn-y celebration at home. The Mountain Peaks shawl is draped over the couch in the family room for now, so I can see it every time I walk by, which is fairly often. Since it’s off the needles and blocked […]
Instead of the usual wood or metal horizontal or vertical rails that are usually on the outside edge of decks to keep us safe, the upstairs decks at our house have glass. For humans and cats, this is wonderful. It keeps us in, while allowing us to look out.
This is not such a nice feature […]
I was alone in the house when I was ready to take pictures, so had to settle for a chair as a model. I love the way this turned out. Love, love, love it. I may have done one too many repeats of that first big chart… I say that because the shawl is wider […]
I finished it yesterday. Had work to do so I didn’t have time to block it right then, as I wanted to. I used a crochet hook to bind off the last seventeen stitches, and I really like the way it turned out. It was a little awkward, but I ended up with a nicely […]
Lolly, creator of Socktoberfest, has a couple more questions this week.
Where have your hand knit socks been? What is the furthest they have traveled?
I started one pair of socks on our way to Minnesota for a family reunion a number of years back. The sock-knitting process was quite attractive to Dave’s cousin’s daughters. That was […]
I finished the first Errant Ankles sock last night. Woohoo! I tried it on, and it fit perfectly. I usually do a different kind of toe than this one calls for, but decided to try it anyway. Knitting the star toe was easier, and I love the way it fits my stubby foot. I didn’t […]
Reading in bed
Do you read in bed? For how long? Do you fall asleep reading? Will a good book keep you up all night? Sure do. How long depends on how good the book is and how tired I am. It could be five minutes or five hours, but is usually somewhere in between. Yes, […]
I’m a knitter. I love yarn. Kind of goes hand-in-hand, doesn’t it? I’ve been seeing mention of Sea Silk yarn here and there in blogs for a month or three. And today, not one, but two people (so far) blogged about it—that I know of—Jo and Kay. I had to go look, didn’t I?
With all […]
All this is Deb’s fault. Saw them both on her blog.
How many?
It’s funny. I did this also with my maiden name, and there were only sixteen of us. I also looked up my husband’s name, and there are 3,269 people in the United States with his name. This doesn’t surprise me at all. Last we […]
I’ve been vacillating. For quite some time. Years even. I’ve come to a decision. I’m never going to knit anything with this beautiful burgundy sock yarn, so I’m going to give it away. Honestly. It’s gorgeous. I have nothing against it personally. But it’s in there, in the sock yarn drawer, with this bright red […]