I got mail from Just Nan today. They have three new designs coming out in January. The designs are: Queen of the Needle, Snow Bonnets (a companion to Snow Faces), and Crystal Roses. I just love Nan’s snowflakes. I might even do this new one myself; It’s pretty. I sent a note of to Nan […]

President Ford
I don’t know why I was so surprised to hear about the passing of President Ford, but I was. And saddened. I remember Watergate and the Nixon mess fairly well considering I’ve never exactly been a news hound. I always thought that Ford did a fairly good job cleaning up. What a job that […]

One of the presents from my incredibly generous aunt and uncle was a gift certificate to Nordstrom (Dave got his own gift certificate from them, his is to Crate and Barrel). I don’t shop at Nordstrom very often. Most of the stuff I like there is way out of my price range. But I love […]

Mirabilia released a new design, Lady of the Mist. I think this is the prettiest one she’s done in quite a while. And look—no yellow! Not sure about the “mist” part, but whatever. The design’s pretty. I love the roses. As usual, I don’t like the background color Nora chose, but that’s easy to fix. […]

I hope everyone had a safe and joyful holiday. Because of having family here to celebrate with us, we had more presents around the tree this year than in the last five or six years combined. In spite of the fact that we never did decorate the tree, well, except for one little red cardinal […]

I don’t know if you normally ever see Google’s home page, but I love the series they’re doing for Christmas this year. The kangaroos are knitting! Be sure to check out their logo every day through Christmas. They’re changing it daily. I love today’s!
And then there’s this fun little photo that Karen sent to […]

Folks haven’t quite gotten going around here yet this morning, so I thought I’d show you the scarf pictures, which I just took. The specs:

Pattern: Cat’s Cradle Long-ways Scarf by HeartStrings FiberArts
Yarn: Knit Picks Shimmer in Turquoise Splendor, 70% baby alpaca and 30% silk
Needles: Size 5 circular Addi Turbos; circular needles are a must as […]

My aunt and uncle are on the train heading in our direction. ETA: sometime late tonight or tomorrow morning. If it looks like it’s going to be too late, they’ll stay in a hotel. Mom’s due in on Thursday.
The knitting is limping along. No pics, sorry. I cast on (so far) six times for […]

Still knitting furiously. I haven’t figured out yet what to do about the knitting disaster project for my uncle, but I am nearly done with the scarf for his wife. I tried the suggested “loose” bind off in the pattern, but was still ending up with a horribly tight edge. Ack. You know, it’s a […]

We saw some friends last night. It’s the holiday season, so that’s not unusual. We’ve been going to two or three parties every weekend. Went to one yesterday afternoon, actually. It was great fun, by the way. But the friends I’m talking about are musicians. They’re in a band. We haven’t gotten to see them […]