Happy Birthday, SB!!!

I’m going to be nicer than I was last year.  Instead of posting an embarrassing picture, I’m doing a variation on a theme. Things That Make SB Happy The beginnings of chocolate bread pudding A good year for pecans Lazy canoe trips Chasing herons down the river A purring kitty The fact that my sweater [...]

yesterday on the way home

I noticed a rainbow in the sky!  I immediately pulled over to take a picture for you.  It seems like I don’t see as many rainbows as I used to.  That might have something to do with taking the time to look for them. I pulled over right in front of a house that I’m [...]

Meet my sistah, da hooka

My sister Jennifer is on the left.  She’s going to kill me for posting this picture but I bet she still makes the same face, it just doesn’t get caught on camera. Here we are riding a giraffe at Santa Claus Land in Santa Claus, Indiana.  It was a little bright that day.  Note the matching [...]

Weights and measurements

Thanks for the nice comments about the one skein Koigu footies!  I’ve written up the pattern and it’s on the right sidebar under “YMMV footies.”  If anyone decides to knit it, please let me know how your socks come out! Onto the title of this post.  Today was our last day of Boot Camp!  Hallelujah!!!  [...]

I’ve been working diligently on my Tamale Pie socks, so much so that I suffered a good quarter inch stab wound on my right index finger (my needle pushing finger).  Those Knit Picks needles ARE sharp!  This morning I pulled my sock out of the bag to knit a few rows and found this: Apparently [...]

Focused, I tell you! Focused!!!

I have to be focused, and let me show you why.  Look what arrived in the mail yesterday from Abby. This is what I saw when I first unfolded the batt. Then I saw this. Then I unfolded it all the way and saw this.  Couldn’t you just EAT it?!?!  She said she was sending [...]

This post is brought to you by the letters “f” and “o”

and by the color….er….ahem…..um….you pick one! Sorry for the crappy indoor photography shots, it’s really overcast today.  Here are the specs: Chevron Scarf knit with two contrasting colors of Koigu.  I don’t know the color numbers but might be able to find a tag if someone really needs to know.  Size 3 needles.  Unblocked – 54″, [...]

There I go again

making more yarn I don’t have time to knit! I can’t help it!  I love, love, love it!  It’s soft!  It’s squishy!  It’s balanced even though I put a lot of twist in the singles and a decent amount of twist in the ply!  It’s girly colors!  It’s….only 175 yards.  Hmph.  But wait.  People have [...]

Bloggers are the nicest people!

Thank you guys, for all the kind words and encouragement!  I know a lot of snarkiness has been going around Blogland and I have to say I’m really happy not to have experienced it.  Everyone who comments here has always been super-nice and I really, really appreciate that.  I mean, I can’t believe anyone reads [...]

Boot camp: Day One

If I said it wasn’t tough, I’d be lying.  What made it much tougher was the iced coffee I had at 7:00 last night, which kept me tossing and turning all night long, looking at the clock every hour and getting more and more anxious as morning approached – three more hours to sleep!  Close [...]

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