Well butter my niblets!

  Part I:  Quite some time ago, I spun up some Ashland Bay roving on my spindle and the finished mini-skein reminded me of olives.  So I got out my camera, martini glasses and the multitude of vodka bottles we happen to possess (when you have a Stock the Bar party for your engagement, everyone [...]

busybusybusybusybusy…and lame

It was overcast and I was running late this morning, so I didn’t take pictures of the purples I was spinning last week, which I’ve now made into a soft, squishy two-ply, a little over 400 yards and a bit thicker, which was my goal.  The skein is really huge, y’all.  Now I’m all into [...]

learning to eat

Sounds silly, doesn’t it?  It’s as instinctual as breathing.  Kind of a necessity for life.  Boot Camp kicks off next Monday at 5:00 a.m. sharp.  I am SOOO ready!  In my meeting with the personal trainer, she stressed that 80% of whatever success I achieve will happen outside the gym, meaning what I do and do [...]

Invasion of the Plushies

Saturday I decided to cast-on for some of these cute critters. Kat did a great job with this FREE! pattern, and you really couldn’t get quicker instant gratification. These were the first two I made.  I’m calling the chick’s mismatched eyes a Design Feature. SB tells me that if a design element is really good, [...]

narcissistic

   

You Take My Breath Away

OMG – I have to share this with you guys. Just a minute ago, SB asked me if he reminded me of Rex Smith! Remember Rex Smith?!?! He was my dream guy when I was too young to dream, he was pre-Andy Gibb, he was the whole reason I took guitar lessons from Brian Shank [...]

Once I started, I

Yesterday I had to stay home from work with the boy who had strep.  He wasn’t feeling bad but his doctor said he might still be contagious and couldn’t return to school.  I thought it would be a great use of this unexpected free time to finish up my Rambling Rose cardigan.  But first I [...]

Do you have a list?

Not a grocery list, or a “things to do today” list, but a list of accomplishments that you hope to achieve in your lifetime? I was visiting Kelly’s blog and clicked on her “To Do” tab, thinking it might be a list of projects she plans to knit or books in the queue (the girl reads a [...]

Resistance was futile

Sometimes there’s a project wtih an allure so strong, colors so bright, construction so simple yet fascinating, that it doesn’t matter if you have ninety-eleven projects already on the needles, you simply MUST cast on!  Such is how I feel about the Chevron Scarf.  I mean, check out those photos!  Doesn’t that make you want to knit one?  [...]

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