Cahaba lily trip

We had a gorgeous day for our trip to see the Cahaba lilies!  There were only three of us -me, SB and SB’s longtime friend, J.  Normally there are about 20 people, probably 10 regulars and 10 stragglers - friends of friends who decide to come along.  The trip was entirely different with so few people [...]

Random bits

I feel like I’m all over the place today, so this will be one of those random posts that come in handy when you don’t really have anything substantial to say. It was so nice to sleep in until 6:15 this morning!  Thank you for your kind words on my Boot Camp progress!  I’m going to [...]

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!!!  [...]

YES Virginia!

You CAN knit a pair of footies from one skein of Koigu! I felt a lot like little dude there when I wove in the ends.  He’s looking pretty sassy, isn’t he?  That’s me.  Sassy Sock Knitter. The leftovers didn’t even register on the scale.  Because I was dying to know, I measured it.  Ten [...]

Pictures! Of yarn!

Yeah, I know what you guys want.  Yarn, yarn, all the time.  Yarn in the morning, yarn in the evening, yarn in the middle of the day.  ‘s okay, I like it too! First…stash growth.  When Blogless Ginny asked me to go to In the Making‘s relocation grand opening, I was like, eh, okay.  I [...]

Lessons in color

  If you mix a little white paint with orange to lighten it up, but then add a dab of black because now it’s too peachy, you’ll get mud. But if you dry brush the unadulterated, traffic-cone-orange paint over a gray-blue base, it turns out okay. Hmmm.  What will it look like in the kitchen [...]

Socks, spinning and sunflowers

Aren’t blog posts hard to begin?  Once I start, I’m fine, but sometimes jumping in is like letting go of the rope and not knowing how deep the water is or how you’re going to land.  I started a new pair of socks.  Very short socks.  I did a massive Google search for one skein Koigu [...]

Oscar the Grouch has nothing on me

Why am I so grumpy lately?  I’m just as likely to snap at someone as I am to give them a hello smile.  Must be a combination of waking up at the butt-crack of dawn and not getting my recommended daily dosage of fiber time.  I haven’t touched my wheel in almost two weeks!  The [...]

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