Abby’s batt club

In case anyone’s wondering, the fiber crack in yesterday’s post is the July installment of Abby’s batt club, which I leaped onto as fast as my little fingers could type out an email!  This is her luxury sock batt, a blend of superwash wool, silk and sparkly nylon.  I can’t get a picture to do [...]

natural birdfeeders

The sunflowers are mostly past their prime.  For the past week, I’ve seen little yellow birds fly away from the sunflowers whenever I get too close.  One flew away when I went home for lunch today, but a couple stayed and I got these pictures from my car window. I believe this is the male [...]

Watch out – it’s contagious

He’s got it.  She’s got it.  They’ve had it for such a long time, they must be carriers!  And now I have it too. Garter Stitch Love.  I got a call last Tuesday asking for my address for an upcoming baby shower.  That was all I needed to jump on the Baby Surprise Jacket bandwagon and develop [...]

Flickr to the rescue

CIMG3692-1 Originally uploaded by flwrhead Until I figure out what’s going on with my blog, I’ll post from Flickr. Over the weekend, I started a new project with my handspun. I decided on the Argosy wrap and it’s very enjoyable to knit. Simple enough to move along quickly, but engaging enough not to be boring. [...]

Think I’ll pack it in and buy a pick up

The title has nothing to do with today’s post, other than I have “Out on the Weekend” in my head this morning.  LOVE that song. Let’s see if I can upload pictures today… I can’t.  [insert various and sundry curse words here in place of picture] Can I tell you how much I hate Word [...]

productive weekend

First of all, here’s my Saturday Sky for Sandy! Yes, I got all NINE skeins of handspun soaked and twist-setted and hung on the line to dry!  And unlike Stephanie, not a squirrel in sight, much to my relief! The hallway got painted.  It took me three hours to paint around the six doorways leading [...]

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