Oh my goodness…Stephanie sent me the most incredible “Mystery Swap” package. Look at all that yarn goodness. She did some research on me…Andrean Silk by KnitPicks in Cranberry will become a wonderful scarf, oh sooooo soft…the Regia Cotton Tip & Top Color sock yarn was being fondled by my DD#1, A. Lotus [...]
Archive for March, 2006
Wow…Stephanie…Thank You!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 30, 2006 | 4 Comments »
May-Eat Local Challenge
Posted in Uncategorized on March 29, 2006 | 6 Comments »
Jennifer wrote to say May will be an Eat Local Challenge. Check out more details on her blog Life Begins at 30. I need to research how one can stand up to this challenge for more than the summer/fall harvest months. How do we take it into winter? Stock up on [...]
New WIP…what’s on the needles…
Posted in Uncategorized on March 28, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Side-Way Ribs by Norah Gaughan. OK…so I can be a serious knitting “follower” at times. When I see a great knitter make a fantastic project, I want to jump on that bandwagon. So I have.
Check out Iris, of The Green Onion. She is taking a break as she is crazy-busy, [...]
Poetry Monday
Posted in Uncategorized on March 26, 2006 | 2 Comments »
The afternoon is bright,with spring in the air,a mild March afternoon,with the breath of April stirring,I am alone in the quiet patiolooking for some old untried illusion -some shadow on the whiteness of the wallsome memory asleepon the stone rim of the fountain,perhaps in the airthe light swish of some trailing gown.- Antonio [...]
Cabled Vest in Knit Picks "Wheat"
Posted in Uncategorized on March 26, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Finally. A finished project. I started this back in January, didn’t get very far, maybe 6 or so inches up the body until this past week, where I put my needles to work. I finished it this morning, now what to work on? LOL
I used the Cabled Vest from Blue Alvarez Design as the [...]
A bit of this and that
Posted in Uncategorized on March 23, 2006 | 3 Comments »
I did work on my vest today. I’m not sure what length I want it from the bottom to the armshaping. Guess I’ll know once I get to that length, 12 inches or 15 inches.
Today was a very strange day. We have another week to go before Spring Vacation. [...]
A room with a view…
Posted in Uncategorized on March 22, 2006 | 4 Comments »
The relation of this picture with knitting is what I see when I sit in my wingchair, looking out as I knit. It was about 6:15 p.m. when I snapped this photo. To the left of the woodland island is the path to my garden. To the right is our driveway to our [...]
Prayer Shawl, took way to long
Posted in Uncategorized on March 21, 2006 | 2 Comments »
So here it is, the front of the Alpaca Prayer Shawl I made for Debbie, my co-worker, knitting student and friend. She has been in Texas for close to three weeks and I thought this would bring her some comfort.
Debbie is a “hot” chic like me, the old internal themometer is always up. [...]
Cabin Bisquits
Posted in Uncategorized on March 18, 2006 | 1 Comment »
It’s Recipe Saturday…shall we start a new trend? A Recipe-A-Long? Do something good for yourself and your family, make some homemade bisquits.
With just a few minutes more than opening a can of well-preserved bisquits, you can throw this together and feel better about the contents and the cost.
Cabin Bisquits
Makes approx. 8-10 bisquits
2 cups [...]
Package of Goodies from my SP7
Posted in Uncategorized on March 17, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Wow! A big huge “THANK YOU” to Lucie Fluff, my SP7 pal. She has sent a package of goodies that is just totally amazing. Fifteen postcards of my favorites, sheep, of course and one card. Two skeins of Colinette, one in Fandango and one in Prism, with a booklet for hat/scarf [...]
