Today, I would like to announce…schools out for summer….schools out forever…ok, not forever, but almost a full six weeks of summer vacation for moi. How will I make it until 2 pm? What will I do with myself once 2pm hits…let’s see.
1. Go to the library2. Stop at Safeway for my no cook [...]
Archive for June, 2006
(tink, tink-glass being tapped)…Can I have your attention?
Posted in Uncategorized on June 30, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Progress on Honey and how about a Satchel
Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Five days into Remembering Honey and I’m getting the back done. Yeah. I managed a few inches last night while finishing off yet another Janet Evanovich book. She’s a light hearted, quick to read author that keeps me laughing and highly entertained. Picked up another one of her books today [...]
Blue buyou….
Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2006 | 2 Comments »
After a practice top two nights ago, here is a much better attempt. I’ve read you should do a mock up in muslin…I just did it in a $1 a yard calico. Well, the mock up has come and gone and I’m ready to sew this little top up in the Japanese Linen [...]
My project picks for July
Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Getting up at 4:30 a.m. after DH leaves for work, being ready for work myself by 5:00 a.m. affords me time to surf the web and go through magazines…and lookie what I found.
From IK Spring 2006, these will, fingers crossed, be my enteries for the Pierce County Fair. The Trellis Scarf by Evelyn A. [...]
Remembering Honey – IK Spring 2003
Posted in Uncategorized on June 25, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Here I go…my next project on the needles. Remembering Honey by Leigh Radford from the Interweave Knits Spring 2003 issue. Elizabeth from A Mingled Yarn knit this beauty up and I thought I would follow suit. The lace edging of the sleeves are done and I plan to start on the back, knit [...]
Veste Everest = Finished
Posted in Uncategorized on June 24, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Project Stats:Pattern: Veste Everest by Veronik Avery, Interweave Knits Fall 2005 (pg. 64)Yarn: Peruvian Collection Highland Wool, 8 skeins Needles Used: Size 4 & 7 USStarted: May 26, 2006Finished: June 24, 2006
5 jars of Cherry-Strawberry Jam and 2 hours of knitting to goooooooo
Posted in Uncategorized on June 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Having finished making up the Cherry-Strawberry Jam today, laundry washed and hung up on the line, time to go finish the armhole ribbing on my vest.
Finished the neck ribbing, had to rip back after bindoff when I noticed a few stitches were off (those ktbl, ptbl stitches getcha every time). The woodsmoke from the [...]
Nearly done
Posted in Uncategorized on June 22, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Ah…it feels good to be on the blocking phase of my Veste Everest. With the dry, warm weather now here, the pieces should dry up nicely so I can get it put together and the ribbing on it knit up.
Six more working days to go till my summer break. Chuga-chuga-chuga…
Ever so quiet…
Posted in Uncategorized on June 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
you could hear a pin drop in the house. J and A are out and about…summer nights, oh what fun. K is on the computer, with darling stepdad on his computer, shooting each other out in some WWII game online. K is all about military…loves uniforms and camo. K is a [...]
Class of 2006
Posted in Uncategorized on June 15, 2006 | 3 Comments »
My son, J, is the Class of 2006. Graduation is tomorrow. OMG, I’m feeling old…about to start crying…PMS…Calgon, take me away. Will need to take boxes of tissue with me to keep from flooding the Tacoma Dome.
On a less soppy note, today was the last school day for the 2005-2006 school year. [...]
