A fine mess!

I just went fishing for the inside end of a new ball of yarn, and got this: Not at all what I wanted, but I wound it all into a smaller center pull ball, stuffed it back into the middle of the original ball, and am knitting again. Win some, lose some, [...]

A wild pile of knitting needles …

I’ve been very lax lately about putting my knitting needles away when completing projects – well actually, I’ve just been stuffing them into a plastic bag.
When I emptied the bag, it turned into this,
so I think I’d better do a little housekeeping
My copy of SpinOff came today! What a [...]

Knit for Kids!

It’s been 12 years since Brigitte Weeks mentioned making simple sweaters for needy children in Daily Guideposts. In her devotional for today, she wrote:
I was writing full of nostalgia for my childhood in a small English village, where girls were expected to knit and sew at least competently. I never did make the grade [...]

Socking along!

The new sock yarn eventually told me what it wanted to be, and it’s coming along nicely, although my cable needle is practically the same size as the dpns. Being picky finicky that way, I plan to reverse the cable turns on the 2nd sock. [Added note: I realized this was a little [...]

Not spring peepers, but a @#%& frog …

I guess it’s the knitting equivalent of a speeding ticket. I was sailing along on the red thing, (I guess it’s Silk Flowers no, it doesn’t have a name yet) and life was good … I thought, does this thing look just the least bit long? So I laid out the rest of it, patted [...]

Maybe spring is springing?

With a nod to Mr. Rogers, it’s been a beautiful day, at least in our neighborhood, with sunshine (Toby’s been out basking in it most of the day), birds singing, some flowers and a temp around 70 – definitely gives one hope!
It doesn’t hurt that it’s drying out, either! I found these in the yard,
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For your amusement

This is not new, I’m sure I had seen it before a friend sent it to me recently, but it’s kind of cool, and much brighter than the continuing rain outside my window. It’s supposed to end later today, but meanwhile everything here is thoroughly soggy. Enjoy! Flower Garden
Later: Hooray, after another 1.25″ since [...]

Baby, the rain …

keeps on falling, and falling! Storms have been “training” up from the southwest, mostly south of Interstate Hwy 44, and as you get farther south, the flooding gets worse. We live on the uphill side (west) of the local highway and we can get in and out, but the folks who live on the east [...]