One of the fun things AKD [Association of Knitwear Designers] members get to do is play with yarn.
Twice a year, before The National Needlework Association (TNNA) trade shows in January and June, we volunteer to help with the Great Wall of Yarn. Yarn companies send samples of yarn(s) they want to feature, then [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 31, 2008
Yarn Doodling
May 28, 2008
Soup of the evening …
Cruising the grocery store aisles a couple of weeks ago, a package of Sweet Italian Sausage Tortelloni caught my attention — somehow it whispered “soup” to me. Things got hectic, and I tossed the package in the freezer, out of sight, but definitely not out of mind, and one evening recently it became soup, and [...]
May 25, 2008
Meet Me in St Louis …
One of our daughters and her family drove over from Kansas City on Saturday, and we met them in St Louis for the day. As the weather was uncertain (so what else is new!) we decided to go to the Missouri History Museum, which always has things for a variety of interests. The guys enjoyed [...]
May 21, 2008
Fini!
Moth Wings is done! I’m not sure whether I’m glad or sorry that it’s finished – I did enjoy working on it. I suspect that more Malabrigo Lace just might be on my list of yarns to revisit. Final stats: approx 200 grams of yarn, just small amounts left of the 2 skeins; approx size [...]
May 17, 2008
Around our yard
Some things from the yard, including a couple of evening sky shots (I discovered that a fence post makes a pretty good steady rest). I found the mushrooms when I mowed the grass yesterday evening – they’re growing around the stump of a silver maple we had to cut down a few years ago, before [...]
May 13, 2008
Wool Day 2008
Last Saturday was the 27th annual Wool Day at our friends’ farm. In spite of all the rain we’ve been having, the weather cooperated and it stayed pretty into the afternoon. It’s always been a chance to visit with friends, old and new, in a beautiful setting, share projects and information, and just generally have [...]
May 11, 2008
Comfy Cats
Do you ever feel like the only thing you knit is cat beds? While Amber was napping on the scratching block** with a felted mouse (royal purple, no less!), Maggie has been drawn to my current knitting project – whenever I lay it down, it seems to end up as a cat bed.
Said project needs [...]
May 7, 2008
It’s Been A Fairly Quiet Week
My usual morning routine has been to feed the “zoo” while the water heats for coffee and the computer gets up and running, then enjoy that first cup while checking email and reading several blogs. That’s been somewhat disrupted as we still have very little browser access – only a few things will come up [...]
