So here’s a shot of the little bit of knitting that got finished this winter. It’s a Yulie! There isn’t an ! in the pattern but for some reason the name just makes me think there should be one, like you should always say it with great excitement. Or a Swedish accent: Yumping Yulie! I [...]
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Baby or not hat
Posted in Knitting on Dec 19th, 2010
So I mentioned before that I was knitting a baby hat that was either cute or grotesque. It’s finished, washed and blocked and I’ll vote for cute: The pattern is the Rasta Hat (Ravelry link) with some modifications. Mostly I made the lamb’s tails longer as I went up the hat since I wanted something [...]
Susan (right) and Frankie and the basket of goodies We had our annual Knitters’ Christmas party this week — 30 of us descended on the local food establishment to eat, drink and make merry. The party is also the culmination of our annual knitting for charity drive. This year we split our efforts between a [...]
Our Knitters’ Picnic was a ton of fun, rain and all. Everybody pitched in to help make it a success. I took some pics at the beginning but then I kind of pooped out so here’s what I don’t have pics of: The table decorations that Frankie brought; when she said she had a few [...]
These irises started blooming about the time the tree peony blossoms died back. Now they’re both faded and the summer flowers are coming on. And peas! I have peas! OK, maybe only enough for one meal if you have a tiny appetite, but these make me happy. They’re bigger than this now and I’ve been [...]
Brain chatter – the May edition
Posted in garden, Knitting, Life, Uncategorized on May 26th, 2010
ETA: to add links I was too lazy to do yesterday and clarify a point here and there. It seems like a century since I was last here. ~ The travels for health and pleasure are finished for a while. Jack has been checked out tip to toe and the upshot is he’ll be a [...]
Shepherd’s Harvest Festival was cold, soggy and fun. It’s a mid-sized festival, big enough to have a good selection of vendors in four barns, small enough that you can comfortably do it in one day and cover pretty much everything you want to see. The crowds were good but not massive, perhaps because of the [...]
It’s been an incredibly busy couple of weeks and I’ll get around to a recap next week. The last post was about the garden and there’s been much progress made. It still looks mostly like piles of dirt but there are green things planted and hopefully some of them will grow. ~~ Tomorrow my sisters [...]
Remember this? My Laminaria shawl made last year with Misti Alpaca Lace, 100% Baby Alpaca. Well, look at this: This is from the MOPACA alpaca show that I went to a few weeks ago. I entered Laminaria in their fiber arts competition and it took first place in its category. Second place went to another [...]
Will hum for hay
Posted in Knitting, Uncategorized on Mar 22nd, 2010
Bad hair day This weekend was the annual MOPACA show at Hale Arena and despite the dire forecasts for treacherous travel by the weather bunnies, I skipped out of the house Saturday morning to commune with some fiber on the hoof. Who can resist an arena full of these funny-looking, gentle, humming creatures? Apparently most [...]
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