Knitting, cooking and other enthusiasms
Posted in Knitting on Dec 3rd, 2009
Lookee, lookee what arrived in the mail this week! My very own audio book of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. I won it in a drawing that Gale at She Shoots Sheep Shots was holding on her blog. If you don’t “know” Gale, you should, she’s a great photographer and she also teaches a [...]
Posted in Knitting on Nov 9th, 2009
For those of you who don’t think you can knit lace, go read our Nora’s blog post today before you say “I can’t.” Then come back here and see what I have to say about this pattern. Pattern: Labyrinth Lace Shawl by Evelyn Clark Designs (Ravelry link) Needles: Addi Natura US 4 Started: 8/9/08 Finished: [...]
I have to start with a halfway decent picture at the top to make up for the crummy picture that follows. I miss the light that makes photography so much easier in the summer. Except for high noon you can always find a place to position your knitting that will show off the details without [...]
Posted in Knitting on Nov 2nd, 2009
One of the pleasures of the temp assignment that’s ending was meeting Julie, another temp. We clicked during the training sessions when we realized that we had similar people skills (no tolerance for idiots). We don’t have a lot else in common: she’s a personal trainer in her spare time, tall, thin and fashionable. I’m [...]
I do believe today was the nicest fall day we’ve had this year. It made it to 72 with little wind and lots of sun. A welcome contrast to the last month of cold and rain. A perfect afternoon to spend doing garden clean-up. I didn’t have the heart to cut back the cleome yet. [...]
There, that’s better, a new header of the first apples of fall. Those lillies were beginning to get on my nerves. The weekend has flown by, I’m not sure I’m ready for it to be Monday again. A Sunday do-over would be nice. You’ll have to take my word for it that we had a [...]
We spent last evening and today watching the coverage of Ted Kennedy’s funeral. There has been a Kennedy at the center of American politics all my life. It’s hard to imagine how different Washington will be now. I have to wonder how his political acumen would have impacted the health care debate had he been [...]
Hey! Yesterday’s post was #200. So what? I don’t know so what, but two zeroes always seem significant so I thought I’d mention it. &&& Tour de Fleece was great fun thanks to Cookie and Team Crankypants! We were the chattiest thread in the group and there was much foolishness to go along with some [...]
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde So I finished plying the Coopworth/silk roving on Sunday, washed it up and thwacked it to set the twist. It came out much thinner than the merino I spun last week, just like I wanted. For about 24 grams (slightly less than an ounce) [...]
Pattern: Laminaria, from Knitty, Spring, 2008 Yarn: Misti Alpaca Lace, 100% Baby Alpaca, (437 yards, 50 grams), Color 7120 Needles: Addi Lace US 4 Finished Size: 50 inches wide by 25 inches (small size) Started: June 1 (?), 2009 Finished: June 29, 2009 The color in the detail shots is closer to the true shade, [...]
