Good News: My stress about all my unfinished projects has diminished.
Bad News: My lace class was cancelled.
Good News: Turning a heel isn’t the difficult trick I was led to believe.
Bad News: I can’t read the pattern instructions for a heel gusset to save my life. Took me three tries to get it right.
Good News: I’ve […]

My mom is such a good sport. She thinks this “blog thing” is a little odd but she plays along. This is her response to my post.
To: Warm Neck Committee
From: Mom
Re: March Madness
You must realize that the recipient of the BYOB scarf lives in Indiana. No matter how warm the winter season may be, “March […]

Let me preface this post by stating emphatically, I don’t have a clue about raw wool. Having said that I’ll move on to what I was doing all afternoon - skirting raw fleece, and I use the term skirting loosely.
Parents of my friend, Lisa, own a flock of sheep. The principle use of the sheep […]

To: Mom
From: Build Your Own Birthday Knitters
Re: Mother Nature’s Co-operation
The BYOB Warm Neck committee is requesting that you speak with Mother Nature. As you are also a mother, they feel that She would listen to you more than them. They are faithfully knitting on the BYOB scarf that you chose. However, questions have been raised […]

Yesterday, Marji commented in her post about the stress of too many projects at once. I’ve been avoiding my knitting room and I think she may have hit upon the cause. Every time I have to get something from that room, I am reminded of the 6 sweaters, 1 felted bag, 1 baby blanket, 2 […]

Remember that nursery rhyme, the one about the pigs going to market? For some reason that is stuck in my head as I am knitting my first sock. I’m extremely proud of myself for starting this little adventure. I haven’t had a challenging knit in some time. This sock has filled that void.
The status is […]

…I have started my first sock! I can’t believe how small the stitches are. They are really, really tiny. When you view a persons sock on their blog, the stitches look waaaayyyyy bigger. I think they should put warning labels on those pics - “objects may appear larger than real life”.
The yarn is Koigu and […]