Knitting, good food, a glass of wine, friends … a little bit everyday makes for great living.
Posted in knitter conversations on Jul 28th, 2008
You never know what you’ll hear at my house.
Hubby: Are you frogging that sock?
Me: No, I’m just ripping it back a few rows.
Hubby: I thought frogging is what you did when you went backwords.
Me: Frogging is when you rip the whole thing out and start over. Tinking is when you unknit stitch by stitch. Ripping [...]
Posted in oh so random, patterns on Jul 20th, 2008
I have spent much of my weekend cleaning house. More appropriate would be to say I’ve been clearing out my house. Closets, drawers, behind the furniture, shelves, and cabinets. No place was safe from being emptied, purged, and organized. I now know why I am always running out of work clothes by Thursday. While my closet [...]
Posted in ABCs on Jul 9th, 2008
In my lighter more energetic younger days, I practiced Scottish dancing. My favorite dance to perform has always been the sword dance*. I never competed but did it for the fun. Even though I no longer practice, I have not been able to give up my ghillies.
* This is not a video of me, but rather a good example [...]
Posted in oh so random on Jul 7th, 2008
I am still busy with knitting work. The kind that makes for boring pictures of empty table tops. Because otherwise I would be in big trouble for showing pictures of super secret design stuff. And I always follow the rules. Even if my mother would strongly disagree.
I can show you the yarn I dyed with Sonya. [...]