Knitting, good food, a glass of wine, friends … a little bit everyday makes for great living.
Posted in yarny goodness on Sep 12th, 2006
I never made it to the sale. I got distracted by design ideas for my ISE3 scarf. And the slight worry that the house would float away. In fact, I knit quite a bit this weekend – all swatches.
It took several swatches and many more wadded up pages of graph paper before I found the [...]
Posted in cleo & caesar, oh so random, peacock shawl, yarny goodness on Sep 2nd, 2006
The house was a chilly 68F degrees this morning when I awoke. A few hours later, the sky still looked like this. Grey, very, very grey. It is actually raining in the photo. One of those incredibly light and misty rains that puts a chill dampness in the air, but does not manage to wet [...]
Posted in yarny goodness on Apr 20th, 2006
…is admitting you have a problem.
Blame it on my need to horde sock yarn, or the yellow-orange month of April. In my entire knitting career, I have completed only one pair of socks, and barely started a second pair. However, that doesn’t seem to stop me from acquiring more of the stuff to make knitted [...]
Posted in yarny goodness on Apr 5th, 2006
According to this source- Crayola first introduced yellow and orange crayons in 1903. In 1949, lemon yellow, orange yellow, and yellow orange were added. 1958 saw the creation of burnt orange and goldenrod. Ultra orange and ultra yellow arrived on the scene in 1972. Not to be outdone, dandelion, vivid tangerine, and unmellow yellow were [...]
Posted in yarny goodness on Mar 28th, 2006
I’m home! Friday, we drove to Cincinnati, OH and then to Bristol, TN on Saturday. Hubby and I didn’t realize how long a drive it was until yesterday. We drove the whole route home in one day – over 12 hours in the car. Today, I can’t sit still for more than a few minutes. [...]
Posted in yarny goodness on Mar 11th, 2006
I saw Donni’s “ad” for Lynne’s Project Colorswap. I love giving and getting. Plus, the creative challenge of a color themed package seems like a lot of fun. Of course, I signed on. She’s limiting it to 40 people. So, if you are interested, let her know in the comments.
Posted in lace!, yarny goodness on Mar 2nd, 2006
Monday came and went with no mail. No bills, no adds, no unsolicited credit card applications. So I thought.
Apparently my father sent a package that was too large for our mailbox. Since the mailman is friends with my husband, he tends to go out of his way for us. Instead of a note telling us [...]