OK… after doing a little math here and a little math there I’ve figured that I just can’t keep doubling the stitch count for each ruffle tier. Otherwise I’ll end up with 800 stitches for that bottom tier. (DOH!). But.. I think I have it all figured out. (Note the word think). This would probably […]
Continue reading →Ok… the way you make the ruffle for Monica is just k2tog so you have half as many stitches as you start with. So…. I could measure her waist… double it. Then measure bottom of that ruffle, double it, etc. Does that make sense to anyone but me?
Continue reading →I bought yarn to make AG a ruffled skirt (in purple, turquoise and chartreuse!). You know… one of those 3 tiered prairie skirt like things. I swore I saw a pattern around on the internet. Can’t find it. Must’ve imagined it. So now I’m trying to figure out if I can just create one. I […]
Continue reading →What’s been going on around here? 1. Still showing the house. Real Estate adventures… what fun. 2. Learned how (sorta) to use Skype. Used Skype do a video call with my dad so he could see Anna Grace on Father’s Day. That was pretty cool. 3. We went on a mini-road trip yesterday to see […]
Continue reading →I am having a ball with this pattern (yes… I’m a little late getting to the party. Story of my life!). I’m using Jitterbug sock yarn in the color Fire. Size 2 circs. Having a ball.
Continue reading →When we sold the house in Oakland, Anna Grace was a toddler, barely walking. I thought at that time that I had great difficulty keeping her things cleaned up, etc. I had no idea what "difficulty" really was. Since putting the house on the market I have had many adventures with Anna Grace, her toys, […]
Continue reading →AG and I returned home last night and we had my mother in tow. Mom did quite well with the flying, changing planes, etc. but she had made comments prior to our trip stating that she didn’t think she needed "babysitting" when it came to flying to Washington. Five minutes after arriving in the Atlanta […]
Continue reading →This is Dana posting a note in Kris’s absence (Kris will be back home tomorrow). We have updated our stock of Mama Llama and Dream in Color yarns. Check out the shop to see the new colors.
Continue reading →Well, let’s see….. I ran around like a mad man this morning getting the house ready to show. I took a gazillion packages to the post office. Yay! AG and I enjoyed some fine dining at BK Lounge. Packed our suitcases because AG and I are going to North Carolina for the weekend to see […]
Continue reading →Here’s what was supposed to happen today….. Leave here in morning and drive to Skookum Flats trail. Hike 4 miles on easy trail, cross suspension bridge and find car that we left at that end of trail.Drive back and pick up other car that we left at trailhead.Go home.Have plenty of time left to get […]
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