Branching Out Recipient: Grandfather’s wife Yarn: Dream in Color Smooshy Color: Beach Fog Mods: None Redneck Engineering: Yep! I closed the hole using a crochet hook and a…. ahem….. knot-like maneuver. There’s a little wonkiness but not too bad.
Continue reading →All is not lost. I’m just having to think about this a tad more. I’ve got the hole closed up. I just don’t know what to do with that stitch. I can’t exactly wrap up the scarf and include a little note saying "Please don’t ever remove this crochet hook", now can I?
Continue reading →I finished knitting Branching Out from Knitty. This is a Christmas present for my grandfather’s wife. Lounging after a nice bath. There may have been some rather unlady like language that was used when I discovered this. Apparently early on in this little project I dropped a stitch. Now… for those of you who […]
Continue reading →How about a list? 1. Discovered that Anna Grace was singing Jingle Bells. She just changed the words a little bit. Chicken BellsChicken BellsChicken Bells(over and over again) 2. Saw Tim Tebow win the Heisman and, although he plays for the wrong football team, I’m honestly happy for the kid. (Can you imagine the poor […]
Continue reading →I was checking the blog stats today and seeing what search terms folks were using to come to the blog. One of them was quite funny: "how to do fun knitting ideas for stoners". Should I be concerned? Oh… and if you search on that…. I’m the second listing on the first page of results. […]
Continue reading →How about a list? 1. Dana’s sister Michelle was in town this weekend. It was nice to visit with her. 2. We went to Deland yesterday to see Dana’s folks and Michelle. The three of us Anna Grace and Dana’s parents Anna Grace playing in the yard 3. Watched college football…. the BCS will probably […]
Continue reading →Off the blocking board (and I’ve already worn it twice!) (I have no idea why there is this checkerboard blur in this photo. Sorry). (Check out the new hair color too. Not quite as blond.) Stats: Sun Ray Shawl Yarn: Blue Heron Yarns: Egyptian Mercerized Cotton Color: Dusk Modifications: None
Continue reading →I finally got around to blocking the Sun Ray Shawl. The color isn’t exacty right but you’ll get better photos soon. Its off the blocking board and I lovelovelove it. I’ll post more photos when we get some decent sunlight here in the SUNSHINE state.
Continue reading →The Flower Basket Shawl has not been going well. Five attempts are now residing in our local landfill. One by one they failed, were removed from the needles and chucked into the trash. My problems, over and over again, occurred on row 25. I searched for errata and such and discovered that the problem was […]
Continue reading →Today is our anniversary. We had big plans but life interrupted. Instead we did something simple and we had a great time. The something simple…. we went over to Florida’s Nature Coast (west side of Florida) and stayed at my mother’s winter house. She’s not using it right now so we took over the joint. […]
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