Pattern: Alpaca Sox Mini-Socks by Classic Elite YarnsYarn: Three Irish Girls Adorn sock in the Baltic Sea colorwayNeedles: 2.75 mm DPNs Pattern: Baby Socks by Lisa Henderson KnitsYarn: Three Irish Girls Adorn sock in the Baltic Sea colorwayNeedles: 1.5 DPNs I had a bit of a knitting spree since last night was a rainy night, […]
We finally managed to make it down to Hamilton House on Saturday, for the first time this season. And finally, we managed to pick a time when the house was actually open for tours. It was both like and unlike what I was expecting inside. The house itself was built in the late 1700s, but
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Pattern: Sock Yarn Baby HatYarn: Three Irish Girls Adorn sock yarn in the Baltic Sea colorwayNeedles: Size 2 DPNs My first experiment in sock yarn end usage is done. It was a pretty easy knit, if a bit boring by the end of the main stockinette tube. It looks like I have enough left of
And last, but not least, flowers and plants from Hawaii:Row 1: Unknown, unknown, leaf, banana, pomegranate, plumbago, ohia lehua, plumeria, hibiscusRow 2: Unknown, bougainvillea, plumeria, Tahitian gardenia, ginger, hibiscus, Hawaiian Cotton, rhododendron, agapanthusRow 3: Green jade, plumeria, leaf, Helconia, unknown, unknown, unknown, hibiscus, hibiscusRow 4: Torch ginger, spider lily, banana, leaf, hibiscus, unknown, unknown, orchid,
Here’s a few pictures from my last full day in Maui, which we spent wandering around Lahaina, relaxing at the resort (third picture down is the view from my balcony), and trying to catch the insanely turquoisey color of the water on figurative film.
Read for the TBR Lite 2009 Reading Challenge. A young man named Jack is sick of working in the clock-work factory and decides to make his fortune in the city. What he doesn’t realize is that the city is Toy City, where the vast majority of the population is toys, and the few humans are
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I have quite a few smallish bits of left over sock yarn that I’ve been trying to think of ways to use, and I’ve hit upon a couple of different ideas for getting rid of the yarn. Idea number one is for yarns that I’ve actually got a fair amount left, like the Three Irish
This particular day on Maui was our day to drive the Hana Highway. This is the road that encircles Haleakala, though the true “Road to Hana” is only the drive to the town of Hana, which is roughly halfway around the volcano. Anyone that’s driving usually doesn’t do the complete circle around the back side
Read for the YA 2009 Reading Challenge. The Books of Pellinor center around Maerad of Pellinor, who was sold into slavery with her mother at a very young age. In the first book of this series, after she has escaped from slavery, and in the course of her adventures, she finds a young boy, who
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Our second day on Maui ended up being volcano day. We still weren’t acclimated to the time zone, so woke up early, and were ready to go by 7:00, which worked out nicely for taking pictures along the beaches along route 30, which runs from Kahului around the southern tip of the Western Mountains to