Since it was snowing yesterday, and there wasn’t really much point in planning to do anything out of the house, I figured the least I could do was finish off the Lil Devil Baby Hat I’ve been making for a coworker’s forthcoming baby girl. It’s done in Firecracker Heather Wool of the Andes from Knitpicks. […]
So the rest of my tax refund treat came today (part one was the Interweave Sock book). Two skeins of Socks that Rock Raven Clan medium weight. I got Thraven and Valkerie. Valkerie because I think it would make good socks for my best friend – the perky goth with red streaked hair. I got
Why, yes, I am a follower… Read More »
My first Jaywalker sock is coming along nicely. I really like this pattern. It’s incredibly easy, though I admit that the short pattern repeat is actually making these a little slow going. I found that with the Monkey socks, I preferred to get a full pattern repeat finished at one time, if that was possible,
What a sweet book. It’s about Ruth, who seems to have a pretty perfect life, until her husband is laid off, her 16-year old daughter loses the ability to relate to her, and her father breaks both his arms and has to move in, when her mother (note that Ruth’s parents have been long divorced)
Eat Cake – Jeanne Ray Read More »
I don’t know what it is, but I’m in a massive nesting mood today, which is being mostly thwarted by the fact that the worst off sections of the house are also the unheated sections of the house. But, the various parts of my craft accumulation are in portable containers, so I was at least
Have I mentioned I can be an obsessive completist? I read The Summer Country last year, and I thought it was mainly ok. So, on the way to Thanksgiving at my father’s, I stopped at the Big Chicken Barn, and managed to find The Winter Oak. Hey, it was used, and cheapish, and I do
The Winter Oak – James Hetley Read More »
So, I’m a little, ok, massively late with this, but I really wanted to answer the 2/14 Booking Through Thursday question. Have you ever fallen out of love with a favorite author? Was the last book you read by the author so bad, you broke up with them and haven’t read their work since? Could
Booking Through Thursday Read More »
So it’s February. And it’s snowed. Again. And there isn’t enough tea in this world to keep my hands and insides warm. So, in honor of Project Spectrum, I took a leisurely stroll through last summer’s flower pictures and put together a Fire themed collage. Can Spring get here just a little quicker so I
I’m very nearly done with the Lil’ Devil Baby Hat. Just need to weave in the current ends, and then make the horns. I confess to a certain level of trepidation for the horns, as it involves picking up stitches in a triangular shape, supposedly above the ear flaps, but doing this in a hat
I had a rather lovely, fairly productive weekend. Saturday was my mother’s birthday, and we did a little girl’s afternoon out to the Skillin’s annual open house at their Falmouth greenhouse. Mom found a really cool Greenman to replace the eagle decoration that came with her garage, and I bought a new oxalis to replace