The daffodils are blooming and some of the flowering cherries are, too! There is daylight to play in after we get home from work/school and grill in for dinner! I trimmed the blackberry thicket while the pork chops were on the grill. I also came home from spring break to find a wonderful surprise from [...]
Bug and I arrived home to find a giant box at the door. It had been a long day of work, then errands. This box was sent by my SP11 pal, author of Coffee Yarn. I actually already read her blog, which I stumbled upon because I was interested in dyeing yarn with coffee. She [...]
I finished the clogs for my sp11. This is her last package since SP11 ends on Friday. I made some significant progress on DH’s clogs – the second sole and cuff are left besides the felting. His are the men’s medium for an extra wide foot.
Time seems to be passing so quickly. I can hardly believe it is nearly Thanksgiving. We will be traveling to Ohio this week to visit Nana and Pappaw S. My sister and her family will be in from Virginia, as well. My brother and his family only live 5 minutes from my parents, so we [...]
Another SP11 contest brings this topic up. What was the first thing I knit (or crocheted)? My mom taught me how to do chains when I was small, but I really learned to crochet from my great-grandmother (Elizabeth) just after I learned to drive. My sister and I had a standing appointment on Thursdays to [...]
My wonderful secret pal sent me a package of oh so terrific goodies! BEFORE AFTER SURPRISE! She knitted me an illusion washcloth!!!! Do you see the candy corn, do ya, do ya? Ha ha ha ha! There was a tremendous lot of stuff in there besides the washcloth: caramel tootsie pops, chocolate bar, chocolate covered [...]
For SP11 we have to put up a picture of our stash. You’ll see three totes in the “Stash Collage.” One has yarn and completed projects, one has only yarn, and the big blue tote at the right has doily crochet cotton and my prototypes. The last photo (bottom left) is a box containing a [...]
Work and Bug have been keeping me really busy this past week. Also, we went to the fair this weekend and just drove back this morning. I’m going to try to post some more this coming week, but they will likely be short posts, including the “stash” picture for SP11 (Hi Pal!). Now for some [...]
It seems that the week just zoomed past me. I was and am very tired for some reason. My wonderful SP sent me a book for my birthday: Hip Knits. It is chock full of lovely patterns! Thank you (again) SP! DH is going to get me a swift and ball winder, or at least [...]
Bug, DH, and I went to an Ice Cream Social at school yesterday. There was music and ice cream and Bug loved them both. She was extremely tired in the evening from all of her roaming and dancing and even slept an hour late this morning. She spent all of yesterday in “big girl panties” [...]
