20 partial skeins of yarn? Yep -- well, actually I have 17.
Needles? Of course!
Scissors? Got 'em.
Notebook and pencil? Would a pen be OK?
It looks like I'm ready for tomorrow!
Monday, April 12, 2010
Ready?
20 partial skeins of yarn? Yep -- well, actually I have 17.
Needles? Of course!
Scissors? Got 'em.
Notebook and pencil? Would a pen be OK?
It looks like I'm ready for tomorrow!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Pollen Forecast
Right now, I'm sitting in our apartment with the windows shut and the air conditioning on. Allergies. Real bad allergies. I feel as if my head is stuffed full of super-bulky wool.
I ran a couple of chores earlier today. And though my goal was to get home and out of the pollen as quickly as possible, I couldn't help but notice how beautiful everything is.
This street looks magical! I couldn't get a photo that truly captures it. The entire street has a surreal, misty look because of the flowering trees.
The tree on the right must not have gotten the memo that it should be blooming right now.
This tree is in the middle of a busy commercial strip.
But this one is in a little park.
Green and blue--a natural color combination!
The entire front of this building has these trees in front. It's quite a dramatic sight.
Tulips! I think this warm weather has caused them to bloom a little earlier this year.
I ran a couple of chores earlier today. And though my goal was to get home and out of the pollen as quickly as possible, I couldn't help but notice how beautiful everything is.
This street looks magical! I couldn't get a photo that truly captures it. The entire street has a surreal, misty look because of the flowering trees.
The tree on the right must not have gotten the memo that it should be blooming right now.
This tree is in the middle of a busy commercial strip.
But this one is in a little park.
Green and blue--a natural color combination!
The entire front of this building has these trees in front. It's quite a dramatic sight.
Tulips! I think this warm weather has caused them to bloom a little earlier this year.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
View from a Spring Window
Since I like to show my block in the snow, here's how it looks in the Spring.
My heart does a little leap when I look out the window!
My heart does a little leap when I look out the window!
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Thursday, April 1, 2010
G is for
Daffodils are so last week!
This week, other things have started to grow and turn green.
Some very early tulips--
A few trees are beginning to flower and bud--
And my Jackie sweater is also very slowly growing row by row!
This week, other things have started to grow and turn green.
Some very early tulips--
A few trees are beginning to flower and bud--
And my Jackie sweater is also very slowly growing row by row!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
F is for. . .
my first knitted item.
A million years ago, my Mom taught me how to knit--but I never really made anything. About six years ago, at a Christmas gathering, a niece was knitting. She had taken lessons and was making herself a shawl.
A SIL and I were quite fascinated by this. My SIL also knew how to knit--but hadn't done a thing in years.
The following day, my SIL went to a local fabric / yarn store and bought beige yarn, gold metallic yarn, needles and she began to make herself a scarf. Later that day, I saw what she was doing and wanted to do it also. So I went to the store and explained what my SIL was using. As chance would have it, I spoke with the same saleswoman who had helped my SIL and so she pointed me in the right direction.
I chose black yarn -- I'm not sure what it is, but it has some elasticity to it--and a silver-colored metallic ladder yarn. The needles were big ones--9s or 10s. Straight needles.
I cast on using the long-tail cast on. I have no memory of ever learning how to cast on this way--but somehow my fingers remembered. The scarf is done in garter stitch and it only took a few hours to knit. How proud I was when I finished it! And that's how this knitting adventure started.
I wore the scarf for a while that winter. But then I discovered the wonderful world of fabulous yarns and the finer points of knitting. I put the simple little scarf away. And forgot about it.
The other day, I was rooting through my scarf drawer looking for some suitable spring silk scarves to wear with a new coat. Way down on the bottom of the drawer, I came across the black and silver scarf. Despite some mistakes, it really isn't that bad-looking. And there's something kind of funky about it. (It reminds me of a sparkly bowling ball!)
Recently our weather has been quite fickle. Not cold enough to be wearing heavy woolen scarves--but too chilly and rainy to wear fine silk scarves. This black and silver scarf has just enough heft for these days and I think it looks great with the coat!
A found object and a memory of that first flush of knitting excitement!
A million years ago, my Mom taught me how to knit--but I never really made anything. About six years ago, at a Christmas gathering, a niece was knitting. She had taken lessons and was making herself a shawl.
A SIL and I were quite fascinated by this. My SIL also knew how to knit--but hadn't done a thing in years.
The following day, my SIL went to a local fabric / yarn store and bought beige yarn, gold metallic yarn, needles and she began to make herself a scarf. Later that day, I saw what she was doing and wanted to do it also. So I went to the store and explained what my SIL was using. As chance would have it, I spoke with the same saleswoman who had helped my SIL and so she pointed me in the right direction.
I chose black yarn -- I'm not sure what it is, but it has some elasticity to it--and a silver-colored metallic ladder yarn. The needles were big ones--9s or 10s. Straight needles.
I cast on using the long-tail cast on. I have no memory of ever learning how to cast on this way--but somehow my fingers remembered. The scarf is done in garter stitch and it only took a few hours to knit. How proud I was when I finished it! And that's how this knitting adventure started.
I wore the scarf for a while that winter. But then I discovered the wonderful world of fabulous yarns and the finer points of knitting. I put the simple little scarf away. And forgot about it.
The other day, I was rooting through my scarf drawer looking for some suitable spring silk scarves to wear with a new coat. Way down on the bottom of the drawer, I came across the black and silver scarf. Despite some mistakes, it really isn't that bad-looking. And there's something kind of funky about it. (It reminds me of a sparkly bowling ball!)
Recently our weather has been quite fickle. Not cold enough to be wearing heavy woolen scarves--but too chilly and rainy to wear fine silk scarves. This black and silver scarf has just enough heft for these days and I think it looks great with the coat!
A found object and a memory of that first flush of knitting excitement!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
A Hat on the Bus
I saw this hat on a bus today. The woman wearing it didn't make it--but it is a handknit.
I think somebody had a lot of fun making this hat! It really wasn't as fugly as it looks in the photo. And a patchwork hat is sort of an interesting idea.
I think somebody had a lot of fun making this hat! It really wasn't as fugly as it looks in the photo. And a patchwork hat is sort of an interesting idea.
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