I am working on my socks so that I can have a photo or two of some progress to show you tomorrow. But go on over and wish Sheri at The Loopy Ewe a Happy Birthday. She is a very popular dealer/pusher for many of us and deserves many happy wishes.
Entries from February 2007
February 27, 2007
Por Moi?
My neice is finally old enough to appreciate hand knit socks and to take care of them herself. But the trick is that her foot is still growing. So I will make her socks to fit my foot since and her mother’s foot this why one of us will be able to wear it. (My [...]
February 26, 2007
Yarn Not Required
Okay, I did play with yarn this weekend but the progress photos will have to wait. I knit Saturday during class. But I had promised MJ that I would be going through my fabric stash this weekend looking for some fabrics for her. And let’s just say the fabric stash is bigger than the yarn [...]
February 25, 2007
Comment Moderation
I have had to turn on comment moderation today. For some reason, the spam filter used by Word Press keeps catching a comments from some one who I have identified as not being spam. So I turned on the option that requires your first comment to be approved but if you have commented before, it [...]
February 23, 2007
Staying Busy
As usual, I am staying busy. But I do want to post some photos of the yarn that I just received in a swap. I am love with Swap-Bot. There have been some really nice swaps over there. I just received a wonderful package from Maggie of Prairieland Herbs. (She has a personal blog but [...]
February 21, 2007
Too True
This is from Firehouse.com. It is the February editorial by Paul Combs. Too many fire fighters do not buckle on their way to calls or coming home. There is a huge push in the fire service for everyone to come home alive.
February 21, 2007
Quilts & Yarn
For some reason, I have this strange addiction to sock yarn. Yesterday when I went to the post office, I had 3 packages waiting for me. One was from a swap and the other two were sock yarn. And I am waiting on 3 more packages that will have sock yarn in them to arrive. [...]
February 19, 2007
Major Fire
If you have been watching the news this evening, you may have heard about a major fire in Frederick, Maryland. If you saw any video of it, you may have been able to notice the blue fire truck and the blue engine. If you saw these two pieces, you saw my fire company. I was [...]
February 18, 2007
Scary Thought
How is this for a scary though – my 10 year old niece’s foot is almost the same size as mine!!! I can wear either a 7-1/2 or an 8 shoe and she is wearing a 7-1/2 right now!!! That means she will be trying to take my hand knit socks!!! It is bad enough [...]
February 16, 2007
Quilting Instead of Knitting
To distract you from any real lack of knitting progress, I am going to show you a quilt that I really need to finish. Sheri asked the other day what other types of crafts we did and one craft that I used to do was quilting. I went and dug out this quilt that I [...]
