Posted in Knitting, Photography, weather on Jan 31st, 2008
I love snow. Today has been such a great day. I woke up to big, fat flakes falling and Lost starts back up tonight, we’re making chili for supper, all good things. The weatherman is predicting 4-6 inches of snow tonight. I’m ready. I want take make a huge cup [...]
Posted in Knitting on Jan 29th, 2008
The cardigan is done! I really, really love this. This outfit is what I wore last night to see John Edwards and it was perfect. The union hall where he spoke was packed and it got a little warm, not hot, and I didn’t even break a sweat in my little sweater. Once the event [...]
Posted in Cross Stitch, Knitting, Personal on Jan 28th, 2008
This weekend was all about finishing. I finished the Iris and I finished my Tangled Yoke Cardigan (but I didn’t get it blocked). I’ll have some pictures of the cardigan later, but here’s the Iris. If you measure right around the frame it’s 4.75×8.5 inches. I plan on getting some nice, plain frames, either black [...]
I don’t have much spinning to show this week, but here is one bobbin of the wool I’ve been working on. I finished the second bobbin about an hour ago, but I didn’t get a picture of it, it’s more of this. These singles will eventually become some sock yarn and the yardage should be [...]
Posted in Cross Stitch, Knitting on Jan 24th, 2008
I spun and spun for hours today and I don’t feel like I got anything done except make my legs sore, so I switched to cross stitch. I started this piece last night, it will eventually be an Iris with a frame around it. The chart is from a book called Art Nouveau Cross Stitch [...]
