The Comfort Zone

I once (or twice) said I would never try to knit lace again.  I meant it at the time but since I dislike letting anything defeat me I tried it again, slowly and simply with larger yarn and needles.  Now I believe I may be able to work up to intermediate lace knitting.  I have [...]

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Speed knitting–that’s what I would really like to be doing, but everything seems to be going in slow motion.  DH says we are recovering from the last minute work push and he is probably right, but did you ever feel like your world had slowed to a crawl and each stitch you knit is soooooo [...]

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These days I’m all about finishing things.  April 15th passed without too much hoop-la and I survived another year.  I didn’t even say the R word (retirement) during the last five days—that’s real progress. 
Now that I have a little more free time I have narrowed down my knitting projects to things I can finish [...]

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The squirrel comes to eat.  The dog stalks from the porch (three feet away).  Squirrel acknowledges dog’s presence.  Dog inches forward.  Dog lunges.  Squirrel wins another round.

I couldn’t resist posting these pictures even though they are taken through a screened (rain splattered) window.  Macy is so intent on sneaking up on the squirrel.  The squirrel, [...]

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My Mom used to described it as, “A glorious day with whipped cream and cherries on top.”   That’s what Tuesday was like when I received my Frugal Hungarian Swap box from Kathyb of IrisheyesKnitters blog.  Look at all the goodies and treats, not the least of which was the leftover yarn that will be another end-to-end [...]

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