Posted in Knitting Thoughts on Dec 27th, 2009 5 Comments »
Can you believe that we started Christmas Eve with 28 degrees and, by Texas standards, a blizzard. When I said I would like a white Christmas I really didn’t think anyone was listening. Our Chicago family left there on the last plane before air traffic stopped and landed here shortly before DFW was closed. That [...]
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Posted in Knitting Thoughts on Dec 24th, 2009 2 Comments »
It’s a time to wish the best of everything to friends, cyber-friends and family. To each of you who read this blog I want to say that this year and always you all mean so much to me . I get sort of misty and sentimental this time of year–mostly because of the laughter and [...]
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Posted in Knitting Thoughts on Dec 18th, 2009 2 Comments »
Have you ever started to knit something and found the pattern/chart to be annoying? Well, that is why the Dr. Who hat is no longer first in the project lineup. As a lover of Fair Isle I never thought I would meet a Fair Isle chart I didn’t like. It has happened! My mind wasn’t [...]
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Posted in Knitting Thoughts on Dec 13th, 2009 2 Comments »
Every year we take some of the best of DS#3’s wildlife photos and create calendars for the family and some of our friends. It is a labor of love although difficult because it is hard to choose from the hundreds of beautiful pictures he takes. I always say I want to wallpaper the walls with [...]
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Can you hear the Pussycat Dolls singing, “And now I’m done, so done, I’m done, yeah.” Baby I’m done with the Cabled Button Shawl and it is incredible if I do say so myself. I’m still looking for the perfect button–hitting all the button sites.
I didn’t know if I could pull this one off. I [...]
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