A friend and I drove down to Stitches West today for the last day of the Market.
Our feet hurt after nearly 6 hours doing the shopping walk. After a while, we would look at each other and say, “Oh, it’s more yarn.”
So much loveliness!
Only a few, out of so much:
I met Cheryl Oberle briefly, [...]
Today we’re playing with our new toys. The Kid has a friend over while his mom runs errands for a dinner party tonight. And we’ll go to their house later to play with their new toys.
We’re well spoiled. Putrid and maggoty and stinky spoiled. It’s great!
The friend distracts us from being [...]
I’m sick on a Saturday. Grumble grumble grr. And we had plans: wash all the dishes, clean the bathroom, go to the Farmers’ Market, go to the grocery store, ride around on BART. The morning grizzled, so that was a good excuse not to go to the Farmers’ Market. The dishes and the groceries had [...]
Catch up photo time!
Mom wanted to see what I came home with from the Knitting Basket sale. To recap: Barbara Walker, Lady Gainford’s Designs for Knitting Kilt Hose and Knickerbocker Stockings, Kidsilk Haze, Colinette Jitterbug sock yarn, Koigu KPPM in a colour I’ve been coveting for months but leaving on the shelves, Habu natural dyed [...]
Unless they’re on the green sweater of course. I tinked back the uniting round, left sleeves and all on the needles, then got out the calculator while I was on hold (on the phone - work, you know). The numbers were just fine, and I certainly haven’t knit the yoke far enough to be able [...]
I’m nearly done with the Baby Surprise Jacket in Rowan Felted Tweed (into second ball).
My green sweater in Kathmandu Aran is almost to the armholes armscyes and a Sleeve! is nearly done. I have high hopes I’ll finish the second sleeve flying home. (More 20 year old roving hides underneath the sweater, fearful I’ll attempt [...]
Birmingham in August.
It’s very green. Not as suffocatingly green as usual, because it’s droughty this year. Overcast, but not cool.
We had a good time wandering around Homewood Saturday. Walking! In 90+F heat and just a little humidity. Lunch. Toy store. New sandals that fit the Kid. Yarn store. We made it a few minutes before [...]
If only I had time enough…
Bee Fields Shawl
Antique Lace
Queen of the Waves
These and a few more patterns, and a book or two, are on their way to my front porch. I have so few projects to work on… (I’m so silly!)
Too bad I have to work to pay for the yarn. And the house. And food.
Two of the ramps in the maze on the Oakland side of the Bay Bridge are down. And somehow no one died. Very lucky timing - fairly early today, Sunday. And the driver walked away - the driver of the tanker that rolled over and exploded. Incredible. (That sounds like he’s unhurt - he’s not. I [...]
