Archive | January 2008

Let it snow,let it snow….

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It’s actually a full foot, there’s a little dent where my hand pushed the ruler into the snow. And it’s still coming down quite nicely. Randy’s gone off to plow out the store’s parking lot. And after than probably will spend the day plowing people out! I hope he brings the loader home or I may not get out tomorrow! Not that I want to get out, but I like to be able to get out if I need to.
But it sure is a ‘Marshmallow World” and very pretty, no matter how you feel about living with snow. And those folks down the valley better be happy about it since this is where their water comes from, even it the cold does freeze pipes in their summer places.;)
Get out your fiber tools, settle down by the fire and enjoy!!

let it snow….

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Cori is a snow lover! She frolics, and rolls, and catches snowflakes, and here she is looking for the snowball I threw. She never figures it out or cares! :laugh:

Starting right… ?

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Yes, I am still working on my woven sweater but thought I’d take a little knitting break, as I really enjoy that, too. So having this pink mohair/wool yarn at hand and the ever-ready Pi shawl pattern nearly in my head I thought… baby blanket. There’s aways a baby coming somewhere! lol But I found this lovely edging, much wider than those I usually tackle in my lace knitting dyslectic condition, I decided that I would start the New Year by not going back to the same ole, but actually DO one of these pretty edgings. This is only a 10 stitch repeat, but goes up to 32 stitches wide, a record for me! :O As usual, it started off rough but I finally found that if I count each row as I finish, making sure of the correct number of stitches, I can do pretty well. Another “innovation” is using the old sliding window that we used to teach some children to read; those who can’t keep focused on the row they are reading. It’s been a big help in this instance to me, as well. Not a problem I have reading, but in knitting I have to take my eyes off the pattern to watch what my hands are doing and I wasn’t always getting back to the correct line when I looked up again. But this is working and I’ve now worked a WHOLE REPEAT without having to tink! :laugh:
I hope your New Year is starting off on the right foot, too!