Friday afternoon I went to pick-up one of my granddaughters who was coming to stay with us for the weekend. When I arrived I was presented with this "awesome" paper mache yarn bowl.
It is embossed with paper & fabric cut-outs & the word "Knit" is painted on in yellow!!!
My granddaughter is 7 & I think she did a fabulous job.
I absolutely adore this bowl & will be using it for years to come!!!
Thank you "Bean"!!!
Ginger, I'm soooo glad that you guys are okay after your Pyrex explosion!!!
I HATE that I missed Knit Night again, but who knew that eating a handful of Planter's Dry Roasted Peanuts could cause such excruciating pain in one's stomach??? I love peanuts, but after the night I had, I will never eat another one!!! I literally felt like I'd been kicked in the stomach. Doubled over with pain & cramps, the only thing to do was try & go to sleep & hope that the morning would bring better results, which it has, thank GOD!!!
I've started a new sock pattern called the "Classy Slip-Up". To date, I haven't ventured far away from your basic rib or garter rib sock & have decided it's time to step out of the sock box!!! I haven't knit any solid colored socks either, another first!!!
The pattern calls for alternating rows of stockinette & reverse stockinette rib between slipped stitches, 4 row repeat. It's pretty easy to remember.
Cascade 220 was the very first "good" yarn that I used when I first started knitting. It's such a versatile yarn & felts so wonderfully too!
Well, the new ceiling is finally up & freshly painted & looks 100% better!!! Although we're still trying to dig our way out from under all the shit rock dust..............oops!!! But, that is what it is!!! It doesn't go away........
Prior to construction, I spun the rest of the Fiber Artist Merino PNL got me for Christmas.
I finished my "Knitting Pure & Simple" sweater in January. I've worn it once & it is extremely warm!!! I'm hoping it will get "really" cold once more so I can wear it again.
I got the idea for the blanket stitch detail on the collar from a Mission Falls advertisement in Vogue Knitting magazine.
Jitterbug "Toscana" yarn in garter rib pattern.
I had to buy an extra skein of yarn to finish this pair. Sometimes, I like to knit socks a little longer than the pattern calls for. Usually, I have enough yarn, but not this time. They turned out very stretchy & I could have gotten by using a smaller needle. 
When my mother passed & my sister & I were dividing thing up, I chose this miniature spinning wheel. At the time, I had no interest in knitting or spinning.
Last night I added a drive band using heavy thread & it actually works!!! There's no way to remove the bobbin from the "mother" though.....
Austrian Fortune Telling Cup
This is one of the those things from my childhood that I wasn't allowed to touch, only covet. 
I adore this teacup & saucer & love that it has a witch on the bottom of the cup.
Alfred Hitchcock ain't got nothing on us!!!! Double negative, I know but you get the picture.
Can you see all the starlings???
DH & I spent Saturday emptying out our living room, dining room, foyer & hallway so that we can have some work done on our ceiling.
We rented a POD & when we would move a piece of furniture outside the starlings would fly from one side of the yard to the other. There were hundreds of them & when one would fly, they all would fly. When one landed, they all landed. Not to mention they were loud too!
Could we get it any emptier??? I really kinda like it like this, except that everything echos & it makes the house colder.
The "Outlaw" really likes it like this......she thinks it's her own hockey rink!
