A few weeks ago I posted a request for test knitters for a sock pattern I am designing. I was amazed at the response — so many people generously offered their time and effort. Well, the other knitters and I have been working away at our socks, and I hope to offer the finished pattern [...]
Another small painting (5″ x 7″), and still on a peppers theme. This time I was intrigued by the subdued colours of the peppers, and the reflections in the glass…. (It’s for sale — click here.)
A little (5″ x 7″) painting I did this afternoon. I love the bright colours of peppers! (It’s for sale — click here.)
Pictured at left is the start of my next sock pattern, which is worked out in my head, but not quite on paper yet. I knit a bit, and try to write it down a bit, and in theory that should produce a flawless pattern, but it just doesn’t work that way. Gremlins lurk around [...]
Remember these? They’re the skeins of sock yarn my friend Elisabeth gave me as a thank-you for helping her paint her living room last week. I was thrilled to receive them (Elisabeth has very nice yarn), and was looking forward to dyeing them, as I had already made myself a pair of socks in the [...]
My friend Elisabeth has a llama and alpaca farm in Winchester Springs, which she also runs as a B&B. Her house is an old farmhouse which has been added to and renovated over the years. One of the “improvements” was to cover most of the walls in that pressed wood paneling that was all the [...]
I was wondering about putting holes in socks on purpose, and this is what developed. It’s an easy pattern; there are double yarn-overs, which you work with one knit and one purl stitch in the next row, and the rest is pretty much just plain knitting. I used Jojoland Melody Superwash Fingering yarn in colour [...]
Well, perhaps it does not make perfect French fries. But I was delighted to see this K-Tel Knitter on eBay, and I quickly put in my max bid of $0.99 US for it. No one else seemed to be as delighted as I was, so I won it! Back in my early teens (or maybe [...]
Last night Frank had a hankering for something chocolatey and since he begged so nicely, I whipped up some chocolate lava cakes for him (I admit, I had some, too — they’re not just for breakfast anymore!). These are really quick and easy to make and taste so decadent. (Well, I haven’t worked out the [...]
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