Priorities

Priority #1: Finish the Tiger socks for Rox so I can cast on with the Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock in Harvest Moon and make wonderful socks: Priority #1: Finish Faina's Scarf so I can cast on with this Koigu PPPM and make a gorgeous neck

Camera for sale

FOR SALE Olympus CAMEDIA D 460 Zoom 1.3 Megapixel (BUNDLE) This is the camera all the photos on this site were taken with, it's easy to use, still got a year of its warranty left, original box, manual, cables, all the bits and pieces.

Compliments?

Went to a baby shower for a work colleague yesterday.  Why do people think that the highest compliment for a knitted gift is "You made that? It looks like you bought it in a store!"  No it doesn't look like a store baby hat.  It'

When Squirrels Attack

Russian squirrel pack 'kills dog'. Squirrels have bitten to death a stray dog which was barking at them in a Russian park, local media report.  Passers-by were reportedly too late to stop the attack by the black squirrels in a village in the far east, which reportedly lasted

Digging a ditch

It must be winter.  I zipped the lining back into my jacket today.  There were some feeble snow flurries yesterday which dumped a whole cup of snow over St Louis.  There was ice on my car roof this morning.  Bring back the 40C/104F heat!  Bring back the sunshine!  I&

Leftovers

Picked up one ball of yarn from Myers House at the weekend while Hubby was working on his Thanksgiving sermon for the old folks home.  It was Classic Elite Bazic Wool in an orange sherbet colour for the leftovers blanket.  The blanket is going to be made from six strips,

More yarn

This is my first ever skein of Koigu PPPM, colour 622, ordered from the Patternworks catalogue.  I was expecting it to be more red and less pink, but I think this will work.  I really like the dark purple/blue strands. It's going to be another neck scarf,

Winning Author!

Got my novel validated, got my certificate downloaded, and got this too: And on Novel Length Validation Day, look what was waiting in my mailbox: One skein of Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock, purchased from The Fold as my prize for winning NaNoWriMo.  I am impressed with Toni&

Yarn Dilemma Resolved

Thank you for all your help!  The winner is: Harvest Moon, because Tiger's Eye was unavailable.  Emailed The Fold last night, and Toni emailed back this morning.  Blue Moon Fiber Arts is increasing the yardage on Socks That Rock to 350 yards per skein next year, it'

End of the line

My novel is at 50,000 words, another few scenes and it'll be done.  I think I'm taking tomorrow off. Grateful thanks to: * The excellent cheerleading team, both online and offline (Hubby, Rox, Carrie, Shirl, Jan the Warrior Knitter, Rose Black, and NaNo St Louis). * Godiva