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Soldiering On
Posted on | November 30, 2009 | No Comments
My February Lady Sweater just might be done by February if I keep working at this pace. Now that I’ve completed the body and picked up the sleeve stitches, I’ve allowed myself to do a little button-dreaming. And that is infinitely more complicated now that I’ve discovered Green Ray Productions’ Button Division. Jodi’s site on Etsy has turned into [...]
Sprout
Posted on | November 27, 2009 | No Comments
Nobody was more surprised than I to return from my mom’s 80th birthday weekend celebration to the sight of paperwhites already in full bloom in the late November garden. Just when all the leaves are down from the trees back east and the earth seems barren and cold as it awaits the full force of winter, [...]
Turkey, Anyone?
Posted on | November 25, 2009 | No Comments
Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate the holiday!! My contribution to the dinner we’ll attend at the home of friends tomorrow: Pumpkin cheesecake with bourbon-caramel sauce (no photo, regrettably) Steamed green beans with lemon zest and those crunchy little fried onions that Trader Joe’s carries at this time of year Mmmm… I’ll cook a little [...]
A Whole Lotta Knittin’ Goin’ On
Posted on | November 19, 2009 | No Comments
Despite an annoying lack of cooperation from my cranky, stiff, crampy, in-need-of-R-and-R fingers, there are a few projects in the works – more than I usually work on simultaneously given my inborn tendency, supposedly the fatal flaw of all Geminis, to get quickly bored and just cavalierly toss the incomplete projects into the “mañana” pile, never to be [...]
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?
Posted on | November 16, 2009 | No Comments
Last weekend I was in New York, where we had an 80th birthday celebration for my mom. Family and friends gathered at a charming restaurant near my parents’ home, and there everyone sipped hot cider (well, not me – I was busy taking photos) and visited until lunch was served. I got to help Mom get ready for the big [...]
Remontant Irises
Posted on | November 8, 2009 | No Comments
Perhaps you remember seeing these irises last week, enjoying their second bloom cycle in a single year: Well, I don’t mean to go on about it (despite my iris aficionado bona fides), but here’s another one that opened up this week: Gorgeous! And just for good measure here’s another shot of the pink dogwood in full autumn glory:
Winter Squash
Posted on | November 6, 2009 | No Comments
This is as festive as it got chez moi this Halloween season. We used to have very few trick-or-treaters, just a handful of little kids with their parents hovering protectively at the front gate. Suddenly in the last year or so, our neighborhood seems to have been discovered, and this year we had a steady stream [...]
Ghost In The Machine
Posted on | November 2, 2009 | No Comments
As hand-saving devices go, this knitting machine just may turn out to be my new best friend. The learning curve is steep, to be sure, but for basic design exercises it will have its place. And being able to design on it will save my hands for the hand-knitting I have been able to do [...]
Have You Any Wool?
Posted on | November 1, 2009 | No Comments
Well, we all know I’ve got plenty. But that didn’t stop me from venturing north with a friend on the last day of October to the Yolo Wool Mill near Sacramento, for their annual sheep shearing festival. I had never seen mill equipment in action, let alone yarn in so many of its formative stages, so [...]