Knitting and occasional cooking and gardening adventures!
Nov 12 2009
I’m going to be serious for a moment here. I know I don’t get very serious about any sort of issues here, but this is one that is close to my heart. Yesterday was Veteran’s Day. I don’t talk about it a whole lot, but I’m a Navy veteran and serving in the military really [...]
Oct 07 2009
Friday, we made the final big grocery store run before the housewarming party Saturday.
Fridge Stuffed Full
Saturday morning, I had to do the final run to the grocery store for ice and when I returned, the first guests had arrived. It wasn’t long before we had a house full of people, though! In the end, we [...]
Sep 08 2009
I was a busy knitter this past holiday weekend! Saturday I finished the Secret Garden Shawl. Here it is pre-blocking, measuring 30 inches across.
Pre-blocking
Sunday, I washed and blocked it. It took about an hour to get all those pins in it and my fingers were rather sore after.
Blocking
It seemed pretty dry by the evening. I [...]
Aug 04 2009
I feel like I have a lot to share today. Yesterday, for some reason, I didn’t feel like I did. I think part of it was that I don’t have good pictures of something I recently finished (I’ll get to that), so I was going to wait to blog until I had a decent picture. [...]
Jul 01 2009
There are so many things I’ve been wanting to talk about here, but I just haven’t had the time! Between the new job and moving, I’ve been quite busy the last week or so. I wrote down a few topics I wanted to cover on the blog and hope to share them with you all [...]
