Making nice with lace

If you read my blog, you may remember when I started the Swallowtail shawl that I ripped out. I started it out of Alpaca Cloud from Knit Picks. At first, I decided that I was going to cast lace out of my life forever. It was my enemy. Then, I [...]

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Anybody want a kitten?

Animals that are lost or sick always seem to know where to find us. They know we can not ignore them, and we’ll take them in.
This was in our driveway. Sick, and hungry. He is sneezing and has pus in it’s eyes and nose.

It didn’t know how to eat so I went [...]

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Fiber Arts Guild

My Fiber Arts Guild had a table display up today at something held at the county extension office. So much talent!

The quilters also had a beautiful display.

Now, I have to go organize and do some more planning. I’ll be participating in the World’s Longest Yard sale this year, as I live directly [...]

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Fun with Tagging

Michelle tagged me, so here we go~!
1) What was I doing 10 years ago?
I was 19 years old, working on my art degree. I was having lots of fun. Age 19 was good to me.
2) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today (not in any particular order):
Go to work, … [...]

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I Need Yarn.

I have been having the urge to knit sweaters.  Everyone knows I don’t have much of a stash, but I really don’t have any sweater yarn stash!  I need to figure out what sweater to knit….  I can’t choose!!!  Any suggestions?
I also had a birthday on Saturday.  I turned 29.  I got Knitting Without Tears [...]

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FO: Saartje’s Bootees

I finished up some of these super cute Saartje’s Bootees. Sorry about the picture quality, it was cloudy and rainy today. I just snapped the pictures quickly because I took them to their recipient today.

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Knitting toys badly!

I have been on this kick where I really want to knit toys lately. So I attempted to knit Little Knitted Sheep by Barbara Prime with some leftover yarns I had. This is what I have so far. I sewed her head on badly, but maybe I can hide that with a [...]

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