Saturday, May 10, 2014
New Project
Found some Debbie Bliss yarn at a good price while at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, so I started looking for a project for it. I narrowed it down to two. Kerrera by Gudrun Johnston
or Inggun by Elsebeth Lavold
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Top ten on Tuesday.
This weeks top ten is 10 Ways To Entertain a Child. My kids are getting a good bit older Dax is now 15 and Tyde 17, but most of these activities they have enjoyed for awhile now.
1. Beach, this is in the number one spot for a reason. We live about a block from the beach so we spend a lot of time there.
2. Camping.
3. Visiting the library. My daughter enjoys library visits more than my son but there was a time when he enjoyed story book time as much as I did.
4. Art/Crafts. Break out the crayons, paper, pencils or whatever.
5. Baking. Just as fun to make as to eat.
6. Games. I always liked Uno or mancala but my son’s favorite is monopoly. He also likes battleship. They both love the ps3 games.
7. Lego’s yes this is one of the toys they haven’t outgrown. I can still pull out the lego bin and have major entertainment.
8. Hiking or trail bike riding. We don’t have the hills around here like some people do but we do have some biking trails that you can either walk or bike on.
9. Fishing.
10. Theme park, Disney, Universal, Bush Gardens, Wet and wild there all within an hour from us.
Did I mention the beach because yeah, we spend a lot of time there.
If interested in participating in the ten on Tuesday you can sign up here.
1. Beach, this is in the number one spot for a reason. We live about a block from the beach so we spend a lot of time there.
2. Camping.
3. Visiting the library. My daughter enjoys library visits more than my son but there was a time when he enjoyed story book time as much as I did.
4. Art/Crafts. Break out the crayons, paper, pencils or whatever.
5. Baking. Just as fun to make as to eat.
6. Games. I always liked Uno or mancala but my son’s favorite is monopoly. He also likes battleship. They both love the ps3 games.
7. Lego’s yes this is one of the toys they haven’t outgrown. I can still pull out the lego bin and have major entertainment.
8. Hiking or trail bike riding. We don’t have the hills around here like some people do but we do have some biking trails that you can either walk or bike on.
9. Fishing.
10. Theme park, Disney, Universal, Bush Gardens, Wet and wild there all within an hour from us.
Did I mention the beach because yeah, we spend a lot of time there.
If interested in participating in the ten on Tuesday you can sign up here.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Blogging mojo
My blogging mojo has left me so I’m struggling to get it back. To try and move things along I have for you today a “what I’m knitting post.”
It’s from a pattern and yarn that I got from a vendor calledKiparoo Farm that was at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. I have adjusted the pattern. The way it was written didn’t work for me. I have to confess this makes me nervous because I lack the confidence or maybe I should say skills as a knitter to veer away from patterns. In the past it has turned into a disaster. I’ll let you know as time goes on if this can be related to one of the most catastrophic occurrences ever to occur in the history of my knitting. Ok that catastrophic stuff was a bit over the top but Dax thought it fit in well with the post so I’m leaving it in.
To also boost my blogging mojo I have signed up for the Ten on Tuesday that I’ve seen mentioned on some other blogs I read. If you are interested in participating you can sign up at Carole knits to get the topics sent to you thru e-mail.
It’s from a pattern and yarn that I got from a vendor calledKiparoo Farm that was at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. I have adjusted the pattern. The way it was written didn’t work for me. I have to confess this makes me nervous because I lack the confidence or maybe I should say skills as a knitter to veer away from patterns. In the past it has turned into a disaster. I’ll let you know as time goes on if this can be related to one of the most catastrophic occurrences ever to occur in the history of my knitting. Ok that catastrophic stuff was a bit over the top but Dax thought it fit in well with the post so I’m leaving it in.
To also boost my blogging mojo I have signed up for the Ten on Tuesday that I’ve seen mentioned on some other blogs I read. If you are interested in participating you can sign up at Carole knits to get the topics sent to you thru e-mail.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Hello
Is anybody here? Is that an echo I hear? Sorry I’ve not been much of a blogger lately but things are starting to slow down around here. I haven’t been knitting or crafting as much over the last 9 months but I’m hoping to change that soon.
For now I’ll post about a recipe we tried out. It’s a graham cracker recipe from smitten kitchen. We ended up using our new sheep cookie cutter we got at the Maryland sheep and wool festival. I told Dax we could make sheep smores with our sheep graham crackers.
We went a little too heavy with the cinnamon and sugar but you can just brush it off if it’s not to your taste.
I hope everybody is doing well and enjoying summer.
Take care!
For now I’ll post about a recipe we tried out. It’s a graham cracker recipe from smitten kitchen. We ended up using our new sheep cookie cutter we got at the Maryland sheep and wool festival. I told Dax we could make sheep smores with our sheep graham crackers.
We went a little too heavy with the cinnamon and sugar but you can just brush it off if it’s not to your taste.
I hope everybody is doing well and enjoying summer.
Take care!
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Silver Bell
Happy New Year!
Yeah, I'm still here, just been very busy. I did finish my silver belle. Actually I finished it back in May. I noticed it was over a year ago that I last posted about it so here it is all finished.
Pattern: Silver Belle from Vogue Knitting's 25 Anniversary Issue. The pattern is free online.
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran. I loved using this yarn!
I had to order more yarn to finish it. I can't remember exactly how much more yarn I needed but I do remember it took more than what the pattern recommended.
I also had to go down a couple of sizes on the needles. I knitted the bottom part of the sweater first and it was huge. I mean really huge.
I found some buttons at the local fabric store that has a celtic look to them. I like how the buttons turned out looking with the cabling in the sweater.
The only downside of this sweater for me is that it is a heavy sweater and drapes pulling downward because of it. I hope that makes since. Overall I really like the sweater and wear it whenever the days are cool enough for it, like today.
I hope everybody is having a great day.
Yeah, I'm still here, just been very busy. I did finish my silver belle. Actually I finished it back in May. I noticed it was over a year ago that I last posted about it so here it is all finished.
Pattern: Silver Belle from Vogue Knitting's 25 Anniversary Issue. The pattern is free online.
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran. I loved using this yarn!
I had to order more yarn to finish it. I can't remember exactly how much more yarn I needed but I do remember it took more than what the pattern recommended.
I also had to go down a couple of sizes on the needles. I knitted the bottom part of the sweater first and it was huge. I mean really huge.
I found some buttons at the local fabric store that has a celtic look to them. I like how the buttons turned out looking with the cabling in the sweater.
The only downside of this sweater for me is that it is a heavy sweater and drapes pulling downward because of it. I hope that makes since. Overall I really like the sweater and wear it whenever the days are cool enough for it, like today.
I hope everybody is having a great day.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Gale's Art
I hope everybody is having a great week. I'm at the end of my summer break. It's back to school/work for me on Monday. I still don't know what I'll be doing but until I hear otherwise I'm assuming I'll be in the library.
I spun up 4 oz of Gale's Art merino roving in the proud peacock colorway.
There is 385 yards of 2 ply here.
I have another 4oz that I haven't spun yet.
I think I will try and spin the next 4 oz thinner to get some socks out of them. Maybe.
I spun up 4 oz of Gale's Art merino roving in the proud peacock colorway.
There is 385 yards of 2 ply here.
I have another 4oz that I haven't spun yet.
I think I will try and spin the next 4 oz thinner to get some socks out of them. Maybe.
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