The beads arrived today for my Bitterroot shawl. I couldn't get a very good photograph, but this may give the general idea: The problem that I have now is that I cast on the second of my Very Terhi mittens last night and I kind of want to see those finished - but the notion …
Knitting Roundup
As mentioned previously - knitting has not been happening. Between a very sore arm and a dose of winter lurgy, I just haven't felt much like it over the last few weeks. The urge returned a few days ago. Not the urge to pick up a UFO, however - I needed to do something new …
2010
Hello Blog! Still here? I think that I might have forgiven you for wandering off and thinking that I had forsaken you. There has been little to say, less to see... and much to challenge me in other areas of life. Life with a capital ell continues to throw both challenge and stress at us …
NaBloPoMo 15
Oh dear. I have absolutely nothing to say! The weekend is a blank. I've cooked a fair bit and messed around with Facebook. That's it. Nothing of interest whatsoever. The stove still isn't in - but we do have an algae-free back yard. Um. No. Sorry. There just isn't anything at all. Is this a …
NaBloPoMo 14 Small increments
Today's post brought my annual statement for my endowment policy. It makes for depressing reading - thank heaven we no longer count on it to pay off the mortgage. A quick mental calculation this morning suggests that I have just about as much in there as I have paid in. I would have done better …
Phew!
Life continues to throw more demands at me than I have time to give to them. Nonetheless, there is knitty progress to report. A burst of therapeutic knitting late last night saw the first of the Very Terhi mitts completed and 4,000 stitches (7 rounds) added to the Pi Shawl Blanket. It was very late …