editor’s note: Cara thinks no one will click the link on the word spirit ….. please prove her wrong. Before I show you the pictures from my spinning class, I would like to give a shout out to all the Knitting Olympians – what an inspiration you all are! And a special shout out to [...]
Archive for February, 2006
Another fantastic spinning class!
Posted in spinning, on February 28, 2006 | 18 Comments »
I had to look up #6 ……
Posted in games, on February 28, 2006 | 10 Comments »
Ten Top Trivia Tips about Purlingswine! Purlingswine will often glow under UV light. An average beaver can cut down purlingswine every year. US gold coins used to say ‘In purlingswine we trust’. The difference between purlingswine and a village is that purlingswine does not have a church. Purlingswine has little need for water and is [...]
weekend update
Posted in daily living,, dogs,, knitting, on February 27, 2006 | 13 Comments »
in a desperate bid for attention, Poe poses by the knitting As you can see, there has been some progress made on the felted floral basket bag. Since you start at the top, knitting and decreasing towards the bottom it goes fairly quickly. Side one is finished, side two is in progress and then it [...]
aphids on my roses
Posted in knitting, on February 24, 2006 | 15 Comments »
lest you think that only the Olympic Knitters are experiencing the Sturm und Drang of high pressure knitting, I shall tell you about my evening. Which actually began a year ago. Around this time last year, Kathleen, Peggy, Ricki and I got together for a bit of knitting. Somehow the talk turned to the latest [...]
Ann can’t play Mrs. Torrence
Posted in daily living,, games, on February 22, 2006 | 19 Comments »
This miserable headcold has gotten the better of me and I had to cancel my plans with Cara. boo-hoo! No excellent city adventures, no matzo ball soup! ~sniff~ Fear not darlings – although illness has kept me from playing with Cara today, I am never too sick to play with Cara! Come play with us [...]
Posted in daily living,, family,, spinning, on February 21, 2006 | 12 Comments »
Angelia reminded me that I never showed you guys pictures of my spinning! On the left is a bobbin with the brown Jacob. The bobbin on the right has the brown Jacob after Peggy E. added the green mohair and silk. And a bit closer …… brown and green. Although I must say that the [...]
Reprinted without permission ….
Posted in family,, knitting, on February 18, 2006 | 9 Comments »
I have been talking a few people through their first attempts at sock knitting (FA in PA needs to send me some pictures). Here is an email I just received from my friend M. Carmel…… Esteemed One, I offer attached pictures (in a most humble manner), for your perusal and blessings…..thank you, oh, exhalted one…..your [...]
Posted in blogging,, spinning, on February 18, 2006 | 16 Comments »
So, what do you think about the place? If you haven’t noticed, I rearranged the furniture around here. And in a very scary twist, Cara and I are on the same wavelength – she’s redesigned things too. She is supposed to be knitting – Olympic knitting. Instead she is gadding about to Ikea, assembling furniture [...]
D is for …..
Posted in family, on February 16, 2006 | 13 Comments »
My Grandmother Dorothy Campbell she taught me to knit
I must have been
Posted in spinning, on February 15, 2006 | 13 Comments »
a saint in a previous life to deserve the life I am living now. I think it has become my destiny to be surrounded by brilliant women in bucolic settings. ah me oh my. I suppose if someone has to do it, it might as well be me! Yesterday was the first of my spinning [...]
