Although the needles have not been flying, the wheel has been going round and round! I even brought the Lendrum out on the deck for a bit of alfresco spinning. Once again I find myself making vows … vows to spin more, to keep track of what the hell is on the wheel and to [...]
Archive for August, 2008
a little spinning?
Posted in knitting,, spinning, on August 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Once upon a time …..
Posted in knitting, on August 18, 2008 | 8 Comments »
in a land far away …… Yes, I have a knitting story and it even involves a fairy godmother. And potential monsters! Years before I met her, a non-knitting friend commissioned a young lady to knit her a cabled Rowan cardigan. And this young woman worked hard and diligently and completed all but one sleeve [...]
Posted in family, on August 14, 2008 | 11 Comments »
The biggest news from Chez Swine is that D#2 is off on her college adventure. I am both sad and thrilled. You can see in two of the pictures how packed the car was and also that she forgot her ‘blankey’ and had to run back into the house for it! We moved her in [...]
young & beautiful, someday your looks will be gone ……
Posted in games, on August 1, 2008 | 8 Comments »
A blonde heard that milk baths would make her beautiful. She left a note for her milkman to leave 25 gallons of milk When the milkman read the note, he felt there must be a mistake. He thought she probably meant 2.5 gallons. So he knocked on the door to clarify the point. The blonde [...]