Archive for May, 2007

Other Past times

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

So one of my favorite past-times is reading. I tend to go in spurts - like not reading anything for months, then reading an entire book in one sitting ie. The Kite Runner (I can’t wait to start his new book!)  I do enjoy listening to books - my favorite - Mirror, Mirror - I actually wound [...]

New Obsession

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

So - I have been avoiding starting this project for a while…I purchased the materials last fall when a local craft store went out of business - with many phone calls to my dh to help me figure out how many size 11 seed beads are in a 100 gram container… This is the pattern [...]

Sockamania FO

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

I finished the May Day Sock for the Sockamania group today.  They fit dd perfectly and she wore them all afternoon. 

Made from Marks & Katten Clown color #1687 - a cotton/wool blend.  I worked the large pattern on size 1 needles for a tighter gauge.  I worked a total of 5 complete pattern repeats before [...]

I’ve been tagged

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

I don’t know who started this but I’ll play along…I was“tagged” by Shelly.  Here are the rules and my random facts!
Rules:
1. Each player starts with 8 random facts about themselves.
2. People who are tagged write a blog post about their 8 random things and post the rules.
3. At the end of your post you need to [...]

Seriously Deprived

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

So I read Deb’s entry today - go ahead, read it, then come back…
OK - so I am thinking I will dig out my stash and take a picture before commenting back to her…I KNOW I have a lot of sock yarn, sure.
This is ALL I have:

Now I know that I have recently finished 3 pairs [...]