Unraveled Wednesday | 10.12.22
Greetings Unravelers! Welcome to the weekly making/reading check-in! October has a Gnome... and what a Gnome she is! Meet Gnutkin! She is all in for fall! She is based on this pattern from Imagined Landscapes... sans beard, but I made some Pippi Longstocking-esque...
Tuesday Haiku
Clusters of blossoms growing on slender green stems need a knitter’s fix
Monday Footwear
It was a bitterly cold weekend here in the 'Burgh and my new slippers came in very handy during the weekend of couch residency with knitting in hand. I started swatching and I am not certain if I got gauge yet (swatch drying is in process) but I really love the yarn....
In which we give thanks for wool
When winter arrives in Pittsburgh, it arrives with a vengeance. I was greeted this morning with the stellar temperature of 8 whole degrees. (although they are forecasting for it to be well into the 50's by next Thursday so this cold will be short-lived – which is just...
Hello January…
This week's prompt for Think Write Thursday is to write a post called "Hello, January". There are two seasonal diversions that can ease the bite of any winter. One is the January thaw. The other is the seed catalogues. – Hal Borland Winter has been iffy in my corner...
Triumvirate of New
New Year Ö New Project Ö New Book Ö Knitting progresses on Rob Roy. It is slow going right now, as I have not found a flow to the cables yet – nor have I memorised the symbols! Plus I ran into a bit of a conundrum with the chart on round three but Mary came to the...
Flowers in January
Tuesday… Can you hear me drumming my fingers on the desk? Yes…it is annoying! How about a bit of a rambling post today? We only have 399 hours remaining of intelligence, grace, and dignity in the White House before the circus comes to town. I am in the Resistance...
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