Unraveled Wednesday | 9.27.23
Greetings dear Unravelers and Happy Last Wednesday of September! I got my COVID/flu jab yesterday and this morning I am definitely feeling it this morning. I am happy to say that I have overcome last week's pattern hurdle with sock one and finished it! Sock two was...
April is for Poetry | 4.15.21
This week we are all sharing thoughts on 'new beginnings' and poetry. One would think this would be an easy topic because there are so.many.poems about beginning. At first I thought that I'd share the poem that took my hand and began my love of poetry. It is a lovely...
Unraveled Wednesday | 4.14.21
Cut and secure the front steek. — Mary Jane Mucklestone, Modern Daily Knitting Field Guide No. 17, Lopi I don't think it matters how many times you have knit a sweater that requires steeking, it always is a nerve-racking experience. I mean, take a scissors and cut...
Spring-Clean-Ending
I have no idea who "Maxine" is, but boy this quote was my weekend! LOL (and who am I??) I have been diligently working through the #cleaningarmy Spring Cleaning Challenge List (A huge thanks to Kym for sending me their way!) and I worked away on the kitchen over the...
April is for Poetry | 4.8.21
Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal which the reader recognizes as his own. — Salvatore Quasimodo One of the best things about National Poetry Month is the discovery of new-to-me poets and this year is no exception...
Unraveled Wednesday | 4.7.21
The knitting is slow going this week however, I did get through the yoke color work and have divided for the sleeves on my Daytripper cardigan! I thought things were progressing well and then yesterday happened! Yes, I had some side effects from my second...
Looking Back | March 2021
March is such a fickle month. It is the seam between winter and spring—though seam suggests an even hem, and March is more like a rough line of stitches sewn by an unsteady hand, swinging wildly between January gusts and June greens. You don’t know what you’ll find,...