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Finally, a White Christmas
A short and quick post today! The weather man so kindly shared yesterday that Pittsburgh had its first white Christmas since 2010. I know, how crazy is that? But, the snow was the perfect thing to wake up to on Christmas morning! My "to do" list today is short on...
Fiber Friday, December 22
Yesterday, I began my new stitching project and I am so excited about it, I had to share my humble beginnings with you all! I am happy to report that couching with hand spun yarn is the way to go!! And, I am maintaining my entirely "free stitching" and I used no...
Three on Thursday, December 21
'Twas the Thursday before Christmas, and yet on my list…. There are way more than 3 things on my list, but these things are in the "must complete" category: Choir tonight, so I have rehearsal tracks to practice which will cut into my reading time today. Darn it all!...
Unraveled Wednesday, December 20
'Twas five days before Christmas and all though the house… Lots of stirring. Lots of last minute things I did not plan for, or expect, or yeah. And, then my darling daughter wondered if I would just buzz over to Target to get something that my Target had in stock but...
Unexpected Treasures
I have been contemplating books for the Read Harder challenge. The categories are most interesting… some are easy for me to fill in a book or two or three, while others will require more research! I have been enjoying doing this research tremendously until I got...
The Weekend and Seven Banned Words
"Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one." – George Orwell, 1984 When the weekend began, I had no idea that before it was over we would be living in Orwell's dystopian 1984 2017. It began on Friday night with a couple of Perfect Manhattan's. And, I am not just...
Fiber Friday, December 15
I have been doing some super-secret knitting during the day which I can't tell you all about or show you just yet, but I am making some good progress. This has been assisted greatly by audiobooks (I am almost done with Bonfire) and Season 2 of The Crown on Netflix,...
Nine on Thursday?
Taking a page post from the most brilliant Vicki, I present my IG Best Nine of 2017: Knitting, stitching, protesting, and bird watching are wonderful things to be reminded of. Now, back to my regularly scheduled holiday freak out. If you want to see more...
Unraveled Wednesday, December 13
The rush of the season makes for little knitting time, so no real progress on anything. However, I have managed to get some rounds in on Treysta. I am just so in love with the colors in this sweater. It makes me happy even if I can only knit a haphazard round here or...
Virtual Advent Tour: Reading Memories
I would first of all like to thank Sprite for including me again this year! It is so much fun reading all the posts! It is a highlight of the season for me! Today I want to spend a little time going back in time and reminiscing about the best books I read with my kids...
Finding Success in Failure
On Friday, I shared an idea I had for this year's stitching and over the weekend I swatched a bit with less than stellar results. So, I spun a bit more to see if I could improve the "thready-ness" of the yarn. I stitched with more tightly plied yarn. I stitched with...
Fiber Friday, December 8
The knitting marches on, albeit slowly. However, today I am going to share a bit of a preview about my 2018 Stitching Project, which will begin on December 21 and I am taking a bit of license from Vivaldi and borrowing his Four Seasons. There will be four much larger...
Three on Thursday, December 7
This week it is all about powerful things: Thing 1: Wind My cousin posted this on FB and I have watched it a number of times. Thing 2: Voices Thing 3: Fire I don't know if you all saw this, but holy cow – scary! To my friends that live in Southern CA, please be safe!...
Unraveled Wednesday, December 6
This week there was a bit of unraveling and a careful bit of unknitting. Sigh. The unraveling bit involved my Peace Train knitting. Right pattern but wrong yarn? Or perhaps, it was the wrong pattern for the right yarn. Thus, my Peace Train Knitting has a definite...
November Stitching
Bare-armed sentinels Rain and winds that blow and swirl Even the first snow
Begin as you mean to go on…
December seems to be starting off quite nicely, especially weather wise… as crazy as this will sound, we have had glorious sunny days all weekend (and most of last week!) with temps well into the 50's! This mild weather seems quite surreal and it is such a treat to...
Fiber Friday, December 1
You all have no clue how hard it was to type December! But, yes, it is here. Bring on the merriment and all that good cheer! Amirite? Or, perhaps it is a much better idea to jump on board the Peace Knitting Train… I was worried a bit about having enough yardage of my...
Three on Thursday, November 30
Today's three things are all about celebration! So, first, a little listening music for this celebration post! Thing 1: Today is the final day of another successful NaBloPoMo! Yahoo! This is our celebration! Thing 2: My November stitching will get its last stitches...
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