October 5, 2011
Earlier this summer my mom and I celebrated her birthday with a mother-daughter outing. There was lunch in a touristy town (not hard to come by around here) and there was yarn. Mom and I both have a thing for nice yarn. We ohh and ahh, appreciating the beauty of ...
August 18, 2010
The last knitting project I was working on stalled at about this point: This photo is from last Christmas when I decided, after too many mistakes to count, to frog my first pair of socks. The fact that they are "froggy" green is simply a sweet irony. This brings the ...
February 16, 2010
February is never an easy month for me and this one has been a bit of whammy. But wearing these new beauties is sure helping me to enjoy my days. I let my friend choose the color for me. Did she call it or what? Many thanks to my new ...
November 3, 2009
It only took me 8 months but I'm done my first ever knitting project, a little shoulder shawl. SouleMama talked about this pattern ages ago and I fell in love with the striped effect and thought "that's looks easy enough for me to do." Well it was easy, but time ...
June 14, 2009
We took a walk today in the woods at Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park in Freeport. After our walk we had a picnic lunch on the rocky Casco Bay shore. What a lovely spot for a lovely day. We visit this park every six months or so. The last time ...
March 9, 2009
Announcement of knitting needles giveaway winners.
January 16, 2009
Not surprising really since he wears his knitted-by-Nana toque all day, every day. At night he lays it next to his pillow. So sweet. Laurent's doll Ruby: you can't see the hat but it's there Even so, I was delighted with his comment yesterday as we drove by the local ...