Okay, you know what I had to do today? Fix the oil burner and hot water heater. Seriously. With George out of town, of course the system gets screwed up, and with it being 20 degrees outside, I couldn’t exactly wait until tomorrow till someone could come fix it. So George walked me through it [...]
Here’s my latest scarf – Berroco Tutu in Coolsville #5795 and Lion Brand Fun Fur in #741 Rainbow. I knit them together in garter stitch on size 17 needles. I made it long (5′) and skinny (3″) with 5″ long fringe. It took a little over a skein of each of the Tutu and the [...]
I’m happy to announce that I’m contributing as an Expert Patient to a depression site that is part of the Health Central network, my-depression.com. Please check it out. I’ve written several articles and am keeping a blog with thoughts about various depression-related topics. I’ll be writing about one or two articles and blog entries a [...]
I just bought the coolest knitting pattern for a hat in the shape of a Christmas tree.
I finished the scarf for Lawrence’s speech therapist, Lynne, tothank her for helping him the past year. I used Berroco’s Quest in Platinum and Louisa Harding Sari Ribbon in #02. I knitted the two together on each end, and the middle was just the Berroco Quest. I used a stockinette stitch on size 17 needles. [...]
I recently finished a nice warm pair of knitted gauntlets. I modified a pattern from Exquisite Little Knits : Knitting with Luxurious Specialty Yarns, a book I absolutely love. I used Plymouth’s Baby Alpaca Grande in #3317 and Gedifra’s Poesie color #2017 (1 skein of each). The Baby Alpaca Grande is very soft, but knits [...]
I’ve decided to scale back my natural bath and body business by closing my website store and just keeping my eBay store open. I don’t feel like I have enough time for my family and Wing of Madness. Plus, I just got a consulting job part-time which I really want to do justice to. More [...]
