So, when I said daily...

At least it hasn't been months since my last post. I have a couple of baby hats to take pictures of today and I will try (yeah sure) to put them up soonish. I think they came out well and they are paid for. This will help keep me in yarn, coffee and tobacco for a while. My vices, horrible aren't I. Hoping the world is still turning where y'all are.

Have an opinion, I've got plenty.

So, I do not often post anything to do with my "world view" and try very hard to not let politics or religion intrude on this, my creative space. I feel that this is important enough a message that I will ask any of you still reading to give it a chance. I won't be offended if you stop reading me afterward, but please try to refrain from nasty comments with no actual basis in reality. Thanks all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVUecPhQPqY

It's Monday.

I have so many things I should be doing right now but I am sitting here writing a post because I am missing something. For quite a while now I have had a friend that has come to my house and sit with me, drinking coffee and picking my brain for more crochet knowledge. Sometimes she would eat my odd kitchen creations and tell me how wonderful they were. Sometimes she would want to show me the new "thing" she was making with skills I had shared and she had improved on. She had to move this past weekend and this is the first Monday in a long time that I haven't had her knocking on my door at half past 8 in the morning asking if there was coffee or if I wanted to have a smoke on the porch with her. My heart hurts and I am lonely again.
May the pain be lessened by the sharing.
Hope y'all are having a better day than I am.

Boogabooga

For a blog this has been pretty boring lately. I'm going to try to start posting more. A good thing has happened recently... I got licensed to substitute teach. Yay me. Other things like sewing, knitting and crocheting have been going on as well. I even taught a friend of mine how to crochet and showed her how to read charted crochet patterns. Now she is faster and more accurate with a hook than I am. =P
Have a day y'all.

Been a while.

Still here. Still making stuff.
The brown shawl went to the fair and won a blue ribbon. I was amused.
I have no pictures of my latest triumph because I forgot to take one before it went home. I took 3 kitchen towels and a pant leg and turned them into an apron with pockets. It was fun and fairly simple. The towels had an image printed on them copied top to top so if you were to hang them on a bar the pictures would both be right side up. In order to make it right I had to cut them in half and stitch them back together.
Outside of this I have been doing some re-organization and culling of the "stuff". Also working on some slip-stitch things as well as attempting to work on my Hemlock blanket. Hoping it will be finished before snow but that gives me a few more months... (=
So, how's the rest of the world going. I have been reading some and know that things go up and yet they still insist on coming down. Hoping that gravity is treating people well today

Still here, still doing stuff.

A few things have been finished. I even have some pictures.

"Prayer Shawl" made for bestest friend.


Essentially a granny triangle with a bit more openness and flip.


I loved how the edging came out with a bit of ruffle.


Unblocked mohair granny triangle.


Fluffy and fuzzy. Really enjoyed watching the KP Shimmer peek through the darker mohair.


Oh my goodness, Is that me blocking something?


Why yes, the shawl has been washed and blocked. Soon I might have a few pictures of the finished lovely. I would say it is at least 5 feet across the top edge, haven't measured yet.
Hope y'all are having a good day. (Grace, Keep chugging on. You are in my thoughts on a daily basis.)

Art to share

Sometimes I see things in a different way.



Free for y'all to download and use for yourselves. Please leave a comment and maybe pass me some credit if you use it for something that makes you money.
If you feel like checking out my flickr I have have quite a few other pictures that aren't yarn related. Have fun and enjoy the air.

Flowers for y'all

Thanks for sticking with me through the first hundred.
In appreciation, a bouquet of images I took.
Thank you for looking in on my fuzzy world.

99th post.

Today I did something I have been wanting to do for years. I rode my bike to the grocery store. Not a major earth shaking occurance, but since I haven't had a bike for some 10 years it means a lot to me. Being that I haven't ridden in forever I had to learn all over again. Having changed shape a great deal, I had to find my balance all over as well. I rode over two miles and didn't crash, I am giddy.
On the fiber front I have been doing many things fall and winter related. Several scarves and I am almost finished with the mohair shawl. I finished a "church" shawl for my bestest friend in the world and got it to her shortly after her birthday. Unfortunately I didn't take a picture of it. I will try to get some pictures of the other things I have finished up in a bit, I just wish I had the other camera to do so with.
Here's hoping that all are feeling better and coping as best as can be expected. I want to send out specific wishes to Chan and Grace + Tom right now as they have been on my mind.
Peace to all.

Just can't figure it out.

The temperatures outside have been hitting 105 for about a week and I suddenly HAVE to start a shawl with mohair. Something seriously wrong with me. Hope everyone is not melting and trying to have a good summer. Some are ill, some are sad and some are just stuck someplace they don't really want to be... Hoping the best can be made of the lemons.