a little sewing
It's the very cute Little House ornament found here.
This Saturday, November 1st, from 10 am to 2 pm there will be a House Rabbit Society Adoptathon at the Albuquerque eastside Petco at 10700 Lomas. There will be zillions of spayed/neutered bunnies available for immediate adoption and experienced rabbit people to answer any questions. We're getting many more rabbits from the shelter lately and we have more bonded rabbit pairs like sisters Tiger and Snow seen below.
Bonding bunnies is a science (I definitely don't have the skill!) but fortunately we have some experienced rescuers who can help anyone bond two rabbits. In fact, they have been putting up Youtube videos HERE of their work with two of our former bunnies, Midnight and Luna, who are apparently in relationship therapy.
A Tiny Heart
I'll post our photos from our visit to Colorado later this week. It was nice to see friends but our main goal for our last trip was to bring back our baby seen below. We haven't had her in our possession for over 8 years. I was hoping we'd get to do some canoeing this month before it gets cold but DH has been taking his sweet time refinishing the oars.
finally finished
Pattern::Nancy Meier's Tea Cosy from Lion Brand Yarn
Yarn Used::Lion Wool #132 Lemongrass & #140 Rose {1 skein each for 4 cup size}
Needles::Pair of size 5 {3.75mm} straight needles
Gauge::5.5 sts = 1 inch in stockinette stitch
Here's a new recipe I tried for Pumpkin Chip cookies ~ perfect with a cup of tea.
1 cup butter, softened::1 cup sugar::1 egg::1 tsp vanilla::1 cup canned pumpkin::2 cups flour::1 tsp baking powder::1 tsp baking soda::1 tsp cinnamon::1/2 tsp salt::1 cup dark chocolate chipsCream butter and sugar, mix in wet ingredients, mix in dry ingredients. Add chocolate chips. Drop by teaspoonful onto baking sheet. Bake 10 - 12 minutes at 375 degrees.
artful blogging
Deb
NeverNotKnitting Podcast : Episode 8 : Facing The Felt
Shownotes:
NeverNotKnitting Ravelry Group
Episode 7 Drawing Winners:
1st place: Denise/CT wins Amelie sock pattern
2nd place: Ikkinlala wins Vogue Magazine
3rd place Tied: BethanyG wins Knitters Magazine
3rd place Tied: Prof. Askey wins Amelie sock pattern
Thanks Everyone! Congratulations!
Naked knitting
Nancy Mellon
This was meant to be my new weekly slot/ from now it will be but if I'm not quick this weeks slot will be next weeks.
Its title will be, well for the moment Google image, knit hit;-)
(Any suggestions welcomed)
My inspiration for this new idea came when a few weeks back I Googled "Men knitting" I got so many excellent images (tough to choose)
So I had the idea that each week ill Google Image something funny/random to to with knitting or crochet and then post pic's with text. Naked knitting- of course, there where a few adult type! shall we say hits, but also some funny one's and some nothing really to do with Naked unless bare as in bare tree!. I have to limit to a few pictures and these are the ones that I chose.
ENJOY
Sabbatical
DH has a new FO. It doesn't really look that exciting though.
It is a cold frame for growing greens in winter. I can't believe I found all these plants at Home Depot in the middle of October.
Yellow daisy buttons
The Dad Sweater That Just Wont Quit...
This week..........
Here's my new project, it's a take on Raverlys Blankie Mania. My version is a spiral rug. Use what yarns you like,odds or new and so in the end you will have rainbow of colour and texture rug. Eventually;-)
Eye cord on my new size 12 needles.
Finley round three, trying yet another idea! If all else fails at least I'll have a few to choose from for his Christmas gift.
Gelfling
My felted Lotrrh would have fitted her perfectly;-)
dale of norway whistler hat
Here's the Whistler 2005 hat with the embedded maple leaf design from the new Dale of Norway Commemorative Collection full of Canadian designs. (Woolybaabaa, Kirtland's Yarn Barn, Bea Ellis Knitwear, and Allegro Yarns now carry the pattern booklet.) I used Elann's Peruvian Highland sport weight wool yarn in six colors but the contrast colors aren't showing up well enough in real life so it is back to the drawing board. I went up a needle size to accommodate the lighter weight yarn and my row gauge is off. Because I have to order more yarn to experiment with I have put off the estimated date of completion of the Whistler sweater until after the holidays.
I'm getting a great deal of knitting done during the baseball playoffs but it certainly isn't low-stress. Tonight's last ALCS game especially should be a nail-biter! Next up - a holiday sock for a deserving friend and some Dale snowflake mittens in alpaca.
This week I have been mostly
This week I have been mostly crocheting sleeves. And not my usual signature sleeve which are always two different. So far it's a new thing for me design wise I'm making both at the same time and they are currently the same.
'Familiar Quotations'
"My Symphony" by William Henry Channing
Lotrrh
Felted big time!
"Lord of the Rings" meets "Robin hood"
My inspiration was the beautiful Liv Tyler.
This dress has history and was precious to me, It was the fantasy one that helped me to get noticed with my dresses.
I decided to give it a wash and hope that it would pull back into shape etc
I also didn't realise that the yarn that I once referred to as Wotsits
(An English baby crisp) was in fact 100% wool!
Also un-aware the rented house I live in, the washing machine that came with it. That could almost be described as a museum piece.
This is the funny part....... it has no heat limit!
So my 30% wash was more likely a boil wash;-)
Not to be horrified with the results!
I guess a new title is needed, another fantasy film that I like is called
The Dark Crystal so this will now be refereed to as the Gelfling dress.
A Gelfling could be best described as part fairy part Liv Tyler (L,O,T,R character)
The bin makes a good reference for size, for the dress that once fitted a 5ft mannequin.
dried tomatoes in olive oil...
Here's what I did:
After the tomato slices are dehydrated, dip the slices in white wine vinegar, shake off excess, and place them in a pint jar. Then, cover them with extra light olive oil. These need to set 1 month before using, and can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 6 months.
Mid-November I will let you know how they are.
Deb
Round two!
Still not their yet, I spent an hour looking through the knit lab library
(No such thing as crochet lettering)
From "Vintage" to "Crochet for dummy's", no knitted letters any where to be found.
Along came karin, she worked out my problem is 5 minutes.
I guess that's 50 years of experience for you'-)
So I'm now attempting my third go!
Finlay
My new nephew and I thought it would be nice to make him a name blanket!
Here is my 2nd attempt this time I am crocheting with the two yarns at once for the lettering leaving the yellow attached. I think this will too flop/ be frogged as the letters look more like graffiti bubble than cute baby!
My 1st I rejoined the yarn for each letter that had an even messier effect.
At the Hurtigs knit cafe last night, the others told me of a Swedish saying that means at least four times and then it works..........so two to go and I will be their.
Hopefully
Evening Stockings
I worked these stockings up with US size 1 needles, and it took a little over 2 skeins of Panda Silk to complete the pair. I was surprised by how far just one skein went! One skein made almost one entire sock, I just had to finish up the end of the toe with another skein.
Men's Norwegian Mittens
Here are the Men's Norwegian mittens. Info on the pattern can be found HERE on Ravelry or on page 38 of the Japanese booklet from Yesasia.com titled either Northern European Knitted Accessories or Scandinavian Knitted Accessories.
I really like the unusual pattern on the front. I used Cascade 220 and size 4 dpns and DH says he likes them.
I also made some mindless 2 strand thick socks on 32 sts trying to use up various purple odds and ends from my stash.
I'm off now to try to find some sort of battery-operated light bright enough for stranded color knitting during power outages.