Celaeno!

 I draped the shawl over my clematis.
 I will block it on Wednesday and take more pictures.

 This is what a clematis bloom looks like after the petals blow away and it is trying to go to seed.

 There are a bazillion beads in there!

This is the leftover yarn.
Too close for comfort!!

Knitting!

This is fingering weight yarn from Dawn's Propaganda Yarn. The colorway is called Vodka Fairy and I love it.

It was hard to choose a pattern, but I finally looked at Romi's 7 Small Shawls and really liked Celaeno!

I had to get in the picture with my flower! It is Blue-eyed Grass.

There are beads in this shawl. The pattern says to just put them in randomly. That is harder than you would think!

I'm on the bind of now and it is taking forever.

I'll get back to you!

Surprise!

I have been busy, but there is no excuse for not being here too.
I have been knitting and crocheting.
I have been hired and fired and replaced and misplaced.
I have fostered and transported.
I have taught and learned and led and followed.
It's been good and I will try to be here more often!

Has anyone seen these in real life yet?

Which Winter Sport Are You?

You Are Bobsledding

You're not a world class athlete, but you are a world class maniac. Your need for speed could have you blazing past the finish line!

What Winter Sport Are You?

Knitting from the Shelf 2009

I have a boatload of books that I love, but I haven't knit any projects in them. So in 2009, I am resolving to knit a project from the unused books in my bookcase. (I will also keep knitting from my stash!)

I have knit from a lot of these books, but there are many interesting things that I have touched yet. Now it the time!

I was tagged by LaDeb with the Six Things Meme.

These are the rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random, arbitrary things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let each person know they’ve been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

Here we go -
1. I have four kids and two grandkidlets.

2. I love to cook and knit and travel and camp and read.

3. I love Thanksgiving and I'm not that fond of Christmas.

4. I follow professional and college sports.

5. I am the oldest person in my biological family tree!

6. I have a motorcycle endorsement on my driver's license.

Now the people I tag:

After Lunch
Halfway Down the Stairs
JennieThePotter
Twist Your Stitches
TheRaineySisters
The Lazy Vegetarian

How many MPG does your body get?

31 miles per gallon

Created by The Car Connection

The mittens came out beautifully!
I used the yarn from Shepherd's Choice.
I have been wearing them to take the dog out and throw tennis balls for him.
Now I'm going to knit another pair so I can have a dry pair too!




Finally finished the Eyelet Cardigan, but I forgot to take the picture with the buttons on.
I'll get that up as soon as possible.






Edited to say:

Woo hoo! It's hanging in the shop -- Shepherd's Choice.

Logan learned to climb a big tree.
It was the first time he could get his leg up high enough to get up there!






We did a lot of jumping in all the leaves.
Laura did great! She is wearing a Wonderful Wallaby!







Then we carved and decorated 10 pumpkins
From very cute to very bizarre!







Here's a crazy one and one with yarn hair!

Ig Nobel Prizes

Did you see the latest? Something that knitters have known forever!!

PHYSICS PRIZE. Dorian Raymer of the Ocean Observatories Initiative at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA, and Douglas Smith of the University of California, San Diego, USA, for proving mathematically that heaps of string or hair or almost anything else will inevitably tangle themselves up in knots.
REFERENCE: "Spontaneous Knotting of an Agitated String," Dorian M. Raymer and Douglas E. Smith, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 104, no. 42, October 16, 2007, pp. 16432-7.
WHO ATTENDED THE CEREMONY: Dorian Raymer

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WWKIP 2008

This was really fun.
I don't get to see all these great ladies very often.



Maple Grove, MN
June 14, 2008

MIA?

The Pink Ribbon Socks
Opal Uni-color in Pink







Orange Mini Cable Socks
Opal Uni-color in Orange







Rescued Socks
Sockotta







Tidal Wave Socks
Sparkly something







Feather and Fan Socks
Austermann Step

Take the book quiz! It does mention String!

You're Cat's Cradle!

by Kurt Vonnegut

You believe quite firmly that free will deserted you long ago and far
away. As a result, it's hard to take responsibility for anything. Even though you show
great potential as a leader of a small 3rd world country, the choices are all made ahead
of time. You're rather fond of games involving string. Your fear of nuclear weaponry is
trumped only by your fear of ice.


Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

Do you have a daemon?

I have spring dishcloths

There is still snow in the yard, but I think our duck is back.
She keeps walking through and shaking her head at the piles of snow where she usually nests.

But I have Spring near the kitchen sink!!
The one on the left has already gone through the washer and dryer!

Here's the little pattern (I found inspiration here) :

Cast on 34 sts (or multiple of 4)

Knit 4 rows.

Row 1: K3, p3, *sl 2 wyib, P2* repeat between *s to last 4 sts, P1, K3.
Row 2: Knit.
Row 3: K3, P1, *sl 2 wyib, P2* repeat between *s to 6 sts, sl 2 wyib, P1, P3.
Row 4: Knit.

I like 12 repeats of this pattern.

End with four knit rows and cast off.

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I am knitting!
This is the Jaywalker sock and I am using Austermann Step.

I have passed the heel since this picture was taken.
I am planning on using the peasant heel.
I haven't used that in quite a while and I need some practice.



This is Tidal Waves by SWTC and I am using Fortissmo Disco.
I am loving the little shiny bits in this yarn!







And this is the Shoulder Shopper that I crocheted using Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece.
Double Ewe in Circle Pines was having a bag sale.
It was a lot of fun!

D is for ...

Dunn Bros. Coffee Shop in Champlin MN
We meet there every Friday from 9am to noon and knit or crochet.

Come join us!!

Can you believe it?

For St. Brigid's Day

I found this idea here and it linked to here.

I love their poetry selections and here is mine.
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Introduction To Poetry

I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive.

I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,

or walk inside the poem's room
and feel the walls for a light switch.

I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author's name on the shore.

But all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
and torture a confession out of it.

They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.

Billy Collins

B is for ...

Ballband Dishcloths!

These have been a lot of fun and I love using them too.

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/QoE/ballband-dishcloth