the wind-up I ordered a ball winder! I am so excited about making progress on my goal of acquiring more useful knitting tools. I’m also building my needle selection with my order of size one circular needles. I’m spending my allowance for January as fast as it hits my account. Speaking of fun knitting tools, … Continue reading →

the ribby shell story I tried to capture pictures for you all last night of the progress on my ribby shell, but they didn’t turn out. It is very difficult for the ribbing to show up in the black fabric. Part of it is that I’m not often home during the week when it’s actually … Continue reading →

Okay, so I’ve avoided watching The Simple Life, but tonight I watched The Simple Life Reunion. Did I watch it to see Paris and Nicole’s latest fashions? Did I watch it to see the nice little backwoods family? No, I watched it to see if I knew anyone in the audience. Embarrassing, I know. I … Continue reading →

Oh, this weekend was so nice. We haven’t had a weekend in a while all to ourselves and we took full advantage of it for some relaxation time. I did a lot of knitting and football watching. My husband joined me for some shopping and playing my new playstation2 game (SSX3, snowboarding). Otherwise, we did … Continue reading →

Somehow I think I’m super girl sometimes and that I have an infinite amount of time to start new projects. What am I thinking? Well, today, I’m thinking that I want to pick up cross-stitching again. I ran across this book, Creative Cross Stitch, and it had so many great ideas for things you can … Continue reading →

I finished the Calmer Hat. I knew it would knit up quickly, and I just really worked on it last night and a bit today to finish it up. It is super soft and has confirmed that I like this yarn. Ummm…I think that I made a few mistakes. First, it is entirely too wide. … Continue reading →

At least once a year, most shops close up to take an inventory. They count all of the things they have in the store and evaluate what they need to add. I’ve been doing a lot of evaluating in the new year, that’s one of the things I love about a “new” year is the … Continue reading →

“normal life” Well, I put the fam on the plane this afternoon as the official end of our holiday festivities. For the past month we have travelled and entertained through Thanksgiving, two weddings, Christmas, New Years and Christmas again with my family. We love everyone we’ve had a chance to spend time with but we … Continue reading →

I’m a bit absent (and probably will be until Monday) because my mom, sister and sister’s boyfriend are in town. We are having a great time so far and will be celebrating Christmas together tommorow, complete with a full Christmas dinner. This will be my first time to be involved in creating a traditional Christmas … Continue reading →

According to the Webster’s dictionary online, one definition of new is “made or become fresh” Here’s wishing you a refreshing and renewed New Year. Take some time today to remember yesterday and look forward to the adventures in store tommorow. Continue reading →