This week got off to a frustrating start yesterday. To begin with, my landline phone in the kitchen is on the fritz again. It has no dial tone. So how do I report this to the phone company? Get out the cell phone. It needs charging. Get that done and then have all kinds of [...]
Archive for the ‘Knitting’ Category
Frustrating Start to Week
Posted in Knitting, Uncategorized on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Forest Park Is The Place To Be
Posted in Knitting, Uncategorized, tagged music, vacation on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re in the St. Louis area, you can have your pick of activities this week. There are ethnic festivals and other fun things to do. But THE PLACE to be, in my opinion, is Forest Park.
Forest Park is a large park in the city of St. Louis. It’s about the size of Central Park [...]
More Fashion Ponderings
Posted in Knitting, Ponderings, fashion, tagged fashion, Knitting on September 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Somehow I don’t usually think of fashion when I think about knitting something. I’m aware that knit patterns tend to echo the same lines and colors as the ready-to-wear industry but somehow that just doesn’t seem as important when I’m selecting yarn and pattern to knit a garment. Perhaps this is because it takes me [...]
Would a baby boy wear purple?
Posted in Knitting, Uncategorized on June 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A week or ten days ago, maybe two weeks now that I think about it, I started a new knit project. It’s a baby sweater in a 12-month size and will go in my gift closet until the stork brings a new baby. Ideally, I like to have a girl and a boy sweater in [...]
Two Almost Finished Projects
Posted in Knitting, home improvements on June 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I finished knitting my ”House Sweater” this week. This is the Sassy Shrug from the September 2006 issue of Creative Knitting magazine. I used Red Heart Super Saver Multi in Candy Print for the sweater since I wanted a sturdy “wear around the house to do housework” garment.
This was an interesting project. It is knit in [...]
Mini-Vacation Extended
Posted in Knitting, food, holidays, weather on June 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday was Friends’ Day at church with just one service in the morning. This was followed by “dinner on the grounds” under a tent following the worship service. Some of the men had barbecued hamburgers and hot dogs. We had potato chips, potato salad, and baked beans to go with them. Dessert was a choice of apple [...]
Goals Update
Posted in Knitting, travel, tagged Goals on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m failing miserably at accomplishing the goals I set for myself. In April I did not practice the piano even once. I will never learn to play ragtime at this rate. This makes me wonder if I really want to play ragtime piano. If it was important to me, I’d surely take the time to [...]
Guild Election Results
Posted in Knitting, food, music on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I mentioned in my last post, Saturday was the day of the Knitters’ Guild election. As I suspected would happen, my preferred candidate for the two contested offices was not elected. So I just hope the reservations and concerns I have about the people who were elected to fill those positions prove to be groundless. [...]
Using Leftovers
Posted in Knitting, food on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I read an article about making use of leftovers in these uncertain economic times. The author referenced taking home uneaten parts of your meal when you eat out in restaurants, making second meals from them and using every bit of the food you cook at home.
I agree that this is a [...]
2009 Goals Update
Posted in Knitting, Uncategorized, tagged Goals on February 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here’s is the report on how I’m doing on meeting my 2009 goals:
Goals 1 and 3: January was selfish knitting month. I completed the chemo hat, the other project I had on the needles to make way for some selfish knitting. I completed my souvenir scarf and knit a new hat for myself.
Goal 2 was [...]
