Alas, I don’t have a hat head. There are many who do and I admire them a great deal. It’s kind of like the dentist’s kid who has bad teeth or the hairdresser’s kid whose head is always a mess. I make hats and design hats but I cannot wear one with any level of …
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Never Too Much
There is never too much yarn. Even when I say there is. There really isn’t This is part of my stash This is too So is this: Yep: There’s more at …
My Dreams Continued – Part II
In My Knitted Dreams I showed pics of all these yarns I pulled and I was gonna make so much with them. I didn’t use them. To be sure, my dreams continued and I knit and crocheted a lot in the two weeks since I made that post. I just didn’t make what I thought …
The Cables I Subscribe To
These are the cables I subscribe to. I gave up cable television years ago because it was very expensive for very little in return. But these cables are very reliable and, technically, they aren’t cables. I did the pattern for my Faux Cable Beanie. These twists are fun to make and I love them in …
In My Knitted Dreams
It’s June and this is the month my knitted dreams go a little wild. I purchase yarn twice a year (except when I need it for a specific order.) My last yarn haul was December, and I was looking forward to Herrschners sale this year. I contacted them a few months ago and they said …
Discovery Channel
It’s like the Discovery Channel – Knitsville Edition. Where the folks in Knitsville are putting away the winter clothing and pulling out the summer clothing only to discover some fall clothing no one remembered they had. That is to say, I have found a number of hats and scarves hiding away in places and there …
The Grass is Greener
You know that saying the grass is greener on the other side? It’s true but we want to get on that other side anyway. I wanted to get to that other side in this moving thing and learn how to live in a condo. That has happened.They moved us in two hours and we were …
I’ll Try Something New
I didn’t know what I was going to show you in this post. I had to go to the Google because I thought ‘I’ll try something new’ then had to see if I had actually done it. There was this: Lasagna. I haven’t made lasagna in years and it was tasty. I’ve made it twice …
Nowhere Fast
If you’re reading this anywhere in the world, I don’t have to tell you about the Coronavirus, Covid-19 pandemic/ I am in Illinois, Chicago, to be exact and we are under sheltering orders until the end of the month – or we were. The governor extended it to the end of May but some businesses …
We Got It Good
For the record, for the people who may be reading this in the future. For me, who may be reading this in the future – at the moment, the entire world is facing down a pandemic. Coronavirus or Covid-19, is sweeping the world causing illness and death. Entire countries are telling citizens to keep six …