Snowy Evening Shawl Soon I am going to be starting my Snowy Evening Knit-a-long. We will be knitting an oblong scarf based on the stitches in a triangular shawl that I designed several years ago. I have varied the stitches a little but essentially you will be capturing a snowy evening like this in lace. […]
The challenge in the Globe and Mail camera club this week is to take pictures in your backyard and post them. The idea being, I guess, is that the really good photographer can take the ordinary and make it extraordinary. Here’s the link to some pretty interesting pictures of really nothing special, except that the photographer has
When is a tree a scarf? When it is turned into one. I was out for a walk yesterday for about 5 miles – getting ready for “The Way” – not sure it will happen; but I’m keeping the dream alive. Anyway there were some awesome trees along the way that have to be turned
…..or another reason to teach your children to knit or sew or both – especially your male children. There is still a lot of stereotyping around and where it is easier for girls to ask to be taught to knit or sew, boys often avoid the opportunity because it might “label” them. Having the ability
Marzipan – that sweet almond paste – divides the world into two groups – those who hate it and those who love it. I happen to LOVE it. I especially like croissants stuffed with marzipan, Christmas cake iced with it, candies filled with it and confections shaped in it……I could go on. Well you can imagine
I haven’t posted in a while because my brain has been frozen. For the past few weeks, I have been debating whether to by a Mac laptop and this is all that I’ve been able to think about. Do I really have to spend $1,500.00 to be able to edit videos and maybe do a
This has to be the coolest name that I have ever come across for a yarn store. It was in the old town of Barcelona and I nearly missed it. We were walking through these narrow winding alleyways and I was looking for interesting shots of gargoyles, when my husband said, “look a yarn store
I will post more pictures of Barcelona, once I take down the Christmas tree, because we have to squeeze into the chair at the computer desk beside the tree to post from there and this is awkward. There is not enough room in the living room for – tree, computer and me!! and unfortunately all
I couldn’t connect to the WIFI avalable in the flat that we rented for 10 days in Barcelona so I have a lot of catching up to do. My two kids had no problem connecting with their Macs; but there was some sort of incompatibility with windows and a Dell program on my computer. Believe me
