I finally found very tiny jingle bells to finish Snowy Evening Scarf. The only problem is there is no “jingle” in them. Someone has made a jingle bell without the little ball that makes all the sound – read fun or magic!! This is akin to pianos without keys or violins without strings. OK the […]
Orion is in the South sky. I almost forgot to look for him in this incredibly mild weather. Orion in the South sky is a sign of Spring. In March when the evenings are usually below 0ºC, I would always look for this amazing constellation to remind me that the weather will be getting better soon. Well
So it’s Monday morning and I am totally disoriented. The clocks moved forward an hour sometime during the wee hours of Sunday morning and I slept in an hour both Sunday and Monday. Help…. I managed to turn the clock on the stove forward; but we are still waiting for the other time pieces in
I was posting today on V7N an on-line web community because someone had asked for a cure for writer’s block. It’s a tough ailment and as many of us know there are few things that can claim to be the EX-LAX of the thought process. Anyway, one of my suggestions was to use a quick
……..knitting. This 12 “things” challenge has spawned a lot of spin offs. So I decided I would do my own spin off – no pun intended for knitting. Twelve things I love about knitting – 1. Colour – certainly yarn colours create a lot of excitement and colours of yarn combined in patterns such as
Finally I have launched the Aquarius shawl. This is the second of 12 lace shawls based on the signs of the Zodiac. Sagittarius is being test knit, as is Pisces. But Aquarius is finally up on the Queen Anne’s Lace Knitting site, Ravelry and Patternfish. Here it is: Aquarians are the future thinkers. They are
…not a sheep shear. Here is a picture taken by one of the people in my Photography network. His name is Sideshow John and his facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/slideshow.john I thought that it was just too perfect, so I asked him if I could post it on my blog and he said “of course.” Anyway,
To-day is both Thinking Day and Ash Wednesday and yesterday was Pancake Tuesday. Add in Valentines Day, Groundhog Day and Imbolc or St Bridgette’s day – Feb 1 and February becomes this very busy month – not bad for 28 or 29 days. Well, we celebrated pancake Tuesday on Monday – they tasted the same
