Someone (Hi Barb!) asked me at our weekly Stitch ‘n Bitch what my hobbies are. Hmmm…let’s see: Knitting Quilting Gardening Photography Web-stuff (building websites, playing with new software-Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, etc.) Building Access databases (yes, it’s fun) And for the last year or so, my favorite thing to do which can suck up hours upon [...]
Since Aunt Tillie has been away for a couple of weeks, Dad decided to take himself to a movie Sunday night. What did he decide to see? Dad: “I went to see that war movie, you know, Something Thunder.” Me: “Tropic Thunder?” Dad: “Yeah! That’s it! What a crazy movie-what the hell was it about? [...]
I seem to have quite a few! The Must-Have Cardigan (Paton’s Street Smart booklet) is coming along. Now that the weather’s cooler, I don’t mind knitting it. I had 16 rows of the back done, then ended up frogging the whole thing. I’m now at row 17, and I’m happy with it so far. The [...]
or maybe Sunset Flowers is a better name? Technorati Tags: Garden, gardening
My very first (and so far only) skein of yarn that I dyed myself… pic taken outdoors The true color is closer to the top photo, but it’s a little yellower than that in reality. Now that I know it’s relatively easy & I’m not covered head-to-toe in dye (and neither is my kitchen), I’ll [...]
“shetland boobs”? Technorati Tags: wtf?
I’ve been thinking about trying my hand at dyeing yarn, thanks to the enablers at various Ravelry groups devoted to that very thing. I knew it was meant to be when I went to my local supermarket last week, and found some good-sized Granitewear enamel pots on sale. They’re meant for cooking corn (hence, the [...]
My first batch of homemade pickles! I used Ball Simple Creations Kosher Dill Pickle Mix for the recipe. It was very simple – Just add the spice mix to water and vinegar and bring to a boil. Slice the pickles, put them in the prepared jars, then pour the hot mixture over them. Then put [...]
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