~ Two of my favorite things are knitting and reading, and the evidence of this often shows up in my photographs. I love seeing what other people are knitting and reading as well. So, what are you knitting or crocheting right now? What are you reading? Take a single photo and share it either on your blog or on Flickr. Leave a link below to share your photo with the rest of us! ~
... on the reading front -- the kids' read-aloud has slowed a bit since we had a few days of gorgeous weather and they wanted to be out and about but we are almost done with Another Whole Nother Story
... any suggestions for what should we read next?
... any suggestions for what should we read next? I'm about half thru No He Can't
... wow, this is the scariest book I've ever read! Hard to imagine a, this guy was elected president, and b, that he thinks he should be given another four years .... McCullough's book is an amazing indictment of the machinations of this particular politico!
... wow, this is the scariest book I've ever read! Hard to imagine a, this guy was elected president, and b, that he thinks he should be given another four years .... McCullough's book is an amazing indictment of the machinations of this particular politico!... on the knitting front all is well! Just about finished with "Spring Garden wrap" (will post the pattern soon) done in a lovely sage-y green of cashmere/bamboo blend that knits up like a dream. The white pieces are some short-row samples for my talk this weekend at Graves Mountain (please pray for me ... and there may be a few spaces left if you'd like to join us out in the mountains).
I've also been playing with knitted hearts. These two came from this great FREE design Teresa Fox did up. These are so cool: they're knitted in one-piece, stuffed (or not), felted (or not). The multi-color one is KP's Bare Superwash wool ... dyed in a crockpot with kool-aid! The dyeing technique is easy, clean and gives great results (and the house smells like kool-aid for a bit!). I didn't stuff that one, but instead left it flat. The green-ish one on the left is Plymouth's "Poems" a silk/wool blend that I stuffed.
I've also been playing with starting up a website (thanks to a dear friend's web expertise) and have been playing with a new logo:
What do you think of the design?
Come join our yarn-along ... always great fun to see what others have on their needles and on their reading tables! I get such great ideas for both ...
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Love the web design and I would love to get my hands on the green yarn you are using. My, but it does look fabulous!
ReplyDeleteMary G, thank you so much for the link to the yarn. This yarn looks like something I would love to use; very unlike the bamboo yarn I was using [shudder].
ReplyDeleteOk, I LOVE the sage green!! The wrap looks wonderful so far :). My kids have been enjoying Roald Dahl's books, especially Willy Wonka, and James and the Giant peach, but your kids may have already read those. And all my best to you at Graves' Mountain, as well as with your new venture with By Hand With Heart. I love the name and the logo!
ReplyDeleteSweet logo! And I love those hearts. I hope all goes well for you this weekend!
ReplyDeleteCute design. I like it :)
ReplyDeleteWe've kool-aid dyed yarn, the kids love it! Your hearts are too cute!
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