Rewind, retrace, backtrack. Unravel, unwind, undo. Start over. Do over.
Well my friends, after much soul searching and nail biting indecision, and after consulting with my good friend and long time knitter, Lyn, I decided to undo my ripple blanket and start over. Why you ask??? Am I crazy???? Well, of course you already know that [...]
Oh! Oh! What is that puffy white surprise popping out of my mailbox today???
Could it be…. yes! It’s my Cascade 220 order, here at last!
I have been waiting for about 4 months to place this order. I put my ripple blanket aside in November because I knew that I would not be able to work [...]
… that the Olympics are over? What will I partly watch while crocheting in the evenings? With movies, I have to pay attention or I will miss a line or a subtle look that is crucial to the plot. I’m trying to avoid getting hooked on a TV show for the same reason; I will [...]
Around here we are very grateful to Rebekah for providing us with this link for winding a center-pull ball.
Ahhhh, that’s much better.
Around here, forks are rocket ships, mouths are planets, and food must request permission to land.
Around here we talk with more than just our hands.
Around here we are 12 weeks old today.
Around here we [...]
Lyn and I had tentative plans to get together today for a nice lunch and some yarn fondling. We decided to hop in the car and go to Nashville to the Haus of Yarn, where Lyn once worked. When we entered the store, my jaw nearly hit the floor. I think I said “Wow” a [...]
Do I really want to get involved in another craft?
Do I really want to be introduced to the world of yarn only to fall in love with it and become obsessed?
Do I really think that I can stick with it so that I can have a lovely Ripple Blanket to cuddle [...]