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April 2003
Give a word about your mentor
Wednesday, 30 April 2003 10:27 A GMT-06
Taking a page out of gibknits' blog I am going to pay tribute to my handcraft mentors today. The first memories of sewing I have are from summers when I was very young, 5 or 6(?). My Aunt would have me over to her house for the day and make playdough
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Not much today
Tuesday, 29 April 2003 2:52 P GMT-06
Fever broke last night, so younger is on the mend. Not much else going on except finishing Mary Jane slippers. Laundry, baseball and dinner are on the list today, I lead such an exciting life! Then I will try to finish up the current scissors case-it
Bring on the sunshine please!
Monday, 28 April 2003 10:41 A GMT-06
Well, second sick child in the last week, second Monday with sick child at home. Would someone please send the warm, non-germy weather our way. Let's get the temps up high and kill all those bacteri(a)s? This one necessitates a trip to the Dr., high
I need a life!
Sunday, 27 April 2003 4:20 P GMT-06
At the moment my life is full of soccer games, baseball practice, swimming party's(not for my size), and being a shuttle service for my girls. At least I got to go knit with my buddies yesterday morning. It was fun to see what everyone was working on
Ballerina Mary Jane!
Saturday, 26 April 2003 1:42 P GMT-06
Well the first pair of Ballerina Slippers that somehow became Mary Janes are just too big for younger. Although she is determined to "grow" into them, I explained to her that Mommy can make her another pair. So I started the new pair today while visi
Berroco cute!
Friday, 25 April 2003 9:59 A GMT-06
New free child's cardigan pattern up at today. Got it printed off and just may have the perfect yarn for it! Love those lacy ones. Maybe the elder would wear it since it can't be that hot! All that cotton and all those holes. Would look cute ov
Now it's almost done again!
Friday, 25 April 2003 8:03 A GMT-06
So I went and cut my felted tote!! Horrors! Scissors next to that lovely fabric! Tweren't so bad. Just a little fuzz came off. Now the sewing machine didn't really want to sew through 2 thicknesses of the felted fabric. It had to be persuaded! But he
It's almost done!
Thursday, 24 April 2003 8:37 P GMT-06
Knitting has ended on the tote and it is now felting! Fingers crossed that it will felt up to the right size. I have no idea what the right size is, I just want it to be transportable. I still don't have any strap ideas, who knows what I will end up
Bad Chris, Baaaad Chris!
Thursday, 24 April 2003 4:42 P GMT-06
OK, just yesterday I blogged about my April Goals. Now, did any of you see the Ballerina Slippers listed as an April Goal? You are correct, they were not intended to be an April Goal. I remember listing them as a May Goal. So what in the world w
I've got a new blog button!
Wednesday, 23 April 2003 3:20 P GMT-06
Check it out over there on the right! If you would like a new button your own just go to License Maker. I think it's pretty nifty! It's also my email link, so if you got something to say to me, hit it!
Today is for living!
Wednesday, 23 April 2003 10:12 A GMT-06
Well it's not like I really have a great day planned, but I will try to make it the best I can. How's that for an optimistic view. On the schedule today is...take younger to pre-school, try to grab a quick bite, go tutor, run to the fabric store, go
Bair Isle using 7 colors
Wednesday, 23 April 2003 9:05 A GMT-06
For those planning to do Bair Isle here is a substitution list for using 7 colors instead of the 13 in the original. This is from the Knitting Beyond The Hebrides list
B --lightest "dark" or darkest color 1 given your choices on the color wheelD,J -
Hats Off!
Tuesday, 22 April 2003 10:37 A GMT-06
Well I must say I am glad I redid the Dale Baby Hat. It just was too big. Now it is just the right size and will be on it's way to a little girl who just happens to have a birthday this week. I am not too happy with the pom-pom, never am, but will le
What did you get in your Easter Basket?
Monday, 21 April 2003 7:52 A GMT-06
Well I guess I got nothing since I didn't get one. But I plan to raid the DD's baskets of any unwanted treats! We ended up having the big Easter Egg hunt in the house at my Aunt's due to the severe weather system that blew through. We hid half the eg
Calling Dr Freud
Friday, 18 April 2003 2:32 P GMT-06
OK, analyze this! My dream last night was unreal. It went like this: I am in a department store trying on fancy evening gowns and shoes. My mom is also doing the same. She finds her choices and I find 2 gowns and 1 pair of shoes. For some reason I le
Mail call!!!
Friday, 18 April 2003 2:09 P GMT-06
I almost didn't see it. If it wasn't for the chance looking out the front door for the bus I would have missed it. The Mailman didn't even knock, And of course they never ring twice. Or is that the Iceman? Anywho! Once I got it inside I noticed the K
Can you say Pandemonium?
Thursday, 17 April 2003 9:11 P GMT-06
I can and I can give you a little slice of it. It's 21 Brownies(plus 3 or 4 extra siblings) all stuffed into a Build a Bear Workshop at once trying to pick an animal, get it stuffed, and choose clothes for it. And who knows how many "regula
Ah, knitting!
Thursday, 17 April 2003 7:52 A GMT-06
I got to knit last night. As I was knitting on a Fair Isle hat-it had to be a do-over Kerstin, it was huge!-I realized that the 2 handed knitting is starting to click! Yahoo!!! I must say that just doing continental knitting isn't a big thr
Fascine Braid
Wednesday, 16 April 2003 7:59 A GMT-06
That's the name of the sock Rob was working on at Fleece Fair! Check it out on this page, just scroll down a bit. And look at that Lovely Mountain Colors he is using. Yummy! I guess I will have to give in and do the..Spring Sock Spectacular!!
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I didn't disappear.
Tuesday, 15 April 2003 1:57 P GMT-06
Sandy-No I am not lost at Fleece Fair, Anne-pictures up soon! I am recovering from a serious pollen allergic reaction that became a sinus infection and is now a chest cold. Blech!
I thoroughly enjoyed Fleece Fair and met some list people
I tried to Ryanize him!
Friday, 11 April 2003 10:08 A GMT-06
Following the lead of Miss K I tried to Ryanize my DH. Her attempt was a lot better than mine! Here is my DH after being Ryanized!
What happened? I guess it helps to have more to start with. At least he matches my Shrek slippers!!
Good morning
Friday, 11 April 2003 8:54 A GMT-06
Just a note to wish you a happy day and a great weekend. I feared my DH would have to work and I would have to take sports shuttle duty tomorrow. That would have been very bad as I had planned to spend the day with my knit buds at Fleece Fair .
Bag color change
Thursday, 10 April 2003 9:48 P GMT-06
Well I had to attend a Kindergarten Round-up for the younger this evening, after I ran the elder to Brownie meeting. So I took my felted tote bag to work on. Thinking I wouldn't be there that long I just grabbed the bag with the current color skein.
Hat almost done
Thursday, 10 April 2003 12:42 P GMT-06
Once I start a hat I can't wait until it is done. Wish I could see a sweater for me to the end! Anyway.
Here is the hat being blocked section by section. Hard to block a curling edge of a hat in one piece. The cast on edge still wants to cu
Fun, Fun!!
Wednesday, 9 April 2003 6:27 P GMT-06
So I started the new hat yesterday, actually Sunday night, but I frogged it to start over with a smaller needle. I couldn't put it down last night to bother to go to bed. And the news on the war was also keeping me up. So here is the progress on it.