What I meant to say ....

Like I said yesterday, that wasn't the post I wanted to do. What I meant to say was THANK YOU! to:


Knitters Brewing Company, who chose my suggestion, IndiGoGo, for this beautiful new colorway. Keep an eye on their Yarn On Tap blog for news about new yarns, colors and giveaways from this wonderful company.

Delusional Knitter, of Revelations of a Delusional Knitter Yarns!, who sent me a Stormy Sky. Who wants Pennies from Heaven? I'd keep more than one umbrella upside down if the skies were sending down dreamy yarn like this.


Tanis of Tanis Fiber Arts and Ve of the Yarn on the House blog. This is Tanis's Four Seasons Hat kit in Summer Colors. The picture is my attempt to show each color in contact with all the others. The way the light creamy shade and deep violet embrace the soft midtone hues is really striking.

Knit Like You Mean It, who will be sending me some wonderful Canopy Worsted Yarn from one of her "Moving To Oxford" destash giveaways. I can't imagine moving without my yarn. Since I ought to lose 100 pounds anyway, I'd use the move as incentive, so I could take at least part of my yarn with me. Be sure to visit her blog and wish her well in her new adventure in England.

Debbi at Knit.Run.Reap.Eat. Mom and I really enjoyed looking through the beautiful patterns in the Viking Patterns For Knitting book. Her current giveaway is for The Good Carb Cookbook.

This sparkling coppery orange dragonfly, whom I followed from flower to flower, trying to get a picture. Gorgeous pinks and purples and vibrant greens he'd land on, only to fly away everytime I'd get the camera in position. Finally he stayed still long enough for a shot, but chose to do on this car arial.


Mom, who gave me a pair of used shoes, an old sock and a too small hat for my birthday. The bootie and bonnet are all that remains of a set made by a friend of Mom's, in the days before ultrasound, hence the pink and blue. Both colors of ribbon were included, and Mom sewed the blue onto the bonnet after my debut. The other bootie and the matching sweater have been lost. Knowing me, I probably wriggled out of them and scooted off.

The little white shoes were my very first pair, and are reputedly of elvish manufacture. The big black boots were my very second pair, and I'm still wearing them. After I outgrew that first pair in about an hour, Mom wised up, buying shoes with plenty of room to grow.

Thanks again to each of you!

Here is the scarf I'd started in June. The pattern is mistake rib, with a slight variation. Working on circular needles, I worked one row in color a with right side facing. I slid the work back to the other end and worked a row in color b in the same direction. Then I worked color b with wrong side facing, slid the work back to other end and worked color a. These four rows are the pattern. Working two rows on each side is what gives the slightly wavy texture to the ribs. The yarn is a ragg wool I dyed, and Paton's Katrina, 92% Polyester/8%Nylon. The indoor shot shows the shine of the Katrina yarn. The finished scarf is 3.5 X 48 inches, unblocked. I don't know if blocking will take well with that mix, and I like the way it looks as it is.


This potholder is made with the remnant of one of my dyed yarn. It's a bulky weight wool ragg yarn, that we felted just slightly. This was my revenge on Mom for making me try on that bonnet.

BTW: Be glad you're not this woman!