Every time that I go into the room, I am amazed at how much bigger it looks. It’s only four feet. I told Sweetums that I wanted a big red leather couch. He looked at me as if I had two heads. I know that is very impractical with pets, but it is fun to pull his chain sometimes.
I’ve also been looking at Bark cloth for draperies, but that comes after painting and carpeting.
Mitts from my class with Beth Brown-Reinsel. I always enjoy taking classes with Beth. She talks about the history of this type of knitting and brings plenty of pictures and, of course, lovely garments to pass out.
These were knit using both ends of the yarn making them extremely thick and warm. A little too warm to get much use around here, but they will be great for cool knitting evenings. There is enough of my fingers and thumb showing to knit decently. I was thinking about turning these into mittens before I realized that I would get more use from them as they are.
Three cheers for Delaware DMV!!
Yesterday, Sweetums and I rode over to DeDMW. There were a few things that we had to get straightened with my new vehicle and some other things. We walked up to the front desk. When we said why we were here, she handed us a ticket. Then she looked at it and said, we were next and to look for our number over the windows. I explained to the woman what had happened and what I wanted to do and she was fine with it all. She was extremely pleasant with everything. She was vey helpful and explained everything. I got just what I wanted and I had all my questions addressed. I thanked her profusely. We were back in the car ten(Yes! Ten) minutes later.
OK. One bad thing. I didn’t have any time to get some knitting done.
This time, we are enlarging the living room.
My poor courtyard.
New wall.
Old wall down.
New windows.
I always seem to pack the wrong things. This year it’s worse. This year I have three days of workshops, two days of festival and one girls day out. To make matters worse, accu-weather shows temps going from 52 to 79. So now I have even more clothes to pack. I have clothes there, but they are not something I want to wear in public.
I got out three little tote bags, one for each workshop. I just have to remember to pick up the right one each morning. Maybe I’ll leave them all in my car. I also have a big tote bag for shopping. I made a list so I wouldn’t forget the important stuff.
When I get to my son’s, I have to go to the market for lunches. They have tuna, chicken and shrimp salad. I’m taking lettuce, bread and oranges. My son makes great iced tea, so I’ll grab a bottle of that each morning. Along with coffee, of course.
I was hoping to get my toe socks finished, but I don’t think that’s going to happen now. I will be working on what I learned that day in the evenings. Also, my son likes me to go shopping with him for some reason.
Awww! Ain’t they cute?
I was able to watch the whole thing since they hatched in the middle of the afternoon. An hour later, they were swimming up the creek.
After much hemming and hawing and to-ing and fro-ing, I got a new camera. It just came, so I went outside and checked the zoom.
Before.
Zoom. Zoom.
I’m happy.
Better today. Still tired. I think I scared Sweetums. He’s never seen me that sick. Poor Sweetums. And poor me.
I’ve been making good progress on my ‘Chausettes de Dentelle’. I love the way the color changes. They’ll be so much fun to wear this summer.
I decided to remove the grey section of the scarf. I should still have about a six-foot scarf. I’ll probably use the grey in gloves. I ‘ve got plenty of leftovers that I can stripe with the grey. It’ll look good—-when I get around to it.
In the meantime, I’m making some cotton socks. I’ve been wanting to make this pattern. I had the needles(000) and yarn. And right now, I just don’t feel like messing with the scarf. Have no fear. I will be getting back it. I always do.
I was disappointed with my old sock club, so I decided to try something different. I joined Miss Babs tour. When the first kit came, I thought, ‘Pretty’. I started the scarf pattern that came with it and soon realized that it wasn’t for me. I tried two other patterns with like results. I finally settled on this one.
It’s ‘Fleece’ from Knitty Winter 2011. This suits me. But see that light grey on the left. I can’t be certain if I like that color or not. I could leave it out and still have a good length. I think I’ll knit some socks pondering this predicament.
Up a Creek in Lower Slower Delaware 