The neurotic nature of hoarding

We’re cleaning up a lot of things right now… I cleaned up the guest bedroom and my office as we’ve errected a temporary food prep area in the guest room while Eric tears the kitchen apart.  I had the opportunity to assemble my stash… or at least most of it.
Sometimes I think I’ve been hoarding [...]

Peggy and Dinah

I’m such a big fan of Peggy Lee. There was a great vid of her doing the themesong of Lady and the Tramp, but “Darling Disney” took it down.
Here’s Peggy Lee and Dinah Shore doing a duet instead:

And another with Peggy Lee and Petula Clark:

We look like a “French Country” table setting.

Rachel and I are both working on the “Tangled Yoke Cardigan” from Interweave Knits by Eunny Jang.  Elaine noticed that sitting next to each other, we appeared to be each other’s inverse.  Blue/Yellow::Yellow/Blue…. or the other way around.
Neither of us have even reached the sleeves, but I have a feeling that we will probably really [...]

Beautiful Babette

At Knit Night at the Naked Sheep Knit Shop, Elaine brought in an armful and then some of Cascade 220, wound it up then placed most of the colors on the table. She wanted us to help her select the colors for the massive Babette Blanket she’s planning to finish before October for a wedding [...]

I have Sock ADD

I don’t need to start another pair of socks… I think I have three on the needles right now and I’m planning another set of Socks that Rock (in Coriolis for the Naked Sheep Class I’m taking this weekend). I’m trying to finish up the Gypsum socks above. I’m to the bottom of the [...]

Googly eyes and dealing with one’s fear of plants

I love Christopher Walken and I love Googly eyes.  What a wonderful way to use them. Click on the image below to get to the movie clip page:

More about Ganseys… and my efforts to start X-mas knitting

I’ve sort of decided that I can only start 2 more projects for myself this year. All other knitted projects that will go on the needles for now will be Christmas or Birthday gift items. Brave, huh? But I have to note that all or most of the knitting other than a few odd pairs [...]

Pie for the Fourth

We had a sort of pie bake off at a friends… too much pie:
I made the French Silk pie…. boy was it decadent. The recipe can be found on Epicurious (it’s actually the Black-bottom Chocolate Pie). I did use Anna’s Chocolate Mint Wafers instead of the regular chocolate wafers for the crust, and the results [...]

You say Guernsey, I say Gansey

I’ve decided to embark on a little investigation and comparison of yarns as I learn more about the art of knitting a gansey. For some reason, I’ve become infatuated with the idea of knitting a Gansey with the traditional drop shoulder shaping. I know that drop shoulders are somewhat dated and reminiscent of the 80’s [...]