Blog entries - April 2011 http://www.inapeanutshell.com Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:36:57 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/wonderful-socks.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/woderfulsocks_1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>Pattern: Basic Toe-Up Sock on 60 stitches<br />Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Lightweight in "Wonderful Goodness"<br />Size: To fit my feet<br />Yardage: Most of the skein - say 300m or so<br />Needles: 2.00 mm knit picks dpns</p><br/><p style="text-align: center;">---</p><br/><p>I said I finished a pair of socks while we were on vacation and these are they. I made them from a ... Shelley Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:23:11 +0100 Vacation Socks Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/ten-good-things.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/repotted_1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>Inspired by Soulemama here are ten things I'm thankful for today:<br /><br />- A snoozy dog<br />- Chocolate<br />- Sleeping in<br />- Freshly repotted flowers and veggies<br />- My coffee in a favourite mug<br />- Squirrels at our feeder<br />- A forecast for above zero temperatures<br />- An inspiring scrapbook sketch<br />- Rob picking up food while he runs a few errands<br />- An af... Shelley Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:08:10 +0100 Miscellaneous Life http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/we-are-home.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/victoria2011_2.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>We got back from our vacation last Sunday night. Rob's parents met us at the airport with Abby and she was so excited to see us. When we got home we found that my aunt, who'd been watching the house and my plants, had provided us with some fresh bread, fruit, veggies, juice and milk to get us through our first few days home. It really made getting back into the swing of things so mu... Shelley Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:54:54 +0100 Vacation Birthdays http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/a-basket-for-abby.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/basket_1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>We're leaving for vacation in a few minutes. I thought I should post something a little more cheery for while we're away.<br /><br />This is a toy basket I made for Abby on Friday night. I roughly followed these directions (found via Thimble) but upped the dimensions. Abby's toys have been living in a cardboard box for the past couple of years. It was a great size but not very pretty on t... Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:33:22 +0100 Sewing Abby http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/zeke.html <p style="text-align: left;">We said good-bye to Zeke on Saturday. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, even though we knew it was the right choice. He'd seemed a little sicker on Friday night. We called for an appointment, explaining we'd be leaving town in a few days, and they got us a spot at 3:15. We learned that he was actually very, very sick. So sick that to take him home again and wait until Monday would have been inhumane. It was awful but thinking of him in pain was much, much wo... Shelley Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:25:22 +0100 Zeke http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/portable-knitting.html <p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/mitteninprogress1.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>Now that the weather is warming up I've started a pair of mittens. I've been wearing (and darning) the same pair of red mittens for three years and they're really showing it. I got his yarn (Cascade 220 paints, colour #9925) in Ottawa last February especially for making these mittens but never got around to it. When I finished my Solstice socks last weekend I realized mittens wou... Shelley Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:22:17 +0100 Mittens Knitting