Getting Ready to Go

Shelley — Sat, 30 May 2009 08:49:31 +0100

There has been some more vacation sewing going on here. Never quite enough but I try to stop before I get too stressed. Right now I should be finishing up my packing and deciding when to set the alarm for and trying to sleep ... but I can never sleep well the night before we travel - I'm too worried I'll sleep late.

Anne

Shelley — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:33:51 +0100

Pattern: Anne by Mk Carroll
Yarn: Araucunia Ranco Multy
Size: Until it was long enough
Yardage: About half the skein (~170 m)
Hook: 3.75 mm wood
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This is my very first ever finished crochet project! So exciting ... and pretty. I love the way the pattern works with the short colour repeats in the yarn. This is birthday yarn from last year (thanks Joyce...

The Hemlock Ring

Shelley — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:47:59 +0100

Pattern: Hemlock Ring Blanket adapted by Jared Flood
Yarn: Patons Classic Wool
Size: As written
Yardage: 2.5 skeins
Needles: 4.00 mm
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I'm very glad to finally be done this project. I really enjoyed working on it - it's a perfect balance of mindless and pattern knitting - but with my currently limited knitting time it just took too long. I wante...

Random Image #13

Shelley — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:12:59 +0100

Snap peas.
Part of my dinner the other day.
I shared with Abby.

Where I'm Sitting

Shelley — Mon, 11 May 2009 07:42:20 +0100

I was typing an email one evening and realized that my desk chair is really very hard. It's an old kitchen chair; one of a set of four that I'd painted random shades of blue in university. I really like it but it isn't in any way cozy. Soulemama recently made a chair cushion with a log cabin piecing pattern and I really liked it so that was my point of inspiration. I like the o...

This Weekend

Shelley — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:02:45 +0100

... posted several days late because at the end of the weekend I decided to rearrange my desk and it took way longer than I expected to get back to some sort of order.

This weekend (the one that just pasted) was our first summery weekend of the year. Saturday was sunny with just a touch of wind and 13 degrees. It doesn't sound all that warm but after the winter it feel quite ...

Caramalize

Shelley — Sat, 02 May 2009 04:23:26 +0100

When you realize that your husband will be home soon and you haven't yet started dinner, throw some onions in a pan. They'll smell so good when he walks in the door he won't mind dinner being late.

That's a piece of advise my grandmother was once given by a friend. She shared it with me (with a laugh) one night when I was visiting and commented on how good cooking...