thank you dear Gail S.
And Inside the egg in a tiny mesh bag were the loveliest stitch markers she’d made
Silent Sunday
thank you dear Gail S.
Tag: knitting
thank you dear Gail S.
Garden Party with Erin
Meet Erin who has a professional gardening business. Garden Party With Erin Design. Revive. Restore.
She helped me with my jungle of a garden after the Pandemic. Literally transformed the place.
I know my neighbors were thrilled. Me, too!
I knit her a Read This Hat last year with her business name knit into it.
She popped by today with a surprise gift for me. Check out this hoodie! Love it. How about this photo with the sunshine?
Problem and Solution
Tiny Sweater Ornament
Sweaters this size don’t take too long to knit up and hang on the tree. Years ago, my friend Joanne gave me a tiny sweater she knit and then she gave me the pattern to knit one myself. You don’t actually knit it using the toothpicks.
Lollipop Stick Holding Gusset Stitches
Car knitting today.
I needed to hold stitches for the gusset, the thumb hole. No barber cord, no pony bead lacing, no waste yarn available in the car. Old Halloween litter from a school party. I bent the Tootsie Roll Pop stick to hold the stitches while I continued to knit up the hand of the mitten. Pattern is Quick Bulky Mitten by Aimee Pelletier
purchased last year in Millvale at McWalker Yarns
“Malabrigo Caracol is hand-dyed, super bulky superwash merino wool yarn reminiscent of stained glass art.”
I stopped by a friend’s house to drop off some yarn. Took and Jack’s leaves are reminiscent of the yarn colors.
6 Cider Mill Sweaters Oct 15, 2022
Here is part of our Knitting Buddies Zoom group who met in Rhinebeck NewYork at the Duchess County Sheep and Wool Festival. It’s happening again this weekend but only Karen, Patty and Rachel are attending.
We all hail from Pittsburgh, Ohio, New Hampshire, and Florida
Rachel (on the right). Did your mom give you her Cider Mill Sweater? I gave mine to my DIL Nataliya and Randi gave hers to her mom.
Say Six Cider Mill Sweaters six times fast!
Sweet memories of a fabulous fiber filled weekend.
The pattern is by designer Jen Geigley who joined us with other Cider Mill Sweater Knitters. Karen C found the pattern in Modern Day knitting Field Guide
Our Knitting Buddies Group started in the Pandemic matched up with knitters via The Woolly Thistle store in New Hampshire. Karen C and U are the only two charter members left. We still zoom and knit together Monday nights. And we’ve a few more members not pictured.
The gift of flowers
From my neighbor. She got them at the Farmer’s Market today. I’d given some knitting help. What a gorgeous autumn bouquet. I put the flowers in my vintage hammered aluminum pitcher.
Thank you Cathy
Listening for Birds on the Front Porch Tuesday Morning
No wonder I enjoy knitting on the front porch in the early morning. The temps are cooler now. I don’t keep a feeder so I don’t see all the birds but this morning there were quite a few new species that were heard by the free Merlin App out of Cornell Lab of Ornithology
These are screen shots of the birds heard in recording their songs. Usually there are crows and mourning doves but not this morning. The blue jays are the loudest.
When you travel, change locations it’s fun to record the different birds and compare lists. this is what I do in my retirement.
Knitting on the Shore Thing Barge
It’s not floating down the Allegheny as it is docked but you can feel it move at times. My friend Jen and I went to join the KnitPitYarnClub event on the Shore Thing Barge Wednesday night. We had a lot of fun.
Signage on Craig Street in Pittsburgh
Of course this sign with the adorable sheep appeals to the knitter in me.
Since it was Sunday evening when we were going to dinner, I didn’t get to go into the Irish Design Center but they have many wonderful gifts I could see in the window.
I still have a woven wool scarf I bought here years ago.
Here is a Pitt News Article You Don’t Have to be Irish to Love Ireland
