Summer Tuesday Fun

Summer Tuesday Fun

. We have an event downtown Stillwater every summer called Summer Tuesdays.  It is a fun, local, family event that residents really look forward to.  We have a market featuring local shops and restaurants and independent merchants selling all sorts of goodies.  There...
August 2nd…Ummm…July Done!

August 2nd…Ummm…July Done!

It’s done!  Yipee! . Well, almost done, just 2 little ends to finish weaving in.  I ended up doing the back in broken rib instead of the cables.  I needed a mindless knit while waiting for Maggie, my 7 year old, to get an x ray on her arm.  Broken.  Bummer. ....
July 18th 2011

July 18th 2011

I realize I have not been documenting my July sweater very well.  I guess like most of you, knitting isn’t my priority in the summer. . We’ve got ice cream trucks… . Water fun at Grandma and Grandpa’s Wisconsin cabin… . Wisconsin fish to...
Peanut Butter and Wool

Peanut Butter and Wool

It all started with peanut butter.  At least that’s how I remember it.  The size of the jar got significantly smaller and the price went up. . Then I started noticing smaller stuff everywhere: Cheerios boxes, diapers, toilet paper.  You name it the size...
July 6th, 2011

July 6th, 2011

  After much debate about a few specifics of this pattern, I am finally ready to cast on.  Here were some of my talking points. . 1.  Do I knit this in pieces or in the round? Why not knit it in the round?  Seems like an easy modification. . 2.  Is it important...