Good Morning!
How are you this morning? I've put the heat on and just poured my first cup of coffee. It feels chilly (34 by my computer) and it still feels damp even though the skies cleared yesterday afternoon and it got very, very sunny. Mabel kept me company most of the night. She is a nudger if there ever was one. Right up against my leg and pushing hard! I almost feel a little stiff this morning, but I cherish her company at night.
Yesterday I mentioned that Dee and I might change our KAL plans and NOT knit Cascading Leaves socks. The Turning Leaves yarn we are using by Less Traveled Yarn is so pretty...but busy...and better suited to a plain sock. So...the yarn has spoken - or rather shouted a bit loudly. Cascading Leaves has been ripped out and a plain vanilla sock shall be knit.
Rather than "negative knit" down to the ribbing which would have taken me forever, I just ripped out the entire piece and I've now re-knit the 15 rows of ribbing for the cuff. I'm using a peace symbol stitch marker hoping it will lend a sense of calmness to this project - LOL.
Since I now have two vanilla socks on the go (my Hollyberry socks are also plain vanilla), I may need something else that is not so plain! I've been thinking about/toying with the idea of a rather large and colorful cowl. Something like this:
It calls for 24 different yarns! So far I've picked out a bunch (not 24, but I have a basketful of sock scraps waiting to be used for granny squares or something). Here's what I've chosen so far:
The minis in the plastic bag at the top of the picture are a set that I bought at the very first Allentown Fiber Festival that I went to. That was years and years ago. Unfortunately that festival no longer exists. The other minis are ones I bought at the NJ Festival this past September and the balance are just a few of my scraps. Not sure when I will cast on for this, but I think it will be a fun project!
The other day Dee shared a picture of her Publix Pilgrims from back in the day. That has prompted me to show you my little pilgrims...and a Tom Turkey!
These are candles! My best guess is from sometime in the 50's. My Mom always had them out on the buffet for Thanksgiving (and that's where they are now...but in my house). It cracks me up that the turkey is as tall as the pilgrims and the poor little pilgrim girl seems to have a smudge on her face. There was also a set of candles that were choir members (boys and girls) that my Mom always displayed at Christmas, but somehow they got lost over the years.
Time to pour another cup of coffee and get moving on my usual Thursday reports for work. I need to get those finished and then I plan to make some wheat bread to go with homemade vegetable beef soup for dinner. Have a wonderful Thursday!
