p=. Here is the _BooHopper_ with her new pal _Barky._ The photo isn’t my best work, but that face, er, those faces – how can they not at least make you grin inside?
All posts dated July 29, 2006
Pure & Simple Easy Baby Cardi
Baby Shower Details
I haven’t been to a baby shower in several years. It was fun. It was for the aunt of our _”adopted”_ family member, a.k.a. the meister. The games were different than I’ve played before, and it was a family shower, not a women’s shower. There were males, females, kids, granparents, all ages and genders. It…
What do you strive for most in life?
bq. _… accomplishment, security, love, power, excitement, knowledge, or something else?_ Boy, I am not good at these deep, absolute questions today. Maybe not any day. Would happiness be an answer? I know that is different for different people. So I’ll explain further that what I have established as the most important factors in my…
My First Baby Cardi
And I did it in about a week! p=. I forgot to take a photo of it before I wrapped it this afternoon- gasp! So, we took Mom’s camera and I snuck over to the gift pile and snapped a few pics of our gifts. Pattern: “Pure & Simple Easy Baby Cardi”:http://www.knittingpureandsimple.com/babycardi.html Yarn: about 100g…
Blogathon Game 11
“Coral Castle”:http://www.crystalinks.com/coralcastle.html would be my guess at the answer for the Blogathon’s Game 11, which is a Google puzzle in which the clue is: bq. In Florida, at night, unseen He built it for his “sweet sixteen” He levered tons of coral stone And there he lived and died alone If you follow the link…
Angel’s First Baby Hat
p=. Isn’t it sweet! She made it on size 8 dpn’s (her first time knitting on dpn’s) with “KnitPick’s”:http://www.knitpicks.com Shine Sport- a sport weight made of 60% Pima Cotton, 40% Modal, using colors grass and apricot . She did the newborn tiger hat pattern from “Kerrie’s Place.”:http://www.kerriesplace.co.uk/newbornhats.html It was a hit at the party, everyone…
The armpit of America: It’s THAT hot.
I live in the armpit of America. I just thought you should know that. It is so scary hot and humid here, I am afraid to go outside for most of the day. This means we are often met with happily-received rainstorms. Unfortunately these often bring Tornado Warnings. Still, we have little to fear, as…
UFO August and Tour De Fleece 2006 Final News
There are two more buttons on my side bar. One is for UFO(Un Finished Object) August: p=. A great knitalong to help encourage each other to finish up a bunch of UFO’s once and for all. And the other is my reward button for not giving up on my Tour De Fleece goals: p=. It’s…
Back from the Baby Shower
Mom, Angel and I are back from the Baby Shower. It was a nice one. There must’ve been at least 40 people there – I’ve never been to such a big Baby Shower. The gift opening took a loooooong time but was worth the wait to get a piece of cake Angel finished her hat,…