What does a knitter do when she can’t knit?
Puzzling in more than one way!
A lot of small details and many colors make puzzling a fun activity and quite addictive too! Want to take a closer look?
Look at all these,,,!
Oh and she can get older too!
I am 57 today – that sounds quite respectable to me – how did I get so far so fast? quite enjoyably I must say :)
The cast is off and the knitting ability should return soon.
Look who joined our little family yesterday:
My new pet - Fluffy!
I found him waiting for me patiently in our mail box.
He is the most squooshiest, softest, loveliest yarn I saw in a very long while and I fell for him on the spot.
Fluffy is always close to me - here he helps me with my daily chores
Our adorable, generous, modest Cookie made it just for me from the lovely Niagara fluff I bought from Joan at The Cupcake Fiber Co.
I have 706 yards of this beauty and its color looks to me just like the falls that gave him his name:
I can see all the colors of Fluffy in this photo
I don’t know if you can really see all those colors in this photo because I may add to it shades from my memory of this visit but believe me, the yarn captures the colors of the Niagara Falls beautifully!
Maybe a close up on the falls will help?
Do you see it there?
Or do you need to get even closer?
It is there, I swear!
I don’t think I managed to catch the colors of the yarn in my photos as well as Joe caught the colors of the Niagara Falls in February 2010 but here are some more photos of my new love:
A closer look on my Fluffy love
And closer you said:
Yes it is indeed soft and squooshy and oh so beautiful too
Like any good pet, Fluffy already found his favorite spot on our bed:
Fluffy Sleeping Spot
My only concern is that I will not be able to bring myself to knit Fluffy when I will be able to knit again but really who said we must knit every yarn we have, a pet yarn can be so very rewarding, don’t you agree?
Thank you Cookie for the loveliest present I got in a long while!
When you see this:
In both Socsk? Outch!
You probably say: oh well, this is how it goes, you should expect that if your hand knits are well used, right?
But! what will you say if I tell you I finished knitting these socks at the end of July? yes, end of July 2010! And that Joe started wearing them only around November or December and he has quite a few hand knitted socks (he loves them) so they are in rotation with about 10 or so pairs?!?
And the yarn didn’t sit in my stash for years, I bought it at the end of December 2009 and I keep all my yarn in plastic bags with nice little cedar balls to keep them company.
I just check all the other skeins I got in the same shipment (yes, I bought a few, it was a very good sale, or so I thought at the time,,,,) and I can’t see any sign of unwanted visitors.
As a precaution, I separated those skeins and put each in its own bag with its own friendly little balls.
What makes me worry is the fact that there is a hole in each sock and I can’t see a rip sign,,,,
Will you please take a close look and tell me what you think:
Holes Up Close
Smaller hole
Larger hole
Should I be very worried?
Should I freeze the sibling skeins of this one? wash them? air them? throw them all out?!?
Should I be mad?
Should I try to fix these socks or just throw them out?
Helpful ideas and suggestions will be greatly appreciated, thank you.