Winter into Spring into Winter

I've been transported back into winter here with 28F temps at almost noon. Funny how i thought i didn't want it to be spring last week... funny how today i think i do!

knitting has been sporadic but done none the less. i made the booties my OH requested for the new baby that graced his family with her presence. One last bootie to finish (3 pair ought to be enough, dontcha think?) - the last pair is in black regia silk with one strap to make them look like Mary Janes. I hope to find white pearl buttons for them. I picc'd the other two pair - white are fortissima Cotton (its discontinued) with old buttons from the baby's grandmother's old button box... and the Pink are Baby Ull by DaleGarn.

the SFS challenge of an inch a day I am keeping. I will admit that some days it is half an inch on each sock to make one inch, but it is an inch and i am doing it. these are not hard on the eyes as they are a color and not black - but will have to be dyed at the end of the day.

the local knitting group i belong to on line sent this link today for an entire page of free sock patterns . I think there are some cute ones.

i don't ever post music links here - but here is a song - somewhere- by a group named within temptation - that i have been listening to lately. their videos are a little "out there" but i love her voice. That and Kathleen Fisher... I will love you and another one of hers is Too Late... if you are having a happy and peppy day, maybe these will not be the first things you would like to listen to... but they are haunting.... and i love the simplicity of the arrangements...you want happy and peppy? go to I tunes and look i am sure you will find something..

DP...

... or not... the good guys finally beat the bad guys today...

we have over 6 inches of snow out there - who knew it was still winter.... the little birds are like - "what is up with this???" but it certainly makes it easy to see the cardinals... yes it does...

started another pair of booties so i would have something to take with me to the game today. they are snap quick. when i finish this second pair i will piccie them both.

have a day... i did...

Es Schneit!

we have about 5 or 6 inches out there... first actual accumulation as i would think of it.. and did i GO to the groceria yesterday? a clue... no... so i will take a chance in a little while once i've shoveled the whiteness to the sides of the drive...

knitting... did a pair of Saartje's Booties for the baby that just joined my brother in laws family - they are so fast that it is unreal - will piccie them later....

snow... snowmen... kids playing outside... pond hockey... see how a demented mind works?

continuing my inch a day on the sfs - i am determined.... so determined.... trying to do them in the mornings now to keep them fresh in my head...

Never thought i would say this...

But 19 home games in 8 weeks makes hockey tedious. I love to watch hockey - i love to go to the games - but wow - this is a long long LONG home stand.

I am knitting away at a preemie hat every other day or so. I am knitting hardly at all on my socks, to be able to add a hat to the mix. I am still knitting SFS socks. And i think i will start one more pair... maybe a pair of leisure socks as a little surprise pair for someone or other.

It's cold again.. only 28F right now and i am not reconciled to it. Actually I am not very reconciled in general today. what makes that happen i wonder.

i will pick a nice generic photo to upload. I took the picture long ago at the Duke Estate - but altered it for a dvd cover for someone.... Maybe it will make someone smile...

Better get Better...

I'd better get better at this or i should just let it lie. A week has gone by since i last was here. busy yes, but a week! Knitting has been what it always is - the red and black ridged feather are in their boring foot repetitions, but that also lets me see the light at the end of the tunnel. The SFS socks are still in their k2p2 long long LONG leg, so i will be up to them for a spell.

I've accomplished some small things, in that i've done a pair of fingerless gloves for computer friend and I found the Lily Chin Chelsea (color 8515). I needed to lengthen Beth's cropped sweater. Hard to believe but had just enough to get the extra 4" of length she needed to make this sit properly on her. i am glad of it. the pattern is a blue Sky Alpacas pattern called Cropped Cardigan - I am famous for not making the pattern out of what they want you to make it out of. Maybe it is creative anarchy - may hap i just don't like someone telling me what to do... some things will never change will they?

The weather has been unseasonably warm now - february doesn't exactly know what it wants to be. Sun one day, snow and ice the next. Rain in buckets (isn't that april) and March winds blowing up a torrent. Robins are back with a vengeance and i can't say i am sad to hear them call.

Hearts and Flowers

The day of hearts is almost upon us - just thinking about it causes me to shudder...too many years a florist to even begin to enjoy this contrived day of love. Better you love them every day. Dance in the kitchen while dinner is cooking... take time to touch their shoulder as they walk out of the room... always kiss them goodnight... yep so much better than hearts and flowers....

i am still doing the ridged feathers in black and red. Could use them as it is really really cold here.

One of my knitting groups sends a "free pattern" link every day - or there abouts. One of the latest is this leaf sweater that is quite interesting. I also received my latest copy of Interweave Knits this weekend and have not yet had the opportunity to read it.

I am also in the market for an external hard drive. Son the Elder is helping me with this as I am woefully ignorant when it comes to such things and he is always there for me. ... hmmm another way to show your love better than hearts and flowers.

but if you are determined on the flowers.....

diamonds and rocks...

rocks and diamonds... it's a saying that creeps into my daily existence. Some Days are Diamonds, the Rest are just ROCKS. Rocky days can be impossible to climb over some times... but i have my hiking boots on and am determined.

not much knitting the past two days. have been trying to figure out if i need a new computer.... do i want one? Yesss.. Do i need one? Probably not.

Netherfield socks are on their way to their destination. Glad of it, as i promised them in January.

Best of the weekend to all....

moving forward....

... an update on the new socks... the ones that aren't solid...
well, there you go...

but i need to know...

found a new musician to be interested in ... remember i am old so if they are not new and i am behind, be kind...Fisher ....til the storms fill my eyes and we touch the last time - i will love you... what draws someone to music - lyrics... melody... combo platter? who knows.

i've finished my second pair of ridged feathers in Netherfield. I won't link the yarn again, as i am sure you are sick of seeing it... i have a rotation now of BBS and a pair of Knitivity red and black yarn socks for me. have not photog'ed but will - am doing them in ridged feather too as i love the way the pattern works with self-striping yarn. it remains a pattern and doesn't die in the dye...

BBS are as BBS do... they are big black (or in this case a different color that will be dyed) socks... i've started the ribbing in 2x2 this time - it is a better pattern for me to follow blindly.

as to the rest - the birds are confused - it is 48F today - and who knows what next week will bring... the cardies are definitely home in my yard somewhere... would that i could get a good snap...