Last weekend I happened upon some old photos in a drawer. Despite my best intentions, they never seemed to make it to a photo album. One of the envelopes was from a Sunday afternoon in the mid 1990s that was spent at my father’s herring weir. Herring weirs (sounds like “where”) are one of the oldest fishing gear types (it…
Month: March 2016
Easter Sunrise
Sunrise reflecting off ice on the beach. March 24, 2016
I know the rhyme refers to impending bad weather, but to me sunrises represent hope as light pushes away the darkness. On Easter weekend, that seems appropriately symbolic.
Into the Land Of Knit
This photo has basically summed up my free time the past week or so: knitting, a book, and a (thankfully) sleeping dog.
Just before vacation I started a baby blanket in the last of my Patons Melody yarn for my newest niece. It’s coming along well, but it’s a blanket, so progress sometimes feels a bit slow.
I’ve been engrossed in “Knitlandia” by Clara Parkes. The essays on various knitting trips and adventures transport you to the place and time. Her description of a knitter’s trip to Iceland sounds at times a bit like an outward bound adventure and makes me want to go and avoid it at the same time. I chuckled again at the story of how 30,000 knitters (completely confounding tech support) shut down the servers attempting to register for the now defunct Sock Summit. While I’ll never have the opportunity to experience many of these trips, I feel a bit more connected to the different feel and spirit of each event. I highly recommend the book to any knitter who has, or has dreamed, of knitting travel.
Check out other Yarn Along posts for other knitting and reading related posts.
Hardcore Fitness?
This morning these Instagram notices popped up on my phone: Of the top ten words to describe me, “fit” would be about number 77; “hardcore fit” would be somewhere below 200. Then I realized the photo was: I’m pretty sure I was tagged as someone who needs to be a potential client. **sigh** I guess it’s good I didn’t post…
Bunny Tail Hat
There are many wonderful things about babies, but one of my favourite as an aunt/knitter is their inability to protest whatever crazy cute idea you want to turn into a hat. As they get older, they tend to have their own opinions about what they’ll wear. Easter seems to be sneaking up at the end of this month. (I…
The OJ Case
I admit it: I was an OJ Simpson trial junkie. I watched the Bronco chase as it happened. I watched the afternoons of the trial after work (the 4 hour time difference to LA came in really handy.) I watched Marcia Clark explain she had child care issues when court was running late. I was mystified by Kato Kaelin (Still…
