Max joins our family

One of my friends can no longer care for Max, a loving and lovable golden retriever, so he has come to share our home. He has adapted very quickly, and despite his relaxed demeanor, he is alert to all our activities...he chooses a resting spot where he can be near as many family members as possible.
p.s. This is my first post from my iPhone (🔶learning curve ahead :-)

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Just Scrumptious!


Superwash merino/silk sportweight

This may be the perfect baby yarn.  I chose it for the layette I plan to knit for my new grandaughter who is due October 4th.  I am still searching for the perfect patterns. As I type, I am waiting for the French Knot to open, a month or so ago I spied a darling baby girl sweater on the shop wall near the baby yarn, and I plan to phone the store as soon as they open. I am planning to knit a sweater, hat, booties, and a small blanket.  The yarn has shipped and should arrive any day now, I will start the sweater first because I am suffering from a bit of blanket fatigue/boredom from working  the edging of the my current project, the "home from the hospital and christening shawl... the Bridgewater shawl by Jared Flood, knitted in cream Panda Silk.  I cautiously made some mathematical calculations because I wanted to make Bridgewater about 20 percent smaller without ruining the meticulous mitering of the original pattern.  I love Jared's patterns, they are so beautifully designed and written, which makes even the more challenging of them, easy to follow.  The blanket ennui is just me, and some 168 edging repeats :-0  I've estimated that if I knit two or three repeats a day, I'll finish in eight to twelve weeks, well before October, and work on the layette too. I think I can, I think I can.... plus I have several bookings for pet sitting this summer, and those are always great for getting lots of knitting done,



 

Bridgewater

I have to knit this !

I've spent some time on the computer this afternoon, mostly setting up my new home page with Netvibes since google has dumped its igoogle users. I like all my favorite sites & links set up nicely...so i can see what's new at a glance. Anyway I ran across a series of articles/recent posts by Franklin Habit which I enjoyed and I thought you might enjoy also.... link to Franklin's blog http://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/

p.s. the sheep pillow is a free pattern from Purl Soho, but if you print from the site it runs 36 pp. I did a cut & paste version..7pp.. much better ;-)