... paperbacks. I relocated the books, and the baskets now hold WIPs. The lamps were already on the wall; I used them as reading lamps over the bed when this was the guest room. Oh, and all ... for nursing babies and reading to toddlers and studying for law school. Now it will be my knitting chair in here. It could use a cushion, but otherwise is in perfect shape, and very comfortable. The bag to ...

... lamp oil and wicks. I have 2 hurricane lamps - they HAVE oil, but I have no extra, now. Ditto on the wicks. I think we might buy ... udders. :snicker: We had plenty of warm clothes, thanks to my knitting. Himself lost his hat at the mall....Sweet Geek ... bit small. And, he had another one..so...:shrug: I'll be knitting another one soon - but probably out of commercial yarn. I've mellowed ...

... , even with our big bay window it was always dark in here.  We had FOUR lamps in here and with them all on, and all the kitchen lights on, it was still not light enough to read or knit comfortably.  Last ... the house and turned only two lamps on (and the new lights over the new breakfast nook) and it was totally bright enough to knit.  Not that I was knitting... Which brings me to my ...

... me with this badge: Which now makes me a *"Frogging" is another term for unraveling in knitting or taking apart a seam in sewing.  You rip it, rip it, rippit, rippit, ribbit... And ... Another cafe lampshade shot. This time, Panera. February 12 Reflection in a Denny's More eatery lamps. February 13 A song sung during my church's "Fat Saturday" service. The ...

... to make a smaller patchwork for the center square. Then I sewed it together, alternating directions of the knitting to reduce stretch, found some old fabric and batting I had for the binding and back, ... of ribbon scraps. And what baby doesn't want a lovey that matches their parent's lamps and camera strap? That's about it for now but I have lots more projects in the works so I'll ...

... made a small afghan that I sit under pretty much every night. Then I discovered I didn't want to go back to knitting, because the smooth slippery wrist-flick action of crochet-hooking had become addictive, and ... antique finds on eBay and Etsy, framed pictures and postcards that needed framing, accepted lamps from my mother's furniture store house, and had many many daydreams about paint. I ...

The decluttering continues. Broken lamps. A scrapbook of newspaper articles about deformed baby chimpanzees and children raised in dungeons. Holographic guitars. Things that only ... ;ve never met. Veterinarian records for pets that died decades ago. Meanwhile, life goes on. I’ve been reading and knitting and baking. We drove GC’s son to Montreal yesterday. We’re going crow-chasing ...

... ) And then decided that next I needed to steam clean the carpets. So right now, I can actually get to two chairs although it involves some contortions as most all of the furniture is piled in one room and all the lamps, baskets of knitting etc is piled in another while my bedroom and living room floors dry. Thankfully it's a breezy warm ...

... with the origins of materials. She has undertaken some amazing projects exploring this interest: Knitting “one-sheep-cardigans” including an identity document of the particular sheep ... in the idyllic hills of Idaho. Using flax made from the fibre of certain plants to create rope lamps and chandeliers. Rope ottomans that look like giant balls of string. The main project she presented ...

In knitting news, I've started the second side of my Hello Kitty illusion scarf. Here's the first negative-image Hello Kitty: Also realized that the Happy Heart and Happy ... 39;m in love with all things Tiffany, especially the glass windows. I have patterns to make several windows and lamps, and a couple of cross-stitch kits (that FINALLY got re-released!!!). The idea of a coloring book/ ...