A new shawl!
This is the Hidcote Garden Shawl, by Miriam Felton. I knit it with some cobweb-weight bamboo silk yarn which is made by Habu, a Japanese company that makes the most interesting yarns. They make yarns with metals, paper, and even fruit! The bamboo silk was totally lacking in elasticity or bounce, which made [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Hidcote Garden Shawl
Posted in Uncategorized on July 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Rain
Posted in Uncategorized on July 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We had some rain yesterday, courtesy of the recent hurricane. It made for a nice day, sitting inside and knitting. We hadn’t had any substantial rain for a while; our lawn turned crispy a few weeks ago. The lawn service came to mow it this morning. This is only the second time all year the [...]
105
Posted in Uncategorized on July 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, the high temperature was 105 degrees. I think that this is the warmest that the weather has been since we moved to Texas two years ago. So, of course, I was running around town on my bicycle. I went to Hill Country Weavers to pick out some mitten yarn (because nothing makes you think [...]
Doilies in a foreign tongue
Posted in Uncategorized on July 9, 2008 | 5 Comments »
On my way to go camping back in June, I stopped in at Rosewood Yarns in Boerne. I had been there once before, with some friends, but we were on a timeline, so I didn’t really get to see much of the shop.
This time, I had all day and could stay as long as [...]
A sock for Mom
Posted in Uncategorized on July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sure that everyone who knows my mother is aware that she broke her foot a while back. When I talked to her the other day, she seemed a little down and discouraged about it. She is tired of wearing one shoe everywhere and unhappy about missing prime golf weather. She also mentioned that [...]
