105

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 [...]

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Doilies in a foreign tongue

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 [...]

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A sock for Mom

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 [...]

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Wing-’o-the-Moth Shawl II

I’ve done this shawl before, in gray Jaggerspun Zephyr, on size 5 US needles. This time it’s in peacock, on US 4s. This one is about 8 inches smaller from tip to tip.
 
Supposedly, a shawl that “fits” is the same length tip-to-tip as the length between your outstretched fingers, or your “wingspan.” This shawl [...]

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Camping trip

No knitting today, sorry. I thought that I’d share some photos from my camping trip, instead! (I did knit a lot while I was camping… Some time ago, I found out that there is a 17 mile hike-and-bike trail linking the 4 Spanish missions in San Antonio. Since we were planning to camp relatively close to [...]

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