Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Tiny Needle Tuesday

 

That mess on my sewing table is where all my tiny needle projects are living at the moment. I had to put them all away for the holiday weekend. 



I did unpack the Garden to finish up those last two blocks in the bottom row yesterday thanks to a very rainy day that kept me indoors. We're off again this morning for another two day babysitting gig but I hope when I get back I can start to work on filling in all the background white in that row.





Monday, July 7, 2025

Too Much of a Good Thing

 

Someone commented about the gift box that I'm always shoving my finished socks in. I hadn't looked in it for a while so I did. I found that I hadn't been labeling them very well.



I've been  throwing all the ball bands in with the socks so I can stuff the finished socks into them. This is two year's worth of socks which isn't much tbh but I have had a couple of failures due to knot issues. They go in my drawer. I only gift them anymore if someone asks for a pair because I'm pretty sure that over the years I've saturated the market for them. That doesn't keep me from making more. I figure that my survivors can figure out what to do with them when the time comes. 



Thanks to the Tour, there's not much else going on here craft wise. I do all my fiber stuff in the morning while watching the riders and then in the afternoon we take the dog out and do errands. We found a Tesla that apparently self-immolated in the parking lot of the grocery store yesterday morning. There's not much left on the driver's side. Scary.







Sunday, July 6, 2025

Benched

 

I was too tired to do the rounds at the Farmer's Market yesterday morning so I sent The Mister over and Pup and I stayed on a shady bench at the koi pond across the street. I knit. She kept watch for The Mister and strange dogs. Then it was back home to finish watching the Tour that I had started watching at 6:30 am. I'd like to blame my fatigue on all the baby wrangling and cleaning I did last week but truth be told, it was staying up until 2 am binge watching Department Q on Netflix that did the damage. A bit gory but highly recommended. 






Saturday, July 5, 2025

Le Grand Depart

 

At 6:30 am ET the riders take off from Lille France to begin this year's Tour. I spent yesterday cleaning up my wheels and taking stock of what I need to finish up.



Ditto for my spindles. The only time they see the light of day anymore is during the Tour. I've got several of them with projects still in progress from last year. 





There was a casualty. My drum carder is all out of whack. The poly cord that turns the wheels wasn't working and when I tried to re-align it, the whole thing went wonky on me. I've got the directions to take it apart and put it back together correctly but I need the time to do it. It's been a very busy few days.




Somebody and his baby brother came to spend the day yesterday while The Mister and SIL played golf. We painted until it was time to do other things on the table.




At three years old he's becoming a master crab picker. Just like his mama. 









Friday, July 4, 2025

A Declaration

 If you haven't recently read that piece of paper we're supposed to be celebrating today, you might want to do so, paying careful attention to the 27 colonial grievances that started a revolution. They may look familiar.


Happy 4th ya'll.





Thursday, July 3, 2025

News From the Homefront

 

Every week when we take the trip up to sit the Grands I pack a big bag of my knitting. I barely touch it. We do work on puzzles....



...and make Cootie Catchers. We also had a visit from my sister and her two Grands. Toddler Grand was thrilled to have the company of someone that wasn't old or grumpy.




Baby Grand is still a handful. He's decided napping is not his thing. He's working hard at figuring how to get around to see what everyone else is doing. I see a playpen in his future. 





And progress was made with the elusive kitty. What a glorious chunk she is when she's out in full view.




I was even allowed a tentative scritch or two. We're not exactly friends but at least she's allowing me to know she exists. 







Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Wednesday WIPs


I said this was going to be the summer of socks and voila, here is my second finished pair of the season. 




I've still got plenty more socks to work on. I cast on some man sized socks with another ball of Regia that I had in the stash. I'm also still working on my two-on-the-same needle Regia socks. I wish I could say this has put a dent in my Regia stash but...nope. 




And...I'm still working on that dishcloth. I spend more time thinking about what I'm supposed to be doing than I do actually doing it but it's a nice challenge when I'm in the mood for one. I think this thing is going to have to go in my knitting Hall of Fame when it's done. It will never be just a dishcloth. I will have to find it a special purpose.