Thursdays Are For Knit Group

Our travellers have returned; Nell from Holland and Jo Ann from Germany.

Nell was visiting her sisters in Holland and apparently they did crafts while they visited. She made these lovely cards

and this cute, card/picture-holding hedge hog.

The hedge hog is a great, grand kid project.

Take an old paperback novel (Nell's sample had a pretty racy cover, so I took my photo of the back. Racy enough.)

Fold the first page in half, towards the spine of the book. Then fold each corner down to make a 90' triangle. Repeat with each page of the book. Once all the pages are folded, cut the front and back covers to match the shape of the pages. Lay the book flat and glue a heavier piece of cardboard to the bottom. (This is where the cover is) Decorate as you wish. Makes a great photo or card holder. Here you see it with a photo of Nell and her two sisters.

You can tell I was fascinated by this little project. But there was also knitting.

Jo Ann had no crafty stories from her three weeks in Germany, but she made us all jealous when she spoke of the warm, sunny weather. She is working on a red scarf

and her fingers were flying so fast, I'm surprised the picture isn't blurred.

Sharon finished the little orange sweater she started last week.

Ingrid is marathon knitting. Another cabled dress, made with Koigu, of course.

Knitting with your eyes closed, Ingrid?

Doreen is making a side-to-side, lacey shrug.

Doreen's daughter lives in England and reads the blog. She told her Mom that everyone at knit group seems to be having so much fun except her. Smile, Doreen.

And just so you know. WWKIP day, Saturday, June 13th, we are knitting in front of the Meaford Library. 1 - 3pm. Take a drive to beautiful Meaford on Georgian Bay and join us. Bring a lawn chair.

Is The Paragraph Dead?

Last Monday, Whistlepeaknits posted on her blog, in list format. She comments about the format, at the closing of the post, saying that apparently paragraphs intimidate her.

Being a lover of lists -

This week's list

and today's list.

I liked the format.

It never occurred to me, though, that 'whistlepeaknits' was on to something; Ahead of her times; leader of the pack; trendsetter, as it were.

Then, sel&poivre wrote in list format. Hmmm, that could be a coincidence. After all, lists are clear, concise and easy to read.

But, Tuesday, when the Queen of all things blogging and knitting posted in list form, I began to suspect the paragraph was dead.

Not to be left behind, I give you my paragraph-free blog.

* All five pieces of Nimbus are finished.

*Only the right front needs to be re-knit. I forgot the buttonhole.

*The collar needs to be knit.

*All pieces need to be blocked.

*All pieces need to sewn together.

*I think my slow progress on the easy-to-knit, bulky-yarn, Nimbus spring jacket is holding back the warm weather. The knitting gods must want me to be able to wear it at least once before the weather warms up. My apologies to all knitters everywhere who are sick of the cold damp spring.

*On the 'merry widow' home front I am down to slovenly behaviour patterns; Dishes not done; bed not made; clothes not picked up. I am turning into my husband.

Contains Mature Content

Today's post is a bad news, good news post.

Saturday morning I helped with the Church garage sale. The day was sunny, but a strong breeze kept the temperature cool. I can only guess that it was that coolness that put me in brain-dead mode when it came to thinking of sun screen. I didn't. I have, I think, the worse sunburn of my life. This is the burned outline of my tank top.

The good news is, though, that Nimbus is moving right along. The back

and two fronts are done.

No, the fat lady hasn't started to sing. And I know 'it ain't over 'til it's over' and 'close only counts in horseshoes and cigars'. But I'm happy. I can feel 'Hey Teach' happening soon.