The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of June 3, 2016. Equations. Clock faces. Cash registers. Numbers are everywhere: this week, share a photo that puts them front and center. As a rule, numbers and I don’t get along very well. Most of the time, the thought of doing any sort of math causes me to break out […]
I’m getting back to knitting after wrist surgery. The weather is gradually warming up here in Northern California, so I want to wear shorts, but inside the house it’s still too cool, especially in the mornings. So I had the bright, if belated, idea to knit myself a pair of leg warmers, using (discontinued) Louet Gems Opal in Sage Green. However, […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Pink or Magenta Flowers: Neighborhood roses Homegrown camellias
The Daily Post Photo Challenge for the week of January 1 Most knitters, whether they’ve learned to spin their own fiber into yarn or not, will feel the urge to sit up and take notice whenever they spot one of these: I’ve no interest in learning to be a spinner, but when I saw this old wheel in the Folsom History Museum, I felt duty bound to take some pictures. Because even though, these days, most yarn does not come from such a spinning wheel but rather from big industrial machines, those of us obsessed with the craft feel a firm connection to knitters in the past, who didn’t have the convenience of a quick trip to the local yarn shop or ordering online. The ones who had to prepare the fleece and spin up their own wool before they could knit a pair of socks or a hat.
For The Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Natoma Crossing Beach at Negro Bar State Park Negro Bar State Park Lake Natoma at American River Parkway
Oh yes, this week Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge WAS a bit more challenging — but still fun! The very first thing I (eventually) thought of was this yarn… …which was included in a big box of yarn I bought from another knitter’s destash, back in 2009. It’s laceweight and not exactly my color combination of first choice. But it’s definitely eye-catching, and apparently unforgettable. Luckily I had Ravelry to remind me where I’d stashed it away. So, it was all good, photo challenge sorted. Except, Just then I happened to glance out my front window, where I saw this: So, thank you, Cee, for reminding me to open my eyes and realize Nature always has just the right colors, if you’re paying attention!
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge Back when Mom kept a few Barbados-mix sheep in what she called her barnyard, one of the ewes rejected this female lamb (one of a pair of twins). She quickly got the hang of nursing from the bottle and would come running every time she caught sight of her new (human) mom. A treat for us to watch — and definitely a treat for the hungry lamb!
Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Careful Getting up onto a waveboard isn’t something I’ve ever done (or, if I’m honest, that I’m ever likely to do) but I’m fairly sure it’s a lot harder than it looks.
Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: (Extra)Ordinary I learned to knit as a teenager — just the basics, really. Using a pair of needles borrowed from Mom and a motley assortment of her leftovers, I knit myself a garter stitch scarf in white, brown, and salmon pink. Not colors I would have chosen myself, but sometimes you take what you can […]