A Little Valentine Treat

"Life isn't fair.... but it's still good"--Life Lesson According to Regina


A squishy little garter stitch heart pattern that you can use in a number of ways. Are they tawashi’s? Why, yes they are! Coasters? Indeed! Mini washcloths? Most certainly!

materials:

worsted weight cotton

size US 8 needles

tapestry needle

instructions:

cast on 26 stitches

Rows 1-10: slip 1, (k5, ssk, k4, kfb) twice, k1

Row 11: slip 1, ssk, k3, ssk, k4, kfb, k5, k2tog, k2, k2tog, kfb, k1

Row 12: slip 1, k4, ssk, k4, kfb, k5, k2tog, k3, kfb, k1

Row 13: slip 1, ssk, k2, ssk, k4, kfb, k5, k2tog, k1, k2tog, kfb, k1

Row 14: slip 1, k3, ssk, k4, kfb, k5, k2tog, k2, kfb, k1

Row 15: slip 1, ssk, k1, k2tog, k4, kfb, k5, k2tog twice, kfb, k1

Row 16: slip 1, ssk twice, k4, kfb, k5, k2tog, k3

Row 17: ssk twice, k4, kfb, k5, k2tog twice

Row 18: ssk, k4, kfb, k5, k2tog, k1

Row 19: ssk, k4, ( knit in front, yo and knit in back of same stitch), k3, k2tog twice

Bind off knit-wise. Fasten off. Thread ending yarn through last stitch on second garter ridge above, as shown to create a smooth edged heart. Weave in ends.

Simply notable.com. 

 

Super Bowl Foods!!

Are you getting prepared for the big Super Bowl party?  What foods will you serve?  What will occupy your hands as the teams battle it out on the field?  I'm thinking I'll finish up a couple of knitting projects and try to catch all those cool advertisements.  And Of Course, EAT!  Okay, here's a list of delish recipes which I'll prepare in my kitchen.

A little something that is low carb from Kalyn's Kitchen

A favorite with all dippers--from A Sweetpea Chef

Then there must be sweets to top off the day!  This recipe from Recipe Snobs

 

Pearls--Wisdom?

a pearl of wisdom

an important piece of advice

Usage notes: This phrase is usually used humorously to mean the opposite.

 

From this fruit of the sea comes

Pearls of Wisdom--totally opposite sizes--both found in oysters!  One perfectly formed, the other a misshaped disaster--nature working at its finest--thank goodness, no broken tooth!   

Creativity!!!

Creativity surrounds us and here are just a few samples of that!...................

 

Let's all be creative today! 

Colors of Spin-In.................................

Do you love fiber as much as I do?  Here are just a few photos from the spinning fibers available at our January spin-in.

 

Must Reads?

While I'm walking the Emerald Coast Beaches of Florida, I'm contemplating what books I want to read in the near future--here is a list I found of books that some say should be read!!  Well, walking on the beach, I'm thinking--I want to read a trashy romance novel!!!

1. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 
2. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy*
3. Ulysess by James Joyce*
4. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville*
5. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace*
6. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien*
7. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky*
8. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo*
9. Pride & Predjudice by Jane Austen*
10. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee*
11. In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
12. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov*
13. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell*
14. Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
15. The Bible
16. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte*
17. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez*
18. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller*
19. Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte* 

How many of these books have you read or want to read?  

Spin-in Treasures!

Every year spin-in hosts many vendors and every year I think I'll take time from my duties as coordinator, but each year, time seems to get away from me.  Not this year!  I shopped!  

This is a sock blank!  I know it doesn't look blank!  

It's from Gale's Art-- I'm going to have fun knitting these socks.  Gale will also have double sock blanks soon--that way you can knit TWO socks at a time instead of ONE!

This lovely Silk roving comes from River's Edge Fiber Arts--it is stunning!  Maybe, it will be a table decoration for awhile before spinning!

And from Ewephoric Fibers I found this Silk & FBL roving--just my colors!

 

This is going to spin like a dream!

And "Phoebe Blend"! Mohair, wool and alpaca fiber comes from Skyloom Weavers animals--nothing like buying locally!