Month: July 2023

week 28: new f.o. and a delicious corn salad

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finished! ribbon-tied wool vest I finished knitting the baby top I started a few weeks ago and finally got it in the mail. Well, with a few hiccups. I’d been worried that I’d taken so long to knit it, that by now it wouldn’t fit. Babies grow so fast!  So, as soon as I finished it I ran out to buy a small envelope at the local pharmacy, looked up my niece’s mailing address as soon as I got back, and stuck one of my Elvis forever stamps on the front of the package. There. Ready to ship! Or, so I thought. I put the package outside on top of our mailbox to make sure the mail carrier would see it, but when I went out to check later, the package was still there. Oh, that’s right, it was Wednesday, we rarely get mail on this day, so the mailman probably drove past our house. The next day, the same thing happened, which annoyed me a bit. So right before five, I drove down to …

a new project and summer hiking

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I can’t help it. I start new projects all the time. Just when you’d think I’ve got enough going on, something new pops into my head and I need to try it. That happened this weekend when I was browsing through some of my old Rebecca magazines. These are German knitting magazines I’ve had since I started knitting (about 20 years ago.) Yes, I still have them! Do you save your magazines? Well, I’ve found out most of my magazines are now considered vintage and you can only find them at places like eBay or Etsy. Rebecca magazine is still published today, so you can easily get newer issues starting with #34 on their website, but earlier issues like the ones I have, #21, #23, and #8! Those are hard to come by. So, I feel lucky to still have them. Some people may ask, why bother keeping them if all the yarns are now discontinued? That’s right! But, if you can find a similar yarn, you can use them forever. And that’s where my …