Nat Red Knit's

Recapturing my youth?

2011-12-10T09:57:00.000-06:00

You know how that goes. Talking to your girlfriends you start playing the Remember When game, you know ' Remember when we used to wear this and we wore that... and we made some of what we wore. Kinda like now right? Yeah...not so much. That's kinda what started me on this latest project. First it was because I needed a new belt, and true to form, I can't find one I like. Then it was, ' oh

Momma needs a new bag

2011-12-01T22:49:00.000-06:00

I have been a little busier than I let on here, I just am lazy about documenting it. Always when I can't find what I'm looking for, I get this crazy thought in my head that may-be I can make one! Several years ago I acquired this cute little sling bag from a girl in Malaysia. It is obviously a mass marketed bag with an oriental design on it, but it has become my favorite bag and I don't want

BFF's dot dot dot

2011-11-29T10:06:00.000-06:00

When your BFF since you were 10 years old calls you up and says "can you make...?" Pretty much you do it ...right? Well that's what I have been doing, making dot dot dot. The conversation went something like this: "Nadine (sister) is in AZ taking care of Mom and Dad for a month. " "She is? that is sweet of her. " "Well you know how dad's feet and legs are all swollen and stuff.. right?" "yeah

Surf's up Brod

2011-11-15T10:26:00.001-06:00

Last week I decided it was time to introduce Brodie to the surf and sand! We have been here for a while now and I'm sure he as smelled it more than a time or two but there are no 'dog beaches' in the area that I can find so we hadn't gone yet. He has changed much since we drove the 1200 or so miles to get here. No longer is he afraid of the car or gets sick on the road. Now he is

Easy Peasy re-visited

2011-11-04T15:25:00.000-05:00

....Please pause for a station identification break A long long time ago, (2007) I posted a hat pattern here on my blog that I use for charity knitting. It is quick and easy and pretty much mindless so you can knock out a whole bunch of 'em in a short order of time. I have noticed an increase in the number of searches for it, so since there has been such a renewed interest in it and ... since

My new favorite thing!

2011-10-25T09:43:00.000-05:00

For the past week I have been obsessively knitting these wrist cuffs. I have endless little balls of yarn in my stash, as we all do, and what better way to use them up? They are super quick and super portable. Now that my fingers have learned the linen stitch, I can sit in the back yard, enjoy the weather and knit mindlessly. Now the closures. Hmmm, I don't have a stash of

A done do-over!

2011-10-18T17:25:00.000-05:00

I think one of the most heart breaking things for me to deal with here, besides watching my formerly robust father fade away, is to watch him struggle to maintain a measure of independence. I come home from work yesterday to discover this. Scared the bejeezes out of me I can tell you! Dad trying to cut down a tree, with a reciprocating saw. I felt like I was the parent watching over the

Big Scary Bridge !

2011-10-15T11:02:00.002-05:00

Last week I had to drive across that big scary bridge again...aka the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. This is me on the way up... This is me at the top...(white knuckled of course) And starting the descent- for some reason it is not quite as scary on the way down. I know my pictures leave a lot to be desired, it is very difficult to take a picture while keeping both hand

Sh...Happens

2011-10-06T13:43:00.001-05:00

It's kinda funny how things happen. I have really been making some headway on my wimple- determined to finish it right this time round. I should just really just expect a comedy of errors when it comes to my knitting. Yet again a small tragedy has befallen my wimple. Picture this - knitting laying on the bed- I throw the covers back- grab my MacBook - ready for some quality FB time (Bejeweled

Got my toes in the water...

2011-10-03T20:16:00.001-05:00

And my ass in the sand. Thank you Jessie for making that song stuck in my head! Somebody told me the other day that I look like a Floridian. What exactly does that mean?? What? I'm fat? Ugly? Dress funny? Frizzy Haired (hehe)... Okay, I am guessing they are referring to that perpetual mango-ey color my skin has now become from my frequent "day off at the beach" sojourn. Some

Wimpy Wimple

2011-09-29T13:50:00.001-05:00

Recent conversation with my dad. Dad- " I think this cottage cheese might have had it" Me- "Well don't eat it if it is not good. " Dad- " Oh I'll eat it, it is not bad" Me silently -Okaay Dad- "I bought it at Walmart" "but it is a Kraft product and I'm not going to buy it again" Me-" Why is that, you don't like Kraft products?" Dad- "Well it's all they seem to carry at Walmart" Me- "

I have an LYS!

2011-09-25T19:18:00.001-05:00

Or rather- I found two! Eye Of The Needle and Picasso's Moon Yarn Shop! I think there are some more in the area but these are the two that I have been to. Eye of the Needle had more embroidery floss and needlepoint stuff than anything, but still I managed to find some cotton yarn there, which was what I was looking for. Picasso's Moon is definitely more my style of hang out, very artsy and very

Brodie's dirty little secret.

2011-09-24T08:00:00.000-05:00

So -Getting ready for work the other day, I am standing in my blue work shirt half dressed (please don't visualize that part) and decided I should probably lotion my legs before putting my pants on. I grab the lotion and I go to pump it from the bottle, completely miss my hand and spews all over what was a clean work shirt!! Just Flippin' Great! Here I am, pushing the envelope for time already

Time is not linear

2011-09-22T08:17:00.000-05:00

Another thing I have learned since I moved to Florida is that time is not linear. Oh I know what you're thinking- she has lost it. Well frankly sometimes I think so too. Things are just plain different here. Different weather, different scenery, different people, different pace. Part of it is, I'm sure is due to the fact that there are soooo many retirees living down here. Or at least there are

A long road back!

2011-09-20T19:10:00.001-05:00

We all do it...I mean drift away from our blogs at some point. Easy to do, life happens and gets in the way of our good intentions...and time just slips away. Harder still is dragging yourself back. That's what I had to do d r a a a g myself back. It has been almost a year since I last made a keystroke on something other than good ol' Facebook or send a text. I kept thinking, "oh it's been

Whoops...there it is

2010-11-14T22:38:00.008-06:00

Time flies when you're having fun!!! Frankly, I'm not even sure how time gets away from me most of the time! But there is it...I was MIA again. It was craft show time so a little trip to Huntly with my SIL was in order for this amazing craft show at some old peoples Over 55 community. It was really quite amazing. This community center of theirs provided all kinds of activities for the, erm,

I've been in scarf mode again!

2010-10-09T15:50:00.009-05:00

Because a girl can't have too many scarves right??Recently completed - Curly Q Scarf . I had some Knit Picks Simple Stripes sock yarn that had been laying around for ever, so I figured it would work well for this pattern, Curly Whirly. The pattern for this scarf was very loosely written, so if you are not a crocheter, it would be impossible to follow I think. Easy enough inspite of that and quick

I think I need a Vespa!

2010-10-05T10:14:00.007-05:00

Ms Golightly here! She kinda looks like an optical illusion dosen't she. Really it is a complicated series of intricate stitches.. Yah Right! I am full of it and you all know it. Super simple pattern - Once I figured out how the pattern was supposed to have been written... slight error in the writing. I did have to Google the zigzag lace stitch pattern for the missing instruction. I did notice

4 Score and...

2010-09-30T12:03:00.004-05:00

...A couply years ago (3), if you've been around that long, you might remember this wall hanging. A woman I know, had a small herd of - alpaca's and this was the very first yarn she had made from her first alpacas. I ran into Alpaca Barb yesterday at my friends shop and she just told me she had to sell her herd, (very sad) and she realized she had not given me yarn from her very first alpaca

Moving right along...

2010-09-26T11:51:00.005-05:00

Moving forward, a couple more projects I completed while I was MIA. Katy Scarf was a kit I purchased last year at Stitches, started and put away because it is beaded and beads get heavy to work with and I got lazy. On this one the beads had to be strung onto ribbon yarn. Of course I was constantly pushing the beads back because obviously, you use more beads than yarn.. low and behold...then damn

No Idle Hands

2010-09-20T10:10:00.005-05:00

Even though I have not been blogging, my hands have not been idle. I have not been as productive as I might have been, but non the less, I do have something to show for my current absenteeism. This is from Clara Parkes' One- Skein Shawl pattern. I followed her basic shawl pattern and added more repeats at the border. You know me...always gotta change up something.The picture never seems to do the

I'm Baaaack!

2010-09-15T13:46:00.011-05:00

Ok... Yah I know.. been gone for a while. And frankly I kinda figured my bloggin' days were done. Those of you that know me know that I was stuck in perpetual limbo...in otherwords, I worked the overnite shit shift. I merely existed. I certainly didn't know what day of the week it was much less have a clear thought in my head. It has to be the most bogus type of existance anyone can have. I am

Little bit of this...

2010-05-13T19:11:00.006-05:00

...and that.I decided to dress up my deck a little bit this year. I bought four fuchsia hanging baskets to last weekend, and made myself and herb planter to sit on the table out there. Of course there is a dual purpose for the herbs naturally. Not only will they smell nice but hopefully keep me in enough fresh snips from time to time. Maybe I will have some to dry.And the fuchsia to hang from the

A better month I've had!

2010-05-01T21:17:00.004-05:00

Isn't it so true that you never really appreciate someone until you no longer have them, or almost don't? It kinda puts your own life into perspective when someone you love almost dies. It is frightening to think that a man barely in his 40's would need a second bypass. But there you have it, after 12 years those damn arteries failed again, gotta watch that cholesterol. He is doing much better

Plus Two

2010-03-21T20:42:00.004-05:00

I sorta forgot to post about this one! Last month I mentioned that Mark had a catastrophe with his yummy warm alpaca scarf (felted), and of course he waits til we are in the midst of a blizzard to discover it. So I quick made him the emergency scarf to tide him over til I could get more Andean Treasure in the mail. I'm pretty pleased how this one turned out. The pattern called for a bulky yarn so