tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307345652024-09-20T19:35:25.525-04:00                            <b>......is mostly about the knitting!</b>hakuchohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16974995854081488052noreply@blogger.comBlogger238125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30734565.post-40843609411208494302015-01-01T21:10:00.001-05:002015-01-01T21:10:19.285-05:00

My goodness it has been quite a while since my last post back in November of 2012. This has become quite the neglected blog! My busy life has kept me from keeping up with my blog. Life does get in the way of doing fun things. Just getting through each day had been a challenge, but I am hopeful that I will be able to find more time for myself. Life is short, so we all should try and do the

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&nbsp;I can't believe we are already fast approaching the holiday season. Our church's holly fair is next Saturday. I pulled out some odds and ends of yarn that I have in my stash and whipped up some cute candy cane ponies (Candy Cane Pony Pattern from Hollinger's Fiber Farm ) to sell at the fair. This years herd of ponies are of the pastel/painted variety. Not at all realistic looking color wise

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First off, I want to apologize for disappearing from my blog. In case you are curious I'm fine. I just needed a break I guess. It's hard to believe that my last post was way back in May. Long before summer and now summer is gone. How did I miss posting during the summer? There has been a few things going on. My mother-in-law was quite sick around the time of my last post. At the time I couldn't

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I hope everyone had a nice Mother's Day. I certainly did. We had a nice lunch out with my son and daughter-in-law. We had delicious pizza and calzones at Arizona Pizza. Look at the surprise they brought me. &nbsp; A Money Tree Plant. Take a look at the trunk. It's braided. Never knew you could braid a trunk. &nbsp; Isn't that the coolest thing ever? It's supposed to bring good luck.Hope so....I

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I have a pair of earphones that I use a lot. My RCA earphones. They are several years old now. The foam covers on the speakers have started to fall apart. I could buy a new set, but they still work. Guess what I did to remedy the situation?......I crocheted covers! Perfect! I've done a little knitting on the baby blanket I started a while back. &nbsp; It's coming along slowly. I haven't been

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This post is long overdue. I wouldn't blame you if you have given up on me with my neglectful behavior. Mostly I just have not felt like blogging - -&nbsp; reading or writing. I find myself in a funk so to speak. This funk I'm ashamed to tell you has also included my knitting. There have been many a night that I couldn't even pick up my knitting needles. Not good, not me. I'm never not knitting.

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I ♥ orchids. I'm addicted. I know I need help, but I just can't stop looking at them. I'm always looking at them. Well, now I have another one to look at....I added another orchid (middle one in photo)from Trader Joe's to my collection today . I just couldn't resist buying it when I saw all the buds it had. They are way too numerous to count. Just look all all the buds. &nbsp; The plant is on the

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....from posting another photo of my new Dendrobium "Burana" Pink orchid. Five of the flowers are completely open and the sixth one is just starting to open. So far so good. It really makes me happy.&nbsp; There is nothing quite like having a blooming orchid in the house. The flowers last so long. If I had a pot of daffodils or tulips they would be dead by now. Instead my lovely plant is still

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I have more pink to show you! The pink blanket is finished. Lately I've been a one project kind of girl. Usually I have two knitting projects to work on. One for home and one to take along. The blanket fulfilled both categories, which means it's an easy pattern. &nbsp; I'm very please with how it turned out, but I must say the photo's color is not so great. Very washed out. The close up of the

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I brought home a new addition to our family today. A new baby to learn how to take care of. No, it's isn't a small person or animal. It's my new orchid: I was supposed to pick out an orchid for my Valentine as my wonderful husband was not comfortable to do it on his own. At the time I didn't find one that I wanted, so I figured I'd wait. I kept looking, but still didn't find the right one. You

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Since I'm still working on the Holding Hands Baby Blanket and I don't have anything new to show you knitting-wise I thought I'd take a little trip down memory lane and show you a few of&nbsp; my favorite old things that I cherish. The first favorite thing that I want to show you is an old, rather vintage (as that's what they are calling all the old junk these days), wooden apple tea set from my

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A pretty pink baby blanket is my latest project in the works, but it is very slow going. The pattern is Holding Hands baby blanket which I started on February 7th. It's been 10 days and I don't have a whole lot to show for it considering it's the only knitting project that I've been working on. Yes, sometimes I do fall asleep at night knitting, but for the most part I've been pretty diligent.

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Finished another cowl this week.&nbsp; The Candle Flame Cowl: This one fits snugly and I think I'd probably be more likely to call it a neck warmer. I like how the edges zig zag a bit. It so slightly reminds me of a victorian high lace collar - - sort of. &nbsp;This was my first time knitting the candle flame stitch pattern. It looks difficult, but it's not. Once again another nice quick

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In need of a quick project after my long engagement with my circle cloth blanket, I found an easy cowl pattern on ravelry. I had fun knitting it in two colors -- knitting the wide ribbing with one color (light blue) for one row and the other color (navy) for two rows. I like the striped effect and it perks up an otherwise drab knit. l found upon trying on the cowl that it was pretty versatile.

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Finally my Circle Cloth Blanket is finished! Yes, completely finished, seamed, edged and all those ends are all woven in and it's ready to make it's way to Farley of the Pine Street Inn Knit-a-thon. I'm either late, or early for the next knit-a-thon ;) I'm a so happy it's finished. I started knitting the squares July 1, 2011 and I finish the blanket on January 25, 2012. It seemed to take forever

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Since I really don't have any finished knitting to show you I thought I'd share with you my newest discovery in the kitchen. I think I have found the easiest and quite possibly the healthiest cinnamon rolls that I know of. They are so easy that you could make them everyday if you wanted to. I've even made a bunch and froze them. Twenty seconds in the microwave and you have a warm cinnamon

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taken with Kodak EasyShare mini m200 I can't believe 2011 is just about gone in a few hours! It's been quite the year. There were lots of ups and downs and some big bumps in the road. One of the special "ups" was getting to meet my sister for the very first time when my sister and her husband journeyed by train clear across country to visit with me and my family here in Massachusetts. Then

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First and foremost I want to thank all of you who purchased my sister's Candy Cane Pony Pattern. Since my sister who is blogless and doesn't yet belong (I'm encouraging her to join) to ravelry, I'm helping her out by publishing her pattern on my ravelry design page. I usually offer my patterns for free, but this time I have offered the unique pattern for $2.00&nbsp; through ravelry. I'm sending

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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

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&nbsp;....but it might be for some of you crocheters out there! What is "knooking" you ask?&nbsp; It's knitting with a crochet hook. Actually it's a new technique (at least it's new to me) that incorporates a long crochet hook with a hole at the non hook end and a cord. You pull the cord through the hole and just let it hang there while you mimic the knit stitch, all the while the cord keeps

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At the moment I have only one project on my needles. I'm diligently working on my Circle Squares (that sounds like an oxymoron, doesn't it?) for the blanket I will donate to the Pine Street Inn Knit-a-thon this year. My progress is so very slow. As hard as I have tried to date I have only cranked out 16 squares. I need 35 to make a blanket. I'm anxious to start joining the squares, but I

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I've really been trying to be a better blogger, reading and posting, but it isn't working out. I guess I'm just not motivated enough. My only excuse is that I've been distracted by other things. I have way too much on my to-do-list that I get paralyzed ;) Since this is a knitting blog,&nbsp; I'll show you some of my finished items, so you can see I am accomplishing a few things. First a baby

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The summer really flew by and now I find myself right smack dab in the middle of September. Can't believe the month is half gone. It really feels like fall already. It is actually cold here with the temps yesterday barely reaching 60 degrees. I have not been a very good blogger. At the beginning of the summer I thought I'd have so much time to do everything I wanted to do. Never happened. I did

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This post has been a long time in coming. I apologize for making you wait. I'm sure everyone is anxious to find out about how my meeting my sister for the very first time went. Let me start from the beginning. After two delays and re-routes because of the floods in the Midwest, my sister "D" and her husband "E" arrived here safely by train from Oregon on the evening of Sunday, July 3rd. The train

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I can't believe June is gone. July is here...already. My blog has been neglected and my knitting has been slow going. I've been busy with all the everyday goings on, plus I've been busy getting ready for two special visitors. My sister "D" who I've never met is traveling with her husband from Oregon by train to visit me. I'm super excited and the wait seems endless. Originally the cross country

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