Doing without

I've been doing some spinning lately. I have been without internet service for 5 days out of the last 7. How dependent we are on our technology! What would you do with yourself if you couldn't get on the web or Facebook or Twitter or Ebay or email for a day or two? How about a whole week? I didn't realize how dependent I was on communicating. Right now I am at a neighbor's 'borrowing' theirs. I have been getting some little projects done and some cooking. I find myself glancing at the internet box often to see if its on! Luckily, I can keep myself occupied with spinning and knitting and felting. I have been working on some costuming for our local community theatre's next play, "Bullshot Crummond". So I have been keeping busy.  I will write again as soon as I can!

Maybe we should all try to put down our Blackberrys and Ipads and pick up some knitting. Its very enlightning. To the right is a picture of Jadzia. She is a medium sized girl who has a very pleasant personality. She is mild mannered and will let the other crias eat out of her pellets bowl and Jadzia is pregnant. That is a rare thing with pregnant girls! She is a sweet girl. Well, happy knitting! Talk to you soon,

Tammy

A Good Visit

A had a nice visit from my son, Matt (pictured above), and my grandson, Eagan (pictured right). I'm not the only one who enjoyed seeing them, though. As you can see, Vienna fell in love with both boys! She kept nibbling on Matt's sweatshirt hood and trying to kiss him. But he wouldn't let her. She did get to kiss on Eagan a bit. She is a very sociable girl! So far, she doesn't meet strangers. Its like she already knows them. She is a treasure. Talk to you soon,

Tammy


 

Another "1-2-3"!

I finished another "1-2-3 Vest" for my grandson, Eagan. I used a brown cria alpaca yarn and I'm happy to say that this one fits!
 (The previous one was too big) On the previous one, I used size 8 knitting needles and I forgot how many stitches. For this one I downsized the needles to size 5 to match the yarn. I guesstimated the gauge of the knitted yarn on the size 5 needles to be 5 stitches per inch. I wanted the vest to be 20 inches around. I cast on 100 stitches and it worked out right! You see, you write patterns when you want to duplicate an item over and over again. I only wanted to make one vest so making it up as I went along works out. To learn more about how to do this, I recommend reading Elizabeth Zimmerman's books on knitting.  That is where I learned to do it. It is a wonderful read. I own them all. Happy knitting!
Talk to you soon,
Tammy