Much bonding and one baby outfit complete
(cobblestone sweater with rose wood buttons, acorn hat and eco booties).
~Becky
Showing posts with label Knitting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Knitting. Show all posts
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
Getting ready for Italy!!
I had quite the adventure Wednesday trying to get to the Honorary Italian Consulate in St. Paul to have my VISA application gone over. Long story short, I initially went to the wrong address and, after calling the Consulate himself directions (phone number thanks the Tim Blanski - you saved the day), proceeded to walk Becky-while-shopping-style (all of you have experienced this know how fast it truly is) for 2.1 miles. I arrived, late, as usual, got my application signed, and headed back to Grand Ave to explore the new cheese store, get another beer kit, and purchase some delectable truffles. After all the walking it was nice to relax on a bench while enjoying by pastrami and clothbound cheddar on ciabatta sandwich (the St. Paul Cheese Shpo is HIGHLY recommended). The funniest thing about my trip was when I was nearly to Montreal Ave. (and since I don't know this part of St. Paul well I had no idea that I was so near) I saw a road sign for a Rome Avenue. I thought, "I must be near, I just made it to Rome!" Lo and behold, Montreal was the next road. Prophetic perhaps?
I also bought my tickets. SO, I am officially going from Jan. 5 to July 8 - - a long, long time.
Becky, I thought you might enjoy these new found Italian words:
lavorare a maglia - to knit
un diritto, un rovescio - knit one, purl one
See you all at Giorno di Ringraziamento (Thanksgiving)!!!!
Love, Katie
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Misc.
A few random thoughts...
Picture of my new bowling shoes- We've been bowling for about 5 weeks now, and I think I am progressively getting worse, instead of better. I had a 188 a few weeks ago, in one game, a long with some other pretty good scores (which got my handicap really low); but now I'm pushing to get over 130 again, and have gotten under 100 several times (and with my handicap, it sucks even worse).
My next game is dedicated to my Mummy. She supports me even though I swim crooked and belly-dive, I can't seem to be able to properly use breaks on roller blades or my bicycle, and through my short-lived careers in gymnastics (KT is much better) and wrestling, just to name a few examples of my non-graceful approach to most sports. Needless to say, 188 was pretty amazing, but we'll see how the rest of the "season" plays out (its about another 7 months, so one would think I'd be really really good by that time, or really really bad the way things are going).
We do seem to have a pretty good time, though, so I guess that's the point. We even have our own group of cheerleaders that yell supportive comments at us, as we walk out the door of the bar (Schneip's Bar is our sponsor, and that's where we meet every week).
*The stars glow in the dark.
This is the little baby sweater I knit for our friends' baby; we got to meet her last week, and she was about the best and cutest baby I've ever met. She was very laid back and smiley.
And, I realized I hadn't posted Meow since she grew her one white whisker; she's very wise now. She's been a sweetheart since its so chilly- she gets so cuddly when she wants a little body heat.
~Becky
Picture of my new bowling shoes- We've been bowling for about 5 weeks now, and I think I am progressively getting worse, instead of better. I had a 188 a few weeks ago, in one game, a long with some other pretty good scores (which got my handicap really low); but now I'm pushing to get over 130 again, and have gotten under 100 several times (and with my handicap, it sucks even worse).
My next game is dedicated to my Mummy. She supports me even though I swim crooked and belly-dive, I can't seem to be able to properly use breaks on roller blades or my bicycle, and through my short-lived careers in gymnastics (KT is much better) and wrestling, just to name a few examples of my non-graceful approach to most sports. Needless to say, 188 was pretty amazing, but we'll see how the rest of the "season" plays out (its about another 7 months, so one would think I'd be really really good by that time, or really really bad the way things are going).
We do seem to have a pretty good time, though, so I guess that's the point. We even have our own group of cheerleaders that yell supportive comments at us, as we walk out the door of the bar (Schneip's Bar is our sponsor, and that's where we meet every week).
*The stars glow in the dark.
This is the little baby sweater I knit for our friends' baby; we got to meet her last week, and she was about the best and cutest baby I've ever met. She was very laid back and smiley.
And, I realized I hadn't posted Meow since she grew her one white whisker; she's very wise now. She's been a sweetheart since its so chilly- she gets so cuddly when she wants a little body heat.~Becky
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Updated Garden Pics
First Radishes of the year- they were really good (a couple of weeks ago, of course).
Now, down to the garden pics, as I know some people are wanting to see updates of the garden (probably just Steve :) I haven't been blogging lately because our computer is down, but I brought my camera to Mom and Dad's today. Love, BeckySo, here they are:
The cabbage patch...
Southside...
Tomatoes (still Southside)...
Monday, February 23, 2009
Wash Cloths - lots and lots of wash cloths
I finally used up all of my cotton yarn stash - which originally was 5 cones and many little balls. Which makes me wonder, how many washcloths/dishcloths did I actually make in the last year? I'm definitely ready to move on and try something else for a while.
I did make some scrubbies last weekend that looked really nice, but when my mom and I tried them out over the weekend, we both decided that acrylic is just not as good as the veil-type material that her other ones are made out of. She loves those things, as do my grandma and mother-in-law, so I'm going to have to get some different stuff (not sure what the real name is for that material). Oh well, it was kind of fun experimenting.
More dishcloth pictures (kind of hard to see, I think it was too dark - of course Meow had to be in every single picture)...
Saturday, January 17, 2009
FIBER ARTS are so exciting... (research)
(Katie's laptop bag pre-felt. The pattern is from Interweave Knits, and this bag is made from 100% Norwegian wool from Christa's Yarn Shop in Beaches Corners.)
Katie inspired me the other day to look into classes spinning/knitting/dying. She suggested the Textile Center in the cities. They are a pretty neat resource for all things textile, but did not have exactly what I was looking for right now. You can check them out at: http://www.textilecentermn.org/.
I did do some research on other, more local resources. I need to check out the yarn shop in Decorah (http://blueheronknittery.com/). They don't have a very up-to-date website, but I am still excited to see their yarn and spinning selections. Everyone loves the co-op in Decorah, so there is no way it would be a wasted trip.
Two other websites I will add from Viroqua are Kindred Threads: http://kindredthreads.blogspot.com/ and Ewetopia fiber shop: http://ewetopiafibershop.com/. My knitting group toured Ewetopia and they have a pretty nice web page. Kindred threads has a great blog, so I actually added that as one we follow now - because there is tons of arty stuff on there. It is wonderful, so check it out.
Love,
Becky
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