Look, See

Making a promise to one's self and putting it on one's blog is a great motivator (even though no one else reads it!) Not only did I do the heel but all of the gusset too. I couldn't continue until T was at work so that she could try it on and tell me if it was OK.


I also finished the edge on someone else's UFO. The first row should have had less chains on each loop (or whatever it is called) because it is so loose. They have kind of bent over to fit. Oh well. I started the third row and when I realized that it would be really floppy, I started over with less chain stitches here and there. At the 1/3 point I decided that I still didn't like how floppy it was, so I undid it. It is still not lying flat but I don't know how all of these yarns will wash. I'm going to have to learn how block because I've never done it before.

Snowflake number four is done. I found the pattern on someone's blog but it seems to be a Lion Brand Yarn pattern, so you have to register to get it. I changed the pattern again to a six point snowflake. It is quite small. I'm going to have to search for larger patterns or try a larger hook.

It's My Sister's Birthday

May your days be calm
May your year be sunny
Happy Birthday D!

Just One Honk

That's all it took for a bout of homesickness. I recognized the sound and looked around to find the source. And these are what I found. There were so many that I couldn't get them all into one picture.


I went back for a few days to take pictures. One day when I was in a store a saleswoman came up to me and asked if I was the woman who was taking pictures of the birds on the pond. She said that someone wanted to know what birds they were. It was such an unusual sight here. I said, once again, that they were Canada Geese and then someone said that she had been told that they were Barnacle Geese , so I had to say that Barnacle geese have white around their eyes. Some other people that I talked to around the pond also thought that they were Barnacle geese or had been told that they were. I had checked from the internet, so I knew that they weren't.

Not much done craftwise. In order to motivate myself I've promised myself that I will get further along on this sock this weekend. Well one stitch would be further on! Goals should be measurable so, I will knit the flap and try to turn the heel.

Shortening My Jeans

I was turning up my jeans but I felt that I was too old for that look. I knew my sewing machine wouldn't agree to sew through 3 layers of jean material if I cut and hemmed them, so I looked for some other way and came across this link to a tutorial at figandplum.com.

Basically you measure how much you want to take up, divide that by half, make a fold with that measurement just above the hem stitching line and sew it so that the original hem stitching is still showing. I used my zipper foot so that I could get close to the original hem. I sewed my extra fabric to the jeans because I didn't want it to hang down below the cuff nor did I want to cut it. It is a bit noticable but maybe only to me – who else would be looking at it?

Another Snowflake

I'm on a course so I haven't been doing much. I'm so tired when I come home even though I'm just sitting. I think it is because I have to listen to Finnish all day and I'm not used to it.

I finished the next snowflake but I made some changes. I made it a 6 point flake because all of the other ones I have done are 6 points. I had trouble with the last row so I just changed it so it wouldn't look lopsided.