Carole Knits

october zinnia
october zinnia
martinis with a view
martinis with a view
gettysburg fence for
gettysburg fence for
germinate shawl on rocks
germinate shawl on rocks
field of flags 2
field of flags 2
color affection with edge
color affection with edge
cedar leaf shawlette 2
cedar leaf shawlette 2
3_27_2014
3_27_2014
3_18_13
3_18_13
2_24_2014
2_24_2014
1_11_13
1_11_13

Reflections on Knitting, 2006

By

Happy New Year everyone! I slept a bit late this morning because Dale and I were out partying until the wee hours last night. Heh. Luckily, I planned ahead and I’m ready with a post for today. See, on January 1, 2006, I posted about my finished knits and my goals for the upcoming year. Let’s do something similar today, shall we?

First, my stats for 2006:
18 pairs of socks
10 dishcloths
9 hats
7 shawls
7 scarves
2 baby sweaters
3 pairs mitts/mittens
1 beaded bracelet

That’s 57 knitted items in 2006, ten more than I finished in 2005! And, while this is not a race or a contest to see how much I can get done, it’s nice to tally things up and see that I’m beating my own records. You can see photos of almost all of these finished items (there were a few things gifted without being photographed) in the Finished Items 2006 Gallery.

Now that we’ve seen what I actually did, let’s take a look at what I said I would do.

Goals for 2006

1. Knit 12 pairs of socks done
2. Learn to dye roving and yarn done
3. Learn to Navajo Ply. done
4. Knit that cabled vest for Dale whoops
5. Finish the Einstein Coat! abandoned and finally frogged

Hmmm. That’s actually not too bad. I accomplished 3 out of 5 of my goals. But it’s a new year and time for new goals!

Goals for 2007

1. Knit 20 pairs of socks. I knit 18 this year without even trying. I think I can do 20.
2. Knit a Nancy Bush sock pattern. It’s hard to believe, with all the Nancy Bush books I have, that I’ve yet to actually knit one of her sock patterns. This will be the year.
3. Overcome my fear of cables by knitting myself a cabled sweater.
4. Knit a pair of mittens from the book Folk Mittens.
5. Knit that cabled vest for Dale. I’ll give this one more shot but if I don’t do it this year, it’s coming off the list.

I’m excited to get started on these goals although I haven’t decided which will be first. How about you? What are your knitting goals for 2007?

Z is for Zeppy’s

By

Bagels were not mainstream when I was growing up in the late 60s and early 70s. But my mother’s best friend was Jewish so I was eating bagels long before they were a popular breakfast food. I was also eating noodle kugel and Goodman’s Noodle Soup and potato latkes, in case you’re wondering. But this post is about bagels. Specifically, Zeppy’s Bagels.

zeppys_window.jpg

This Jewish bakery has been in existence since 1925 and you can read more about it here. I’d never actually been there myself until I had Dale drive me there the other day to take the photos for today’s post because nowadays you can buy Zeppy’s bagels at the grocery store. But, as I said, you couldn’t buy bagels just anywhere when I was a kid. Or, at least, not good bagels. So, on Sunday mornings before church my dad would drive to Randolph and get Zeppy’s bagels. My favorite was onion but I’d settle for egg if the onion bagels were sold out. I liked Temptee Whipped Cream cheese – you know, the one in the pink tub – the best. With lox, please, although that was only on special occasions. And don’t toast it.

And you know what? An onion bagel with lox and cream cheese is still one of my most favorite things for breakfast. So much so that it’s what I requested for breakfast on my wedding day. Both times. Ahem.

And from Zeppy’s, of course.

zeppys_sign.jpg

Random Wednesday

By

I think all the shopping, wrapping, baking, cooking and entertaining has turned my brain to mush. I can’t seem to get my act together today for a coherent post so you’re going to get one of the Random Wednesday variety.

*It’s hard to get a shot of the grandchildren that’s good of both of them. Especially when one is 18 months old and the other is much more interested in his new video game than in having his picture taken.

patrick_ambrynn_christmaseve.jpg

*The only knitting I’ve been doing is plain stockinette on an Opal sock. I can’t even seem to muster the energy to work on a very basic red scarf.

*The new wheel is fun but, like any new wheel, it’s going to take some adjustment. I have a hard time getting it to spin consistently in the same direction. Any advice from you hitchhiker owners?

*Yarnival submissions are still open but only until January 1st. If you haven’t entered yet, now is the time.

And finally, because my random stuff doesn’t seem all that entertaining:

My Fortune Cookie told me:
The skeletons in your closet are rattling.
Get a cookie from Miss Fortune

Post Christmas

By

I didn’t make my usual 7:00 am posting time today. You see, I usually write my posts a day in advance and then they are ready for posting in the morning. But the weekend was such a whirlwind of Christmas activity that I never got a chance. Forgive me for being late?

Our Christmas was wonderful. Family and friends gathered at our home on Christmas Eve to eat and celebrate with us. We had traditional Swedish foods, of course, and mostly just spent the evening enjoying everyone’s company.

Christmas morning got off to a slow start. You know you have a teenager when she doesn’t even got up until 9 am on Christmas! We spent the morning opening gifts, drinking coffee and eating leftovers. Then we spent the afternoon leisurely preparing the prime rib and some side dishes for dinner at my father-in-law’s house. Thirteen of us gathered for an early evening dinner and it was so nice to have everyone together at the same table! The food was fabulous, everyone helped and it was a great meal.

Let’s see. What’s left to tell you? Oh, my gifts. I got some wonderful things from Dale and the kids and other family members. In the end, everything fit in my new, gigantic L.L. Bean bag.

bag_presents.jpg

Well, everything except this.

hitchhiker.jpg
My new Hitchhiker Wheel. Thanks, Dale.

Blog Widget by LinkWithin