Have you ever ...

... seen anything like this?


The box is wood with metal handle and clasps and the inside is red felt with red plastic inserts and dividers. This was given to me this weekend. It's from a friend of my sister's in Florida that has to par down her household items and also give up knitting and cross stitch. Knitting is something she learned to do years ago from her Mother and now has to give up because she can no longer do it at the age of 84. I feel so sad about that, but I'm so honored and thrilled to receive something I will treasure for many years to come [until I shall have to pass it on to another knitter also]. It's a way to store and organize my knitting needles and supplies. Have you ever seen anything like it? Here's more pictures of what it looks like inside and what it contains.

Click on each picture (use back arrow to go back) to get a good view of each picture and it's contents:

A few things in there are for cross stitching so I'll move them to another orgainzier and add more of my own knitting supplies to the box. This is amazing. A place for everything. I love it! The only thing I could find out about it is that Elaine ordered it from a catalog from New England (she thinks it was Rhode Island) and one of the trays inside has a cover with the name NEEDLENEET registered mark printed on it and U.S. Patent No. 3322310. From that I could only find that it was issued in 1967 to a Higgs. M-m-m-m, I graduated from High School in 1967. Altho, I wasn't knitting at that time, the year is significant to me only because I was soon on my own after that.

Thanks Elaine for a lovely knitting gift. I'll treasure it forever and will pass it along when I have to. Hopefully to someone that will treasure it as much as I do and knits as passionately as others before them.

And thank you Lori for bringing it to me ... and understanding my knitting obsession!

A busy weekend ahead ...

Besides having company for Friday and Saturday, I'll be working on WIPs. One of my sisters from Florida will be here and she wants to learn to do embroidery ... so that's first on my list of things to do ... teach embroidery. I'll be bringing her down to Front Street also -- of course! But then I really should get back to the Math Whiz socks. I've been on my 2nd one for what feels like forever ...


And I really want to make a few more Sock Earrings. One pair for a gift ... and others to sell.



And remember the yummy handspun yarn given to me by Weaver? Well I've knit up the purple & pink into an experiment I'll finish this weekend ... show you later.

And the Orange handspun is still waiting to be something nice. I'm thinking a scarf. But I'll decide another day. I still enjoy patting it ... so it's in the basket by my chair, LOL.

I'm about to finish the Summer Cardigan I've been knitting from this book. Blocking will happen this weekend. Hope it fits!


And of course, there's the Mystery Stole 3 that continues this weekend. I get the next clue tomorrow morning ... yippy, I can't wait.



Life is good!

Falling in Love with Lace?

I finished the 3rd Clue to Mystery Stole 3 in record time [for me] last night. Here it is Tuesday and I have until Friday before the next Clue comes out. [this time a double clue, I think]

Here it is laid out to view. M-m-m-m, I'm now seeing a bumble bee, honey combs and a start to flowers in a garden. Melanie hasn't given us the theme for this stole yet so we're all still trying to guess what it is. She recommended White or Black for this stole and I just choose the black since I'll be wearing it by Winter. Actually by October and since I live in Salem, MA I had to have BLACK. I'll do others in pastels sometime. Opps, did I just say I'd knit more lace? Reckon I did. Yup. And I want to do more beads in my knitting also.

Note:
You've got to see what Anny Purls has got for sale. These are so adorable! So you know what I might be knitting soon don't ya?





Before I go, I want to show you another card that I found. Well I've been getting Laini's Ladies for some time now. But I found this one on knitting. I like to keep a few on hand to send out for special occasions or people because I think they're special and deserve something different like this card. Well I saw that she had this one on knitting ... and I couldn't resist getting a few for my knitting friends or myself [smile]. I love these cards ... and best yet ... I can take the charm & hang it up as an ornament. Like in my kitchen or dinning room window. Or the bedroom window. Or outside on the patio. So cute!

You can find Laini's cards at Bottman's.








Time to go knit a sock ... Work. What do you mean I have to go to work? Oh nooooooo ... I want to knit!

Sitting around on a Hot Saturday Night ...

I just got back from New Hampshire. While the DH went on a little fishing trip, I went up to visit grandchildren and my DD Heidi & SIL, Jeremy. It was a hot humid day, but we worked in the garden pulling weeds & planted more seeds [they'll have plenty of peas, LOL] and then turning on the sprinkler to give them a good watering. We all then sat around the fire pit for a grilled dinner and cool drinks before lighting a fire in the early evening light. So nice to sit and talk. I also got some pictures of course ...



What ever did they do in the Old Days?

You know ... before the age of Electronics?

Well notice how the two oldest here are so bummed out because they couldn't be on the phone or the computer for the WHOLE day. Bummer. Well I know I'd be the one knitting in front of the camp fire until ...

I could.not.see.what I was doing anymore and


No that is NOT Ashlee's drink on the table there!

And why would you think it was mine? Remember, I'm knitting ...
that's my story and I'm sticking to it~!

The Mystery Continues ...

Does that look like a Lizard to you too?

LOL, I mean the design ... does that look like an outline of a lizard?
That's what I'm seeing anyway.

M-m-m-m, or maybe it's a bee and those are honeycones in front of it?

BTW, anyone having trouble finding the right size crochet hook to apply the beads ... check out Earth Faire for Inox steel hooks.
At a great price also!

Normal? Me??

You Are a Normal Girl

You are 40% Good and 60% Bad Sure you've pulled some bad girl stunts in your past. But these days, you're (mostly) a good girl.

Are You a Good Girl or a Bad Girl?

Thanks for the laugh, Sara.

BTW, go check out the new baby at Kena's house ...

Scroll down and take a look!

Aaaahhh so cute!!

Shopaholic~!

My DH, SIL and I took a drive up to Newburyport, MA this past weekend to walk the boardwalk and shop. And did I find anything interesting to buy?

[Does my money burn a hole in my pocket?]


Only the Stitchingnut could find these items and call them treasures right? Hey this reminded me of Magpie from the book I just read ...

She's now my garden faerie!

And just because I have a small collection of thimbles.

And ...


What's this last one you say?

Here's a better clue ...
It's a String holder. A ball of yarn can go in here also to keep it from rolling around. I love this thing and it's even an antique. Dated 1938.

Here's a another view of the painted top.

And look at this neat Note Card that I found. Or rather I should say the DH found and handed to me in the shop. Can you believe it? I plan to frame it. The picture was taken in 1944 in Italy ...
And that brings me back to the Monster ...

What's Your Thinking Style?

I found this at Sara's.
And you know me and these quizzes ... I can't pass them up!

Your Dominant Thinking Style: Visioning

You are very insightful and tend to make decisions based on your insights. You focus on how things should be - even if you haven't worked out the details. An idealist, thinking of the future helps you guide your path. You tend to give others long-term direction and momentum.

What's Your Thinking Style?

And this is how I went about making the Felted Tea Cozy too. It was all in my head and I could see what I wanted it to look when I was done. I collected pictures, books from the library and drawing sketches of what I saw in my mind and worked it out as I went along. It's actually how I work on most things. I even have in my head what I want to do in the ... next three [to 10] projects.

Always invisioning the end results.

Eeeeeeeek , I'm going out of my mind!

I've tinked more rows than I've knit ... and still there's a mistake here.

Only took two hours to find it ... Aaaaargh.

I promised a finished object ...

And here it is!

The sweater jacket I made for my Mom is finally an FO. It's a Lily Chin pattern called "Knitted Garter Stitch Convertible Coat". The yarn is "Ocean" by Skacel. A boucle, woven yarn crafted of 61% cotton, 29% Tactel nylon, and 10% other synthetic. Soft. And just right for Florida's Winter months. I know it's a funky combination for colors, but hopefully Mom will like it anyway. Pink & Orange is my favorite combo and this yarn was bought a long time ago for something else that I've totally forgotten. Maybe once I received the yarn in the mail it just wasn't right for the project I had in mind. So I put it aside [well under the bed in storage really]. Ever have that happen? And then there's the fact that I like this jacket and the colors but can't really feel comfortable in the tactel nylon & synthetic fiber. I don't like the way it feels against my skin and it makes me hot. I think Mom will feel great in it and needs something warm but not as warm as wool or alpaca. I'm making another jacket in 100% cotton for me in a neutral color to go with everything.


I took it to Community Knitting Thursday and Kendra took these pictures for me and then Zoe modeled it for me so you can see the back. Zoe is the youngest knitter in our group. Isn't she a cutie!?

And speaking of FO's ... I finished the book I was deeply involved in this past week ... "Faeries of DreamDark: Blackbringer"
by Laini Taylor. A wonderful read! I enjoyed it right to the end. And by the way ... there's a Warrior Prince that knits in the story. I didn't know that until after I bought the book so don't breath a word to my DH. He already accuses me of buying only books that refer to knitting somewhere in them. [and that's only partially true, LOL.]

Any avid reader, 11 years old and up, will probably enjoy this book. Especially if you like science fiction or fantasy, like Harry Potter. I don't want to give anything away in the story so I'll just quote the inside jacket cover to give you an idea of what the story is about.

"Magpie Windwitch, granddaughter of the West Wind, is not like other faeries. While most of her kind live in tranquil seclusion deep in thier forests, escaped devils are creeping back into the world after millennia of imprisonment, and Magpie is all that stands in their way. With her faithful clan of crows, she travels the world hunting the bloodthirsty snags down, just as her hero, the legendary Bellatrix, did twenty-five thousand years ago.

When the ancient evil of the Blackbringer is loosed from its prison, Magpie may be in over her head. This hunt will take her back to the great forest of Dreamdark, a place of legends and Djinn, cunning imps and tattooed warriors, where she must unravel the mystery of the greatest enemy her folk have ever known. Will the determination of one small faerie be enough to defeat the impenetrable darkness that threatens to unmake the world? "

Well my break is over. Back to my Mystery Stole 3 WIP,
inspite of "lace stress' ... yo, knit 2 tog, knit, uh uh uh ... then TINK two rows ...