Daughter's Pictures

My youngest daughter is taking a photography class at school. I was looking at her pictures today and I was really impressed. I will share them with you now and then.



As far as knitting goes - I have finished one of the socks for son's girlfriend a picture to come when I am finished.

My Little Town

This is what I do every year before Christmas.

Set up my Dickens Village.

I have a ocean with ships.

There is a mill in the back corner that starts a stream

and then goes into a lake with skaters on it.

I have had so much fun each year setting up my villiage.

Christmas money spent

Do you want to see what I spent my Christmas money on?

Knitter's Review has reviewed some of these books:

• Kaffe's Classics
• Knitting Emporium

Andean Folk Knits is published by Lark Book and they have a description. I really like the look of this book, I am going to enjoy doing all the different types of color work in the patterns.

Victorian Lace Today published by XRX Books. They give you a short description of the book with some pictures. If you take a look at Grumperina you will see the Melon scarf knit. She did a wonderful job!

Right now I am knitting a sock for my son's girlfriend. Just a short sock. She has never had hand made socks before. I hope she likes them. My son told me to make her a pair. He said that she really liked socks.

What I did between Christmas and New Year

Well you can see what I like to knit - socks. This is a picture of some of the socks that I have finished in the last couple of years.

I went shopping in Cary, NC at:

Shuttles, Needles & Hooks
214 E. Chatham St.
Cary, NC 27511
(919) 469-9328.

The store is in an old house and it is easy to miss. I did not even see it until we passed it.

The store was worth the 2 hour drive (one way) for me. I also listened to A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks on the way there. It make the time go faster and the book is really great.

There was more yarn that I have ever seen in one place. But be prepared - because yarn is every where - even on the floor. I was able to get some yarn for more socks and I'm going to make a Noni bag. I really liked the two color Prism bag so I got the pattern and the yarn to make it. The yarn that I am using is Cascade 220 in black and a purple (8885 is the color number). I'm not sure when I will start this. I am trying to finish some started projects.