Patty Mayonnaise and the Toucan Socks

The lovely owl pictured below is Patty Mayonnaise. She lives at the African Lion Safari in Ontario and is lucky enough to get to go home with my friend Greg a couple of times a week. You might have guessed that the birds of prey folks at ALS have an affinity for the...

A simple notion.

I Second that Emotion by Smokey Robinson For some reason that song seemed to go well with this post. “If you’ve got the notion…” or in this case, the Notions Purse from the Purl Bee blog. I made this for my friend Susan as a belated birthday...

Monkeys of Happiness!

Enter the Monkeys of Happiness… I thought it was about time I jumped on the Monkey socks bandwagon. I had to do it in my own fashion of course, the standard two-at-at-time-toe-up-magic-loop-with-a-heel-flap madness that I can’t seem to rid myself of when...

Head full of rainbows

Hello ladies and gentlemen of blogland. I have returned. I promised pictures of Ishbel in the last couple of posts, but I’ve come to an unfortunate snag in the pattern, I’m sure of my own misunderstanding and miscounting and I need to unravel her a bit....

Cinderella, dressed in yella…

Pardon my blogging absence. I was all set to post xmas FO pics, clever xmas sock pics, etc., but then I just ran out of steam. The holidays were wonderful. Drew and I had a lot of fun with friends and family members. Remember folks…nearly any game can be turned...

I’m in love.

I don’t have much to say, other than I am in love with this sweater. It’s the first I’ve made that I truly love. We battled a bit. I knit that button band 4 times yesterday, the yoke three times during the process, and had to improvise the numbers on...