A sock to remember

Yes, I went there. Cheesiest title I could think of in the moment. These delicious little foot warmers are my favorite project right now. They’re a men’s size 10.5 and I don’t know exactly what I will do with them when done. They might be my...

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...

Headed to America’s Hat

Hanging at the airport in NW Arkansas waiting for my flight to Chicago that will connect me with a flight to Buffalo that will connect me with a young Canadian fellow who will take me to Toronto. This is a pretty last-minute and spontaneous trip. I’ve never been...

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....