Back to girly knitting

February was the pitts. I realize that I was not too happy last month. Who could blame me, with the endless cold and snow? Combine that with not too much knitting and any fiber friend would understand. But I believe that I have left that behind in February. Now that it is March it's time for me to stop thinking about making hats, mittens, and scarves for anyone and everyone. March is a month full of hopefulness. Spring is just around the corner (well, maybe), the days get longer and hopefully warmer, and lest we forget St. Patrick's day. A wonderful day to wear my favorite color and drink my favorite beverage, red hoppy beer! March is going to be my time to start focusing on what really matters.

Knitting for myself! (Oh, and a beer or two every now and then isn't so bad, is it? Yes mom, the kids are in bed.)

Or at least knitting something that I want to knit. And here it is! Ok, it doesn't look like so much yet but it has great potential. My next Amybelbag. The sage green cable tote. Green in honor of March. Plus, I thought it was a nice springy color to lift my spirits and the spirits of my good readers (all three of you!). My plan is to have cables on the front and back panel that lead up to the edge and continue into the straps. My brain has it all laid out.

The question is whether or not my fingers can make it happen.

And I am going to keep track of what I do and write up the pattern.

I'm sure I can manage both of those feats as long as I take it easy on the red hoppy stuff!

Wools for sale

Christopher Sheep Farm $4 each or all three for $10
Barley, 2 skeins










Light Sheeps Brown, 1 skein










Tahki Windsor Tweed $5
gray w/ green/purple/pink flecks (color 918)








Patons Viking $6 for both








New Zealand wool in Ice Gray $10
1 cone, approx. 1 lb 7 oz (including cone) 2 ply,DK weight.
About 900 ypp so this would be about 1170 yds.
It felts like a dream and takes dye beautifully.








All of these items are also listed in my Ravelry-stash-trade page, which has dye lot and yardage info. If you don't have Ravlery, e-mail me and I will provide you with the details.

Nitty gritty: Price does not include shipping. Will ship best way with delivery confirmation. Payment is via paypal, credit card OK if you cover fees.

$1.00 Acrylic destash

Price reduction! A buck a piece!
Will make a deal for multiple purchases!!!

Joanne Sensations Splendor in:
Splendor Berry, 1 full skein, 1 half skein ($1 for both)

All of these items are also listed in my Ravelry-stash-trade page, which has dye lot and yardage info. If you don't have Ravlery, e-mail me and I will provide you with the details.

Nitty gritty: Price does not include shipping. Will ship best way with delivery confirmation. Payment is via paypal, credit card OK if you cover fees.

Yup, you guessed it...

a snow day. School cancelled.

My world is once again white.

And cold.

And windy.

And crowded!

Bernat Baby Coordinates yarn for sale

Price is $1.00 each skein

1 skein white

1 skein yellow
(ball band is slightly ripped, but still in tact)




All of these items are also listed in my Ravelry-stash-trade page.

Nitty gritty:

Price does not include shipping. Will ship best way with delivery confirmation.
Payment is via paypal, credit card OK if you cover fees.


Check back soon, I am destashing lots more until the end of the month!

The suspense is killing me!

I think I have watched 30 weather reports in the last 12 hours. How much snow are we really going to get? When you live in the "southcoast" section of Mass, you pretty much get everything there is to get in a winter storm. Rain, freezing rain, sleet, and then some snow. This year has been the polar (as in freezing cold!) opposite in that we have gotten snow, a lot of it! The ground was covered in multiple inches for the whole month of January and into the second week on February. That is remarkable for around here since most of our snow storms end in changing over to rain to pretty much wash everything away. So tonight the snow should be starting around midnight. Where the rain-snow line is will decide it all. Will it be 3-6", 5-8" or 10"+? What do you think?

Hubster already has declared that there will be school.
Let's hope so, I have a plane to catch in June!

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