http://www.agileknitter.com Dog Agility, Knitting and Spinning - Life in Nashville, TN Mon, 12 May 2008 15:59:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I mentioned in the last post that my Mom and I were going to tea for Mother’s Day and would post details.  So here tis. . Savannah Tea Room was offering a high tea for Mother’s Day on Saturday as they are not open on Sundays.  If you are familiar with Nashville, ... http://www.agileknitter.com/index.php/archives/841 My Majacraft Alpaca talked to me this weekend and said she wanted to spin the Spunky Club offering from Dec 07 called Party Dress, SW Corriedale (4 oz).  I saw this CLOUD YARN that looked JUST like clouds.  I wanted to spin something like clouds too.  For a first effort, I ... http://www.agileknitter.com/index.php/archives/837 Beth suggested that I might have a problem with the ‘buy me now’ button.  My reply to that is that it is kind of like a drinking problem.  I drink, I get drunk, I fall down….No Problem.   The problem isn’t with the button, it is staying AWAY from the button….or ... http://www.agileknitter.com/index.php/archives/836 A few weeks ago, I shared a picture of a mitered square shawl that I just started using Noro Kureyon Sock Yarn.  It starts on the big side of things and gets smaller as you go.  I am using the Loop De Loop shawl pattern and you begin by knitting ... http://www.agileknitter.com/index.php/archives/826 Thanks to Monika of Smoking Hot Needles, I found A-nother thing I just ‘HAD To Have.’   Well, I better clarify.  I went to THIS website and saw all these wonderful, amazing socks.  You can order them as kits or as single patterns.  All I can say is “Oh.  My.”   While ... http://www.agileknitter.com/index.php/archives/825 What am I working on? . I am working on enjoying the feeling of a finished PAIR of socks.  I am modeling for the picture, but these socks are actually a gift.  I will be sad to see them go as they are very pretty and fit very well.   .    Regia Silk, ... http://www.agileknitter.com/index.php/archives/818 Please DO click the photos to make them larger, the flowers are worth the click! . Spring....my yard says "I will wear Purple!"   . I so enjoy Spring (minus the pollen) and how my yard and living things continue to surprise me each year.  This year, my Lilac bush is stunning.  Every year it ... http://www.agileknitter.com/index.php/archives/809 I got the coolest bowl this weekend.  A church was hosting a charity thing and they had ceramic painting for these bowls at a pottery place.   You go to this place and pay $5 to paint the bowl.  Then this church hosted a soup night and you paid $20 and ... http://www.agileknitter.com/index.php/archives/805 In other words...I knit/washed/blocked a swatch AND I cleaned.    Oh, I forgot....I cleaned my stove off and cooked too.  I know I am sick..... . Rambling first pictures and links to free, great sock patterns toward the end. . Recovering from surgery meant time off.  Time off is a very Good Thing.  In addition to having time ... http://www.agileknitter.com/index.php/archives/800  Click to make it bigger Weeping Cherry Tree.  This is the most beautiful tree in the neighborhood when it blooms and it never fails to charm each Spring with it's graceful bending branches loaded with blooms. . The Lilac bush is lilacking...  .  The Forsythia is sything.... . The Tulips are twolipping...   . The Iris and Lavender ... http://www.agileknitter.com/index.php/archives/789