Mossy Cottage Knits

Housekeeping...

Blog housekeeping
No entries Friday or Monday, Dear Readers, due to the holiday. Our menu for the 4th of July? Sirloin steak with herb butter made with parsley, sage and rosemary straight from the garden. Mmmmmm. Oh, and something vegetable-like thrown in, but who cares? (And, yes, I do hear the Simon & Garfunkel song in my head, thanks for asking. Bet you do now, too.)

Stitch & Pitch housekeeping
MaryB and I are meeting this Friday to discuss how best to distribute the tickets. Or at least that's our excuse for getting together with Mr. MaryB and The Mysterious K for a leisurely dinner at an Italian restaurant. Sure...it's all about the tickets. Uh-huh.

One person needs a ride to the game from the Ravenna area. If anyone will be going to the game from there or near there and can offer her a ride, please email me and I will put you in touch with her.

Knitting…and not doing any housekeeping
First, a big nod to the folks who are overnighting their items to F.I.R.E. If that isn’t a case of putting your money where your mouth is, I don’t know what is. Thank you, all, for digging deep into your wallets to ensure that your blankets and knitted items get to the MongoLEEans who so desperately need them. Speaking of which, be sure to visit StalkerAngie’s blog to see some of the great Dulaan items she is mailing as we speak.

In the non-Dulaan world, I’m working on a pair of socks for a friend who is going on a Lakota vision quest. You may recall that, last year, I made her partner a red pair for the same purpose. This new pair will be the same pattern (Evelyn Clark’s Railroad Track socks) and in the same yarn (Cascade 220) but in blue—so I find myself dreaming of a world where copy/paste works in real life. Just imagine: Put the original sock on a flat surface, select, copy, paste, change the color, shrink the size since Blue Sock Woman’s feet are smaller than Red Sock Woman’s, save, print on the Sockomatic Printer 1000, done. And then, of course, run the wash, block and dry program. And then email them to the recipient.

Here is a close-up of the wonderful ribby, stretchy yet tailored stitches that make me such a fan of this particular pattern.

I also find myself on an aran-y/gansey-y/cable-y binge. There’s the Jigsaw Puzzle sweater, of course, but, also, after I finished my last Dulaan hat I made a beeline for the Heartland aran sweater I started at the retreat last year. I’m making great progress and am enjoying this rich terra cotta color and the pattern as much as I remembered.

And, lastly, TMK continues her quest for the perfect hummingbird photo!

Posted by Ryan at June 29, 2005 12:00 PM