The Beekeeper's Granddaughter

Finally Einstein

I've had the yarn for eons and finally got around to casting on for my Einstein Coat.  The pattern calls for the crochet cast-on which was tricky for me to say the least.  Once I got in the rhythm it went pretty smoothly, but I don't think I would have liked to cast on more than the 40-some stitches for my coat.

The color of Wool-Ease I'm using is called "Nantucket" and it's bluer than the picture shows.  I'm going to knit the male version of the coat because I want the shorter, more butt-length style than the women's length which is mid-thigh.   So, say a prayer for me as I embark on a journey of miles and miles of garter stitch!

Last week I went to My Sister's Knits and treated myself.  First I got to pet her 2 big golden retriever puppehs, Cody and Goldie, for no charge!  And then I bought 2 hanks of Malabrigo in Snow Bird and 3 balls of Hempathy in a celery green color.  I was inspired to get the Malabrigo by the Forest Canopy shawl pattern I saw on Ravelry.  And the Hempathy will become an Everlasting Bagstopper from Knitty.com.   Speaking of enviro-friendly; Carol at MSK has very cute reusable shopping bags for sale.  They cost only $5.00 and every time you use them in the store you get 10% off your purchase.

Yes, indeed, she's walkin'...

For a long time now, I've shared my Wednesday evenings with a fantastic group of women just laughing, knitting, laughing, eating and laughing at Panera Bread. One of those extraordinary women is Jennifer who has been fighting breast cancer for a year now and will be walking in the Avon Breast Cancer Walk May 31st-June 1st.  Another of the Wednesday knitting gang, Lynette, is setting up some fun fibery prizes you can win if you donate to Jennifer's walk.  Just click the icon below and forward your confirmation email to me or Lynette and you'll be entered for a prize!  Thanks in advance, you guys are the best!!

Warning! Discontention ahead...

It's the second day of Spring and look at the scene that greeted me this morning...For all of you posting pretty blooming flowers on your blogs...bite me.

Visions...

Hi All!  I'm taking a break from Ravelry to pose a query...have you ever used Rowan Denim?  It's a nice enough yarn except that it splits like crazy and after knitting with it my fingers turn blue.  It's supposed to fade and shrink like blue jeans, but I wonder how much it will bleed after the first washing.  I'm using it on one of my 'secret squirrel' projects and it would be awful, yes quite awful, if months down the road the finished piece bled blue all over the recipient.  Let me know if you've ever encountered this.

On an unrelated note...you know how, every so often, you hear about people seeing visions in strange places?  A man sees the face of Jesus in a water stain on the wall or a woman sees the Virgin Mary in a slice of toast?  Well take a look at the mysterious stain that appeared on my garage floor.  I don't think the Vatican will be interested in THIS!