My knitting mojo has left the building. If you see it, send it back to me.
I managed to rip the Mosaic sock back to the heel and reknit that section. It’s back on track now. The gusset is finished and I’m ready to begin the foot.
I made a special note on the pattern chart that the “blue” was the black yarn (Main Color) and the “white” was the blue yarn (Contrast Color). Maybe you can see how I got those mixed colors up when I let the project sit for two months before picking it up again. Blue yarn = blue boxes.
Now that I see my progress, my knitting mojo might be back. It must have been hiding in my knitting bag!
Have you ever lost your (knitting, crocheting, needlework, painting, quilting, etc.) mojo and how do you find it?
I love knitting socks and have knit dozens of them.
When I wash them, I try to keep them separate from the rest of the clothes so I put them in mesh wash bags. I bought two of the bags (I make my own now) and could never find them when needed.
Magnetic hook to the rescue.
I now keep the bags on the front of my washing machine so I can always find them when I wash my socks.
I air dry my handknitted socks so the bag makes to so easy to find them mixed in with the other clothes when transferring to the dryer.
Four generations of my family got married on the same day. My maternal grandparents in 1921, my parents in 1950, Mr. Aitch and I in 1974, and our daughter and husband in 2007.
I had these photos on the tables as decoration as well as 20 x 30 inch posters on the walls.
From top left clockwise: my grandparents (on the right) with the maid of honor and best man, my parents, our daughter and son-in-law, and me and Mr. Aitch.
Unfortunately I didn’t ask anyone to take photos during the event so all you get are the favors.
I’ve been making these Hershey Nuggets covers for various events for about 20 years. I just use a sheet of address labels (1″ x 2 5/8″), “create” the message, and print them out on my home printer. The labels fit perfectly over the wrappers.
I took a cookie decorating course at our local community college in March and learned how to decorate cookies and cakes using Royal icing. For our anniversary favors I made about four dozen cookies in various shapes and iced the cookies. Some are two-toned with white and pink but most are plain white.
I bought a cookie stencil and gold spray icing to make the cookies shine then piped little dots of icing around the edges.
We attached round labels to cellophane bags. After the icing dried, we inserted a cookie in each bag and tied it shut with white curling ribbon.
I decided to get two cakes, one sheet cake and the other cupcakes in the shape of a champagne flute. The sheet cake was devoured at the party but we managed to bring to cupcakes home and finish them off with some help from our family and neighbors.
With around 40 guests it was best that we had the party catered and hired a bartender. Our caterer supplied us with a variety of sliders, chicken nuggets, chips, nuts, fresh veggies with dip, fresh fruit, loaded potato skins, and sausage kabobs. We served beer, wine, iced tea, lemonade, and water. Everyone was well-behaved and no one danced on the tables.
I promised to expand on some of the events mentioned in my last post.
In February, I was knitting along on my Easy Mosaic socks when I (well, Mr. Aitch agreed) decided to host a family reunion AND anniversary party for us. We married in 1974 and wanted to celebrate the occasion with family and friends. I had four months to get it all organized, which (for someone who never planned much of anything involving more than two handfuls of people) got me into a slight panic.
The brass light fixtures over the breakfast table and island needed updating. Plus I wanted to get new carpeting throughout the house but first wanted to stain the stair treads on each side of the carpeting a darker color.
The new light for over the table was ordered. Mr. Aitch and I installed it in mid-March.
The light fixture over the island was installed in June. I forgot to take a before picture but it was just like the one over the table. I am not an electrician, however, we got both lights up and running without issues other than locating the correct breaker to turn the power off.
We celebrated Pi Day 3.14 with Turkey Pot Pies and an Apple Pie. The turkey was part of our Thanksgiving leftovers which I froze for this very day.
Knitting In Flashes 