A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. ~ Josh Billings

November 15, 2009 2 comments

There hasn’t been much knitting around here lately. I’ve been working too much and spend my weekends catching up on chores and spending quality time with the furry family.

When I arrive home from work I often see this:

That always brings a smile to my face after a long day.

We went to the dog park yesterday and Sadie was so happy she couldn’t stop barking with joy:

Kishka enjoyed the fresh air, too:

I recently acquired some new yarn. Now I just need to find the time to knit it:

If you think dogs can’t count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two of them. ~ Phil Pastoret

October 23, 2009 5 comments

Knitting Math

PLUS

EQUALS

Continuing on:

PLUS

EQUALS

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. ~ Aristotle

September 12, 2009 6 comments

Fall is in the air, so it’s the perfect time for a new pair of socks to come off the needles.

Socks

These socks are called the Colorado Sunset socks. That’s because these socks began as a picture I took last spring.

72/365:  Day is done.

A couple of days later I set out to recreate the sunset colors in yarn.

74/365:  Dye, dye, baby.

The sock blank looked promising.

Sock Blank

The socks delivered on that promise.

Socks

Sides of socks

Heels

Socks

A sprint to the finish.

September 2, 2009 4 comments

Back in May, I cast on a baby blanket for a close friend of mine.

Two weekends ago, the blanket looked like this:

One week before the shower.

This was also just seven days before her baby shower.

Ack!

All that week I came home from work and knit the evening away. On Saturday (the day before the shower), I knit all day and far into the night. I took a four hour break to sleep and continued knitting on Sunday morning. 30 minutes before I had to leave for the shower, I finished the blanket:

Blanket

The mother loved it and it was a big hit at the shower.

Close up

Close up of cables and lace

I tend to procrastinate, but I’ve never cut a knitting deadline this close. I still can’t believe I finished it.

Lace section

Cable

Details are on my Ravelry page.

Close up

I haven’t knit since I cast off this blanket, but I’ve been eyeing all the socks I have in progress.

I think the sock bug is about to bite me.

Thunderstorms move off the mountains. Sadie keeps watch.

July 26, 2009 3 comments

Thunderstorms move off the mountains.  Sadie keeps watch.

Awesome.

June 29, 2009 8 comments

Awesome

Lightning

Storm

Glowing sunset.

June 27, 2009 1 comment

Glowing Sunset

In summer, the song sings itself. ~ William Carlos Williams

June 21, 2009 3 comments

I’m still taking pictures! Here’s a random collection of some recent ones:

Some seriously cool sock yarn (and it’s going to stripe!):

Close up

A pink cloud at sunset:

Sunset

A cool odometer reading (I warned you these pictures were random!):

Cool odometer reading

Sadie had a bath today. She was not amused:

Sadie is not amused.

Her life isn’t all misery, though. She’s been enjoying summer:

Sadie

Kishka has also been enjoying the nice weather:

Kishka keeps an eye on something

She especially likes digging and then ends up with dirt on her nose:

Kishka with a dirty nose

It’s been pretty rainy here lately (well, for us, not compared to someplace like Seattle) and that has made the prairie very green and full of wildflowers:

Summer on the prairie

Green prairie

Wildflowers

Circle of blue

June 14, 2009 3 comments

Blanket

The only way to see a rainbow is to look through the rain. ~ Unknown

June 12, 2009 Leave a comment

Rainbow