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Ice

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 All the December snow has melted and froze, now ice, could ice skate in the yard if so inclined. Fortunately my driveway is south facing and with care can be driven up. Weather for next week if well above freezing for daytime highs, barely freezing at night. Looking forward to mud. Due to arthritis in fingers of left hand I’m having to learn how to hold my yarn all over again. Ring finger which I mostly used to tension yarn is in time out, while I figure out a new way. One thing for sure is that I’m not quitting. Finished a pair of men’s sized bed socks aka shorties. It was the oldest UFO, from January of 2025. Next will be a light blue Hawthorne with greens and blues with a bit of turquoise for highlights. After they are finished with start on an order using earthy colours, various greens, browns (I think), and whatever else my stash throws up. Haven’t been to town to do any grocery shopping since mid November , out of milk, bread, eggs, produce and fruit. One of the joys living ...
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UFO’s

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  Counted and bagged all UFO’s yesterday and was unhappy to find 7, the oldest going back to January 25 of last year. They are now sorted by age and in zip lock bags, will start with the oldest and then will do at least 10 rows on each every day. The shortie bed socks being the oldest got a bit over 20 rows this morning, this is second sock, now have heel turned and starting decreases down the foot. Using vintage Regia yarn and am impressed with how much smoother it is compared to current issues. Made New Year’s resolution to not buy any new sock yarn until at least fall of 26, so far even with everyone throwing pix of new colours am standing firm. Think I have enuff sock to make everyone I know a pair or two. Watching news MSNOW about another ICE fatal shooting in Minneapolis, breaks my heart to see how far down the rat hole things have gotten. Am glad to stay put in my wild Canadian mountain valley.  Cooked a pkg chicken thighs last night for supper (don’t cook much for supp...
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Stuff

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 Weird weather, +2, no snow, none. And am I ever glad I went to town when I did. Williams Lake and area  have really icy and nasty roads. Hopefully good now until I need prescriptions refilled the end of February. Hydro in replacing power pole up on the driveway. Stopped at the house to tell me that they’d be blocking driveway for a couple of hours, wanting to know if that was OK. Yes better than pole falling and power maybe out for half a day. Sock knitting going well progress on the 3 pair on needles right now. First sock of red monsters done and into 5th colour on second. Shortie bed sock, have ribbing done on number two. Using mostly leftover colours, turq was only full sized ball. I’ve saved leftover bits a yard and more, now two separate bags of variegated yarn and the other solids, as needed just reach in bag and knit with whatever I get, one variegated, then one solid. Second sock order reversed. Have an order for a pair similar to these orangerinos , won’t make them e...
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WIP's & PIX

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 Since I last updated my blog in mid September have had lots going on.  First off I went to the Merritt Spinning Retreat October  17-19  and as usual a good time and one of my  yearly highlites. Cindy did and excellent job finding a place for us to meet, the Best  Western in Merritt, had use of their multi purpose room, was tight but we all fit. Gave Cindy (for all she did) her choice  of mild or wild, she chose wild and the gloves fit her perfectly.   Now to the many WIP's I have  going.   The garbage  hauling  neighbours get socks for the  grands,  this is the boys pair, the blue pr. for his sister are finished. They also  got a pair of shorties each.       Then the other socks on the go.  I do several rows on each sock every  day.  And lastly my much loved Koigu gloves. Just started on this pair yesterday, its hard to  not keep going on them to just see how the Koigu col...
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Yellow snow

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 Windy enuff that barely colour changed leaves are falling like snow, yard is already covered. And I’d bet that the wind will blow up something nasty.  Startitis has landed. Can hardly believe how many projects I, have on the go, gloves, socks (3 pr), baby booties, short bed socks, and prolly more that I’ve forgotten about. As of right now I’ve got shortie bed socks closest to finishing point.after that job is done back to a darkish coloured pr of socks (reds are main colour). College football season is underway, I pick out games I want to watch,  Michigan being first choice. Saturdays are college games and Sundays are pro games. Have been a football fan as long as I can remember, other vices could be worse. Neighbour was at Desert Hills sent me a message asking if there was anything I wanted, another 25 lb box of real field tomatoes arrived the next day. Tomatoes now with every meal, wishing I had cottage cheese to go along with. I have 3 different bright orange yarns co...
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Lost needle

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 I use vintage 4 inch 2.25 mm needles for the fingers of my gloves, when one came up missing yesterday I was close to panic. Searched thru all possible places, even went so far as checking box of currently used stuff, zero. After giving it up to the needle eating monster, went for supper. After picked up another project and bingo the lost needle had been stuck into the ball of yarn on the project. RELIEF. Not at all sure I could buy the 4 inchers anymore. Had two late afternoon visits with Thunderman and Lightfoot, lots of noise and spectacular light show, followed by the most welcome heavy hard rain. Puddles in my driveway in just minutes. Since I last wrote made a trip to Prince George, BC to Subaru dealership, appointment Thursday at 8:30 for windshield replacement, had knitting with for the 4-5 hour wait. Car was finished just after 12:30, headed south, made it to 100 Mile House where I overnight at Super 8, then early Friday south again to Ashcroft and Desert Hills farms. Boug...
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This & That continued

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 After adding last pix  to  previous  post, had problems with my computer. Couldn't get it  to do anything, so restart was in order. The space bar, double or triple a's and e's,  means  its time to shop for a new laptop or something. The  summer  so far hasn't  been to bad, temps in mid 20's  is  OK, some mornings  with single digit lows cools house nicely. Have  only  had one  fire in the area, north of Tatla Lake in Martin Lake area lots of men  on the  ground and helicopters in the sky kept careful track  of it until it was called held. Helicopters could fill the buckets from really close  Tatla Lake. Relief. And enuff rain in Tatlako that most  areas are still almost green. I  keep what  I call a go bag right by car keys, important stuff like passport, wallet, small amount of cash, change  of clothes etc.  Easy to grab if I had to leave in a hurry. My  ne...
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