March 7

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Sorry for neglecting the blog, other things got in the way and to tell the truth not as interested as I should be. 

Have sorta slowed down on sock knitting (ripped  more than one  project out),  back now  on my much loved gloves. Have  a stash of Koigu (IMO the best yarn  for gloves), it doesn't pill, the colours are outstanding  and its sock weight which if perfect for gloves.  First  I  finished  the greenie fingerless with as many  leftover bits as I had  (found  more later).


 Then brought stash into the house and sorted by colours, variegated and solids, have more variegated than  solids, so will have to watch  for sales and get more especially  in  blues, greens and purples.  Pix is what  I'm currently  working on.



Hope to finish glove #1 yet today, have worked ends in as I go along  so at the end will only have a few to deal with.

And  I finally  got to town,  first my  car Subaru  2019 had  to be towed to town for battery  issues, was in  for 3 weeks  and  then finding  a  ride in wasn't as  easy as I had  hoped  it to be.  I hadn't  been  to town since  mid  October  so needless to say  I had much  to do, first thing was getting a  haircut,  4 inches off everywhere, then banking, a car wash and oil change, Beaver Valley  Feed store, trip to  Wally World,  Staples for a new iPad , then  a  motel for the  night. Friday had Dr, Dentist  and Optometrist (all  ran  over time wise) by the time that was taken care of much to late  in the day to hit grocery store, would  have been driving west after dark, so another motel stay.  Saturday I was in SaveOn just as they opened  and  a major grocery  order, got  myself a  coffee  from Timmies and headed west for home and the high country. Had  help unloading groceries, got perishables dealt with and sat down to knit, quickly fell asleep.

 Looking out wool room windows looks  more like the  end of April than early  March, no  snow  anywhere.

Comments

  1. AnonymousMarch 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM

    Good to see your products. The very best in comfort. My socks and mitts are prize winners. Here, curling occupies folks days (daze).

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  2. kayTMarch 8, 2025 at 7:06 AM

    Beautiful gloves! I admire your complete fingers; I have little patience with them and seem to only do fingerless gloves. Glad you got to shop and also that you had some help unloaing.

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  3. Yvonne EllsworthMarch 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM

    Lovely mitts.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 9, 2025 at 6:14 AM

    Those green gloves are gorgeous!! So so pretty. Here in Vermont we have been getting a couple of inches of snow every few days. Then it warms up to 40 deg F and melts, or rains. Then more snow. We still have about a foot on the ground and more in big piles from the 14" dump we had a few weeks ago. I will take the snow & cold over the rain & ice any day. Beth

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