Off My Hook - Shawl, 'Tasseled' Wrap Around

Pattern can be found at: http://web.archive.org/web/20010417205031/www.cei.net/~vchisam/groovy/7706.html

I made it REALLY big. And I didn't 'fringe' it (I am not a 'fringe' person), just added a lot of extra rows till I got the length I wanted. Still, only took 10 days...

I used a K Hook and it took 2.6 skeins of dark variegated, Red Heart Super Saver.

Finished measurements: 66" wide, 33" from 'point' in back to neckline.

Here is a close up of the stitch and the neck edging.

This one was really fun, and went fast. It's also 'quick' enough to make for a needed 'gifting'.

Sometime, I may alter this to make two triangles, and put them together for a 'summer weight' poncho...

Somedaze are like that

It was a beautiful, warm afternoon. So I went cruising around the apartment complex, specifically the trash bins.

Today I was prepared, had some extra plastic trash bags in my backpack and my 'reacher' on my lap.

And nadda! Not one thing. Guess everyone was too busy doing outside things to empty their trash!

It's unusual to not find ONE thing...

April Fool's Day

No, I didn't get fooled today (at least I don't think so!). Nor did I 'fool' anyone else.

But I did see a 'history' of great April Fool's Day greatest pranks on CNN today. And, lo and behold, there was an item I had been looking for for YEARS.

As a child, I saw on TV some kind of editorial or something about 'Spaghetti' growing on trees and being harvested. I loved it! I laughed and laughed. Have remembered it all my life. Have told many people about it. But never again saw it, or heard about it.

CNN said that it was an April Fool's Prank (British) from 1955 (I was nine!). Now everyone can see it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaU1y-dS-Bg

Off My Hook: Rose Stole

Just finished it, a light weight, openish rose stole. It took a long time as I wanted to make it extra wide and long. It's for a friend - hope she likes it!

Fun! Another Hobby!

Like I needed another?

Today, as I was putting away money I'd gotten as change from a recent shopping trip, I ran across a dollar bill that was stamped with:

"See where I've been
Track where I go next
www.wheresgeorge.com"

Of course, I went right to the computer! www.wheresgeorge.com is a site where you can TRACK (literally!) your money.

I fell in love with the idea, and immediately ordered the 'Where's George' Stamp from https://www.stamp-connection.com/ For a cost of about $15.00 .

I know, I know, I shouldn't spend $15.00 so frivolously! But what fun! And where else could I find ongoing fun and a new hobby for a total cost of $15.00 ?

Can't wait to get the stamp, so I can start stamping, spending, tracking my paper money!

Do go check out the site, you may find a new hobby also...

A nice set of dinnerware!

I haven't been 'dumpster diving' for months.

I've been ill a lot. Then there was the weather, seemed like it was always either cold, windy, or rainy. Then too, it was full dark SO early! But now both those conditions have changed.

So today, not really expecting to find anything, as it was mid-week, and not the end of the month (the best times to find 'stuff'), I went on my dumpster diving rounds.

The first thing I came across was a full, sealed, box of chocolate covered macadamia nuts. I left those for the next 'diver'.

At another bin, I found a service for four of neat ceramic dinnerware. It was matte black with 'drizzled' gray stripes. The bread plates were square. Well, I couldn't use them (too heavy for me to handle, I use Correll), but I thought of a neighbor that might like them.

So I zipped by her apartment, and she was home. Not only did she love he dinnerware, but she had just finished cooking a spiral cut ham and all the trimmings. So I got to take home some yummy food!

Ocean Beach CA Wild Green Parrots

They are early this year. Perhaps because of the 'wet winter' we just had; everything is green and blooming earlier than usual.

At any rate, the flock of wild green parrots arrived just before sunset to settle into the trees for the night. This year I had an audio recorder. (I haven't tried getting pics myself yet!)

Their noise drives some of my neighbors nutso, especially at dawn, when the awake and prepare to leave for the day. I sleep right though it. And I find their 'noise' of an evening, a joy!

Here is audio of the entire flock settling in to roost of an evening! http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/9/22/1450734/001.001.2007_07_23_19_56%20Parrots.mp3

This was one of my first attempts at audio recording! I recording them from my patio, as they were circling around, and fighting for roosting spots high overhead! This goes on for about an hour and a half; from when the sun starts setting till first full dark, for weeks on end!

And here is a great public domain video, made in Ocean Beach, CA by an unknown person. http://www.archive.org/details/parrots_sanDiego_2006