ears

eyes

cookies

these are a few of my favorite things

but really.

these are just a few of the things my two youngest kids think that the covered cds i crocheted for the ends of itsybittsysider’s log cabin carrier should be used as.  i may whip up a few more for them to use for toys when i’m ready to assemble with the current ones.

as far as knitting goes, i have often knit with two, or even three, strands of yarn held together.  i like big needles and this is a good way to bulky up most any yarn so i can use them.  but it has always been more than one strand of the same kind of yarn.  this week i’m using knit picks wool of the andes bulky which is plain wool (although calling the great colors it comes in ‘plain’ is quite an understatement).   i’m knitting this together with knit picks suri dream which is light and airy.  the resulting fabric is not really much like either of the yarns knit up seperately.  it’s sturdy like the pure  wool but has this great ‘makes me want to stroke it’ halo to it.  already in my head i have ideas for what else to knit in this combination and i’m not yet done with the pillow…

since i am known for not thinking in a straight line, it should be no surprise that there’s another project in the works (or should i say another new project in the works).  it’s still hush, hush but i can say that the soft touch of plymouth yarn company‘s kudo silk blend is really nice to work with. watching the colors stitch by stitch as they gradually change from light lime green to muted pink to soft brown is fun and there’s a tweediness to the whole skein that really attracts me.

see no evil.

hear no evil.

eat no cookies?

how about have no fear?  there, that’s better.

‘fear’ taken from 23:4 of the psalms.