http://unwindknitting.net Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:53:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the things on my list to-do in 2010 was work on my photography, and I have that fancy new camera that I have to play with too!  Zarah and I made a pact that we were going to be each others moral support and sounding board in our ... http://unwindknitting.net/?p=1315 Chapter One Can anybody find me somebody to love?  Everyday – I try and I try and I try – But everybody wants to put me down… Somebody to Love ~ Queen Elizabeth Alcazar sat at the vanity table and stared at her reflection in the beveled oval mirror. She looked at ... http://unwindknitting.net/?p=1313 I know I said I wasn't going to start anything new until I finished Butterfly, but I couldn't help myself.  I haven't given up on Butterfly, and I'm still working on it, but that's pretty limited to work at home.  Butterfly does not lend itself to knitting on the go ... http://unwindknitting.net/?p=1311 The sunrise this morning was especially colorful, so I thought I'd share it with you. I'm still home with the flu, although I'm feeling better today.  I think I'll be fine to go back to work tomorrow - just in time for the weekend. http://unwindknitting.net/?p=1309 After an appointment with my doctor yesterday, which consisted of a rather loose list of aches, pains, and complaints, a discussion of my recent food journal, and a fairly frank discussion on the benefits/shortcomings of the existing tests for gluten intolerance and celiac disease we decided that rather than do ... http://unwindknitting.net/?p=1307 It has been suggested that you might need proof that I am actually working on the long standing (never-ending?) Butterfly sweater.  So, I'm here to oblige. For those of you who are keeping up, a brief search through the blog archives (and this is why I love having a blog!) reveal ... http://unwindknitting.net/?p=1305 I try to keep cookies in the house, not because I need them, but because TA likes to have cookies for breakfast and sometimes for lunch and once in a great while after dinner!  Crazy, I know.  He has the kind of job that lets him get away with such ... http://unwindknitting.net/?p=1302 Happy 2010!  I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are getting back into the swing of things in the "real world."  I know this week has been a struggle for me, but I'll eventually get there. 10 Things I'm Looking Forward to in 2010: Knitting ~ I suppose that ... http://unwindknitting.net/?p=1300 Calories don't count during the holidays, right?  I took that idea and ran with it this year. What we have here are 2 batches of Pioneer Woman's world famous cinnamon rolls.  Only 2 batches!  Can you believe that?  Anyway, I made these up a couple of weeks ago and stuck them ... http://unwindknitting.net/?p=1298 Like everyone else, I have fallen in love with the French Press Felted Slippers.  Word is the Yarn Harlot's mention caused technical issues over at French Press Knits!  There's apparently a slipper knitting revolution in the works.  'Tis the season. I used 2 skeins Plymouth Galway Worsted in bright red and ... http://unwindknitting.net/?p=1296