winter walk

today we went on a walk around our new neighborhood. and it was cool enough out to wear the blue furry coat i got over christmas at my favorite thrift store in mn. it has a peter pan collar, gold buttons, and even only smells a little bit like an attic!

weekend

some things i do

last week i decided i need to finally crochet a blanket. right now it's just the size of a throw blanket, but i am planning to keep going until it's nice and big. so that is what i worked on a lot this weekend, just using mostly yarn i already had. and the best part is that i can cover up in it as i work now that it's getting real blanket sized.  here is the catherine's wheel stitch i've been using:

using colors A and B

with color A, ch a multiple of 10 stitches, plus one

row 1:  turn. ch 1, 2 sc,  *skip 3 chs, 7 dcs in next st, sk 3 chs, 3 scs* ; repeat from * to * ending with 2 scs. 

row 2:  turn.  change to color b, ch 2.  dc4together over (sc, sc, dc, dc),  *ch 3, 3 scs, ch 3, dc7tog over (dc, dc, sc, sc, sc, dc, dc)*;  repeat from * to * across, ending with dc4tog over (dc, dc, sc, sc), sk tch. 

row 3:  turn.  ch 2.  4 dcs in dc4tog,  *sk ch-3, 3 scs, sk ch-3, 7 dcs in dc7tog*;  repeat from * to * across, ending with 4 dcs in dc4tog, sk turning ch. 

row 4:  turn.  change to color a, ch 1.  2 scs,  *ch 3, dc7tog (over dc, dc, sc, sc, sc, dc, dc),  ch 3,  3 scs*;  repeat from * to * across, ending with 2 scs, sk turning ch.

repeat rows 1-4

 also this weekend was really nice outside, so we took our pig to the park

 and i got some packages ready to send

and i acquired this owl bank i had been wanting. pale green is one of my faves.

-l

park days

hellooo,

since it has been so nice out, we've been going to the park a lot lately. and bringing fig. we walk around and around hoping to use up some of her energy, (and wear down her nails,since she squeals like a piglet when we try to cut them) and then we set out a blanket and big pillow and look around. all the trees are flowery, which reminds me of the white way of delight.

more walks today.

love,

l