oh mama!

Thanksgiving Day 2010 at Tish's house. fabulous feast and fabulous company. we combine our holidays with extended family of Lydia and Debs. always plenty of great food and laughs...

Mamasitas

behind every great woman is a great woman

backside

So far, so good on my Printed Silk Cardigan. Took a while, but the largest component is finished. Just started the sleeves which will be hours of mindless knitting. They are done entirely in K1P1 rib stitch and will take some time, too. I love the embossed diamond stitch. It took a bit for me to get the knack, but once I did, it was smooth sailing. The raised part of the stitch is a "twisted knit" and depending on which direction you knit determines which direction the stitch is slanted. Done on #3 needles, this garment will be a somewhat fine gauge and have wonderful drape.

my poor couch

I keep saying that I need new furniture....thinking about saving this love seat just for Kozmo and putting it in the room off the kitchen.

dog tired

Christmas 1966

Me, Dad and Tish

more from Mama Roux

these fabulous cable needle organizers can be found at Balls and Skeins, the most fabulous yarn shop in Sonoma County!! you can also purchase through Mama Roux's ETSY shop. see link...shop local...buy handmade!!

Mama, you have done it again!

Click on below link to check out what Mama Roux has cooking in her ETSY Shop.

http://mamaroux.etsy.com/

Top of needle holder has a velcro flap. You can hang from a curtain rod or a cute hanger (that's what I did). Gorgeous and handy!

Circular Needle Organizer

My precious Addi Turbo circs were a tangled mess inside of a plastic box. No more!! My dear friend Nina of Mama Roux Handmade fashioned these beautiful organizer/holders just for circular knitting needles and labled each "slot" with the needle size. No more disorganized, tangled pile. These needles cost a fortune and need to be kept free of kinks. It is also a great way to see my "inventory" so I don't duplicate purchasing needles that I already have. This lovely holder is PERFECT. Nina made a bunch of them up for Balls and Skeins and I know they will be a big seller!!

Basic Cable Cap

Lambs Pride, handspun, handpainted 85% wool, 15% mohair. Quick Christmas gift for BV's brother-in-law. Love the hunter green/emerald varigation of this yarn.

little me

photograph taken by my grandpa Wyman circa 1966

my friend Mama Roux

Link: http://www.etsy.com/shop/MamaRoux

yes! Mama Roux has an ETSY shop! click on and consider doing some holiday shopping from the comfort of your own computer. best of all you will find something unique, lovely and will support your local gal!

Fabulous Frieda bag

tattoos are for knitters, too!

my lovely new project bags! I needed small bags to schlep around my knitting projects and commissioned my friend Nina of Mama Roux to make me some. I LOVE THEM!!

good morning!

I know it's a little early...

any knitter worth their Addi Turbos will always make a swatch to determine correct gauge at the beginning of each project. but what to do with those swatches? I came across this clever use for them in Knitting Daily (online) and had to make one!!

so easy....so cleaver. simply seam-up your swatch square, slip it over a plain glass ornament, gather up stitches on the top and bottom and there you have it. I think it is pretty cute and I have a LOT of swatches.

Cornhulio

this boy is getting huge. am having so much fun with these guys. waiting for the hens to get down to business and lay some eggs for us.

my lovely dog...

glamour shot...so handsome... so loyal....all one could want in a dog

Sea Lettuce Scarf

This pattern is fun and challenging and super-gratifying to boot. Noro Iro makes every row fun and exciting, too. Every 5th row has a picot cast-on/cast off edge, then knit in short rows to creat a sort of spiral. This would be fabulous in black...perhaps alpaca, for a totally different, but rich look.

a little paint

so much better! amazing what a couple coats of paint will do. this poor old mantle and hearth really needed a little work.

the gang

3 hens, 3 roosters

Chocolate

Snow Beast and Chocolate

viola!

it's what's for din-din

Wild Mushroom Stew with Spaetzle made with fresh Oregon Chanterelles picked and shipped by my cousin Don. I found this recipe in Cooking Light Magazine and it was fabulous. Made the addition of the chanterelles and used beef consomme instead of vegetable stock. Mmmmm-mmmmm amazing.

Embossed Leaves Sock

I am loving this so far. Knitpicks Stroll yarn in this beautiful varigated green is going to be fabulous!!