Sometimes, when I see a single ball of yarn that looks pretty laying about in a bin at Big Lots or other discount store, often I buy it without having any idea what I will do with it. And somehow, eventually, this yarn will find its own purpose it seems, and becomes the finished project it had, as a promise, within itself.
Over the weekend I used some of it and made two little bags. They both are knitted (only pearl stitch). The pink one has a row of leftover men's shirt buttons on either side sewn on. The green one was embellished with double crochet rows of a contrasting ribbon yarn on top of the knitting, picking up the stitches below, every second row.
Came out pretty good I thought. They were both lined with muslin. The pink one will keep our cell phones in one place while we are in. The green one is going to be a present.
Today it was gorgeous outside. Warm, with a bit of a breeze off the ocean, bit of silt in the air. Spring is here! We took a little trip to Home Depot. We are thinking of buying a shed for the back yard, which can house a lot of the antique tools we inherited from Chet, and will give me a place to have a little bench for metal working and soldering I am planning to do in the future. Some of these sheds look like little guest houses: very cute, with a window and skylight. Looking forward to getting that installed.
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~ Tranquility and Tolerance ~
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