Changes in the Air

There have been a number of changes around here lately.
Weather – a heavy frost Friday and hard freezes on Saturday and Sunday have brought the growing season to a screeching halt. And to add insult to injury, it snowed on Saturday.
A lingering UFO becomes an FO – I finally finished the Spring Forward socks which [...]

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Long Time No See

Hello Blog!
How have you been?
Yes, it’s been awhile, but that doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten about you. You’ve actually been in my thoughts quite a bit.
What’s that? Oh. Yes – I’ve been busy. Very busy.
You see, it’s Gardening Season here and from about mid-April to mid-or-late-June it’s just crazy/insane/frantic out in the yard. I drag myself [...]

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March Round-Up

March is nearly over and, I gotta tell you, I’ll be glad to see the last of it. It’s been dull, drab and chilly with only a few glimpses of Spring. April is bound to be better, even if Winter does try to horn in a bit.
Project Spectrum – March

Here is a mosaic I put [...]

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Ivy League

Flying Needles here has another FO and just in time for the first day of  Spring (my favorite season) – Hedera Socks!
Pattern: Hedera by Cookie A
Yarn: Dream in Color Smooshy, colorway “Spring Tickle”
Notes: Another winning pattern from Cookie A. I really like the lace pattern on these – very pretty. And an open lace like [...]

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I’d Like to Thank the Academy…

OK, it’s not an Oscar. It’s better actually, especially since I’ve never worked in the movie industry beyond buying a ticket to see a movie, and because this award is from someone I know. The lovely and talented Jen has nominated flowergirl knits for a Lemonade Stand Award. The award is for demonstrating a positive [...]

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Happy 1 Year Blog-o-versary to Me!

It’s hard to believe, but I’ve been writing this blog for one year now! (Except – why oh why did I start a blog in the midst of Christmas craziness? Probably as a procrastination technique)
Whew! That’s a lot of knitting! And it doesn’t count  several ripped or languishing projects or the current WIPs. It’s been [...]

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A Legacy of Craft

My Aunt Harriett loved to do handwork, especially crochet and embroidery. She lived at a time (the first half of the last century) when every dresser had a scarf, every sideboard a runner, every table a doily or tablecloth, every chair an antimacassar.
When my Uncle Carl died recently (Aunt Harriett died four years ago) family [...]

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Aaaaannddd…….we’re back!

Whew! That took a long time. Much longer than I expected. What is it about computer guys anyway? I know several through work and while many of them are very nice and charming individuals, start asking them about computer problems/issues and they become nearly incomprehensible, with an almost-phobic regard to giving finish dates. It sets [...]

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We Interrupt this Blog….

Flowergirl Knits is going on a (hopefully) brief hiatus – Technical Difficulties (my computer crashed yesterday) and a long-standing Family Obligation will keep me away from my home computer for the next couple of weeks. This is very frustrating – I’m quite enjoying my little blog and I was finally going to be able to [...]

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Does the world really need another knit blog?

Well, no, not really. Especially when there are so many wonderful blogs out there already, written by talented artists with wit and style not to mention gorgeous knitting. My knitting is still new and modest and somewhat slow. So, why am I jumping into the pool? I guess because everyone else seems to be having [...]

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