Common Sense Living

 I had to show you a bun.

Isn't this angora bunny darling?

The woman at the Festival let us pet them.

They are truly beyond soft. 

Someday, I'll raise a few.
I'll go from Crazy Cat lady to Crazy Cat and Bunny lady..
(Please notice I am not asking Fireman if we can raise Alpaca's in our new life. ) 

Someday, I'll spin.

I saw many pretty wooden light drop spindles at the fair. 
Then I asked people to show me how to spin.
I'm not ready. 
I cannot say exactly why , but the demo brought me visions of dropping the whole spindle and tangling yarn. 
I'm the woman who loves Tupperware and has wine glasses in plastic.
 
 

I spent the better part of last evening trying to pick up a garter stitch that I dropped. I came close.  Twice. 
It almost looked right.
Someday I'll be able to fix garter without ripping back. 
I took out my books, I looked it up on youTube.
I did not succeed. 
Does it count that I came closer than ever to having it look almost alright when I got that loop back to the working needles? 
Do you see why Lace knitting eludes me, now? 

I know I can only be tempted by lace patterns that include 
several rows of stockinette between the lace work so I can rip back to the stockinette portion. 
I can fix drop stitches in stockinette, but that's easy.

No woe is me,   I've had a fun week. 

Nancy's Take and Replace Swap arrived on Thursday. 

It is loaded with goodies. 

My Takes: 100% blue wool for a felting project in mind,

some yummy cotton dishcloth yarn,

fun needles

and a magazine that's new to me. 

I added my goodies to the box and sent if off immediately. 

Thanks Nancy.

 As for me and mine, we will stick to fostering and raising cats,

knitting stockinette

and drinking from plastic glasses in our house......

 for now

Has you reach exceeded your grasp lately?