2KCBWDAY1.....My thoughts on a favorite yarn and a not so favorite

By -

(Stay with me here...the image is from P. Allen Smith's site. What a cute trowel holder! eh? I may just have to find an old croc around here....)

Okay, now to stay on task...I am joining so many blogger knitters this week on the same topics each day. Today: a yarn you love or hate and why.

Well, after touching all my FO's around here, I have to say my favorite yarns are Great Adirondack Yarn Company's yarns in cotton blends. I just can't wear wools you know, except on my feet and hands. What I really love in this Chicagoland area, during so many cold months is a warm scarf, hat or shawl. THe kind that lies right on your bare skin and hides you from the wicked winds.

Now that I mentioned Chicagoland, I have to say that Zach told us that term made his roommates laugh. He said people from other areas find the term Chicagoland funny. We say it all the time. As in: We in the Chicagoland area, are freezing our butts off this March day.
Chicagoland area includes the burbs basically, that surround chicago on all sides but the east side. (that would be the Great Lake Michigan!)
I guess I've never heard about New York Land or Detroitland, or St Paulland. So It is kind of odd that we have coined the phrase here.

So bye for now from Chicagoland....

Comments

Karen said…
The trowel holder is adorable.
I live near Boston and the people on the news will say "around the hub" meaning the neighborhoods around Boston and the city itself is the hub.
5:19 PM
Karezybear said…
Too funny, not to long ago I was pondering the term "chicagoland" and trying to see if I could think of any other major city that used that term. I didn't. :)
5:21 PM
SissySees said…
Well, I've long had family around there, so... Chicagoland it is.
5:39 PM
Alyssa said…
I've never heard of the term Chicagoland... but I guess it makes sense? In New York, there's only Upstate and the City!! (I wish people didn't always ask me how I like living in NYC when I tell them that I live in New York...)
6:50 PM
Scrabblequeen said…
LOL...I know you wrote about yarn, but the Chicagoland is getting all the traffic. Around here we often say "Sactown" when we mean the general Sacramento area...so, close?
7:21 PM
Guinifer said…
Minneapolis/St. Paul would be "The Cities" - short for the Twin Cities.
7:22 PM
Beverly said…
I often hear the term Chicagoland on the news. It isn't as funny sounding as South Cackalacky. That's what we call South Carolina.

We had temperatures in the 70's and 80's and now it's back down to the 30's. Everything is blooming including the fruit trees. We are hoping we don't have a freeze. It will devistate our peach crop.
7:58 PM
Anonymous said…
That CROC is adorable.

I never could figure out why Philadelphia was called "the Delaware Valley". It's not really a valley. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...
9:02 PM
Sue said…
I have a yarn that I love and hate at the same time. I was knitting a doggy sweater for a contest the Humane Society was running. I chose to use 'Fun Fur' for part of the sweater. That stuff is miserable to work with, but it turns out so cute when you're done. I've used it several more times and have exactly the same impressions.
10:19 AM
Olivia said…
That was not very on task haha
5:37 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Every Once in a While I Might Post

By -
Image
 Is that vague enough for you?  It has been a too busy complicated Spring.  I had no energy to blog.  All is well now, so I can share some things with you:   1. When I shoot photos of the moon I think of Dear Teresa.  Gone too soon. She took fabulous moon pictures.  2. I did not see one shooting star last night.  I only got up for a few moments around 3 a.m.  The local weather guy said he saw a few quick faint ones.   3. How can I can have one grown child in Oklahoma under flood watch, and One Child in Mexico under hurricane watch?  On the same day.  Tis true.  4. What have I knitted lately?  I am pretty sure I've ripped more than I've knit.  I ripped out a shawl that I was making up.  It was cotton and pretty.  I need to follow a pattern.  5. I was trying to make socks and decided to make mittens instead.  I haven't worked a thumb in a long time.  I may have to frog it too.  So I ha...
Read more

Insufficient Information

By -
Image
Dear buddy nurse and spay neuter pal Linda, came to visit yesterday.  We knitted. We laughed.  We shared books we are reading. She Showed me her scarf.  It looks like a shawl but it is a scarf. Here is her yarn choice. And the( OUCH) price.   It makes her happy to knit.  If Linda's happy I'm happy.  I dont' know the pattern and neither does she.  Her dog literally shredded her pattern.  She was at a point where she had memorized the easy part and she's nearly finished.  So there you go, anyone know the pattern? You are all so sweet about the move and the house. This morning I got my cuppa joe and headed to the porch to write you.  In the distance, my nearest neighbor, whom I can see through some trees.... well one of their teens came out, stretched, peed on their lawn casually, and then laid in his hammock for 5 minutes.  I'm sure he's not the first boy to do this.  I'm not even sure he's the...
Read more

Attention Attention , Do I have your Attention?

By -
Image
Just a little eye candy to announce my CONTEST giveaway. You don't win him.  I don t even know who he is but he's on my friend's locker in our locker room.... but now that I have your attention..... In honor of  you you you who read the posts and comment on the blog and make me feel so lucky to know you and you could win: One of 3 prizes.  There will be 3 winners. Yippeee!! Prizes will include: STITCH Markers....for all you lace folk.  They are adorable.  I will post the prizes each day over the next 3 days. YARN: Sock yarn because its summer folks and I'm all about sock knitting and  A Chicago Blackhawks prize.... because we are after all in Chicago!!! Just leave a comment on this post and only this post.  Entries are due by Monday June 24th when I go to bed.  (Usually 930 Chicago time...hee hee I am early to bed) Le t me know if your a lurker, lurkers have a place here too.  
Read more