Knitting Dragonflies

Since I’ve been juicing, I’ve found it is good to have an apron. It is fickly hard to find one. So I was pleased to find Tipnut, has links to almost 100 free apron patterns!! From plain and manly to ruffles! From CluckCluckSew, her Strip and Flip Baby Quilt , great to use up some scraps of fabric or just buy some random colors that you like! Congrats Lynn from ColorJoy for getting into Knitty, Check out her lovely fun socks! She is a wiz at combining color into patterns! Visit her blog for more cool patterned colorful fun! Crystal Try some Needle Felting with this classic looking blanket! Thanks to A Beautiful Mess! Get Crafty!

Update on Syd, post surgery he got a seroma , about the size of a grapefruit, which then involved a drainage tube being inserted. Fun!  A lot of drainage, but better out than in. So I spent my weekend doing laundry and cleaning up after dribbles. But his side looks quite a bit better now that all of the fluid is out! Sometimes it is good to be lazy! I did get some knitting done. Working on my Dummy Clap Shawl , it is super east and fast. I’m knitting it with some Brown Sheep in a pound cone from my stash,  the yardage looks like it is 1400, in a deep maroon, beautiful yarn, and lovely to work with. It is Top of The Lamb . See link for information on this yarn, I would use it again. I’m already trying to track some down, I believe I bought at a weaving shop. It would be lovely in a shawl. From Brown Sheep Company about Top of the Lamb yarn, This single ply 100% USA grown wool yarn was expressly designed and dyed in colors that could be woven in rugs by the Navajo Nation.  It is stil

From Pickles, a cool looking Sunshine Top!! Also from Pickles a Sunny Cardigan remake, original pattern here , thanks Pickles! . Make some fun Knitted Bracelets in 5 Minutes, thanks to Nina Rich The Purl Bee shares a great basic pattern for a crew neck boyfriend sweater. Get Creative!!